AWARE Welcomes You
Removing stigma against special needs
Interact
Understand
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Contact us today and start getting involved.
AWARE at a Glance
Aware’s mission is to remove stigma against special needs and truly give everyone equal social opportunity.
Picture this: no matter what you say, no one is listening. No matter how you try to talk, no one understands what you are saying. Every time you want to explore, everyone tries to stop you. People are constantly shying away from you, and tiptoeing around you. It is in this atmosphere that people with special needs attempt to function every second of their lives, and it is this atmosphere that Aware is committed to changing. People with special needs already have difficulty communicating; there is no reason their lives should be harder simply because they are different.
What We Do
Education
Removing stigma against special needs.
Aware's mission is to remove stigma against special needs. The organization recruits high schoolers to open an associated club at their own school. Through the club teens interact with the kids with special needs monthly during a lunch and do in school activities together, like watching basketball games. In addition, each club administers an activity that helps elementary school students understand what special needs are and interact with kids with special needs every year.
Compeware
Raising money
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Aware hopes to become self-funding by 2022, and CompeWare is how we are going to achieve this goal! Through CompeWare, Aware chapters compete to fundraise the most money for Aware. From organizing bake sales to doing car washes Aware chapters work hard to fundraise. The chapters that gathers the most money on the regional, state, and national level are awarded a prize. This program is not in place right now, and will begin in the 2019.
The Team
Sarah Raza
Founder
Arushi Aggarwal
Head of Technology
Athena Ho
Head of Communications
Faye Thijssen
Head of Social Media
Ananya Srivastava
Head of Outreach
Board of Advisors
Our board of advisors is a dedicated team of experienced professionals who utilize their unique skills and passion to move the work of our Nonprofit Organization forward. Meet our incredible advisers below.
Gillian Muessig
CEO of SEOmoz.org + Co-founder of Outlines Venture
Matthew Strax-Haber
CEO of Travel Massive + venture capitalist
Priti Patkar
Founder + CEO of Prerana
Samantha Love
Special Needs Teacher Redmond High School
