Access Awards

JULY 25, 2025

6 PM to 9 PM

LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED

Celebrating 40 Years!

This year’s Access Awards carries a special significance, as we celebrate 40 years of advancing access, inclusion, and opportunity for people with disabilities across our region. Our theme—“40 Years of Advocacy, Education, and Unity”—honors the decades of collective work to create communities where individuals with disabilities can live, work, and play alongside their neighbors. There will be live entertainment, a live auction, dinner, and plenty of good fun and fellowship.

Purpose

Disability Connection Midsouth, Memphis's Center for Independent Living, continues our work of advocating, educating, and uniting communities. Access will always be a cornerstone of what we do, ensuring that people with disabilities can work, live, and play alongside neighbors without disabilities. However, eliminating barriers to access cannot be done by one individual or organization alone, but instead it takes the hard work of many to break down barriers. Disability Connection Midsouth celebrates the accomplishments of advocates from across our community during our annual Access Awards Banquet.

Registration and tickets

Tickets for the Access Awards can be purchased online by following this link: https://bit.ly/AccessAB2025

If you require payment via check or money order, you can send them payable to the Memphis Center for Independent Living with Access Awards in the memo. They should be mailed to the following:

Attention Christina Clift

Disability Connection Midsouth

1000 S. Cooper Street

Memphis, TN 38104

Become a sponsor!

Your support of the Access Award Benefit will allow Disability Connection Midsouth to present awards to outstanding advocates and to advertise the event. Additionally, sponsorships will pay for the venue, entertainment, event programs, and to offset dinner costs for special guests. This event offers an opportunity for people with and without disabilities to join together to honor the difference our organization and 2025 honorees have made in our community.