In honor of our most recent partnership with Accessible Virtual Pride Calling Up Justice is honored to celebrate the leadership, brilliance, and partnership of Luticha André Doucette and Catalyst Consulting Associates.
Luticha describes herself as a “queer, quirky, disabled Black femme” and her work consistently demonstrates the power of disability justice, equity, research, and community-building. As CEO and Founder of Catalyst Consulting, Luticha has dedicated her career to helping organizations examine equity across race, gender, disability, and systems of power. From developing bioinformatics algorithms and conducting groundbreaking genomics research to authoring influential reports on wage disparities and employment barriers facing disabled people, Luticha brings a rare combination of scientific rigor, justice-centered leadership, and visionary imagination to everything she touches.
For years, Catalyst Consulting has been a valued member of the Calling Up Justice consortium, helping us build a stronger ecosystem of disability-led culture, access, and community. Together, we have collaborated on programs that embody our shared belief that accessibility is not an accommodation—it is a creative and liberatory practice.
Catalyst Consulting is a co-producing partner for Dis/Rep (Disability/Representation), our annual series of virtual dialogues focused on disability, accessibility, and culture. Now celebrating its fifth year, Dis/Rep continues to create space for disability-led learning, access negotiations, collective inquiry, and transformative conversation. Guided by Octavia Butler’s reminder that “All that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you,” Dis/Rep has become a powerful example of how disability culture creates new possibilities for all of us.
Luticha and Catalyst Consulting also help sustain Crip Create, our weekly Disability Justice-centered coworking and social space for disabled people. Twice each week, disabled artists, organizers, cultural workers, and community members gather to work, connect, rest, and build community together. Crip Create demonstrates that productivity, creativity, and access can coexist when we design spaces with disabled people at the center.
Our partnership extends beyond shared programs. Catalyst Consulting has been an important collaborator on Accessible Virtual Pride, helping imagine and create more accessible digital gathering spaces. This year, they helped develop beautiful merchandise that celebrates disability pride and community connection.
We are also grateful that Catalyst Consulting entrusted Calling Up Justice to support livestream production for Accessible Sports in Society (ASIS), a groundbreaking initiative led by Luticha in partnership with Soul Touchin Experiences, SIGA, the Autistic Women & Non-Binary Network, and a growing coalition of disabled leaders and organizers. Supported by the Ford Foundation, ASIS is building new pathways for Black and Indigenous disabled youth to access sports, leadership opportunities, and community.
Most recently, Luticha has joined us as a co-host of Trek Talk, our weekly Star Trek discussion space led by Maiamama. Through thoughtful conversations about storytelling, justice, representation, and the future we want to build, Trek Talk continues to create joyful opportunities for community learning and connection.
What makes Luticha’s leadership so impactful is her ability to move between worlds—research and culture, policy and practice, access and innovation—while never losing sight of people. She creates conditions for transformation. She challenges institutions to do better. She helps communities imagine more equitable futures. And she reminds us that disability justice is not merely about removing barriers; it is about creating spaces where everyone can thrive.
We are proud to call Luticha André Doucette a collaborator, co-conspirator, and friend. The work of Calling Up Justice is stronger because of her leadership, Catalyst Consulting’s partnership, and the countless ways they continue to inspire change.
Thank you, Luticha, for being a catalyst.