Disabled Journalist, Ru Porter, Launches Campaign To Raise Awareness For Cerebral Palsy

August 3, 2015 0

Journalist-500x500 Disabled Journalist, Ru Porter, Launches Campaign To Raise Awareness For Cerebral Palsy
Ru Porter is an Entertainment Journalist and Lifestyle Blogger that has had editorial work on many Complex Media flagship sites. The Brooklyn native recently started a GoFundMe page to raise awareness for individuals living with Congenital Spastic Cerebral Palsy. She decided to move forward with her idea after she was unable to take advantage of an opportunity to be part of Seton Hall University’s Strategic Communication graduate program due to her disability. Ru is now working on helping people by raising money for those with mobility impairments. She partnered with Ludacris, BET, and the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation in 2004 for a PSA to inspire the youth and in 2013 penned an opinion piece on discrimination in the music business and Corporate America

She is hoping to garner donations and support from powerful names in music and media to help raise money for college scholarships and grants for those with mobility impairments. Ru said “Most people in wheelchairs need assistance and are unable to live independently. I’d like to change that with iPUSH – a foundation geared toward helping people find housing, work,and assisted living services to help them live the most normal life possible.”

Visit her GoFundMe page and follow her journey on Twitter.

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