Connecting allies, advocates, activists, and accomplices for greater access.

Opportunities for Action

ACT brings people together around practical opportunities to make community life more accessible. The initiatives below are in their exploratory stages. We are gathering lived experience, technical knowledge, organizational partners, funding ideas, and people willing to help.

You do not need to represent an organization or have a formal title to participate. You may have expertise, a useful connection, a funding lead, an event that could serve as a pilot—or simply the desire to help move a good idea forward.

  • Dignity at Community Events

    Explore how fully accessible mobile restroom facilities could remove a major barrier to participation at festivals, fairs, concerts, and civic celebrations. Explore this opportunity

    Stage: Seeking partners

    We need an event organizer interested in hosting Momentum Refresh, Nonprofit / fiscal partners, and a Grant writer.

    Momentum Refresh’s wheelchair-accessible mobile restroom and universal changing facility.

  • Outdoor Mobility for Everyone

    Help explore all-terrain mobility equipment and community programs that could make beaches, trails, parks, and open spaces accessible to more people. Explore this opportunity

    Stage: Exploring

    We need nonprofit partners, grant researchers, and prospective sponsors

    A person using an all-terrain mobility device travels along a coastal trail with two companions, with native grasses, coastal hills, and the Pacific Ocean in the distance.

  • Accessible Tourism in Santa Barbara

    Explore how reliable access information, welcoming businesses, transportation, recreation, and community partnerships could improve the Santa Barbara visitor experience. Explore this opportunity

    Stage: Exploring

    We need disabled travelers and families to share what works, plus connections to hotels, accessibility evaluators, transportation providers, and tourism partners.

    A family with a child who uses a wheelchair arriving through the accessible entrance of a coastal hotel.

  • Evening Mobility Without a Curfew

    Expanding late-night on-demand wheelchair-accessible transportation Wheelchair users should be able to participate in evening dining, performances, nightlife, community meetings, and other ordinary activities without facing an early transportation curfew. Through California’s Access for All program, the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) administers funding for local on-demand wheelchair-accessible vehicle (WAV) service. The existing locally funded service… Explore this opportunity

    Stage: Exploring

    We need rider experiences, service-gap documentation, policy and contracting expertise, data analysis, community connections, coalition building, and public advocacy.

    AI generated image depicts independent evening participation, a wheelchair-accessible van with a deployed ramp, and recognizable Santa Barbara architectural cues.