“I came across her in that now infamous episode that was talking about her and the 504 Sit-in,” she says about the 1977 protest in which people with disabilities occupied U.S. Lachi first became aware of the late activist in 2018 (who starred in Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp) after seeing a video on Comedy Central’s Drunk History. ITV Studios Appoints First In-House Access Coordinator as Part of Television Accessibility Initiative The singer, who is legally blind, has penned a new song to honor the late Judy Heumann, special advisor for international disability rights under the Barack Obama administration, entitled “Lift Me Up,” which released July 25.
Lachi has accomplished all this in addition to her work establishing the Ford Foundation-funded global network RAMPD, or Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities, which has collaborated with such entertainment giants as Netflix and Sony Pictures Entertainment. The artist has also brought in members with disabilities to the Recording Academy, including Namel Norris, Gaelynn Lea, Siedah Garrett and Ryan Nelson.
She has sung at the Lincoln Center and the White House, spoken at the United Nations and become a member of the Grammy Board, where she has helped make the awards ceremony more accessible for artists with disabilities.
Pop/EDM singer Lachi has probably put as much work into being an artist as she has into being an advocate for the disabled community.
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