About us
OUR NAME IS OUR MISSION.
Vision. Equity. Community. Three words that define how we approach the work.
Vision Equity Council was created from a simple belief:
A person's ability to see should never determine how much the world allows them to become.
Yet blind and visually impaired individuals continue to encounter barriers across education, employment, healthcare, technology, transportation, and community participation.
Those barriers can become even more complex when disability intersects with race, poverty, geography, and other systemic inequities.
Vision Equity Council exists to help change that.
OUR MISSION
Vision Equity Council advances equity, access, and opportunity for blind and visually impaired individuals, with intentional focus on Black and Brown communities.
OUR VISION
We envision a world where blind and visually impaired individuals have equitable access to the resources, relationships, opportunities, and power needed to define and pursue their own futures.
About
FELECEIA GORDON
Founder & Executive Director
Feleceia Gordon founded Vision Equity Council with a vision to address the barriers experienced by blind and visually impaired individuals, particularly within Black and Brown communities.
As Founder and Executive Director, Feleceia provides the vision and executive leadership of Vision Equity Council, building relationships across communities and advocating for greater accessibility, representation, independence, and opportunity.
Her leadership is rooted in a fundamental belief:
Blindness should never determine the size of someone's future.
Through Vision Equity Council, Feleceia is helping create a future where blind and visually impaired individuals are not simply accommodated, but fully included, represented, equipped, and positioned to lead
About
SHARONDA DUNCAN
Chief Operations & Development Officer
Sharonda Duncan leads the operational development, organizational infrastructure, strategic growth, and resource development of Vision Equity Council.
Her role bridges mission and execution, ensuring that the vision of Vision Equity Council is supported by the systems, partnerships, funding strategies, programs, and organizational infrastructure necessary for sustainable growth.
With extensive experience in nonprofit leadership, workforce development, program design, compliance, community partnerships, and organizational development, Sharonda brings a systems-level approach to building organizations that are both community-centered and operationally strong.
Her work includes strengthening organizational infrastructure, developing funding opportunities, cultivating strategic partnerships, supporting program development, building operational systems, and positioning Vision Equity Council for long-term sustainability and expanded impact.
The vision establishes where we are going. Strong infrastructure makes it possible to get there.
About
FALON SINGLETON
Secretary, Board of Directors
Falon Singleton brings experience in healthcare, community services, and operations, with a career dedicated to connecting individuals and families with essential resources and opportunities.
Her commitment to disability inclusion is both professional and personal. Through her work at Community Services for the Blind, she developed a connection to the Blind and Visually Impaired community. As someone who is Hard of Hearing and raised in a Deaf family, Falon brings firsthand insight into the importance of accessibility, representation, and community belonging.
As Secretary of the Vision Equity Council, she combines her organizational expertise and collaborative leadership with a commitment to advancing equitable access, meaningful connections, and opportunities for Blind and Visually Impaired individuals, particularly within Black and Brown communities.
NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US
People closest to the experience must have meaningful influence over the decisions that affect their lives.
We center lived experience rather than designing solutions around assumptions.
ACCESS IS A RIGHT,
NOT A FAVOR.
Accessibility should not depend on whether someone remembers to ask for it.
We believe access should be intentional, proactive, and built into systems from the beginning.
EQUITY REQUIRES INTENTION.
Equality gives everyone the same thing.
Equity recognizes that people encounter different barriers and may need different resources, strategies, and opportunities to reach meaningful outcomes.
INDEPENDENCE LOOKS DIFFERENT FOR EVERYONE.
Independence does not mean doing everything alone.
It means having choice, agency, resources, skills, information, and support to direct your own life.
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES
REPRESENTATION CHANGES POSSIBILITY.
People need opportunities to encounter leaders, professionals, entrepreneurs, educators, advocates, and community members whose experiences reflect their own.
Representation expands what people believe is possible.
OPPORTUNITY MUST LEAD SOMEWHERE.
Exposure matters.
But exposure without pathways is not enough.
Our work is designed to connect people to education, careers, leadership, entrepreneurship, resources, relationships, and tangible next steps.
COMMUNITY IS POWER.
Lasting change does not happen in isolation.
We build relationships across families, communities, schools, employers, healthcare systems, organizations, government, and philanthropy because systems change requires collective action.
DIGNITY IS NONNEGOTIABLE.
Every person deserves to be treated with dignity, respect, humanity, and the expectation that they are capable of contributing meaningfully to their own life and community.