Cheri Mitchell is first and foremost a Self-Advocate. She has spent the last twenty years working on behalf of people with disabilities and people who are elderly, and mentoring and supporting self-advocates across Georgia and the nation. She is dedicated to helping people get out of nursing facilities and back into the community and helping people find housing.
She has worked at the Georgia P&A, the Georgia Advocacy Office, for nearly seventeen years. She is a member of the Self Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center (SARTAC) Advisory Committee and the TASH Self-Advocacy Committee. She is a successful national grassroots organizer and serves as the National Chair of the Long Road Home campaign- an initiative to celebrate the successes gained through the implementation of the Olmstead decision and to point to work that still remains to be done.
Cheri is a former President of People First of Georgia, a cross-disability organization, a former Chair of the NDRN Self-Advocacy Committee, and served on the NDRN Program Advisory Committee.
She is a seasoned public speaker and social justice poet writing from the disability experience. Cheri loves making a difference and helping people find their voice.
Cheri and Herhusband famous artist Jerome Lawrence have started their own business Inclusive media Ink.