Welcome to The Vorden Initiative!

We strive to increase allyship by helping businesses and community spaces become meaningfully accessible to the blind.

Scaling Accessibility Through Partnership

We operate at the intersection of local community and global standards.

Our approach is twofold:

  • Empowering the Local Core: We provide small businesses with the specialized toolkits and training necessary to improve blind accessibility, ensuring that the heart of our communities is open to everyone.

  • Influencing the Infrastructure: We collaborate with industry leaders and large-scale partners to integrate blind accessibility into the foundations of their operations, improving inclusion across entire sectors.

Follow our journey.

Kristie looks back at the camera in an outdoorsy hat in front of the Grand Canyon.
Kristie, Jungyeon, and Chris hold up their marathon medals in front of a finish line.
Kristie and Jungyeon smile at the camera while hugging, with each of them on their snowboard.
Jungyeon guides Kristie down a ski mountain towards the terrain park jump.
The gear for the marathon (including hat, shirts, shorts, shoes, bibs, ...)is laid out on a white bed sheet.
Kristie is running, following a guide on a bike.
Jungyeon and Kristie are on a ski lift, both smiling. Jungyeon seems to be explaining something with her hands.
Jungyeon and Kristie are wearing summery outfits smiling at the camera in a lavender field.
A sign that reads "BLIND" is being made using blue paper and a sharpie.
Kristie is doing a handstand in a gym area.
Kristie and Vorden (both wearing a life vest) are smiling at the camera on a paddleboard on a lake.
Kristie is wearing a "Visually Impaired Athlete" vest and running towards the finish line of a triathlon, and a friend is running alongside her.
Kristie and Jungyeon smile in a car with Vorden.
Kristie and Jungyeon pose in front of a Korean historical landmark palace, wearing Korean traditional dresses.
Jungyeon and Krisite smile at the camera on a lake.
Kristie and Jungyeon smile and pose in front of the marathon finish line.
Kristie warms up for a long run, stretching her quads.
Kristie is tandem biking with a "visually impaired athlete" vest.
Kristie and Jungyeon are in a ski gondola smiling, wearing ski outfits.
Kristie and Jungyeon stand with two other friends, wearing half marathon bibs and medals.
Kristie and Jungyeon pose with their snowboards, with Jungyeon wearing a high visibility vest.
Kristie and Jungyeon pose in front of full-bloom cherry blossom trees.