The Nora Project

08/24/2026

07/10/2026

07/07/2026

We cannot wait until Friday! 🎶🧡

GRAMMY-nominated artist and blind disability advocate Lachi’s new album, “Magnificent,” drops on 7/10, and we can’t wait for you to hear it.

The coolest part is that she partnered with CEL’s The Nora Project to create a free companion curriculum to go with the album - helping classrooms, families, and communities celebrate disability and difference.

Lachi ™ Recording Artist, Cultural Architect has created an album that is seriously FUN. The first singles “Fidget” and "Moves" have been stuck in our heads for weeks. We love when something is genuinely great and helps people see disability as part of human diversity.

🎵 Pre-save “Magnificent” now, then come back this Friday to explore the free curriculum at ExperienceCEL.org/Lachi

03/19/2026

Tune in to Fox 32 Chicago this Friday around 9:15 a.m.! 📺

Lauren Schrero, CEL Board Member and co-founder of CEL's The Nora Project, will be spreading the word about the power and importance of inclusion, particularly in schools. Since March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, this is a perfect time to spread the word that Disability is just another natural form of human diversity!

Be sure to tune in!

12/04/2025

Thank you for supporting CEL’s The Nora Project on ! You contributed a total of $48,600 for CEL to continue creating classrooms and communities where EVERY person is welcomed, encouraged, and valued!

That early foundation of empathy, belonging, and connection continues with CEL's social, employment, mental health, and day programs for teens, adults, and seniors. Your generosity creates a strong continuum of inclusion that lasts a lifetime.

Forgot to make a donation? You can still make a gift at www.ExperienceCEL.org/TNPDonation/



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12/03/2025

Students' experiences with CEL's The Nora Project - seeing disability as part of human diversity and experiencing true inclusion and belonging - stay with them as a foundation throughout adolescence and adulthood.

A gift from you today helps make this possible for more students and educators, affirming dignity and advancing equity so every person is treated with respect, starting in the classroom and lasting a lifetime.

There’s still time to make a gift and help us close the day strong.

Please join us strengthening this work with a donation at www.ExperienceCEL.org/TNPDonation/. Gifts of $2,350 or more are paired with a $2,350 match from The Smith Tieken Foundation – doubling your impact up to $10,000!



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12/02/2025

At CEL’s The Nora Project, belonging isn’t something we simply talk about. It’s something that students experience every single day because of supporters like you.

Samira participated in our programming as a young student, learning early what disability inclusion, empathy, and leadership look like in practice. Those experiences stayed with her, and she is now pursuing a degree in Urban Education with a focus on Special Education, and is well on her way to becoming a teacher.

Today, your gift will help build the next generation of changemakers and includers, like Samira and so many others.

Please join us strengthening this work with a donation today at https://www.experiencecel.org/tnpdonation/. Gifts are paired with a matching amount from the Smith Tieken Foundation – doubling your impact up to $10,000.



Image Description: A photo of Samira sitting in a classroom has a blue gradient banner at the bottom with CEL and The Nora Project's logos on either side of the words 'Giving Tuesday.'