By Daily Press staff
On Oct. 28, the Santa Monica Disabilities Commission will celebrate Disability Awareness Month with an award ceremony, performances and artist displays.
The commission is pleased to announce that the recipient of the first Santa Monica Disabilities Commission (SMDC) award will be Circle of Friends. The SMDC award is presented to a person or organization that has demonstrated exceptional dedication to improving the lives of persons with disabilities in Santa Monica. Circle of Friends has fulfilled this criterion to the fullest. The SAMOHI student-run program works to create relationships between SAMOHI students with disabilities and their typical peers. These relationships are fostered during regular meetings that create a positive effect for the students involved and for the school as a community. The Disabilities Commission commends the commitment of Circle of Friends to broadening the experiences of all SAMOHI students.
The award will be presented at the Commission’s Disability Awareness Month Celebration, to be held Oct. 28, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Boulevard. The event will showcase talented members of the community, such as Master of Ceremonies Alan Toy, Associate Director of the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge and Eve Hill, Executive Director of the Disability Rights Legal Center. Headlining the event is Lyena Strelkoff, who will be performing selections from her one-woman show “Caterpillar Soup.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 21, 2006. Read the original PDF.