Record turnout at October 18 Candidates Forum Hosted By North Los Angeles County Regional Center

 

Approximately 250 people attended the  forum held on and October 18th in North Hills! We have hosted

	SFV Candidates Forum held at New Horizons on October 18th.

forums in the past, and these were definitely the most well attended. Thank you to all of the candidates for their participation, to the service providers and community agencies that co-sponsored the event and to everyone who took the time to attend the forums. Now that you have had an opportunity to get to know the candidates, we hope that you will let your vote be your voice on November 8th to select the candidate that you feel will best represent what’s most important to you and your loved ones.

A few more photos from the Candidates Forums…

Candidates table at SFV Forum held on Oct. 18th at New Horizons. Photo by Christopher J. Boghosian.

 

 

Those Affected By Disabilities Front Row At LA Fashion Week Thanks Bezgraniz Couture

When I wheeled into the Hollywood Athletic Club I was greeted by a man who said , “Welcome We’ve been waiting for you we are glad you are here”as he escorted me to my front row seat at Bezgraniz Couture LA Fashion Week. All the models were either amputees, used walkers, had Down’s Syndrome or wheelchairs.

It was an honor to be sitting next you Ellen Stohl and Tatianna Lee! That was the kind of fashion show I always dreamed of where people affected by disabilities were the stars of the show not excluded from the show as was the case when I was a kid in the 1970s.

Special thanks to Bezgraniz Couture for inviting the models who auditioned but did not make the cut, like myself, to the fashion show as your honored guests, Marisa Hamamoto for teaching me that even dancers/ models using  a power wheelchair can follow choreography and Landra Dulin LAFW for encouraging me to audition again next year.