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White Ribbon Award
White Ribbon Recipients have accomplished at least one of the following:
- improved access in our community, doing significantly MORE than the ADA or other relevant law requires.
- improved relations and/or cooperation among disability groups.
- effectively advocated for issues important to the disability community.
- established or strengthened resources and programs from which people with diverse disabilities can benefit.
2006
The White Ribbon Award was presented to a team of advocates in recognition of their significant contribution to improve access to the courts for people with disAbilities. Ensuring Equal Access for People with Disabilities: A Guide for Courts has been endorsed by: the Board for Judicial Administration, the Board of Governors of the Washington State Bar Association, the Access to Justice Board (endorsed the Guide and the proposed court rule), the Washington Court Administrators. Both the Guide and the rule have also been presented to the Washington Human Rights Commission.
The Honorable Anne L. Ellington
Washington State Court of Appeals
The Honorable Catherine Shaffer
King County Superior Court
Lonnie Davis
Alliance of People with disAbilities
Disabilities Law Project and
WSBA Board of Governors
David Lord
WA Protection and Advocacy System
Ann Glynn
Spokane
White Ribbon Recipients include:
2001
Joanne Lawrence: for her work to increase accessibility at Key Arena and other local public venues and to promote awareness in the community of disability issues through presentations at schools, businesses, and the Puyallup Fair.
Daniel Eberle: for his work as the first Disabled Student Coordinator at Bates Technical College, for his involvement in various committees and advisory boards (including Governor’s Committee for Disability Issues and Employment and the DSHS Disability Initiative Board), and for his general commitment to advocacy and social justice.
Skip Dreps: for his work with the NW Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans of America, his advocacy efforts at a local, state and national level, and his dedication to volunteerism.
Mabel Dilley: for her twenty years of service helping people with disabilities secure safe, affordable and accessible housing in King County.
2000
Jody Patton and Paul Allen: for creating access to the movies at the renovated Cinerama Theater and going beyond ADA requirements and consulting with focus groups of people with disabilities when designing the Experience Music Project (EMP).
The Seattle Mariners and the King County Public Facilities District (PFD): for their role in designing, completing and operating SAFECO Field with the needs of the disability community in mind.
1997
TOYS R US: for inclusion of people with disabilities in advertising.
The City of Kent: for its continuing efforts to make its facilities accessible, and to insure accessible programs through staff training on disability awareness and other activities.
Chuck Close: an artist with a disability known for work in photo-realism.
Jim Burrows: scientist and magician who has been committed to including children and others with disabilities in his work.
Northwest Wheelchair Sports Awareness Program: a demonstration and training program for youth in wheelchair sport.
1996
Doubletree Inn at Southcenter: for their Room at the Inn Program.
Janet Stromme: from the Community Services Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Chuck Karczewski: from the Northwest Chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America for the 16th Annual Wheelchair Games.
Dave Tostenrude: from the Veterans Administration Recreational Therapy Department for the 16th Annual Wheelchair Games.
Henk Wapstra: from Bridge Ministries for Disability Concerns.
1995
The Washington State Building Code Council: for its leadership in adopting Building Code Guidelines that make Washington State the first and only state to be certified as ADA equivalent.
Mount Baker Forest Service: who has provided the disability community with an outstanding resource.
Rich’s Mobility: for not only producing outstanding, accessible vans, but also for their continued service to the community in providing training and support to hospitals where people with disabilities are beginning rehabilitation.
Ski-for-All: for its leadership and long-standing effort in creating a winter recreational sport that also builds community among people with disabilities.
Seattle Community College District: for their effort to go beyond requirements in their new student facilities to assure access to recreational activities and tracks.
Bob Dunphy, Sharon Hashimoto and Kim Roberts: of Social Security’s District Unit Office in assisting individuals in understanding and accessing Social Security
1994
Insurance Commissioner Deborah Senn: implemented new insurance reforms that virtually ban exclusions based on pre-existing conditions.
Norma Nichols: an Eastside resident and small business owner of “Access for Travel” has demonstrated individual leadership in initiating system change within the travel industry.
Washington Trails Association: a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and expanding Washington’s hiking trails by identifying approximately 100 trails that are accessible to persons with disabilities.
Do you know a business, organization or individual who have “made a significant contribution” to the betterment of the lives of people with disAbilities? Complete a nomination form and submit it to the Alliance of People with disAbilities! Nomination forms for the White Ribbon Award are available upon request.
For information about the Alliance of People with disAbilities and the White Ribbon Award, please contact: information@disabilitypride.org.
This website is currently being re-developed, as the Washington
Coalition of Citizens with disAbilities and disAbility Resource
Network recently changed their names and became the Allliance of
People with disAbilities. Check back for periodic updates.
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