DISABLED IN ACTION and COUNCIL MEMBER ROSIE MENDEZ

Invite you to the Co-naming of the southeast corner of East 4th street and First Avenue as Frieda Zames Way

May 2nd, Saturday, noon- 3 pm

In case of inclement weather the ceremony will take place in the Village View Community Center – 175 east 4th street

The DIA Singers will perform. Light refreshment will be served

TEL/FAX 718-261-3737 –http://www.disabledinaction.org



“Frieda Zames was a highly unique and powerful woman who was one of the key catalysts in the often successful struggle to achieve equality and complete access at every level. In initiating many accessibility campaigns using Disabled in Action and numerous as forums for political and social action, she galvanized many people with and without disabilities from diverse backgrounds and viewpoints into taking a stand and making a difference in our lives. In a true sense, she was the spiritual and guiding force that holds the disability rights movement in New York City together”.

Newsday from the Associated Press
Link:
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--streetnaming-zame0502may02,0,7798946.story

NYC street renamed for disability advocate
May 2

NEW YORK - A Manhattan street is being renamed in honor of an advocate whose work made New York City more accessible for the disabled.

City officials will join family and leaders from the disabled community on Saturday to rename a section of East 4th Street "Frieda Zames Way." Zames was a longtime resident of the block.

The retired math professor died in 2005 but New Yorkers unknowingly benefit from her advocacy every time they use a street's curb cut.

Zames used crutches and braces as well as a motorized scooter as a result of childhood polio. She was among those who fought and won a campaign to make the Empire State Building's observatory more accessible to the disabled.