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Nominations Open for 2012 Taff and MLK Jr. Awards
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The City’s Human Rights Commission is seeking nominations for its annual F. Michael Taff Award and the Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Award that will be presented at the City’s 40th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration. The nomination deadline for both awards is Friday, Dec. 9, 2011.
The Taff Award honors an individual, business or organization that has made a contribution to improving the lives of people in Rockville with disabilities. This contribution may include efforts to improve accessibility for people with disabilities, raise public awareness of disability issues or in any way furthering the cause of people with disabilities.
The Award bears the name of F. Michael Taff, the former chair of the Rockville Human Rights Commission who demonstrated a strong commitment to people with disabilities.
The Taff Award is open to a business, nonprofit employer or individual. Federal, state and local government agencies themselves are not eligible for the award, but they are encouraged to submit nominations.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Award is for a high school student who attends a high school within the City of Rockville. The recipient will be a student who has promoted the dreams and goals of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Below are examples of ways students might merit a nomination:
Nominations are not limited to the examples above.
Applications for the awards may be downloaded in pdf format (above) or obtained by calling the Human Rights Office at 240-314-8316. Send completed applications to the Rockville Human Rights Commission, 111 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD, 20850.
To request this information in another form, call the City’s ADA Coordinator at 240-314-8139 (TTY 240-314-8137).
11/07/2011