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24 February 2007 | Programming | Ernesto Aguilar

Pushing Limits, KPFA’s disability rights radio program, was thrilled to end 2006 with an award from the Oakland Mayor’s Commissions on Persons with Disabilities.

A Certificate of Recognition was presented to the “Pushing Limits Collective” for outstanding service to the community, to the city of Oakland, and to the goal of ensuring equal access and equal opportunity for persons with disabilities by Commission Chairperson, Linda Teixeira.

Pushing Limits began in 2001 as part of an effort to better integrate the voices of disabled persons into the airwaves of KPFA. The thirty minute program airs every 1st, 3rd, and 5th Friday of the month at 2:30 pm. The collective also works to improve access to KPFA for people with disabilities and educate other producers about disability issues

The group has produced over 100 wide-ranging programs. The programs have covered specific disabling illnesses such as polio or depression, disabled people in various countries and various ages and disability-related political issues, while highlighting cultural workers who live with disabilities.

The entire archive of programs by and about people with disabilities can be heard at www.kpfa.org.

PUSHING LIMITS 94.1 fm
1, 3rd & 5th Friday at 2:30 pm.
For podcast and 24 hour listening, go to www.kpfa.org

Pushing Limits at KPFA
1929 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Box 82
Berkeley, CA 94704
pushinglimits@kpfa.org

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