2009 X GAMES CHAMPION HONORED AT CITY HALL FOR HER INSPIRATION TO DEAF COMMUNITY
Ashley Fiolek will be honored at L.A.'s City Hall for her accomplishments and achievements despite being born deaf.
In tribute to “Deaf Awareness Month” in Los Angeles, Councilman Tony Cardenas is honoring the 18-year-old athlete who clinched the Gold Medal in the 2009 X Games Women’s Moto-X and the 2008 AMA Women’s Motocross Championship. Ashley Fiolek, born profoundly deaf, keeps beating the odds. As a matter of fact, she also secured the 2009 AMA Women’s Motocross Championship this month despite crashing her bike and enduring a broken collarbone.
This Friday, Cardenas will hold a press conference in the City Hall rotunda alongside Ashley and her
Honda Red Bull Racing CRF250R honoring her achievements as well as the accomplishments of other role models in the deaf and hard of hearing communities. A video montage of Ashley’s courageous riding will be displayed on a screen. Following the press conference, each council office has been asked to join Cardenas in recognizing extraordinary deaf and hard of hearing individuals in their respective districts during the City Council meeting. In 2003, Cardenas designated September as “Deaf Awareness Month” in Los Angeles. You can see a video of Ashley’s riding at
Ashley Fiolek Video
(Visuals: displayed Motocross bikes, big screen with video montage of Ashley Fiolek, artwork of deaf and hard of hearing individuals,
performers)
WHO: Councilman Tony Cardenas, Councilwoman Jan Perry Ashley Fiolek, 2009 Women’s Motocross Champion/X Games Gold Medalist Center Theater Group and Deaf West
WHAT: Press Conference Honoring 2009 X Games Gold Medalist Ashley Fiolek and other Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals
WHEN: Friday, September 25, 2009, 9:00 a.m.
WHERE: Main City Hall (Rotunda)
200 North Spring Street
Los Angeles, 90012
