Making the centennial welcoming.

The website

The Sherman Oaks 100 website is built using semantic HTML, accessible color contrast, keyboard-navigable controls, and responsive design that adapts to mobile, tablet, and desktop screens. We've aimed to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at AA level as a target.

• Skip-to-content link at the top of every page.
• Keyboard-friendly navigation, including the mobile menu and event filters.
• Visible focus styles on links, buttons, and form fields.
• Reduced-motion support — animations dampen when your operating system requests reduced motion.
• Color choices designed for AA-level contrast on body text.
• Form fields with associated labels and helpful hints.
• Alt text on meaningful images; decorative graphics are marked appropriately for screen readers.

The events

The committee aims for every centennial-led event to be welcoming and accessible. Specific accommodations depend on each venue, but our commitments include:

• Selecting accessible venues for marquee events whenever possible.
• Providing accessible seating and clear sight lines at programmed events.
• Welcoming service animals.
• Working with partners and sponsors to support ASL, captioning, or translation when feasible.
• Family-friendly programming, with quieter spaces or breaks where appropriate.

Requesting an accommodation

If you need a specific accommodation to participate in an event — or if something on this website is creating a barrier for you — please write us at hello@example.com with as much detail as you're comfortable sharing.

We'll do our best to accommodate within the constraints of a volunteer-run, community-funded project. Getting in touch ahead of an event helps us prepare.

Known limitations

A small group of volunteers built this site. We expect some accessibility gaps. Specifically:

• Placeholder images currently use decorative labels rather than descriptive content — we'll write proper alt text as real images replace the placeholders.
• Third-party embeds (when added — maps, video players, newsletter forms) follow their own accessibility behavior, which may not match the rest of the site.
• This is a preliminary build. Accessibility refinements will continue through 2026 and into the centennial year.

Telling us about barriers

If you encounter an accessibility barrier — a page that doesn't read well in a screen reader, a control you can't reach with the keyboard, contrast that's too low, an event that's harder to attend than it should be — please tell us at hello@example.com. We'll acknowledge your message and work to address it.

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This statement reflects our commitments today and is intentionally written as something we will keep updating as the centennial grows.