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Sign Language in Space!
NASA video of Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson on the International Space Station signing a special message to Earth.
Source video
President Obama's ADA Anniversary PSA
Captioned Public Service Announcement from President Obama celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Video was posted to Youtube by the AAPD.
Deaf Women in Film Interview with Rhianon Gutierrez
Interview of Rhianon Gutierrez, Deaf Woman Director and Writer of "Transients".
Interview produced by Jules Dameron of Deaf Women in Film and ASL Master for "Transients". Subtitles provided by Alex Lotz.
To learn more about the Deaf Women in Film project, you can visit their blog, twitter account or facebook page.
Kendall Unltd
Kendall Unltd promotional video to be shown at Las Vegas Expo.
Film editing and equipment was provided by Vriezen Photography
Starring
Kendall Kail
Breanna Murray
Shawn Vriezen
Special Thanks to Jessalyn Frank and Sarah Houge for providing emotional support.
Casa de Frank provided by Jessalyn Frank
Kendall Unltd
www.kendallunltd.com
Kendall Unltd
Kendall Unltd promotional video to be shown at Las Vegas Expo.
Film editing and equipment was provided by Vriezen Photography
Starring
Kendall Kail
Breanna Murray
Shawn Vriezen
Special Thanks to Jessalyn Frank and Sarah Houge for providing emotional support.
Casa de Frank provided by Jessalyn Frank
Kendall Unltd
www.kendallunltd.com
Mental Health information video - "Suicide: What You Can Do"
The Alternative Solutions Center in Bethesda, MD provides a v/blog to inform the deaf community about mental health topics. With their permission, I am reposting their videos to help share this information. This video is about suicide and what you can do to prevent it.
Their videos are available through their v/blog, blip.tv and Youtube.
Due to the sensitivity of this subject matter, comments are closed. If you wish to discuss these issues, please do contact a professional.
Mental Health information video - "When Narcissists Use Children"
Their videos are available through their v/blog, blip.tv and Youtube.
Due to the sensitivity of this subject matter, comments are closed. If you wish to discuss these issues, please do contact a professional.
Introduction to the Deaf Politics cause
Jessica Thurber explains why she started Deaf Politics, and how it is intended be a non-partisan source of political information for the Deaf community.
They do not yet have a website, but you can subscribe to the Deaf Politics Facebook page, the Deaf Politics Twitter account, or the Deaf Politics Youtube account.
Deaf Non-profits to lose Tax exemption
Thousands of Non-profit organizations are at risk of losing their nonprofit status if they do not file with the IRS by May 15th. Many small Deaf non-profits may be especially hard hit.
The IRS implemented a new rule in 2006 requiring all non-profits to file with the IRS. Organizations that earned under $25,000 a year were previously exempt. If organizations do not file their returns for three years, they lose their non-profit status. As this is the third year that this rule has been in effect, this May 15th may be the execution date for many non-profits.
Most non-profits earning less than $25,000 a year only have to file the Form 990-N or "e-Postcard" which is a simple electronic application which requires 8 basic pieces of information, including the organizations contact information.
To find out if a non-profit organization needs to file, or is in danger of losing their tax exempt status by checking the database at the National Center for Charitable Statistics
Universal Subtitles project aims to Caption the web
The Universal Subtitles project aims to "make captioning, subtitling, and translating video publicly accessible in a way that’s free and open, just like the Web." Their efforts include a subtitling widget for simple online subtitling, a subtitles protocol to create a retrievable subtitles database, and a collaborative subtitling site. This project is sponsored by the Participatory Culture Foundation with seed funding from the Mozilla Foundation.
They need $25,000 to fund their cause, and are asking for contributions.
The Mozilla Foundation will match dollar-for-dollar all contributions to their cause (up to $25,000) from their Open Web Fund.
Their project page is on Mozilla Drumbeat, and you can go there to join their project, donate or just learn more about it.
MN Citizen Deaf Unconference
The future of the Deaf community rests with those who make a difference. This special community event provides Deaf citizens with a forum for open discussion of how to take action to affect this change.
This UnConference will let YOU decide which issues are important, and discuss how to take action.
What is an Unconference? Its a conference that turns traditional lectures on its head. There is no panel, and no audience, there are only participants. We believe everyone has value, and the sum of our skills is far greater than any one 'expert' alone. This conference is designed to allow all participants to propose, discuss and lead the topics that matter to them.
Are you Passionate about our Community? Then we look forward to seeing you there!
Saturday May 22nd 2010
9am-2pm
Cherokee Heights Park, St Paul MN
A Picnic Lunch will be provided.
(Free) Registration is requested
Wisc. Interpreter Licensure Bill -- Final Passage
Final passage of the The Wisconsin Interpreter Licensure Bill (SB 389). Joe Riggio provides updates.
The Wisconsin Association of the Deaf has more information about this bill.
You can also check out our previous posts, or check out Joe Riggio's Youtube channel.
Solving MDS-MNSA's State funding issues - Urgent Update
URGENT Update: MCDHH has now issued an urgent alert requesting that people call their MN State Senators to include the funding bill for the school in the budget omnibus bill. See attached file for more information.
4/19/2010 Signcasts Monday News Roundup - fixed
The Roundup collects news articles reflecting Deaf people and issues from around the world. The aim is to provide a Deaf perspective on news and events. In this issue: RID Educational Interpreting vote, more deaf schools in danger, the story of a deaf-blind child left abandoned in wintry temperatures, and news about the upcoming Dummy Hoy documentary.
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On April 12th, the RID completed voting on their new standards for educational interpreting. Results have yet to be announced. These standards will have an effect on how the mainstream environment functions.
Greening Gallaudet
Members of "Green Gallaudet", Gallaudet University's student environmental group, explain how Gallaudet's Cafeteria has been taking steps to be come more environmentally friendly.
Video was produced by Bison TV Productions, the Gallaudet University video production group. Reposted by permission of both Green Gallaudet and Bison TV Productions.
VLOG: Open Letter to the RID, ASL Translation
Note: The introduction of this video says "Two Open Letters," unfortunately, due to time constraints, we only completed one! The second will be following... In this letter, I contact RID President Cheryl Moose and share my concerns.
An Open Letter to the RID President
ASL version here. This letter was sent early this morning, April 12th, to President Cheryl Moose of the RID. I hope to hear a positive result, which to me is postponing the vote or putting it on hold until further review. One small clarifaction: the vote in question has been ongoing for the last few weeks and ends today.
Dear Ms. Moose:
I am contacting you regarding the Educational Interpreting Standard Practice Paper being voted on today. I'm a teacher and have a vested interest in how interpreters work in the classroom. In March, when I was informed by an ASL interpreter who worked with a Deaf student of mine that there would be a vote coming up on educational interpreting, I was excited. As a Deaf person who works in the public school environment teaching English, who's literally experienced ASL interpreting all my life in education, I know there's a lot of potential but also a lot of need for change.
SignCasts Monday Morning News + Coffee Roundup
The News Roundup takes a look at news, with a Deaf perspective. This week: more Deaf abuse scandals come to light, the RID's Educational Interpreting Vote, See What I'm Saying, and other news tidbits.
VLOG: RID of our future?
Yesterday, the RID Committee Chairperson for the Educational Interpreting Task Force, Susan Brown, finally replied to my concerns (originally outlined in ASL here and in English here). I'd been waiting for several days, so I was glad to hear from her - but she asked me to wait until, er, AFTER the vote to clarify the answers to my questions. (SMALL CORRECTION: After the vote is completed - the vote is online and will complete on April 12th, 2010.)
Last minute Tax tips in ASL
Filing your Taxes at the Last minute? The IRS has tips for you, shown in ASL.
The IRS also has over 50 other Sign Language videos on their Official Youtube channel at IRSvideosASL. A Full list of the IRS ASL videos with text transcripts is also available from the IRS website.