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"Deaf Women in Film" interview with Jackie Roth [CC]
"Deaf Women in Film" interviews Jackie Roth, deaf actress and producer. Jackie Roth performed on Broadway with "Children of a Lesser God, and was Coordinating Producer for "Sound and Fury".
Note that this video is captioned. Please be sure to turn on captioning!
Interviewed and filmed by Julia Dameron and Reposted from Deaf Women in Film's Website.
"Natty" Frank explains Deaf Hope's Lavender Revolution
Deaf Hope has launched "Lavender Revolution", a new social Media program to help stop violence against women. Natalee “Natty” Franck, the Social Media Coordinator for this program, explains the program.
Rally at NY School for the Deaf
Rally at White Plains NY School for the Deaf to help oppose state budget cuts to the School. See more information about this issue at DeafNYAction.org
Leah Katz Hernandez, Deaf Advocate "Pearl"
Interview with Leah Katz-Hernandez. Leah is a political activist who blogged heavily during during the 2008 Presidential Campaign and provided information about the campaign from a deaf perspective. For this work, she received the “Local Grassroots Leadership Award” by the Latino Inaugural Celebration Committee at the Organization of American States. She also later interned for the White House. A transcript of this interview is available at the M Project's original interview post with Leah.
This interview is part of "The Pearls", which is recognizing her for her Advocate work. "The Pearls" is an event that recognizes 20 Deaf Women from all over America who have outstanding achievements in their respective categories. The categories are: Advocates, Artists, Business Women, First Ofs/Founders, and Hidden Pearls. This private affair will take place in Studio City, CA on June 4th, 2011. This event is being coordinated by The M Projects - an event, marketing and project management company. For more information, please visit their website at http://themprojects.com/
IRS Tax Tips in ASL
The IRS is providing a series of videos in ASL providing Tax tips. The list of videos is available at the IRS site. The videos are hosted on their Youtube Channel at their IRSvideoASL account.
Please help support Deaf Japanese Tsunami Victims
Deaf Echo has set up a page for Deaf Japanese Tsunami victims which will be continuously updated as they have more information.
Please go there to learn more about what you can do.
They have directed people to go to the a donation page for the Nippon Foundation. It is stated that the Nippon Foundation is working with the Japan Federation of the Deaf to send help to Deaf communities affected by the tsunami.
MADC VP at MN Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing Lobbying Day
Interview with Kathleen Bridgeford, the VP of Minnesota Associations of Deaf Citizens (MADC) at the MN Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing Lobbying Day which was co-sponsored by MADC.
7th Grader Lobbies for Access
12 year old Marissa Leitzke talks about her experience at the MN Legislature at the MN Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing Lobbying Day on March 2nd. Marissa came with her entire family to Lobbying Day to help lobby for support for Deaf-Blind programs for both her and her younger brother.
NY Deaf School Parent Testimony
"Deaf NY Action" provides a video testimony from a Parent of a NY Deaf School student pleading to support the schools (voice with captioning)
See their website at www.deafnyaction.org for more information about this issue and to learn how to get involved.
How to Get Involved to Protest NY Deaf School Changes
"Deaf NY Action" explains how people can get involved to protest proposed changes to state law that would affect NY Schools for the Deaf. In this video Michael Kennedy, a Social Studies Teacher at New York School for the Deaf, explains how to get involved, including how to send a message to the governor and legislators and how to attend their rally in Albany, NY on March 10th. More details and information can be found at their website at deafnyaction.org
Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing Lobbying Day (Updated)
Rally and Awards Ceremony at the MN State Capitol for the Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing Lobbying Day sponsored by MCDHH and MADC. Livestreamed by TheUptake. (They are also an award recipient for their captioning of the MN Governor Debates.) Reposted by permission.
Updated new Captioned version provided by TheUptake.
Interview with MN state representative Marion Greene at Deaf-Blind Lobbying Workshop
MN state Representative Marion Greene (Campaign website) kindly agreed to participate in a training workshop for the Deaf-Blind to help them prepare for the MN Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard-of Hearing Lobbying Day on March 2nd. I interviewed Representative Greene afterwords to get a legislator's view on this experience and the upcoming Lobbying Day.