On Sunday Oct. 8 in St Paul, Minn., 80 people turned out to show support for GU FSSA. Here is a video showing some of the speakers.
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On Sunday Oct. 8 in St Paul, Minn., 80 people turned out to show support for GU FSSA. Here is a video showing some of the speakers.
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The deaf people of Los Angeles could feel the “earthquake” from the epicenter, nearly 2,500 miles away, Gallaudet University. The protest rally held earlier today in Los Angeles symbolizes nothing but full support to our dearest folks, FSSA, for their continued struggle against social injustice that happened at Gallaudet University. FSSA, not the Board of […]
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On October 4th, GUAA-NorCal chapter held a Tent City Rally to show our support for protest at Gallaudet. The video include some words from Bridgetta-Bourne Firl, David Eberwein, and Tom Holcomb. NorCal chapter also have a special treat for FSSA, “A Revised Bison Song!” Unity for Gallaudet!
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We, the GUAA Bay Area Chapter, have a message for Gallaudet’s FSSA (Faculty, Staff, Students and Alumni) Coalition regarding Tent City! View on!
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This 12-minute video shows some of the third part of the “Understanding Deafhood” presentation series at the National Association of the Deaf Conference in Palm Desert, California last summer. “Understanding Deafhood: Out Identity” will discuss four areas: 1)A critical examination (examined vs unexamined), 2) deficit thinking, 3) consciousness, and 4) construction of Deaf consciousness. This […]
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I have been getting some requests for “A Journey to Deafhood” ASL Vlog by Genie Gertz to be reposted from my old website. This vlog will help and clarify questions about Deafhood. The most important message in this Vlog is that Deafhood DOES include every Deaf people in our signing community to better understand our experiences and how we […]
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This 2:23-minute clip is another part of Ella Mae Lentz’s presentation at the NAD conference during the summer of 2006, Understanding Deafhood: Our Language (part 2 of 4). This clip re-frames the Crab Theory that has been used to describe how Deaf people pull “achieving” Deaf people down. Framing is how we use language to […]
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This video is the second part of the Understanding Deafhood presentation series at the NAD conference last June. Understanding Deafhood: Our Language, a 12-minute video will discuss four things: 1) What the “Deaf” term means to different populations 2) Deafhood Dimensions, 3) Deafhood Journey and Process, and 4) Choices Deaf individuals make. Again, it was very challenging […]
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Greetings! In my “Afterthoughts” video, I mentioned we needed to get Deaf clubs back as places for Deaf people to gather together regularly. This new video shows how the Deaf club concept can be revisited with a “Deaf Think Tank”. This video was made for a workshop at the NAD conference recently and shows members […]
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I attended 2006 NAD Conference in Palm Springs, CA last June/July. I had an opportunity to ask some people to share their thoughts on 2006 NAD conference.
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