Christy Smith and David Justice
Christy Smith, who is deaf and a former contestant on CBS-TV’s “Survivor: The Amazon” and David Justice, an American Sign Language/English interpreter and deaf community advocate, will be special guest presenters at Rochester School for the Deaf (RSD), October 23, 2008, for the school’s 16th annual Adventures in Education program.
As co-founders of Discovering Deaf Worlds, an organization dedicated to promoting deaf awareness globally, Smith and Justice are currently wrapping up their first-ever international adventure, which began in October 2007. Since that time, Smith and Justice have traveled extensively through New Zealand, Australia, Japan, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal and India. In major urban centers and rural communities they met with deaf community leaders, government officials, educators and deaf and hard of hearing youth, adults and their families. Along the way they documented their experiences through video and photography, a newsletter, blogging and through their organization’s website, www.discoveringdeafworlds.com.
On Thursday, October 23, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. in the RSD Auditorium, Smith and Justice will present “Discovering Deaf Worlds,” their personal travelogue of encounters and experiences, as they interacted with individuals with hearing loss in countries outside of the United States. Their presentation, which is open to the public, will be in American Sign Language, with voice interpretation and real-time captioning display.
Tickets for RSD’s Adventures in Education program are $45 per person. The evening includes a hors d’oeuvres and dessert reception starting at 5:00 p.m. in the Learning Resource Center, in Westervelt Hall on the RSD campus. The community presentation follows at 7:00 p.m. in the RSD Auditorium.
Opportunities are available for underwriting supporters. A limited number of student, presentation-only, tickets are available at $20/each. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Rochester School for the Deaf at 585-544-1240 (voice/TTY), or visit: www.RSDeaf.org/Adventures for details.
