The Deaf Rochester Film Festival entries for the 2009 Festival taking place on March 26 to 29, 2009. The deadline has been extended to December 15, 2008 (postmarked), so it’s not too late to submit your entry!
Click on attchement deaf-rochester-film-festival for entries information.
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Photo Example, NOT ACTUAL FOUND RING
Silver ring with Chinese characters found at NTID during the RDAW Kick-Off Sunday, September 21st.
Please contact Steve Lovi, RDAW Chair at SLovi19@aol.com if you are able to identify inside ring inscription for return.
Categories: RIT/NTID · Useful News
WXXI LAUNCHES ACCESSIBLE ELECTION WEB SITE AND HOSTS A POLITICAL FORUM TO BENEFIT THOSE WHO ARE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING
(Rochester, New York) September 15, 2008 - Twenty-eight million Americans with severe hearing loss do not have full access to information about political candidates and election issues. This fact is what fueled WXXI’s launch of an accessible election Web site for deaf and hard of hearing citizens. In addition to these online efforts, WXXI and its project partners will host a televised political forum to show candidates how to relate to an audience that is deaf and hard of hearing, and adapt its television production techniques to ensure that the forum is accessible to television viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing.
In partnership with the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at Rochester Institute of Technology and the Rochester Hearing and Speech Center, WXXI is adapting its regular elections Web content to make it more accessible for those who are deaf or hard of hearing.
A major portion of this project includes the development of captioning Web video, which could make the site the first news Internet site in the nation to provide captioning for election news reporting. WXXI is launching the site on Monday, September 22, which marks the beginning of National Deaf Awareness Week.
The forum is also being recorded on Monday, September 22 at WXXI, 280 State Street, Rochester, NY. All candidates from the 25th, 26th, 28th, and 29th Congressional districts have been invited to participate. (Press is welcome to attend the recording, which begins at 7 p.m.) Deaf and hard of hearing citizens who would like to participate in the forum are invited to contact WXXI’s Center for Public Affairs by calling 585-258-0267 or sending an e-mail to jphilipp@wxxi.org. Participants must pre-register in order to attend.
The forum will air on WXXI’s digital channel, WXXI-World (cable 524/DT21.2) on Friday, September 26 at 9 p.m., Saturday, September 27 at 4 p.m. and Sunday, September 28 at 7 p.m.
The forum and accessible Web page are being funded in part by a grant from The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) as part of CPB’s Public Media Innovation (PMI) Fund. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s PMI Fund was established to support new media initiatives that demonstrate technical or service innovations with respect to a specific target audience. WXXI was one of five public broadcasting stations chosen out of 59 applicants to receive the grant.
To read more about the project, visit WXXI.org/citizen/pmi/. On Monday, September 22 you can visit the same address for a link to the newly launched site.
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Categories: Events · Useful News
Dear Rochester Deaf Awareness Week Supporter,
The radio station, Family Life Network, 94.7 has prepared a one minute-long news story on Rochester’s Deaf Awareness Week to be broadcast in our newscasts on Friday, September 19, prior to the kick-off event for the week of festivities.
If all goes as planned, the feature story should air on the Family Life Network on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 during the FLN Noon Report, most likely between 12:20 and 12:35. We plan to rebroadcast the story that evening during our Family Night programming, around 7:25 p.m.
The feature story includes an audio clip conversation of Steve Lovi from the Deaf Awareness Week planning through Sprint Relay Services. It also includes portions of an interview recorded with Susan Trien who works at the Strong National Museum of Play as part of their Children’s Deaf Awareness Day events.
If you would like to refer people to the feature story, please let them know that in Rochester people can tune in to the Family Life Network at 94.7 FM. They also have the option of listening to the radio network online by going to the Family Life Network website at FLN.org. Starting the next day the story will also be available as a podcast on our website.
To access the podcast:
* Go to www.fln.org
* Click on Radio
* Click on FLN News.
* On the news page, for one week, there will be a story icon for the Deaf Awareness Week story.
* After that time, the story can be accessed by clicking on the colorful “Neighborhoods in the Network” banner to find the story listed in the “Neighborhoods in the Network” story list.
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Defensive Driving Course
On Tuesday, October 14th and Thursday, Oct 16th
From 6 pm to 9 pm
Allwrights Driving School
1560 Mt. Hope Ave
Rochester, NY 14620
Pay $45 cash or money order now
Mail the money order to:
Allwrights Driving School
1560 Mt. Hope Ave
Rochester, NY 14620
MUST have valid driver license with you in class
First come first serve
Email: bpalmigiano@yahoo.com
VP: 866-552-4610
(*) note: this classroom can hold up to 10 people
NOTE: Hearing people are welcome to take the course if they know ASL .
Brenda Palmigiano is Deaf certified Defensive Driving instructor.
DEADLINE by October 3rd.
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Good Afternoon.
Defensive Driving Course is being cancelled due to low enrollment. November 15th Saturday is still being offered. I will send you the flyer as soon as possible.
Thank you for the advertise and hope you will do it again further notice.
Amy Julius
Administrative Assistant
ASL Coordinator
Deaf Adult Services, Inc
2495 Main Street- Suite 347
Buffalo, New York 14214
Voice: 833-1637
VP: 866-922-6622
TTY: 833-5234
Fax: 833-7480
E-mail: office@wnydas.org
Web: www.wnydas.org
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A first time event!!
GAGV and Deaf Awareness Week will be co-hosting a Deaf LGBT Panel Discussion!
The Panel Discussion will be held on Saturday, September 20th from 11 AM-1 PM at the NTID Student Development Center (Building #55) behind LBJ #60.
If you are interested in joining as a panel member to share your Deaf LGBT experience with hearing community members as part of Deaf Awareness Week, we are looking for a variety of Deaf or Hard of Hearing younger/college/older/gay men/lesbians/people of color to join this exciting panel presentation to help educate Hearing LGBT brothers and sisters about our Deaf culture and heritage.
Please contact Steve Lovi, Program Coordinator at STLovi@aol.com ASAP to sign up for this special event!
Others are welcome to attend this event as well. For more information about Deaf Awareness Week, check out our schedule of events with more updates at www.rochesterdeafclub.com/rdaw
Go DEAF LGBT PRIDE!
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Did you know this September is Rochester Deaf Awareness Week during September 20 to 27? The schedule is now posted, and details will be announced soon. Please check the following link for more information:
http://rdaw.rochesterdeafclub.com/
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Dear Colleagues,
It’s always pleasing to note how effective and active you are in addressing issues of the Deaf and Hard -of-Hearing. We feel close to you each time we read your initiatives and activities. This gives us a lot of challenges to drive our initiatives as well.
We are glad that we enrolled to learn about your activities.
For interest sake, do you have any Computer software to develop Sign Language Literature? If so, how can we access such? We predominantly use American Sign Language (ASL).
We are the ONLY NGO in Zambia advocating the recognition and publisizing Sign Language. We are Government official Sign Language Interpreters. We are proud of this achievement.
Please keep on sending us your activities to us and remember to advise on our request.
God bless the DeafROC Team
Mbewe Moffat & Chipampe Ngulimba
Association of Sign Language Interpreters of Zambia (ASLIZ)
Editor’s Note: If you can help with their request for computer software, contact them via email at aslizzambia@yahoo.com.
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Sign Language-Interpreted Dog Obedience Course Offered by Lollypop Farm
FAIRPORT, NY — Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester, is pleased to offer a sign language-interpreted Basic Dog Obedience course. This specialized class begins on October 15 and runs for six weeks. Because the class is geared specifically for members of the Rochester community who are deaf, a professional sign-language interpreter will help the instructor communicate with participants.
The class’s sign language interpreter is Patti Gates, RID CI, CT, an avid dog lover who has participated in both basic and advanced dog obedience classes at Lollypop Farm.
Dogs will learn leash walking and basic commands such as sit, stay, come, heel, and down, and will work with distractions to improve “off leash” obedience. Participating dogs must be at least 5 months old, sociable with other dogs and people, and current on all vaccinations (parvo, distemper, rabies, and kennel cough).
The Basic Dog Obedience course costs $90, and a $30 discount applies for dogs adopted from Lollypop Farm. Online registration at www.lollypop.org
closes on Wednesday, October 1. Questions can be directed to info@lollypop.org.
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester, is committed to building lifelong bonds between people and animals through education, community outreach programs and the prevention of cruelty. For more information, call (585) 223-1330 or visit the website at www.lollypop.org.
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