March 2, 2016 Starkey Hearing Foundation Dear Marti Jones, Communications, We are still waiting for your response to have a healthy dialogue about what happened at the Starkey Hearing Foundation Super Bowl 50 event in San Francisco Bay Area. For clarification, CAD’s position with Starkey is not anti-hearing aids. It is about utilizing #responsiblemarketing without resorting to #inspirationporn. The…
Male presenting white person with dark blond curly hair and beard. He is wearing a blue shirt. The background is white. The graphics are white, too. (black background with white fonts, which is consistent throughout the video) Opening graphics: #whyIsign Goes GLOBAL — Adam Jarashow Adam: #whyIsign Graphics: Three reasons Adam supports #whyIsign Adam: #1 Research has…
Image description and transcript: The background is white graphics: #whyIsign A Black female presenting person iconically known as Rosa Lee. She has light brown curly hair and a blue blouse. Rosa Lee: #whyIsign Rosa Lee: What is #whyIsign? Stacey Abrams created the idea when she became curious about hearing families who learned ASL and signed with their Deaf…
Dear Dr Lu, Thank you so much for the time your team and you took to meet with the representatives of California Association of the Deaf and Language Equality and Acquisition for Deaf Kids (LEAD-K). It was a very productive discussion. Sheri Farinha and I are looking forward to collaborative efforts with you to bring…
Thank you, Jenny Witteborg for offering your ASL services to present CAD’s open letter urging the Senate to amend EHDI Act Reauthorization. To read the open letter, click here
(EDHI ACT) PROPOSED AMENDMENTS to S. 2424 FROM THE DEAF COMMUNITY CAD is so appreciative of the the leadership by Deaf people, especially Sheri Ann Farinha, from both the Coalition for Agencies Serving the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the California Association of the Deaf for their hard work to create this list of recommended…
#whyIsign Trending Partners: CAD, LEAD-K & DawnSignPress MARCH 13th-15th: 48 HOUR #whyIsign CAMPAIGN For Immediate Release February 25, 2016 CONTACT Matthew Sampson, Media Contact mhsampson1@gmail.com Stacy Abrams, Families Contact whyisign@gmail.com Stacy Abrams started #whyIsign trending to celebrate Deaf children’s families Stacy Abrams, a mentor for families of Deaf babies and children in Arizona, had started…
#whyIsign PARTNERSHIP SNEAK PREVIEW!!! Stacy Abram’s #whyIsign campaign is partnering with California Association of the Deaf, LEAD-K, and DawnSignPress for a 48-hour campaign during March 13-15th. Be on the lookout for more information about this exciting campaign partnership. Thank you Rosa Lee Timm, Adam Jarashaw, and Jon Ziev for your awesome volunteer work! If you have…
(ASL Presentation of this letter, click here) February 19, 2016 Dear Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Members: California Association of the Deaf would like to let you know that we support National Association of the Deaf’s (NAD) letter from June 22, 2015 urging the House of Representatives to make amendments to SB 2424,…
Dear Marti Jones, Thank you for your response. We appreciate the Starkey Hearing Foundation’s effort of keeping communication accessible by having “licensed” ASL interpreters who were volunteers at the event. We also do understand the mission in providing hearing aids for those who have various hearing levels. Please know that the Deaf community does not use…