California Association of the Deaf Board members 2015-17 Let’s welcome the new CAD Board members 2015-2017! President- Julie Rems-Smario Vice President- Marla Hatrak Secretary- Deanne Bray-Kotsur Treasurer- Dodi Ellis Director of Membership- Matthew Sampson Director at Large, Northern California- Shelley Ann Stout Director at Large, Southern California- Kavita Pipalia The outgoing Board members are Nancy…
Announcement from CAD Conference Chair, Matt Ellis: Language Equality & Equity: From the Womb to the World, the 2015 CAD Conference is coming! September 25-27 in San Diego! Register here www.cad1906.org/register $100 for members, $115 for non-members (one year membership included). $25 for the Saturday night Deaf Club! event. Hotel Information: DoubleTree by Hilton San…
Latest about SB 210 from CAD Board President- SB 210 is now at Governor Jerry Brown’s desk! Let’s contact him and encourage him to SIGN the bill! https://youtu.be/Qgy53DrvqS8
SB 210 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY FLOOR! Our hero of the day is James Gallagher, an Assembly member, who presented the bill in ASL!!! He has two Deaf brothers! He did a beautiful JOB!! ONWARDS!!!! Its amazing that 75 Assembly Members voted for this bill, especially with an applaud following Assembly member James Gallagher’s presentation in…
Registration fee is $100 for members & $115 for non-members. Please come! PDF of convention schedule & locations: CAD_2015_Schedule.pdf Click on the “Register” button in the top menu above to obtain more information and register!
Recently Julie Rems-Smario, current CAD President, sent a letter listed below to Patrick O’Donnell, chair of the Appropriations Committee, urging him to support SB 210. Please show your support by sending an email to Misty.feusahrens@asm.ca.gov. Please send your email today! RE: SB 210 (Galgiani): Special Education: Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing: Language Milestones – SUPPORT, as amended…
SB 210- Assembly Education Committee 1) Image Description and transcript 2) CAD sample letter to send to Assembly Education Committee 3) List of Assembly Education Committee members’ contact info IMAGE DESCRIPTION: CAD Logo- Light blue Circle with dark blue letters CAD inside. Outside of the logo, black letters: “California Association of the Deaf 1906” The…
Dear Deaf Californians and Allies, Hello everyone! Deaf children of California need your SUPPORT to end language deprivation. SB 210 demands accountability for language acquisition. SB 210 is CAD-sponsored bill to mandate language acquisition accountability for all Deaf children between the ages of 0 to 5 to make sure acquire language during…
This is to let you know that the CAD Board is meeting on November 15 at CSUN. The meeting will not be open to the public. CAD met with communities in Sacramento, Orange County, and San Diego. Those three meetings were great because people expressed concerns, participated in discussion of priorities, and helped the CAD…
CAD responds to Thomas Bone’s letter– NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US- Dear Mr. Bone: Thank you for the response to the August 25, 2014 email from California Association of the Deaf. We would like to meet with you and discuss your response to our concerns about your new Parent’s Guide to Hearing Loss.…