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MDS/MNSA Board merger information
SignCasts - Information on what will happen to the Boards of Metro Deaf School and Minnesota North Star Academy due to their merger. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Education Thu, Jul 02 2009

MDS/MNSA PTG merger information
SignCasts - Information on what will happen to the Parent-Teacher Groups of Metro Deaf School and Minnesota North Star Academy due to the merger of the schools. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Education Thu, Jul 02 2009

About MN Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
SignCasts - Marie Koehler, Twin Cities Metro Region Director for the Minnesota Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division (DHHSD) , explains the services that the DHHSD provides to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Communities. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Art and Storytelling Culture Wed, Jun 10 2009

Interview with Raymond Luczak, Playwright for Deaf Blender
SignCasts - Raymond Luczak talks about inspiration for being involved with the Deaf Blender Theatre group. Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Media Art and Storytelling Culture Sun, Apr 12 2009

Mark Levin on why he is involved with D-PAN
SignCasts - Mark Levin talks about his connection to music, and why his joined D-PAN, the Deaf Performing Artists Network Formats available:MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv)
Media Language Art and Storytelling Culture Fri, Apr 10 2009

Interview with D-Pan -- Deaf Performing Artists Network
SignCasts - Interview with Sean Forbes and Mark Levin of D-PAN -- Deaf Performing Artists Network Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Media Art and Storytelling Thu, Apr 02 2009

Viewer Reaction to "A Look in The Mirror."
SignCasts - Viewer Jessalyn Frank provides a reaction to the performance of Nic Zapko's "A Look in the Mirror" Video provided by Evonne Bilotta-Burke.
Art and Storytelling Mon, Mar 23 2009

History of Thompson Hall Deaf Club's theatre space
SignCasts - Doug Bahl provides historical tidbits about Thompson Hall Deaf Club's theatre space. Video Provided by Evonne Bilotta-Burke.
Art and Storytelling Mon, Mar 23 2009
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Marcia Avner at MN Deaf Lobbying Day
SignCasts - Speech by Marcia Avner, Public Policy Director for the Minnesota Council of Non-Profits and parent of a deaf son at the MN Deaf Lobbying Day on March 4th. Marcia Avner talks about how she become a public advocate because of her son, and how Deaf people can be their own advocates by working with legislatures to support deaf concerns. read more
Art and Storytelling Legal Culture Mon, Mar 16 2009

2 Deaf People Honored with National Secretaries of State...
SignCasts - Trudy Suggs and Emory Dively were awarded the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) Medallion Award on Wednesday March 4th.for their efforts in helping the deaf participate in elections. read more
Legal Culture Mon, Mar 09 2009

Lobbying for Deaf School Bus Driving Rights
SignCasts - Sean Virnig from the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf, and Alison Porter, a junior at Minnesota Northstar Academy, provide information about the bill allowing Deaf Drivers to drive School Buses again. For more information about this bill, go to the MNCDHH information page. read more
Audism Education Legal Culture Mon, Mar 09 2009

Rep. Larry Hosch speaks at Lobbying Day
SignCasts - Rep. Hosch speaks to the attendees of the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and DeafBlind 2009 Lobby Day on March 4th. Representative Larry Hosch (DFL) is the Minnesota Representative for District 14B, and Assistant Majority Leader for the Minnesota House. He is also Hard of Hearing himself. read more
Legal Culture Sun, Mar 08 2009

Al Franken Receives Most Accessible Campaign 2008 Award
SignCasts - Al Franken receives an award for most Accessible Campaign by the Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans for his U.S. Senate Campaign's work to provide access to the Deaf. Franken's campaign provided captioning for all television and online videos, interpreters for campaign events and focused on "including all Minnesotans". read more
Media Language Tech Culture Fri, Mar 06 2009

Interview with Evonne Bilotta-Burke, Director of "Un"
SignCasts - Interview with Evonne Bilotta-Burke, Director of "UN". She shares how her experiences as a theatre interpreter, playwright, and director have highlighted the importance of deaf theatre and her involvement with the new deaf theatre group Deaf Blender. read more
Art and Storytelling Culture Sat, Feb 28 2009

Deaf Dogs Information
SignCasts - A short outline of what Deaf pets mean to the Deaf community, and some links to more information for Deaf dogs in particular. Three resources highlighted: [link] [link] [link] Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Art and Storytelling Culture Mon, Feb 23 2009

Faribault Interpreter Issues
SignCasts - Faribault Deaf Club member Trudy Suggs talks about how to handle issues some people might have encountered with Interpreters for health services in the Faribault area. She asks that people contact her if they have issues, so she can keep track of the problem and work with the health providers to resolve it. read more
Legal Tue, Jan 13 2009

"Making the Case"
SignCasts - Video Provided by Metro Deaf School (MDS) explaining why MDS and Minnesota North Star Academy intend to merge. Formats available:Windows Media (.wmv), Flash Video (.flv)
Education Fri, Jan 09 2009

Merged School Building addition explained
SignCasts - MNSA board member Allan Amis explains the proposed new building addition. Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Media Education Tue, Jan 06 2009

VOA on Merger
SignCasts - A Volunteers Of America representative, as the sponsor for both schools, provides support for the merger Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Media Education Tue, Jan 06 2009

MNSA Board President on Merger
SignCasts - Minnesota North Star Academy Board Presdident Roberta Bobbi Cordano discusses the merger between MDS and MNSA Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Media Education Tue, Jan 06 2009

MDS Board President on Merger
SignCasts - Metro Deaf School's Board President Tom Anderson provides his take on the merger between MDS and MNSA. Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Media Education Tue, Jan 06 2009

Deaf Schools to Merge
SignCasts - The membership of Metro Deaf School (MDS) and Minnesota North Star Academy (MNSA) voted on December 16 to approve a merger between the schools. This would provide a combined K-12 school with 100 students. The merger still has more hurdles to overcome including approval by the Minnesota Department of Education. The plan is to have Minnesota North Star Academy move into...
Education Tue, Jan 06 2009

Holiday Greetings
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Language Culture Wed, Dec 24 2008

Obama Acceptance speech (captioned)
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Media Language Tech Legal Wed, Nov 12 2008

Reaction to Minnesota Senate Debate
SignCasts - a Deaf Viewers reaction to the Minnesota Senate Debate Sunday night. Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Media Legal Culture Mon, Nov 03 2008

'You Decide' voter information video
SignCasts - Produced by the Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans and the Minnesota Office of the Secretary of State, this ASL video provides voter information and perspectives for the Deaf community. Original source with more information, transcript and alternative formats.
Language Education Tech Legal Culture Mon, Nov 03 2008

Deaf volunteer for Ellison
SignCasts - Rachel Eggert explains why she is a volunteer for Keith Ellison's campaign Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv) read more
Legal Culture Sun, Nov 02 2008

Deaf Debate CounterPoints on Employment and Accessibility
SignCasts - Deaf Debaters provide counterpoints to their arguments on employment and accessibility. Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Sun, Nov 02 2008

Deaf Debate Question on Employment and Accessibility
SignCasts - Deaf Debaters discuss the issues of employment and accessibility for the Deaf. Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Sun, Nov 02 2008

Obama's support for Deaf part 2
SignCasts - Obama campaign staff talks about how Obama wants to empower the Deaf community. Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv) read more
Media Culture Sat, Nov 01 2008

Deaf Candidate Emory Dively
SignCasts - Emory Dively explains why he is running as a Deaf candidate for the Minnesota state legislature, and what this means to the Deaf community Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv) read more
Legal Culture Sat, Nov 01 2008

Republican Platform
SignCasts - Emory Dively explains the Republican platform for the deaf and the disabled. Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv) read more
Legal Culture Fri, Oct 31 2008

Obama's support for Deaf
SignCasts - A Barack Obama Campaign staffer explains about Obama's support for the deaf and disabled Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv) read more
Legal Culture Fri, Oct 31 2008

How do the Candidates reach out to the Deaf community?
SignCasts - Deaf debaters Emory Dively and Alicia Lane-Outlaw answer how the presidential candidates have reached out to the Deaf community. Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Legal Culture Fri, Oct 31 2008

Reason for Debate
SignCasts - Emory Dively explains why we had the Deaf Debate. Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Media Education Legal Fri, Oct 31 2008

Journalism as Deaf Community Building
SignCasts - Transcript: Signcasts is an attempt to find out how to successfully provide news to the deaf community. Of course, the deaf have our own needs, but model and concept of journalism should be the same. The key problem is in finding which model of journalism would work best. The first key to understanding this question is in understanding that the deaf community is not ...
Media Sat, Jul 12 2008

Choices
SignCasts - A choice I had to make reflects upon what is important to the deaf community. Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Wed, Jun 04 2008

Knight News Challenge Winner
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Tech Culture Fri, May 16 2008

Benefits of Residential Schools for the Deaf
SignCasts - This is a movie two ASL students made about the benefits of Residential Schools. Please feel free to post your comments! I'm not sure how to add movies to this blog, so I have included the youtube link below: [link]
Language Education Legal Culture Mon, Apr 07 2008

The Benefits of Bilingualism
SignCasts - This video was created by ASL students to educate hearing parents about the importance of access to ASL for their deaf children, even if they get cochlear implants. Comments/feedback are welcome and much appreciated!
Media Language Tech Mon, Apr 07 2008

The Meaning in the Movement
SignCasts - The Meaning in the Movement was created by ASL students to raise awareness of a specific issue related to Deaf culture among the hearing population. Comments are welcome.
Language Wed, Apr 02 2008

Should We Vote For John McCain?
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Media Higher Education Audism Sun, Feb 03 2008

Vagina Monologues "Deaf Style"
SignCasts - V-Day St. Paul will featuring two benefit performances of The Vagina Monologues, 'Deaf style'. The show will be at St Paul College on Feb 29 and March 1st. For more information check out their Tcdeaf.com posting, their Facebook event page (sign in first), or email them at Deafvm2007@gmail.com.
Art and Storytelling Sun, Jan 27 2008

RC for OBAMA
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Sun, Jan 13 2008 · Moved from DeafRead Extra

World AIDS Day Memorial Tribute
SignCasts - As part of a World AIDS Day (Dec 1) event, Dann Trainer explains the NAMES project and provides tribute to those who have died of AIDS. For more information about the NAMES project, visit aidsquilt.org. To see the names of those associated with the deaf community (deaf, CODA, etc) who have died of AIDS, visit deafaids.info.
Culture Sat, Dec 01 2007

MCDHH action alert!
SignCasts - The following is the text of an E-Mail sent by the Minnesota Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH) regarding Deaf and hard of hearing educational eligibility. Please read it, and contribute if you can. ******** TEACHERS OF THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING, AUDIOLOGISTS, PARENTS, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY and SUPPORTERS UNITE! Minnesota Deparment of Educa...
Language Education Legal Culture Fri, Nov 30 2007

Doug Bahl's Legislative Testimony
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Tue, Oct 23 2007

Paternalistic Gallaudet Leaders Returns
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Higher Education Audism Tue, Oct 23 2007

The Meaning of Social Justice: Sirvage's Response to...
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Higher Education Education Tue, Oct 16 2007

MN Deaf Senior Co-Op Housing
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Culture Tue, Oct 16 2007