NAD at WFD - Issue No. 7
NAD at WFD By Bobbie Beth Scoggins  Originally scheduled for Sunday morning, the closing ceremonies instead took place in the afternoon at the Congress centre. We entered at 4 pm, but it was a while before everyone got settled in for the start of a beautifully orchestrated program. Our appreciation goes to Steven Surrency and Rafael Trevino, who served as sign language [...]
Mon, Jul 30 2007

NAD at WFD - Issue No. 6
NAD at WFD By Bobbie Beth Scoggins  The day before the end of the Congress, we ran into Joe Murray and his family at breakfast; his two children are the cutest! The two Nancys (Andersson and Bloch) worked on one side of the WFD booth in shifts, where we set up two display notebooks showing a glimpse of what our forthcoming WFD History publication would look like. During the [...]
Mon, Jul 30 2007

NAD at WFD - Youth Blog
NAD at WFD Thursday, July 19, 2007 We started our fourth day of the WFD Congress attending several plenary presentations with a theme on "Developing Countries". One presenter stood out from the rest - Kathleen Vercuysse, a Gallaudet alumna hailing from Brussels, Belgium. Since attending Gallaudet in 2005, she returned to Belgium and established a youth exchange program between [...]
Mon, Jul 23 2007

NAD at WFD - Youth Blog
NAD at WFD Wednesday July 11, 2007 - Written by Melissa Malzkuhn As Wednesday swung around, the day found us all much more adept and comfortable with international sign that we were caught more than once, unthinkingly communicating with each other in international sign as well! The main event of the day was a forum, in which we all split up (106 of us) into 12 different groups. [...]
Mon, Jul 23 2007

NAD at WFD - Youth Blog
NAD at WFD Note: The NAD appointed three youth representatives - Ryan DiGiovanni, James "Manny" Johnson, and Melissa Malzkuhn to participate in the 4th WFD Youth Camp to that was held July 5-12, 2007 in Segovia, Spain. Upon completion of the camp, the three are attending the World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf. Below is their blog. Friday July 6, 2007 - Written by [...]
Fri, Jul 20 2007

NAD at WFD Blog - Issue No. 5
NAD at WFD 18 July 2007 By Bobbie Beth Scoggins A bit of follow up to yesterday´s blog is in order... We are appreciative to Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD) for their support, which enabled us to send three youth representatives to the WFD Youth Camp as well as the Congress. They are already busy networking with the huge number of youth here. Yesterday´s WFD Youth [...]
Wed, Jul 18 2007

NAD at WFD Blog - Issue No. 4
NAD at WFD 17 July 2007 By Bobbie Beth Scoggins Yesterday we got up very early to pick up our registration packets prior to the Opening Ceremonies of the 15th World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf. After our our daily ritual of Spanish coffee and croissants, it was wonderful running into so many American friends and supporters. Harold Mowl, superintendent of [...]
Tue, Jul 17 2007

NAD at WFD Blog
NAD at WFD (Issue No. 3; July 16, 2007) By Bobbie Beth Scoggins Yet another wonderful and productive day it has been! After morning fortification, we began the last day of our General Assembly meeting (upon completion of roll call, with representation by roughly the same number of countries). President Jokinen then went over the agenda for the day. Jokinen leading the General [...]
Mon, Jul 16 2007

Greetings from Madrid!
NAD at WFD By Bobbie Beth Scoggins After recovering from a day of disorientation and dealing with the after effects of jet lag, I took an opportunity to observe the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) board meeting at the CNSE building (similar to the NAD Headquarters). To my surprise, getting around Madrid via their transit system was easy. It is indeed a humbling experience to [...]
Sun, Jul 15 2007

Buenas Dias (Good Morning) from Madrid!
NAD at WFD By Bobbie Beth Scoggins After wonderful Spanish coffee with warm milk with some breakfast fuel, Nancy and I were off to a good start yesterday morning at the 17th General Assembly of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD). It has officially started! WFD President Markku Jokinen called the General Assembly to order. Welcoming remarks from Madrid dignitaries were [...]
Sun, Jul 15 2007