Uzi Buzgalo DEAF PEOPLE NOW Art Auction for FSSA
BiblioMarket Uzi Buzgalo, a respected deaf Israeli artist now residing in Colorado with his wife Anne Marie Baer, has just completed his DEAF PEOPLE NOW art piece which will be auctioned to support the FSSA efforts to Unify Gallaudet. The piece will also be made available in posters, greeting cards, and possibly other items so everyone [...]
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Faculty Members Against Academic Excellence?
Mike McConnell The insanity just gets worse and worse. What the world and many are witnessing this daily soap opera is like watching tv shows with dysfunctional families accusing everybody else of something but not be accountable for their own actions. That includes everybody. It just becomes one big mud pile after another.Where is the logic in this when we see deaf or hard of [...]
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Next Live Interview: Mishka Zena
DeafRead Human Editor Thank you, Elisa Abenchuchan, for a wonderful interview! We are upping the Frame Per Second (FPS) which will allow clearer signing on video. This will be a higher quality live video feed. To keep track of upcoming live broadcasts, check the box on the upper right corner of DeafRead. It is labeled “DeafRead Live Video” in orange. Be [...]
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377: This Is What Gally's PR Is Doing?A few days a...
Deaf in the City 377: This Is What Gally's PR Is Doing?A few days ago it was reported at the Washington Post that Gallaudet had retained a PR firm:Gallaudet retained Dickstein Shapiro , a Washington-based law and lobbying firm, to "educate" lawmakers about the situation on campus and lobby on appropriations issues."We want to make sure that people on the Hill understand the reality of [...]
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Detailed Information about the BOT Meeting Today @ Dulles
Elisa Abenchuchan For Immediate Release At the present time, the Gallaudet protest leadership has not announced any plans to go to the Dulles Hyatt today. The media will want to go to Gallaudet to interview protesters. The Dulles Hyatt is not allowing media into the hotel, though media personnel would probably be able to go in cognito, especially if [...]
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Deaf People Not the Only Ones Having Difficulty Getting...
Jamie Berke (About.com) Deaf and hard of hearing people are not the only ones having difficulty finding jobs. Hearing people with disabilities also have problems. That is apparent from this stunning account by...
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Big day
ayala920's Xanga Yesterday about 200 of us took charter buses to the Dulles Airport Hotel, where it's rumored the Board of Trustees is meeting this weekend. The hotel employees refused to allow us inside, but did set aside a small area for us to stand for a short time. The police were there long before we were, so it's obvious they knew we were coming.Today we may hear an [...]
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Deaf Leaders
Save Gallaudet University Deaf LeadersView the Video
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Information about the BOT Meeting from FSSA
People of the Eye For Immediate Release At the present time, the Gallaudet protest leadership has not announced any plans to go to the Dulles Hyatt today. The media will want to go to Gallaudet to interview protesters. The Dulles Hyatt is not allowing media into the hotel, though media personnel would probably be able to go in cognito, especially [...]
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Have Patience. . .
Riverside for FSSA Patience is clearly running out among us and we pray BoT will make peace and unify for the community of Gallaudet. Below is news from the Dulles Rally [yesterday] from someone who prefers to be anonymous: (edited) About 300 people rallied outside the Hyatt. There were a dozen police to assist and monitor. We were [...]
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A Sunday Song
testing_the_truth Lord, I Lift Your Name on High (Words and Music by Rick Found) Lord, I lift Your name on high;Lord, I love to sing Your praises;I'm so glad You're in my life;I'm so glad You came to save us. Will ye listen, Board?!You came from Heaven to earth;To show the way,From the earth to the cross,My debt to pay,From the cross to the grave,From the grave to the sky;Lord, I [...]
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Visit at Hyatt
Save Gallaudet University Visit at HyattView the Video
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The North Star We Are! A Response to Roz?s Letter
Riverside for FSSA As an alumna, former employee, and visitor, of the Gallaudet University, I have an interest in the survival of the beautiful old university not only for its history, but for its deaf heritage. I was most encouraged by Roz?s letter detailing how the Board of the Trustee members should steer the magnificent ship, Gallaudet, [...]
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Parents of Gallaudet Students
Save Gallaudet University Parents of Gallaudet StudentsView the Video
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Rally at Hyatt Hotel where BoT met (ASL video)
Joey Baer Courtesy of DawnSignPressPlay Quicktime version [...]
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Letter from Emory & Jeanne Marsh, ?68
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition Dear Board of Trustees Members:My wife and I have watched and waited for the right moment to voice our concerns over the serious events that have been happening on the campus of Gallaudet. Our daughter is now a senior and looking forward to her graduation in May. Will she graduate? ...
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Letter from Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures...
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition To The Board of Trustees, Gallaudet University c/o Dr. Brenda Brueggemann, Acting ChairpersonWe, concerned members of the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures wish to join our colleagues throughout the university in expressing our deepest concern regarding the major crisis we are experiencing.As must now be obvious to the Board ...
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Response To Dr Bob Johnson?s Open Letter
Mishka Zena Hello all, Dr. Bob Johnson?s letter has really hit the nail and I am simply following up to his comment as to what we can do to change Gallaudet University. This is exactly like a game of chess. The Horse takes the Bishop while the Rook takes the Pawn. We need to go after the Queen [...]
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We Have ?Won?
Mishka Zena In this game, we have “won”.  We have to add the quotation marks because the demands has not been met YET. Same idea as in football game where Ravens are leading 63-0 over Steelers in 4th quarter with 5 minutes to go (hey Steelers fan, it is only an example and you guys won Super Bowl the last time [...]
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Update: I Will Go to Campus Today
Mishka Zena I will go to campus today and meet with many others today, including Jared, Tayler, Coco, Coyner, Elisa,  Ryan and others!   It’ll be great to see old faces and yet many new faces. This protest have brought all of us, some friends, some virutal strangers, closer together.  No matter what our communication styles, no matter [...]
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Update From FSSA Donation Center
Mishka Zena Hello there!! Many people have contacted me requesting information and updates for donation of supplies to support our protesters here at Gallaudet. First of all, I’d like to thank everybody for their devoted support and thoughtfulness deep from their hearts in ensuring that we have what we needed to survive through the difficult and emotional time [...]
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Management Versus Attitude
Berke Outspoken The Washington Post has published a profile of Fernandes that is clearly sympathetic to her. Her life experience growing up deaf and discovering herself as a deaf person, is one that is common to many in the deaf community. Many culturally deaf people started out as former "pure orals."The Post states that her "no-nonsense" management style has rubbed many people the [...]
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Open Letters from Academic Departments @ Gallaudet that...
Elisa Abenchuchan The protest is gathering more and more support, especially from academic departments of Gallaudet University. The departments that have submitted open letters showing support of the protest and asking for Jane Fernandes’s resignation are: Department of Linguistics Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Department of Interpretation Department of [...]
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Today?s Live Feeds
DeafRead Human Editor We are working feverishly to set up our three servers for live video. Today’s possible live feed will be starting with interviews. The first interview will depend on how much work we get done on the servers. As right now, the first interview will be with Elisa Abenchuchan, of Elisawrites, at 1:00PM or 2:00PM EST. The [...]
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Board of TRUSTees: It's More Than Just a Decision
Drolz Uncensored A last-ditch message to Gallaudet's Board of TRUSTees to restore a sense of trust on campus
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