Hunger Strike Protesters on Liquids Only
Mishka Zena The Gallaudet University posted a statement that the hunger strike protesters are substaning on liquids, juicies, chicken brooth, and high protein energy drinks.  I know for sure that is not true.  I asked several protesters last Sat and they told me all they drink are liquids, fruit and vegetable juices, and chicken broth. That is all.  I remember [...]
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NBC 4 News Has It Wrong
Mishka Zena I spoke with Ryan several times this morning, the latest only one hour ago. The protest is still on and the request for people to come for the walk out still holds. When will the news get it right?  Who has been feeding them misinformation? Please call the media and inform them.NBC 4- WRC-TV4  202) 885-4111 News Tip Lineelizabeth NEWSBREAK - [...]
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Dear Jane Kelleher Fernandes,
Musings on communication Many of us are like you; we were raised in mainstream schools and had a surfeit of oral education. We were smart enough to succeed in spite of the limitations of these methods, acquired a command of English equal to or superior to that of our hearing peers, and quite a lot of us went on to hearing universities at some point in our education, even to the Ph.D. level. [...]
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Five Hunger Strike Protesters Ready To Die
Mishka Zena “I went over to the hunger strike tent and chatted briefly with a few students and an alumnus.  I asked one of them the most difficult question that many of us have in the back of our minds, ?are you ready to die??  One of them paused and replied, ?Yes, for Gallaudet University!?  That?s how serious they are about their [...]
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URGENT: This is False!
Riverside for FSSA False!!!! Ryan is urging people to come out and have a big walk out. He just sent out a big vlog plea for the staff, faculty, and alumni to go to the front gate and show up. Gallaudet Adm is getting increasingly desperate. Not only are they sending new people to my blog to spread dissemination, [...]
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DeafRead partners with Hawk Relay
DeafRead Human Editor As of last Thursday, October 19, DeafRead has entered a sponsorship arrangement with Hawk Relay. Previously, DeafRead was supported by your donations. The relationship with Hawk Relay eliminates the need for continued donations. Hawk Relay provides Video Relay Service (VRS) via videophone. Simply enter this IP address dialhawk.com to your videophone’s dial list [...]
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We Stepped Up, Not Dr. Fernandes.
Sonny James Below is an e-mail that I've sent to Craig Plunkett after I read his article on September 22nd issue of the Washington Post.---Dear Craig,My name is Sonny Wasilowski. I knew your son, Eric. He and I are proud graduates of Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf. I was there as a student at Gallaudet when he was murdered. Every year on September 28, I think of him and [...]
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374: Out of Context: How To Oppress Deaf People Pa...
Deaf in the City 374: Out of Context: How To Oppress Deaf People Part 1In my post about why the Gallaudet community is protesting, I talked about "gatekeepers" and how "gatekeepers" block the points of intersection between the Deaf community and other American communities. Today I want to talk about one method people use to talk about the larger Deaf community which helps to oppress [...]
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JANE, RESIGN!
BiblioMarket By Kenneth G. Samson, Gallaudet, ‘92 Edward VIII was crowned King in January 1936 after the death of his father, King George V. An ultimate fairytale story, the King fell in love with an American woman, Mrs. Wallis Simpson. The British Government objected, leading Edward to abdicate his crown so that he could marry her. Following Edward’s [...]
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9 presidents forced out by student-staff concern this year
TentCity UK Here’s a list of the 9 presidents of academic insitutions in the USA who were forced out by student-staff concerns in the past year. This list is taken from The Chronicle Of Higher Education which also has a good discussion between 3 experienced presidents on why new presidents get into trouble: ” A new president is well [...]
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Gallaudet?s Great Great Great Granddaughter Speaks Out!
Deaf Tennessean for FSSA and GUAA I am disturbed by the way the current uprising has been handled, to the extent that students have been arrested for protesting. I am especially dismayed that you have apparently forgotten your history with the University and its student protesters from 1988 and the DPN movement.GU is not simply an institution for the deaf; it is a combined force of deaf culture? past [...]
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Supporting to the FSSA and GUAA group!
Deaf Tennessean for FSSA and GUAA On behalf of our Gallaudet alumnus and friends of Tennessee, You have our full support! We will give you update for Tent City/Rally in the state of Tennessee that we are processing right now.We will have our East Tennessee Chapter of GUAA tent city-cook out at Knoxville Center of the Deaf from 12noon thru 3pm on October 28, 2006. The event will be presented by [...]
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Save Deaf Theater Opens!
Save Deaf Theater The purpose of this website is to draw attention to the crisis facing Deaf Theater Programs following an unexplained and unpublicized multi-million dollar budget cut by the United States government. Information will be gathered here and links to various articles, photos, essays and comments by Deaf actors will be posted.
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Congress decided to cut Deaf Theater?
Save Deaf Theater From an article in the LA Times:The funding, which came from the Department of Education, was canceled in late 2004 when an earmark for cultural experiences for the deaf was struck during the reauthorization of the Individuals With Disabilities in Education Act. The money itself stopped coming to deaf theater groups last year. "We don't know exactly why it was [...]
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NTID gets Gallaudet unrest
Deaf Tennessean for FSSA and GUAA Here's the newspaper I got from one of my fellow NTID alumni: -PMRjr From the newsroom of the Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester, New York, Thursday, October 19, 2006 .....NTID gets Gallaudet unrestStudents there, here angry over presidential pickGreg LivadasStaff writer Students at Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf are [...]
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Gallaudet Parents Statement given to IKJ
Gallaudet Parents United GALLAUDET PARENT MEETING PRESENTATION TO I. KING JORDANOctober 19, 2006Introduction And Background Of The Formation Of A Formal Parent Group:We are Gallaudet parents, hearing and deaf, from across the United States. Most of us have only recently met each other.Our children are here because we believed they would receive a good education in an accessible Deaf friendly [...]
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More Alumni Wanted!
Riverside for FSSA From: Erin Moran To: Tina Jo Breindel Subject: Re: I didn’t get to see ü before I left... Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:08:22 -0400 Great! I’m glad we r still having people coming here.  Yes, I’m getting concerned abt the students’ involvement here because a lot of us are tired and worried.. We just had a [...]
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Proud Parents at the Capitol!
Gallaudet Parents United Tami Hossler speaking to the crowd at the Capitol!Proud Parents of Gallaudet students!Tami and Erica Hossler addressing the candle light vigil on Monday 10/23.
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9 Universities
Grumpy Old Deafies In Times article by Tent City UK, it was mentioned that 9 universities that have thrown out a President in 2006, with dates: January 27 - Carol C. Harter, U. of Nevada at Las Vegas February 1 - Paula D....
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Capital Hill March by Susan Jones
New York City for FSSA Click: Susan Jones' Album
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Your Help Needed to Educate A Skeptic
Mishka Zena A reader wants you to help her explain to the skeptical man what the issues are and why. She has been waiting for three days  would help her, but I’ve been too busy blogging, networking, researching, and contacting the media. Here is your opportunity to educate the readers, too. I’ll get back to this blog letter  From a list.serv  “Of [...]
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Ryan Commerson?s Urgnt Vlog To Gallaudet Community
Mishka Zena Read below, pls go to the nearest computer and watch. [link] or www.signcasts.com (”letter” to gallaudet community) –commerson –vphreak
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Hawk Relay to Give $150,000 a Year to The Laurent Institute!
Marvin Miller (Laurent, SD) We are pleased to announce a major gift from a South Dakota based company, Hawk Relay, of up to $150,000 per year for our non-profit organization, The Laurent Institute. This gift will enable the non-profit organization to move forward with the vision of building world’s first fully integrated and accessible community for sign language users [...]
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We made Times Online!
TentCity UK Hooray! Link to our article is here.
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Morning Broadcast
Dan McClintock G'morning, Deaf America! Before I begin my broadcast, I'd like to share with you a few links to recent posts on deafread.com.:1. DawnSignPress is sponsoring vlogger Jared Evans' trip to Washington, D.C. to cover the Gallaudet crisis. Founder/President and publisher Joe Dannis and Michael MacAulay, the marketing director, are accompanying Mr. Evans on the trip. Let's [...]
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