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Emergency Communication and the Deaf
“In all of the years of researching and taking courses / training in crisis communications – one group has not been mentioned as much as others. This audience group is the deaf community. How do we...
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Emergency Warning and Community Response: The Edge of Technology and Culture
It was a tiny pop quiz in the midst of a comprehensive examination. First Responders reaching to the Deaf community During last November’s nationwide test of FEMA’s public warning system, an action...
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Introduction to Inter-Role Dialogue
I’ll be presenting this workshop at the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) Region II Conference in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Workshop Description: Many interpreters are familiar with the idea of...
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Next week, a training for Deaf individuals to create or join a Community Emergency Response Team will occur at Gallaudet University in the District of Colombia. The special training is hosted by the...
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Sign Language Interpreting and Emergency Management
Outrage in the Deaf community over the ridicule of American Sign Language. Language for the Eyes It has only taken decades of advocacy and complaints to the FCC, FEMA, and State governments for public...
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Anti-Deaf Hate Speech #NOTFUNNY
Fox News, Boston affiliate channel 25, and Doug VB Goudie should be sued for hate speech. Seriously. Denying Deaf people the right to information in a language they can understand is violence. Ridicule...
View ArticleBeing Meaningful: Everyday Practices of Resiliency
One reason that I have become so interested in the work of emergency management professionals is because Emergency Planners and First Responders are feeling a sense of urgency, on a large system-scale,...
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The Real Value of Interpreting
Here is the script for the lightning talk I gave on June 15, 2013 at Interpret America’s 4th Annual Summit. It was first published by the International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC) on...
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The Deaf World is Watching. Will we respond?
Click here for a related vlog (in American Sign Language) The second day after Mandela’s Memorial we were greeted the news that the so-called fake interpreter Thamsanqa Dyantyi/Jyantie is...
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My dissertation is available through Scholarworks at the University of Massachusetts. “Language is the medium and progenitor of discourse.” ~ Evangelina Holvino ~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This dissertation...
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