Category: Public Affairs

Re-Published: An Open Letter to Dr. Laurene Simms

by DeafVeeJournal | Jun 25, 2020 | Community, Public Affairs, Transcripts | 0 |

Editor’s Message: Parallax Viewpoints, a Black-owned Facebook page, publicly published this...

Illinois Violates Deaf Civil Rights in Prison

by James Collins | Jun 20, 2020 | Public Affairs | 0 |

11 June 2020 — A federal judge ruled that the Illinois Department of Corrections [IDOC] did not...

CDI Endorsement: Why Now, RID?

by Mary Pat Luetke-Stahlman | Apr 22, 2020 | Interpreting, Public Affairs | 0 |

Recently the Registry of interpreters for the Deaf [RID] released a Position Statement on the use...

Is Facebook Wrong for Censoring Anti-Quarantine Protests?

by Mary Pat Luetke-Stahlman | Apr 21, 2020 | Community, Public Affairs | 0 |

The Washington Post discussed Facebook’s decision to crack down on anti-quarantine rallies,...

Are NYC Deaf* Residents Prepared?

by Mary Pat Luetke-Stahlman | Mar 26, 2020 | Community, Public Affairs | 0 |

The state of New York has the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States. At...

COVID-19 Response: Gallaudet May Receive $7M

by Mary Pat Luetke-Stahlman | Mar 24, 2020 | Politics, Public Affairs | 0 |

Negotiators are close to securing a final stimulus package bill (H.R. 6379) in response to the...

Two Schools at Risk for Relocation in Indiana

by James Collins | Mar 24, 2020 | Education, Public Affairs | 0 |

The Indiana School for the Deaf [ISD] was founded in 1843 and later built at East 42nd Street in...

Op-Ed: NAD, Where Are Your Networking Skills?

by DeafVeeJournal | Mar 20, 2020 | Community, Public Affairs | 0 |

For eight years, the Obama Administration used their official website, Facebook, Twitter, and...

Information Access: A Human Right

by DeafVeeJournal | Mar 19, 2020 | Health, Public Affairs | 0 |

According to Human Rights Watch, state and federal governments and public health departments are...

2020 Census in ASL: Jobs & the Survey

by James Collins | Feb 24, 2020 | Public Affairs | 0 |

It is the start of a new decade and another Census count. Why is the Census important? It dictates...

Prisons & Jails: No Communication Access

by Mary Pat Luetke-Stahlman | Feb 11, 2020 | Public Affairs | 0 |

Last year, Julie Yates from the Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center (CREEC) shared some...

Where’s the Transparency?

by Mary Pat Luetke-Stahlman | Feb 9, 2020 | Public Affairs | 0 |

Tom Holcomb’s vlog the other week mentions sunshine laws, such as the Brown Act. What are sunshine...

Request for Reasonable Accommodations Being Filled by Inmates

by Mary Pat Luetke-Stahlman | Feb 6, 2020 | Archives, Public Affairs | 0 |

This article was originally published in May of 2018 on DSTidbit News. Updated: 7:42 PM PST ...

Iowa Bill Goes After Interpreter Licensure

by James Collins | Feb 3, 2020 | Public Affairs | 0 |

By Piper Collins Last week on Tuesday, a bill was introduced in the Iowa Senate as SSB 3088 to...

Iowa Caucus in American Sign Language

by Mary Pat Luetke-Stahlman | Feb 2, 2020 | Public Affairs | 0 |

Next week on Monday (2/3/2020), Gretchen Newman is making history as chairperson for the...

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