International Day of Sign Language
Rochester, NY
September 26, 2009
3 pm to 7 pm
Blue Ribbon Ceremony and Celebratory March
Panara Theatre, NTID
NOTE: tentative schedule
Questions? Contact coordinator Pam Conley at prcnge @ rit.edu
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If you have plans for IDSL in your area and would like us to announce - send the information to audismfreeamerica @ gmail.com
To promote and protect the civil liberties of Deaf people and their linguistic birthrights.
About Me
- AudismFreeAmerica
- Questions/Comments- Email to AudismFreeAmerica@gmail.com Audism Free America (AFA) is a grassroots Deaf activist organization in the US, which advocates for Deaf American rights, cultural resurgence, and seeks primarily to challenge the ideological foundations of audism in America. Audism is attitudes and practices based on the assumption that behaving in the ways of those who speak and hear is desired and best. It produces a system of privilege, thus resulting in stigma, bias, discrimination, and prejudice—in overt or covert ways—against Deaf culture, American Sign Language, and Deaf people of all walks of life. AFA is committed to: 1. human and linguistic rights of Deaf people 2. unmasking audism and media misrepresentation 3. advocating for future generations
