Vlog will be posted soon.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Deafhood workshop
Come to the Deafhood Workshop in Rochester, NY on March 29
more info on the event go to:
http://people.rit.edu/nak8595/DEAFHOOD
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Community Forum on Deafhood
Rochester School for the Deaf
1545 St. Paul St. Rochester, NY 14621
Saturday, March 29, 2008 8 pm - 10 pm
Learning Resource Center
Members of the Deaf community are invited to attend this FREE informational and question-and-answer session regarding the Deafhood experts Ella Mae Lentz, David Eberwein and Genie Gertz will be in attendance. This is an opportunity for individuals to express interests and/or concerns regarding the concepts of Deafhood and to ask Deafhood-related questions. Come and explore the world of Deafhood with your friends. Space is limited, so advanced registration is required.
For more information and/or RSVP by March 26th, please contact Pamela Conley at prcnge@rit.edu
The Bell Dorm and Plaque Controversy
Dr. Rebecca Edwards
Chair of RIT History Department
Presents her finding on the original of "Bell Dorm" and the plague.
Thursday, March 20, 2008 7 pm - 9 pm
Liberal Arts Building - 06-A205 (Basement Lecture Hall)
Discussion should the Name and Plaque Stay or Go and Vigil March to Bell Dorm
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
"WRONG GAME"
TONIGHT!! SPREAD YOUR FRIENDS,FAMILIES, FACULTY, STUDENTS, STAFF to go watch the film!!Tuesday, March 11, 2008- 6pm and 830pm $5.00!
NTID Panara Theatre (Building 60)
Info: Pam Conley - prcnge@rit.edu
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Sign On Now
to sign petition - go to: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/RMAGBELL/petition.html
Reasons for the removal of the plaque & dorm name in AG Bell's honor:
1. AG Bell's ideals were to:
- forbid the use of ASL in schools
- raze Deaf schools
- prohibit d/Deaf publications, organizations and conventions
- stop d/Deaf and d/Deaf marriages
- prevent d/Deaf offsprings
- prohibit d/Deaf people from becoming teachers
2. promoted a device (the telephone) that would not be accessible for d/Deaf people for almost one century resulting in a huge amount of job discrimination for d/Deaf people
- accused of plagiarizing the patent and engaging in bribery to claim the title as the inventor of the telephone - See "The Telephone Gambit" by Seth Shulman
- made no attempt to invent any device that would allow d/Deaf people to communicate via long distances
- ignored George Veditz's inquiry "I wonder if you could be induced to turn your attention to a sort of television that will do for the eye what the telephone does for the ear." 1915
http://memory.loc.gov/mss/magbell/169/16910212/0001i.jpg
3. Caused tension, conflict, and communication barriers between oral and ASL d/Deaf people
See O&B Coalition vlog introducing the petition
O& B Coalition request for feedback and possible new names for the dorm
Sources re: AG Bell's oral/aural only approach as destructive to ASL, Deaf culture and d/Deaf people:
Dr. Edward's article on the dorm/plaque in Bell's honor
Forbidden Signs: American Culture and the Campaign Against Sign Language by Dr. Douglas Baynton
Mask of Benevolence: Disabiling the Deaf Community by Dr. Harlan Lane
The Twain Shall Never Meet: The Communications Debate by Richard Winefield
A Place of Their Own: Creating the Deaf Community in America by Dr. Van Cleve and Dr. Crouch
NOTE: all the above authors are hearing scholars.
Reasons for the removal of the plaque & dorm name in AG Bell's honor:
1. AG Bell's ideals were to:
- forbid the use of ASL in schools
- raze Deaf schools
- prohibit d/Deaf publications, organizations and conventions
- stop d/Deaf and d/Deaf marriages
- prevent d/Deaf offsprings
- prohibit d/Deaf people from becoming teachers
2. promoted a device (the telephone) that would not be accessible for d/Deaf people for almost one century resulting in a huge amount of job discrimination for d/Deaf people
- accused of plagiarizing the patent and engaging in bribery to claim the title as the inventor of the telephone - See "The Telephone Gambit" by Seth Shulman
- made no attempt to invent any device that would allow d/Deaf people to communicate via long distances
- ignored George Veditz's inquiry "I wonder if you could be induced to turn your attention to a sort of television that will do for the eye what the telephone does for the ear." 1915
http://memory.loc.gov/mss/magbell/169/16910212/0001i.jpg
3. Caused tension, conflict, and communication barriers between oral and ASL d/Deaf people
See O&B Coalition vlog introducing the petition
O& B Coalition request for feedback and possible new names for the dorm
Sources re: AG Bell's oral/aural only approach as destructive to ASL, Deaf culture and d/Deaf people:
Dr. Edward's article on the dorm/plaque in Bell's honor
Forbidden Signs: American Culture and the Campaign Against Sign Language by Dr. Douglas Baynton
Mask of Benevolence: Disabiling the Deaf Community by Dr. Harlan Lane
The Twain Shall Never Meet: The Communications Debate by Richard Winefield
A Place of Their Own: Creating the Deaf Community in America by Dr. Van Cleve and Dr. Crouch
NOTE: all the above authors are hearing scholars.
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