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Montgomery's Deaf Community Meets for Monthly Social
We all look forward to Friday night, but the first Friday of each month is one that the deaf community especially looks forward to. There is a group that gets together at the Starbucks on Eastern Boulevard for their monthly social.
A group as small as 25 or as large as 70 people fills Starbucks to talk about life, work, the news and just fellowship with one another.
Nicole Lamont started attending the deaf social nights two years ago after leaving school in Washington D.C., where she had deaf friends.
She says she was looking for a place she could go to be with people she relates to.
"It's important for the deaf community because we need our group, someplace we can feel safe and have a group of friends we can just hang out with. It's important for the public to learn more about us," said Lamont.
The public, along with students, do attend so that they can learn more about the language and meet new people.
Aly Kinesky is a Troy University student who is working to become a certified interpreter.
"I'm here tonight to mingle with the deaf community and improve my skills and to get to know everybody in the deaf community. I enjoy coming out. It's fun interacting with everybody. They are always a hoot and we always have fun," said Kinesky.
Even though this is a deaf social, they say that all are welcome. So if you want to join, there are interpreters and the public is more than welcome. It's at the Starbucks on Eastern Boulevard in Montgomery the first Friday of every month.
We all look forward to Friday night, but the first Friday of each month is one that the deaf community especially looks forward to. There is a group that gets together at the Starbucks on Eastern Boulevard for their monthly social.
A group as small as 25 or as large as 70 people fills Starbucks to talk about life, work, the news and just fellowship with one another.
Nicole Lamont started attending the deaf social nights two years ago after leaving school in Washington D.C., where she had deaf friends.
She says she was looking for a place she could go to be with people she relates to.
"It's important for the deaf community because we need our group, someplace we can feel safe and have a group of friends we can just hang out with. It's important for the public to learn more about us," said Lamont.
The public, along with students, do attend so that they can learn more about the language and meet new people.
Aly Kinesky is a Troy University student who is working to become a certified interpreter.
"I'm here tonight to mingle with the deaf community and improve my skills and to get to know everybody in the deaf community. I enjoy coming out. It's fun interacting with everybody. They are always a hoot and we always have fun," said Kinesky.
Even though this is a deaf social, they say that all are welcome. So if you want to join, there are interpreters and the public is more than welcome. It's at the Starbucks on Eastern Boulevard in Montgomery the first Friday of every month.