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RIT - NTID - NTID News - NTID Helps Start Deaf Awareness Week
With a theme of "Together, We Can" Rochester's biennial Deaf Awareness Week begins Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008 at Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
"Rochester Deaf Awareness Week's primary goal is to offer week-long social and educational opportunities that will help open doors for increased community collaboration and communication with our hearing coworkers, neighbors, friends and family members in better understanding Rochester's Deaf culture and heritage," said Steve Lovi, planning committee chairman for the event.
Most events will be interpreted in sign language or voice and with live captioning.
Several exhibitors are scheduled to be on hand during the opening day celebration, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in NTID's Lyndon Baines Johnson Building. Children's activities, proclamations by dignitaries and community awards will also be given.
Opening talks are from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Robert F. Panara Theatre. Barbara DiGiovanni will give a talk, "Together, We Can Make a Difference for Deaf Babies and Children!"
The kickoff starts seven days of workshops and community events, including a congressional candidate forum, a pizza social fundraiser, a forum on closed captioning, a discussion with members of the Deaf community with the Rochester Police Department, Deaf Awareness Day at Strong Museum of Play and a family picnic at the Genesee Country Museum.
Workshops during the week include "Discovery of Lives of Deaf Women" by Vicki Hurwitz at Monroe Community College; "Crucial Conversations for Today's World" by Scot Atkins at Interpretek; the National Center for Deaf Health Research at the University of Rochester; the Deaf Bilingual Coalition of New York at The Rochester School for the Deaf; and "Providing Access to Deaf Students in the Classroom" held at Monroe Community College.
All events are open to the public and free, unless otherwise specified.
Visit the Deaf Awareness Week Web site for a schedule of events, times and locations.
With a theme of "Together, We Can" Rochester's biennial Deaf Awareness Week begins Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008 at Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
"Rochester Deaf Awareness Week's primary goal is to offer week-long social and educational opportunities that will help open doors for increased community collaboration and communication with our hearing coworkers, neighbors, friends and family members in better understanding Rochester's Deaf culture and heritage," said Steve Lovi, planning committee chairman for the event.
Most events will be interpreted in sign language or voice and with live captioning.
Several exhibitors are scheduled to be on hand during the opening day celebration, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in NTID's Lyndon Baines Johnson Building. Children's activities, proclamations by dignitaries and community awards will also be given.
Opening talks are from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Robert F. Panara Theatre. Barbara DiGiovanni will give a talk, "Together, We Can Make a Difference for Deaf Babies and Children!"
The kickoff starts seven days of workshops and community events, including a congressional candidate forum, a pizza social fundraiser, a forum on closed captioning, a discussion with members of the Deaf community with the Rochester Police Department, Deaf Awareness Day at Strong Museum of Play and a family picnic at the Genesee Country Museum.
Workshops during the week include "Discovery of Lives of Deaf Women" by Vicki Hurwitz at Monroe Community College; "Crucial Conversations for Today's World" by Scot Atkins at Interpretek; the National Center for Deaf Health Research at the University of Rochester; the Deaf Bilingual Coalition of New York at The Rochester School for the Deaf; and "Providing Access to Deaf Students in the Classroom" held at Monroe Community College.
All events are open to the public and free, unless otherwise specified.
Visit the Deaf Awareness Week Web site for a schedule of events, times and locations.