OCDAC Newsletter May 6, 2006

Dear Friends,

Congratulations Jane Fernandes for making it to the top throne of
Gallaudet University. Jane was probably the most qualified and the
most safest choice for the university.

And the expected protests have been largely limited to peaceful
marches, rallies, photos, videos, and online communications with a
handful of people blocking the gates using U-Haul trucks since they
have difficulties mustering up the bodies due homework and due to the
final exams. Moreover, new and interesting facts about Gallaudet's
financial dealings have been surfacing lately and are giving rise to
possible perversion within the Gallaudet University hierarchy. The
protesters are busy digging up a lot of interesting information about
Gallaudet that have not been previously known to the public and that
too will contribute to a lot of interesting news from the school in
the near future.

We have began on our giant Orange County Fair educational booth
testing to be done at the Rossmoor Family Picnic for this upcoming
summer. This year's theme is 'Flower Power' and its a very retro
theme. And it also means a lot of pink!

Our new ASL classes start in this week. Please take a look at our
ASL Class flyer and tell your friends, associates, and relatives about
it. Http://www.deafadvocacy.org/education/flyers/aslclass.pdf

Next week Macy's Community Shopping Day 2006, an in-store shopping
event and fundraiser for charities in the Orange County community,
will be held on May 12, 2006 at Macy's South Coast Plaza. The money
will be used for operating expenses and the fees for our Orange County
fair fundraiser stand which is expected to be around $900 plus the
cost of insurance. We need to sell 8 more tickets to qualify for the
share of the Macy's fundraiser pot.

This issue is probably the largest issue ever released because there
is so much community input going on into this newsletter thus making
this one of the real voices of the deaf communities.

OCDAC Communications
ocdac@deafadvocacy.org

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With our subscribership from the international communities increasing
at a steady pace, we wish to make this newsletter accessible to them
and the easiest way to accomplish this is by directing them to
http://www.babelfish.altavista.com/ and entering
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocdacnewsletter/ in the website
translation box and the babelfish will help our international
subscribers become strong advocates for the deaf and disability
communities.

The Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center is having it's first annual
walk-a-thon on May 20th 2006 at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley,
California. To find out more or to sponsor one of our walkers go to
http://ocdac.choose-a-thon.com/ To walk in the event go to
http://ocdac.choose-a-thon.com/site/page/pg3990-aa93314_93826_93313-
or email dbs@deafadvocacy.org with your full name and email address.

This weekly newsletter will soon be available in print form to be
mailed out each week. The price is going to be $90 per year for the
print version and the price is highly reasonable due to it's very rich
deaf and disability advocacy content and very little advertising. This
still beats out the other deaf print news. They will also be available
in other alternative formats like floppies, braille, and in large
print for people with vision impairments.

We have started a Campbell's product label collection campaign to help
us raise the means to get supplies for our office Start saving your
campbells product labels today and mail them to us on the first week
of each month. We have aproximately 1050 subscribers and if each one
of them accumulates and sends us 900-1000 labels a month, we'd be able
to get lots of new equipment for our office and internal and external
education programs! Lets get those labels coming, the program ends in
June. Our big thanks to those who sent in their labels.

Drastic Social Security rule changes for Title II Old Age, Survivors,
and Disability Insurance and SSI programs renews our calls for
self-reliance ideas for organizations who serve the deaf and disabled
and our very own idea, our California Disability Gaming Initiative
idea and that can be found at
http://www.deafadvocacy.org/community/cdgicinfo.pdf is an idea that
works for Native Americans. Why shouldn't it work for the Disability
communities? The proposed Social Security rules will limit appeals
and create a new process that is less about truth-seeking and more
hostile to applicants.

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Take a look at our new magazine fundraiser and this is one of the ways
you can help us do the good work for the deaf and disabled communities.

The URL is http://www.magfundraising.com/GroupPage.aspx?e=788159

-------------< OUTSIDE NEWS PART 1/3 >

Knife-slinging woman in wheelchair dies from police Taser
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=nation_world&id=4114071
Related Links
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Deaf-mute smugglers seized
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/730897.stm
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Negotiations between Treasury, deaf representatives halted
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=166937&contrassID=1&s\
ubContrassID=7&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
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Foxy Brown's Deaf Jam
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,17910,00.html
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Technology allows for quick deaf interpreter
http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=95835&SecID=2
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y

Gallaudet National Essay and Art Contests for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Students
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/showcase/home.html
Related Links
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In court, all eyes are on them
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/3828428.html
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Gallaudet Names New President
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/01/AR2006050100770.\
html
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ent

Gallaudet University names Dr. Jane K. Fernandes President
http://www.4hearingloss.com/archives/2006/05/gallaudet_unive_6.html
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Man with prosthetic legs, deaf man brawl
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/14511729.htm
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-------------< CALIFORNIA DEAFIE HAPPENINGS >

COME TO OUR MEETUPS!

The Orange County American Sign Language Meetup Group -
http://asl.meetup.com/37/ - and the he Orange County Deaf & Hearing
Impaired Meetup Group http://deaf.meetup.com/38/ meets each 3rd
Fridays of the month.

Come to our meetup on Friday May 19, 2006.

The Orange County American Sign Language & Orange County Deaf &
Hearing Impaired Meetup.

When:
Friday, May 19, 7:00 PM

Where:
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
17595 Harvard Ave #B
Irvine, CA
(949) 660-1332

What:
Meet the 2 meetups!
Beginning May a $2.00 donation suggested per person to help us cover
the costs of the meetup membership program. If you give us a $5.00
donation instead, we'll give you an "I Love You" Handsign Stamp
commemorative pin!
We have been considering using our office, especially the classroom,
for our meetups and we have the means to offer snacks for a small
donation to the people that come to the meetups hosted by our office.
The food table will have cold drinks, danish pastry, popcorn, veggies
and dip, chips and dip, flavored coffees, and hot chocolate.

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ASL BINGO!

Come learn ASL while playing bingo!

AT THE OCDAC CLASSROOM

May 27, 2006
4pm to 8pm
$1 per card per game – 7 cards for $5
Great Prizes! Players must be at least 18 years of age.

PROCEEDS BENEFIT ORANGE COUNTY DEAF ADVOCACY CENTER

For more info contact bethko@gmail.com

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Our next SSP training class is on June 10, 2006 from 12 noon to 5 pm.

This is for people interested in working with the Deaf-Blind. The
class will take place in our classroom at 2960 Main Street A102 ,
Irvine, CA 92614

There is a fee of $20 for this 5 hour workshop as we have to pay for
the room use and printing of the handbook and other materials.

This class is required to work with our Deaf-Blind clients. Please
contact me with any questions.

Beth Koenig
bethko@gmail.com
(714) 414-7982

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DEAF SEMINAR SATURDAYS

We are having two 2 hour FREE educational seminars to our community
members.

Disaster preparedness
May 27, 2006, 10 am – 12 Noon and 1pm – 3pm

Getting the most from your Sidekick
June 24, 2006, 10 am – 12 Noon and 1pm – 3pm

Healthy Hands and Eyes workshop
August 26, 2006, 10 am – 12 Noon and 1pm – 3pm

Dealing with creditors
September 30, 2006, 10 am – 12 Noon and 1pm – 3pm

Deaf motorist safety
October 28, 2006, 10 am – 12 Noon and 1pm – 3pm

Deaf employment rights
November 25, 2006, 10 am – 12 Noon and 1pm – 3pm

Safety at home
December 30, 2006, 10 am – 12 Noon and 1pm – 3pm

Classes take place at the OCDAC classroom. RSVP is required and 8
students maximum per class. Reply back with reservation choices. And
the seminars are always FREE.

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California School for the Deaf, Riverside presents 2nd Annual Paws
Movie Night

With Movie Judges:

Bernard Bragg- Actor
CJ Jones- Producer
Terrylene-Actress
Ty Giordano-Actor
Julie Rems- DeafHope Executive Director
Eric Calbert- Video Production Specialist

Thursday, May 18, 2006 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm (voice interpreted)

CSDR Social Hall
3044 Horace Street
Riverside, CA 92506

Email: ylee@csdr-csdr.ca.gov
Limited seats-First come first serve
Admissions: $5.00
Tickets: Buy at TV Class
6 Short Movies by Students

Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned. Some May be inappropriate
for Children Under 13.
Some Language And Sexual Content.

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Even though most of us working on computers only work on one, the
average American depends on more than 264 computers per day—from the
tiniest microprocessor to the largest mainframe! That is a lot of
people depending on a lot of computers! Think of how much money could
go to the Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center if 264 supporters bought
one computer each at www.iGive.com/ocdac, where up to 26% of every
purchase is donated to the Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center! At
www.iGive.com/ocdac, membership is free! So hurry up and visit the
Mall at www.iGive.com/ocdac, where you can shop at 600+ stores for all
your favorite electronics and computers from Dell, HP Shopping, Buy,
Computers4SURE, The Apple Store, SONY, and Gateway!

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May Relay Review Newsletter
May 3, 2006
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April Totals
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Agents (26 April/228 Total)
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Provider (April/Total)
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1. Sorenson (15/60)
2. IP-Relay (7/52)
3. Hamilton (2/42)
4. HOVRS (1/22)
5. CSD (0/15)
6. Sprint (0/14)
7. CAC (1/10)
8. AT&T (0/7)
9. i711 (0/6)


Ratings (29 April/253 Total)
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Provider (April/Total)
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1. Sorenson (15/62)
2. IP-Relay (7/55)
3. CAC (3/17)
4. HOVRS (2/27)
5. Hamilton (2/43)


Top Ranked for December 2005-April 2006 (Average Rating/Calls Rated)
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1. CAC (4.60)
2. HOVRS (4.43)
3. i711 (4.33)
4. AT&T (4.30)
5. Sprint (4.18)
6. IP-Relay (4.09)
7. Sorenson (4.03)
8. Hamilton (3.98)
9. CSD (3.92)

Page Visits
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5433

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For Immediate Release:
News Media Contact:
May 3, 2006
Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0511

e-mail: rosemary.kimball@fcc.gov

FCC DECLARES VIDEO RELAY SERVICE (VRS) PROVIDERS MUST PROVIDE
INTEROPERABILITY WITH COMPETING PROVIDERS

Commission Also Asks for Comment on How Hearing Callers Can Reach VRS
Providers And On Whether Speech Internet Protocols Should Be Adopted
for VRS Equipment.

In response to a petition by the California Coalition of Agencies
Serving the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the FCC has found that all VRS
consumers must be able to place a VRS call through any VRS provider's
service, and all VRS providers must be able to receive calls from, and
make calls to, any VRS consumer. The Commission also determined that
restricting the use of a provider's VRS service so that consumers
cannot access other VRS providers is inconsistent with the functional
equivalency mandate, the public interest and the intent of Congress.

VRS is a form of the Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) that
enables persons who use American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate
with voice telephone users. Video equipment links the VRS user with a
relay operator – called a "communications assistant" (CA) – so that
the VRS user and the CA can see and communicate with each other in
ASL. The CA translates the signed language into spoken language for
the hearing party on the call. Because of its speed, VRS has become
an enormously popular form of TRS.


In its Declaratory Ruling, the Commission declared it inconsistent
with the notion of functional equivalency to require VRS consumers to
have multiple sets of equipment to be connected to multiple providers.
It noted that public safety concerns are raised when a consumer has
VRS equipment that can be used only with one provider's service.

In an accompanying Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the
Commission asked for comment on the creation of an open and global
database of proxy numbers for VRS consumers, so that that a hearing
person may call a VRS consumer more easily. The Commission also asked
for comment on whether it should adopt specific Internet protocols or
standards to ensure interoperability.

Action by the Commission May 3, 2006, by Declaratory Ruling and NPRM
(FCC 06-57). Chairman Martin, Commissioners Copps, Adelstein and Tate
with separate statements being issued by Chairman Martin and
Commissioners Copps, Adelstein and Tate

- FCC -

FCC Contact: Greg Hlibok at (202) 418-8124c(voice); (202) 418-0431 (TTY)

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NAD Fulton III Committee Seeks Feedback on Recommendations

The Fulton III Committee recently completed its Proposed Vision for
2020 and Strategic Recommendations. To view the document as a webpage
go to : http://www.nad.org/f3recommendations

The Fulton III Committee wants your feedback on the Proposed Vision
2020 and Strategic Recommendations from all who have an interest in
the future of the NAD.

NAD members, State Association affiliates and their membership,
Organizational affiliates, and youth members (i.e., Junior NAD,
Collegiate NAD, YLC alumni, Miss Deaf America alumni), as well as
loyal donors and friends of the NAD are invited to share their input.

Please submit your input via the Fulton III Online Feedback Form
at:http://www.nad.org/f3comments

About the Fulton III Committee

The Fulton III Committee was formed by the NAD Board in response to a
2002 NAD Conference resolution, to explore ways to restructure the NAD
as a federation, including, but not limited to, its board,
headquarters operations, membership, and representation with an eye to
long-term strategy. This includes ways to overhaul organizational
communications, member involvement, and outreach to the public.

For more information about the Committee please go to the F3 webpage
at:http://www.nad.org/f3

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College Students With Disabilities And Hearing Loss Ready for Summer
and Full-Time Employment

WASHINGTON / Labor Dept / -The U.S. Department of Labor's Office
of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) is now offering a free database
of 1,900 qualified college students and recent graduates with
disabilities who seek summer and full-time employment. This CD-ROM
database can be used by employers to search from a pool of
pre-screened applicants from over 45 states and territories who have
skills in disciplines ranging from computer sciences and business to
communications, engineering, office administration and more.
"The Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) is an excellent resource
of well-educated and highly skilled job candidates for employers to
choose
from," said Dr. W. Roy Grizzard Jr., assistant secretary for
disability employment policy. "The program also offers an opportunity
for college
students and graduates with disabilities to contribute their talents
to organizations large and small."
ODEP, in cooperation with the Department of Defense, is offering
the database of job seekers through its Workforce Recruitment
Program. The
program also fulfills President Bush's New Freedom Initiative pledge
to promote employment opportunities for people with disabilities
throughout
the nation.
Information about WRP is available by clicking on Workforce
Recruitment Program at: www.dol.gov/odep/categories/employer/recruit
and_hire/recruitment.htm or by calling (202) 693-7880. To request a
free copy of the entire WRP database on CD-ROM, send your name,
company name and mailing address to wrp@dol.gov.
The Employer Assistance and Recruiting Network (EARN) is available
for employers who have job vacancies and are actively looking to find
and
recruit qualified workers with disabilities in their localities. EARN
is also able to provide support, technical assistance and employee
screening for the WRP database CD-ROM. EARN can be reached at
1-866-Earn Now (1-866-327-6669) or by clicking on Employer Assistance
and Recruiting
Network at
www.dol.gov/odep/categories/employer/recruit_and_hire/recruitment.htm.
More information about ODEP can be found at its Web site at
www.dol.gov/odep, and a cross-governmental portal of comprehensive
disability-related information can be found at www.DisabilityInfo.gov.

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Please visit our bookstore that has related books and different kinds
of assistive living devices at http://store.deafadvocacy.org

-------------< OUTSIDE NEWS PART 2/3 >

Daylong event to benefit deaf girl
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/local/14513151.htm
Related Links
http://www.goodsearch.com/Search.aspx?CharityID=807571&Keywords=chetek+fdeaf

Signs of Discord, Seen and Heard
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/05/AR2006050501706.\
html
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t

Art allows deaf artist to listen
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060505/NEWS01/60\
5050319/1002
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Jewish Deaf Go to Israel August 13-24, Participants Include
First-Timer, 67-Year-Old Philip Weiss
http://www.ou.org/news/article/ourway_jewish_deaf_israel_august_13_24_67_year_ol\
d_philip_weiss
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FCC Looking at Abuse of Phone Services for the Deaf
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/05/fcc_looking_at_abuse_of_phone\
.html
Related Links
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Deaf students learn about emergency services
http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=161330
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Hearing aid for the deaf
http://www.driffieldtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=736&ArticleID=147825\
2
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aid

Deaf Talkabout: My wonder at how we cope with deafness
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/features/story.jsp?story=689737
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Car rental firm agrees to settlement of discrimination lawsuit
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2006/05/01/daily59.html
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NTPF challenges doctor on deaf patient claim
http://www.imt.ie/displayarticle.asp?AID=10708&NS=1&CAT=18&SID=1
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Open Letter to the Gallaudet University Board of Trustees,
Administration, Campus and External Community on the Gallaudet
Presidential Announcement

On Monday May 1, 2006, the Gallaudet University Board of Trustees
Interim Chair Celia May Baldwin announced its selection of Provost
Jane K. Fernandes as its 9th president. The announcement (see
http://pr.gallaudet.edu/presidentialsearch/?ID=8658) quoted Baldwin as
saying: "Jane has a deep understanding of how this university works,
having served in senior leadership positions here for more than a
decade." That same afternoon, Gallaudet students protested the
decision. Faculty and staff concerns are also surfacing. The NAD has
all along been communicating with students, faculty, staff, and alumni
– and others having a vested interest in Gallaudet University. We
stand with these concerned stakeholders, who sincerely believe that
they are not being respected nor heard.

Last October, the NAD Board of Directors wrote an Open Letter to the
Gallaudet Board of Trustees (see
http://www.nad.org/GallaudetPresidentOpenLtr). In that letter, the
NAD Board noted the long-standing and positive relationship between
the NAD and Gallaudet. The letter continued by articulating priorities
and principles important to the NAD. Among those were that
Gallaudet's next president be an individual who can sustain
Gallaudet's historic role as a "beacon of hope for all deaf citizens
in the world" and who has "a deep understanding of the challenges
faced by deaf people every day in this country and worldwide". The
Open Letter added that "the next president must also be a visionary in
promoting academic excellence, as well as committed to diversity in
hiring and promoting qualified deaf administrators, faculty, and staff
members".

The NAD also brought together, in a December 2005 a round table with
four individuals who represent different segments of our large and
diverse community (see http://www.nad.org/gallaudetroundtable) who
expressed their hopes and expectations for Gallaudet.

Last month, the NAD wrote a second Open Letter (see
http://www.nad.org/GallaudetOpenletter2). In that communication,
which was addressed to the Gallaudet University Search Committee,
Board of Trustees, campus community and the larger deaf and hard of
hearing community, the NAD noted the fact that all three finalists
were deaf individuals with records of distinction. This second letter
referenced the role of the NAD in advocating for a deaf president even
before and during the historic Deaf President Now events of 18 years
ago (http://www.nad.org/NAD-DPN). The NAD urged the Trustees to
appoint as the next president, a person "able to unite the community
behind a common vision and inspire individuals and groups both on and
off campus to reach for a noble cause bigger than any single person or
issue." Further, the NAD urged stakeholders to closely scrutinize
each candidate according to the Presidential qualifications and
expectations as outlined by the search committee—and to communicate
their expectations and views to the committee and the Trustees.

We recognize the tremendous level of unrest this week on and off
campus. We believe that current furor is fueled by disconnect between
the stated goals of the University and the actions of the
administration. Specifically, we are troubled by growing evidence
that the final decision by the Board of Trustees may not reflect
deeply felt values of students, faculty, alumni, and other community
stakeholders – values arising from Gallaudet's unique place in our
community and articulated in our previous open letters, as well as in
the Presidential Agenda outlined by the Trustees (see
http://pr.gallaudet.edu/presidentalsearch/?ID=8140). Tumultuous and
rapidly spreading undercurrents among the students and the campus
community also seem to be influenced by ongoing issues related to a
lack of diversity within campus, distrust of the current
administration, perceived low academic expectations, and poor
community morale. Progress is also being restrained by the twin chains
of bigotry – audism and racism – which deserve attention and action.

We also recognize the unique role of a University community in
promoting freedom of speech, respect for diversity, support for
vigorous debate, and tolerance for the exercising of civility in
response to dissent and strongly expressed discourse. At this time,
discussion is warranted and should be not only tolerated, but
encouraged. The current unrest reflects the deeply felt values
assigned to Gallaudet by students, faculty, staff, alumni and other
community stakeholders, values the NAD and others in the national and
worldwide community of deaf and hard of hearing people also hold
dear. Gallaudet acknowledged, and expressed commitment to such values
in the announcement of the search. There, the University stated that
it was eager to identify a president with the abilities to "ensure
full access and open communication throughout the University." The
Trustees also set as a qualification the ability to "lead the entire
Gallaudet community and its students (K-12 and college level) through
times of crisis and challenge."

Accordingly, the NAD calls upon the Gallaudet University Board of
Trustees, President I. King Jordan, and Provost Jane K. Fernandes to
take corrective action with courage and wisdom to resolve in a
positive manner the growing discord, divisiveness and disconnect on
and off campus. Such decisive action would begin the healing process
and enable all involved to move forward. The current leadership must
move expeditiously to "unite the community behind a common vision and
inspire individuals and groups both on and off campus to reach for a
noble cause bigger than any single person or issue."

Members of the NAD and its supporters are deeply concerned that if
this crisis is not resolved immediately and decisively by Gallaudet
University, there would be increased risk for long term and permanent
impact in the areas of recruitment, enrollment and financial giving.

The NAD is determined to stand firm for the cherished values of our
community and for the well-being of the world's only liberal arts
university for deaf and hard of hearing people. This is precisely why
the NAD stands with Gallaudet students and the entire community in
retaining the true greatness of Gallaudet University and the hope it
represents to the nation and the world.

Sincerely,

Andrew J. Lange
President
National Association of the Deaf

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"You should believe that you can do something and have the courage to
try." George Magnum (Deaf Wheel of Fortune player)
"He (Martin Luther King) did so much in order for us to be recognized
as human beings. His deeds prove that minorities can reach their
dreams" Fred Beam, NTID Graduate.

-------------< ANNOUNCEMENT >

Do you shop at Albertsons or Sav-on stores? You can get a free
community partners card at those stores and then add it to our list of
supporters. A percent of what you buy will go to helping our Deaf
youth program. If you already have a school or other program that you
are supporting, don't worry, you can add your card to support our
program too! There are two ways to add your card. You can email your
First and Last name with your phone number and community partners card
number to ocdac@deafadvocacy.org or you can download and print our
Albertsons / Sav-on Community Partners signup forms at
http://www.deafadvocacy.org/community/AlbertsonsSignup.pdf and have
your friends, neighbors, associates, and relatives sign up as
supporters and then mail the form to the address on the form. To reach
our funding goal we need 25,000 supporters who shop at Albertsons /
Sav-on. And remember to use your community partners card when you shop
at Albertsons or Sav-on.

-------------< COMMUNITY BULLHORN >

PRESS RELEASE - May 6, 2006

From: www.deafsportlawsuit.com

( to translate this material in your language, please visit
www.babelfish.altavista.com )

TURMOIL AT GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY

THE TALE OF THE FOUR GALLAUDET DOCTORS: THE JORDAN MEN - IRVING KING
AND JERALD - AND THEIR TWO FEMALE PUPPETS JANE FERNANDES AND DONALDA
AMMONS

By RAFAEL PINKHASOV PINCHAS, CISS Ombudsman

New York, USA - In the wake of the ongoing students' protest at
Gallaudet University this Ombudsman has been receiving interesting
communication messages from concerned persons.

These persons, among the other things, asked the questions such as:

What is the role of Irving King Jordan, the outgoing Gallaudet
University President with the CISS and Deaflympics?

What kind of relationship does Irving King have with the top CISS
functionaires Jerald Jordan and Donalda Ammons?

Are Irving King Jordan and Jerald Jordan related to each other by blood?

How does this Ombudsman perceive yesterday's signing of the petition
by Ammons to oppose Irving King's influence and his hardly-fought
appointment of Jane Fernandes as a new Gallaudet University President?

By signing this petition, has Ammons shown her loyalty, solidarity and
support for the now-embattled Irving King Jordan and Jane Fernandes?

Well, this Ombudsman, himself a 1979 graduate of Gallaudet and
frequent traveler to the CISS Congresses and Deaflympics, must openly
and bluntly state that Dr. Irving King Jordan and Dr. Jerald Jordan
are long-time comrades and that the two, however, are not related by
their bloods at all. The two Jordans have also been closely associated
with Dr. Donalda Ammons in the last several years.

To demonstrate how excessively close the two Jordans are to each
other, let me present the three randomly selected facts.

Fact Number One: On June 20,1996 America's capital - Washington, D.C.
- was the site of the Olympic Torch Relay event, in which the two deaf
persons Irving King and Jerald were selected to make their Torch Relay
runs.

How the two, especially Jerald, received such an honor to run?

In front of me is the recent March 8, 2006 issue of the Gallaudet
University student publication called The Buff and Blue. In its story
headlined THE SECRETS OF HIS SUCCESS, its author Donald Tropp, after
his interview session with Irving King and his wife Linda, revealed
about how Irving King, a very devoted and caring friend of Jerald,
convinced the 1996 Olympic Torch Relay organizers to include Jerald to
make a run.

Here is an excerpt of the story:

"King and Linda agree one of their best moments came during the 1996
Olympics. King was asked to carry the torch up 8th Street to
Gallaudet. He accepted, but later received an invitation to bring the
torch to the White House instead. He said he would do it on one
condition: that another deaf person could carry the torch to
Gallaudet. The White House refused to grant his request, so King
declined their offer and hung up. "If I did not know who would carry
the torch to Gallaudet, I would rather do it myself," King explains.
But he got a callback. The White House relented, and Jerald Jordan (
no relation ), former Deaflympics president, took King's place. He
remembers seeing Jerald run from 8th street to Gallaudet. " I never
saw a smile so big, "he recalls."

Fact Number Two: On March 7, 1999 as a CISS Chairman-founder of the
annual Deaf World Athlete of the Year International Awards Commission,
I played a visible role at the special banquet in honor of the 75
Anniversary of the CISS held in Davos, Switzerland. Before the start
of the banquet, there I met and conversed with the broadly-smiling and
elegantly-dressed couple - Irving King and Linda. They also attended
this banquet as special guests of honor and there, among the other
things, the two told me, that since 1989 they make every effort to
attend every CISS Games. They do so in honor of their very dear and
very beloved friend Jerald Jordan!"

Fortunately, in my own possession I have a videotape of this event in
Davos.

Fact Number Three: On March 1, 2006 the city of Salt Lake City, Utah,
hosted the 2007 Winter Deaflympics Press Conference. There Irving King
had the opportunity to give his speech at the podium, in which he
publicly invoked and brought up the name of his "very close pal Jerald
- or "JJ" - in front of the event's attendees." At that Press
Conference, Irving King, also showcased himself and Gallaudet as the
strong financial backers of the 2007 Games.

For details, click www.deafnation.com/deaflympicstv.asp?zone=29

As for Dr. Jane Fernandes' support for Jerald, some two months ago,
for example, one deaf man from Canada sent his letter to Fernandes,
the soon-would-to-be new Gallaudet President-appointee, which was
titled SHALL GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY TAKE AWAY ITS HONORARY DOCTORATE
DEGREE FROM JERALD JORDAN?

To review this letter, visit

www.deafbase.com/article-print-1141.html

This Ombudsman was able to get in touch with the Canadian man who
informed that Fernandes acknowledged the receipt of his letter and
that Fernandes totally disagreed with his idea of possible revoking of
a honorary degree from Jerald and that Fernandes still spoke very
positively of Jerald.

Thus, it can now clearly be seen and concluded that Irving King,
Jerald and Fernandes are real cronies, period.

Now, let's focus on what kind of relationship the two Jordans and
Fernandes have had with Ammons on or before May 1, 2006, the date
Fernandes was named as Gallaudet's 9th President and in which unrest
among Gallaudet students has erupted at its campus' premises.

The two Jordans, especially Jerald did everything possible in order to
ensure that his "heir apparent" and "female crony" - Ammons - would
win her election as the new CISS President at the recent 39th CISS
Congress held in Australia.

By the way, Jerald, in his self interest and to the huge detriment of
the deaf international sports, was the prime mastermind of the
election fraud scheme at the Congress, in which nearly 270 voting
ballots were missing or went unused.

Because this Ombudsman has been an outspoken advocate for just and
equal rights for every deaf athlete and because he filed his lawsuits
vs.Jerald and Ammons, Jerald and Ammons were the ones to institute
their reprisals or Gestapo-type tactics vs. this Ombudsman: twice they
called upon the service of local policemen and agents to arrest -
albeit, unsuccessfully - this Ombudsman in 2003 in Sweden and in 2005
in Australia.

( Could it be possible that Irving King learned directly from Jerald
and Ammons to use such reprisal or Gestapo-type tactics vs. the
protesting and outspoken students at Gallaudet now? )

Since 2001 and till now, the two - Irving King and Fernandes - have
also covertly provided their unequivocal and biased support for Ammons
in her legal battles vs. this Ombudsman. Moreover, Irving King and
Fernandes in 2004 did not take any action against its Gallaudet staff
member - Ammons - when Ammons chose to unethically use the official
Gallaudet stationery for her personal litigation defense. That is,
Ammons, a defendant, wrote her letter with a Gallaudet letterhead to a
Court Judge in spite of the fact that Gallaudet University was not
specifically named as the lawsuit party at all

www.deafsportlawsuit.com/update42.htm

Since 1995, the year Ammons began her work for the CISS, both Irving
King and Fernandes have closed up their eyes by permitting Ammons to
utilize Gallaudet's facilities, in which she performed her
non-Gallaudet and CISS-related work most of the time at the campus.

On May 2, 2006 a Gallaudet University President Search Process
petition drive has begun to function. It lists the two demands:

- have Presidential Search Process re-opened, and

- no reprisals for students, staff, faculty and alumni.

www.thepetitionsite.com

As of today, there are over 3,000 petition signatories.

Naturally, this petition is a very bad, embarrassing and humiliating
document for both Irving King and Fernandes.

But the most unthinkable and unbelievable thing with this petition is
that a crony of the three ( i.e., for Irving King, Jerald and
Fernandes ) - Ammons is listed as the number 2,102 signee of this
petition.

Furthermore, Ammons' numerous deaf family members, including her deaf
father and two deaf sisters, have also signed the petition, which is
literally tantamount to the coming and disgraceful ousting of Irving
King's "heir apparent" and "female crony" - Fernandes - from the
Gallaudet Presidency.

If this happens, Irving King's personal and professional reputation (
also Fernandes' ) among the masses - deaf and non-deaf - will be
ruined for good!

In light of Ammons' petition signing, it is still unclear as to how
Irving King, Jerald and Fernandes are feeling about this highly
unusual act by Ammons?

Has the still unconstitutionally-elected President of the CISS -
Ammons - betrayed them, has not she?

In retrospect, after my long friendship with Ammons and by utilizing
my varied sports expertise services for her own gain and personal
career advancement, Ammons, all of a sudden, in 2001 betrayed this
Ombudsman by completely removing him from any suitable leadership
position in the CISS.

Is Ammons an unpredictable and pathological hypocrite or reputed
benefit taker?

Finally, it remains to be seen as to what kind of financial and moral
support Irving King and Gallaudet will provide to the organization of
the coming 16th Deaflympic Winter Games in Utah.

In the meantime, there are the two important news to share.

A second suspect in kidnapping/murder scheme of a deaf Russian citizen
and ex-litigant in the now-closed-Ammons-related case, Mr. Felix
Shlimovich, is being finally caught up in Moscow. Mr. Shlimovich and
his body has been missing since December 11, 2005. The investigation
is still on.

The discrimination lawsuit matter involving this Ombudsman and the USA
Deaf Sports Federation is still pending before the USA District Court
for the District of South Dakota in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. One of
the main charges of the lawsuit is biased, unfair and discriminatory
treatment of this Ombudsman by certain Gallaudet-educated CISS
officials and USADSF for the position of the Chairman of the
Organizing Committee of the 2007 Deaflympic Winter Games.

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What's Fueling Gally Students' Anger?
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Gallaudet president-select speaks
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-------------< DEAF FRIENDLY BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES >

Begin your journey toward self-sufficiency by becoming a Discovery
Toys consultant! Discovery Toys focuses on learning through play,
with products specifically designed to maximize learning moments, has
proven to be a success as the company has now witnessed an entire
generation grow up with Discovery Toys. Many parents and their adult
children credit DISCOVERY TOYS® products with helping them to develop
core skills and self-esteem, which contributed to their later life
accomplishments and success as adults. Beth Koenig is your Discovery
Toys consultant. Her Discovery Toys website is at
Http://www.discoverthetoys.net and this is a great business
opportunity for people disabilities. Discovery Toys is one of our
supported activities through our Community Business Enterprise Program.

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DeafHope Position Announcement

Job Title: Domestic and Sexual Violence Advocate
Hours: Full time

Duties include providing information and support to Deaf survivors of
domestic violence and sexual assault, facilitating weekly support
group, accompanying survivors to legal hearings.

Qualifications:
Fluent in American Sign Language and Deaf Culture
California Domestic Violence Advocate Certification
Strong knowledge of domestic violence, current California domestic
violence
law and court proceedings, including Family, Criminal and Juvenile Court

To apply mail or fax cover letter and resume to:

Julie Rems-Smario, Executive Director
DeafHope
22418 Mission Blvd
Hayward, CA 94541
Fax 510.733.3103
Contact@deaf-hope.org

No phone calls please.

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Deaf-Blind Camp - June 10- June 12 This year¹s Deaf-Blind session is
for adults 18 years and older with developmental disabilities in
addition to their dual sensory loss. Regular Deaf-Blind campers are
also welcome. The camp will be held at the Enchanted Hills Camp in
Napa. Volunteers are needed. Please contact Sook Hee Choi for more
information. TTY: (415) 431-4572 or schoi@lighthouse-sf.org.

-------------< EPILOG >

If you wish to contribute to this newsletter, feel free to send in
news, stories, and opinions relating to the disability community. Your
support in this effort to move the disability community forward will
be greatly appreciated. We will continue to aggressively pursue
justice, fairness, and equality for the disability community as it has
been doing since November 1996. We have chosen
that EDUCATION is the best way to accomplish this objective.

The Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center is a community based
organization that puts people with disabilities first in their
advocacy for equal opportunities in safety, health, and productive living.

The Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center provides services for disabled
individuals and their families in our community who need help in
navigating the social services maze. Every day people go without
proper food, shelter, and essential medical care every day due to a
variety of factors including low wages, job loss, injuries, illness,
age, domestic violence, or divorce. While all of us are susceptible to
hard times, disabled individuals are at the most risk. With the
generous support of people like you, we are able to help many of these
families and individuals not only to meet essential daily needs, but
to work toward a brighter future with programs in job training,
education, counseling, elderly assistance, and temporary housing.

Feel free to forward this email message to anyone and any of your
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DISCLAIMER: The OCDAC Newsletter is designed to share information of
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Information circulated does not necessarily express the views of The
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OCDAC Newsletter May 1, 2006

Dear Friends,

Every day at the office building is Earth Day. OCDAC celebrates Earth
Day each day of the year. Our office electricity and lighting is
produced via photovoltaic array system. Meaning powered by sunshine.
Therefore the light we use to see day and night, the computers we use
to communicate and exercise our mission and vision statements, and the
refrigerator and microwave we use to feed our volunteers with are all
powered by a clean and renewable energy source that don't contribute
to the deluge of contaminants already in the air. Check out the
newsletter's photo gallery for photos of our office building's
photovoltaic array system or for those who are not members can go to
this http://www.alldeaf.com/showthread.php?p=513371#post513371
location for the photos.

Pet Expo was a BARKING success! We provided valuable education on
service animals and raised more than twice as much as we did last
year. Setup and closing was smoothest we've ever seen in any of the
expo's and festivals we've participated. We've established
relationsips with dog trainers to help train deaf community member's
pets to become service animals. Photos in the newsletter's album.

And the weekend after at the DeafNation Expo it was a loud success on
the education and the fundraising fronts. From free books, to toys,
to jewelry, to emergency materials, the deaf communities enjoyed our
booth. The kids loved our final freebie giveaway and ended the expo
with a loud note for us! We made many deaf kids happy with us and
that means we made the future of Deaf society happy with us too!
Photos in the newsletter's album.

This issue of the OCDAC Newsletter we are experimenting with the links
to the outside news. Related links to each of the stories is provided
to help our readers get the maximum knowledge from the stories and
issues presented. Our agency's mission is education and this
improvement makes us one of the top leaders in educating people about
deafness, their people, and issues.

Our poll on deaf society is showing more clear results and will help
us develop our strategic planning. The poll will never close as we
will be using this poll as some sort of a weather barometer that will
constantly change and help us determine the best way to use our resources.

Our new ASL classes start next week. Our class fees are much much
cheaper than what is being publicized in the Deaf California News
mailing list. Please take a look at our ASL Class flyer and tell
your friends, associates, and relatives about it.
Http://www.deafadvocacy.org/education/flyers/aslclass.pdf

We've added a new LINKS section that will help you get information
about deafness, disability, advocacy, and the ADA.

Macy's Community Shopping Day 2006, an in-store shopping event and
fundraiser for charities in the Orange County community, will be held
on May 12, 2006 at Macy's South Coast Plaza. The money will be used
for operating expenses and the fees for our Orange County fair
fundraiser stand which is expected to be around $900 plus the cost of
insurance. We need to sell 8 more tickets to qualify for the share of
the Macy's fundraiser pot.

The short break the editor had was short and exciting and releases
this newsletter a day earlier because May 1, 2006 is expected to be a
huge day of national interest and we plan on taking advantage of it to
advance our mission and vision statements. Our website has been
updated a new message scroll.

Many thanks to everyone who sent in their letters. You are all the
great components to making this newsletter as the true voice of the
deaf communities!

OCDAC Communications
ocdac@deafadvocacy.org

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GoodSearch is now one of our our partners, we would ask each of our
subscribers to add the GoodSearch toolbar to their browser. It's easy as;

1) Going to http://www.goodsearch.com

2) Enter "Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center" under the box under "I'm
Supporting" and click the "Verify" box.

3) Download the goodsearch toolbar for your browser.

4) Ask 10 of your friends, associates, and relatives to do this for us
too.

Whenever the GoodSearch search engine is used, GoodSearch shares the
advertising revenue with our agency. We hope you all can do this for
us as you can be helping us with our mission and vision statements
even though you may be far away or way too busy to help us out at our
events and office.
With our subscribership from the international communities increasing
at a steady pace, we wish to make this newsletter accessible to them
and the easiest way to accomplish this is by directing them to
http://www.babelfish.altavista.com/ and entering
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocdacnewsletter/ in the website
translation box and the babelfish will help our international
subscribers become strong advocates for the deaf and disability
communities.

The Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center is having it's first annual
walk-a-thon on May 20th 2006 at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley,
California. To find out more or to sponsor one of our walkers go to
http://ocdac.choose-a-thon.com/ To walk in the event go to
http://ocdac.choose-a-thon.com/site/page/pg3990-aa93314_93826_93313-
or email dbs@deafadvocacy.org with your full name and email address.
We are putting together a fantastic golf tournament at a golf course
near our office and the date would be for this fantastic event is
Friday September 22, 2006 and we will have a fantastic game, food, and
prizes for all players.

We have began on our giant Orange County Fair educational booth
planning for this upcoming summer. This year's theme is 'Flower Power'
and its a retro theme. We have submitted the application for our
fundraiser booth. Your prayers are needed to help the fair management
be considerate and allow us conduct fundraising as they know that the
good results will be put into good use to advance positive
relationships between the deaf and the hearing communities.

This weekly newsletter will soon be available in print form to be
mailed out each week. The price is going to be $90 per year for the
print version and the price is highly reasonable due to it's very rich
deaf and disability advocacy content and very little advertising. This
still beats out the other deaf print news. They will also be available
in other alternative formats like floppies, braille, and in large
print for people with vision impairments.

We have started a Campbell's product label collection campaign to help
us raise the means to get supplies for our office Start saving your
campbells product labels today and mail them to us on the first week
of each month. We have aproximately 1050 subscribers and if each one
of them accumulates and sends us 900-1000 labels a month, we'd be able
to get lots of new equipment for our office and internal and external
education programs! Lets get those labels coming, the program ends in
June. Our big thanks to those who sent in their labels.

Drastic Social Security rule changes for Title II Old Age, Survivors,
and Disability Insurance and SSI programs renews our calls for
self-reliance ideas for organizations who serve the deaf and disabled
and our very own idea, our California Disability Gaming Initiative
idea and that can be found at
http://www.deafadvocacy.org/community/cdgicinfo.pdf is an idea that
works for Native Americans. Why shouldn't it work for the Disability
communities? The proposed Social Security rules will limit appeals
and create a new process that is less about truth-seeking and more
hostile to applicants.

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Take a look at our new magazine fundraiser and this is one of the ways
you can help us do the good work for the deaf and disabled communities.

The URL is http://www.magfundraising.com/GroupPage.aspx?e=788159

-------------< OUTSIDE NEWS PART 1/3 >

Deaf Golfer Lee Seung-Man Leads GS Caltex Championship
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Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine must not impede progress on deaf and
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Initiative helps the disabled, seniors prepare for storms
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-------------< CALIFORNIA DEAFIE HAPPENINGS >

COME TO OUR MEETUPS!

The Orange County American Sign Language Meetup Group -
http://asl.meetup.com/37/ - and the he Orange County Deaf & Hearing
Impaired Meetup Group http://deaf.meetup.com/38/ meets each 3rd
Fridays of the month.

Come to our meetup on Friday May 19, 2006.

The Orange County American Sign Language & Orange County Deaf &
Hearing Impaired Meetup.

When:
Friday, May 19, 7:00 PM

Where:
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
17595 Harvard Ave #B
Irvine, CA
(949) 660-1332

What:
Meet the 2 meetups!
Beginning May a $2.00 donation suggested per person to help us cover
the costs of the meetup membership program. If you give us a $5.00
donation instead, we'll give you an "I Love You" Handsign Stamp
commemorative pin!
We have been considering using our office, especially the classroom,
for our meetups and we have the means to offer snacks for a small
donation to the people that come to the meetups hosted by our office.
The food table will have cold drinks, danish pastry, popcorn, veggies
and dip, chips and dip, flavored coffees, and hot chocolate.

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ASL BINGO!

Come learn ASL while playing bingo!

AT THE OCDAC CLASSROOM

May 27, 2006
4pm to 7pm
$1 per card per game – 7 cards for $5
Great Prizes! Players must be at least 18 years of age.

PROCEEDS BENEFIT ORANGE COUNTY DEAF ADVOCACY CENTER

For more info contact bethko@gmail.com

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Our next SSP training class is on May 6, 2006 and May 20, 2006 from 12
noon to 5 pm.

This is for people interested in working with the Deaf-Blind. The
class will take place in our classroom at 2960 Main Street A102 ,
Irvine, CA 92614

There is a fee of $20 for this 5 hour workshop as we have to pay for
the room use and printing of the handbook and other materials.

This class is required to work with our Deaf-Blind clients. Please
contact me with any questions.

Beth Koenig
bethko@gmail.com
(714) 414-7982

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DEAF SEMINAR SATURDAYS

We are having two 2 hour FREE educational seminars to our community
members.

Disaster preparedness
May 27, 2006, 10 am – 12 Noon and 1pm – 3pm

Getting the most from your Sidekick
June 24, 2006, 10 am – 12 Noon and 1pm – 3pm

Healthy Hands and Eyes workshop
August 26, 2006, 10 am – 12 Noon and 1pm – 3pm

Dealing with creditors
September 30, 2006, 10 am – 12 Noon and 1pm – 3pm

Deaf motorist safety
October 28, 2006, 10 am – 12 Noon and 1pm – 3pm

Deaf employment rights
November 25, 2006, 10 am – 12 Noon and 1pm – 3pm

Safety at home
December 30, 2006, 10 am – 12 Noon and 1pm – 3pm

Classes take place at the OCDAC classroom. RSVP is required and 8
students maximum per class. Reply back with reservation choices. And
the seminars are always FREE.

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California School for the Deaf, Riverside presents 2nd Annual Paws
Movie Night

With Movie Judges:

Bernard Bragg- Actor
CJ Jones- Producer
Terrylene-Actress
Ty Giordano-Actor
Julie Rems- DeafHope Executive Director
Eric Calbert- Video Production Specialist

Thursday, May 18, 2006 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm (voice interpreted)

CSDR Social Hall
3044 Horace Street
Riverside, CA 92506

Email: ylee@csdr-csdr.ca.gov
Limited seats-First come first serve
Admissions: $5.00
Tickets: Buy at TV Class
6 Short Movies by Students

Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly CautionedSome May be inappropriate for
Children Under 13.
Some Language And Sexual Content.

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Even though most of us working on computers only work on one, the
average American depends on more than 264 computers per day—from the
tiniest microprocessor to the largest mainframe! That is a lot of
people depending on a lot of computers! Think of how much money could
go to the Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center if 264 supporters bought
one computer each at www.iGive.com/ocdac, where up to 26% of every
purchase is donated to the Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center! At
www.iGive.com/ocdac, membership is free! So hurry up and visit the
Mall at www.iGive.com/ocdac, where you can shop at 600+ stores for all
your favorite electronics and computers from Dell, HP Shopping, Buy,
Computers4SURE, The Apple Store, SONY, and Gateway!

-------------< DEAF GRAPEVINE >

Hello all poker and golf players including fans,

Here is a quick run-over of these scheduled events that we are still
accepting entries to--

**First about the DeafNation Poker Tour at Foxwoods Casino:

Good news is that for the DeafNation Poker Tour, we now have over 200
players and a sweet pot climbing upwards to 80K, which will be held at
Foxwoods Casino on June 8, 2006. For those people who want to join the
event, please send the entry forms as you can before space is sold
out. Join the poker mania and sign up asap!

For Foxwood Casino's Hotel group/individual reservations, go to our
website get more info on how to book rooms.

More details about DeafNation Poker Tour is on www.deafnation.com.
See you there!

**Secondly, about the upcoming DeafNation Golf Classic/Charities:

Sign up your kids for the First Deaf Junior Golf Classic benefiting
the DeafNation Foundation, which will be held in Mt. Airy, Maryland.
There will be Deaf role model leaders instructing Deaf youth golfers
in the game of golf, including a Deaf PGA instructor and other Deaf
golf instructors. Entries accepted includes ages 8-18. FREE ENTRY!

Sign up for the DeafNation Golf Classic at the Hershey Country Club in
Hershey, PA; it will be held July 11-13th, 2006. The DeafNation Golf
Classic offers up to $10,000+ in a cash purse. Sign up early before
June 23rd to get the early bird special! DeafNation has been hosting
Golf Classics and Charities in the excitement of bringing more
exposure to the deaf sporting world to the game of golf, both to the
youth and adults.

Other future golfing events:
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Svc Charity Golf-Covington, WA
(www.adwas.org)

Thursday, October 5, 2006
West Suburban Assoc. of the Deaf Charity Golf-Bloomingdale, ILL
(www.wsadeaf.org)

Thursday, October 26, 2006
DeafHope Charity Golf-San Ramon, CA (www.deaf-hope.org)

Please contact joel at joel@deafnation.com if you have any questions.

Sign up now! :)

Thank you,

John Critser
Communications
www.deafnation.com
critser@deafnation.com

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NAD Fulton III Committee Seeks Feedback on Recommendations

The Fulton III Committee recently completed its Proposed Vision for
2020 and Strategic Recommendations. To view the document as a webpage
go to : http://www.nad.org/f3recommendations

The Fulton III Committee wants your feedback on the Proposed Vision
2020 and Strategic Recommendations from all who have an interest in
the future of the NAD.

NAD members, State Association affiliates and their membership,
Organizational affiliates, and youth members (i.e., Junior NAD,
Collegiate NAD, YLC alumni, Miss Deaf America alumni), as well as
loyal donors and friends of the NAD are invited to share their input.

Please submit your input via the Fulton III Online Feedback Form
at:http://www.nad.org/f3comments

About the Fulton III Committee

The Fulton III Committee was formed by the NAD Board in response to a
2002 NAD Conference resolution, to explore ways to restructure the NAD
as a federation, including, but not limited to, its board,
headquarters operations, membership, and representation with an eye to
long-term strategy. This includes ways to overhaul organizational
communications, member involvement, and outreach to the public.

For more information about the Committee please go to the F3 webpage
at:http://www.nad.org/f3

===================================

Third Public Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Persons with
Disabilities

The US Department of State and US Agency for International Development
will convene the third public meeting of the Advisory Committee on
Persons with Disabilities on Monday, May 1, 2006 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The meeting will be held in the Reagan Building and International
Trade Center (1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004) in
Hemisphere A room.

The Advisory Committee on Persons with Disabilities was established in
June 2004 for the purpose of serving the Secretary of State and the
Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
in an advisory capacity with respect to the consideration of the
interests of persons with disabilities in the formulation and
implementation of U.S. foreign policy and foreign assistance. The
Advisory Committee is made up of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,
USAID Administrator Randall Tobias and Executive Director Stephanie
Ortoleva (all ex-officio members); and eight members from outside the
United States government: Senda Benaissa, Walter Bollinger, Joni
Eareckson Tada, Vail Horton, John Kemp, Albert H. Linden, Jr.,
Kathleen Martinez, and John Register.

Individuals wishing to attend must arrive ahead of time and attendees
must also have valid, government-issued photo-identification in order
to enter the building. Attendees requiring reasonable accommodation
should indicate their requirements one week prior to the event to
Sherri Hansen at HansenSM@state.gov.

###

Stephanie Ortoleva
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street, N.W.
Room 7822
Washington, D.C. 20520
Phone: 202.647.9551
Fax: 202.647.4344
Email: ortolevas@state.gov

-------------< ANNOUNCEMENT >

Please visit our bookstore that has related books and different kinds
of assistive living devices at http://store.deafadvocacy.org

-------------< OUTSIDE NEWS PART 2/3 >

Deaf Woman Missing After A.M. Walk Found With Family
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/9037052/detail.html
Related Links
http://www.goodsearch.com/Search.aspx?CharityID=807571&Keywords=Carol+McGavitt+d\
eaf+woman

Emergency text service pioneered
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/4951964.stm
Related Links
http://www.goodsearch.com/Search.aspx?CharityID=807571&Keywords=emergency+text+d\
eaf

Ordinance would relax rules for house conversions for disabled
http://www.orovillemr.com/news/bayarea/ci_3762204
Related Links
http://www.goodsearch.com/Search.aspx?CharityID=807571&Keywords=Ordinance+would+\
relax+rules+for+house+conversions+for+disabled

Help more disabled students
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal-ed.special28apr28,0,1909895.story?c\
oll=bal-opinion-headlines
Related Links
http://www.goodsearch.com/Search.aspx?CharityID=807571&Keywords=help+more+disabl\
ed+student

Hard of hearing isn't the same as hearing impaired
http://www.star.niu.edu/articles/?id=23090
Related Links
http://www.goodsearch.com/Search.aspx?CharityID=807571&Keywords=Hard+of+hearing+\
hearing+impaired

-------------< ADVOCACY NEWS >

Fifth Annual Bridges Conference to Take Place May 31 ­ June 2 in San
Antonio National Forum About Employment Issues & Latinos with Disabilities

Proyecto Visión's annual Bridges to Employment Conference will take
place May 31 - June 2 in San Antonio, Texas at the Holiday Inn
Riverwalk hotel. It is the premiere event on employment and Latinos
with disabilities in the United States. Each year recruiters,
vocational experts and jobseekers from around the country convene to
participate in trainings and exchanges on occupational issues, and
collaborate to increase job opportunities for Latinos with disabilities.

Schedule

The event begins at 2:00 p.m. on May 31 with a series of two special
presentations followed by an evening welcome reception. A full day of
workshops and roundtables is scheduled for June 1, interspersed with
catered networking breaks. June 2 will offer additional training sessions,
concluding with the plenary luncheon at 2:00 p.m. Throughout the
conference attendees will have access to assistive technology experts
to experiment with adaptive software and devices for use in the workplace.

Program, Speakers, Attendees

Representatives from Latino and disability advocacy organizations,
employers and professional Latinos who have disabilities will lead
workshops and roundtables on a variety of topics. Training sessions
will provide information about vocational training opportunities and
regional job
openings. Other agenda topics include resume writing; interview
preparation; recruiting, retention and promotion; asset-building
programs; benefits and transitions to employment; current legislation
and advocacy, and providing culturally competent services. Sessions
will be conducted in either English or Spanish with simultaneous
translation into whichever language is not being used.

Each year the Bridges conference attracts human resource
professionals, recruiters, entrepreneurs, diversity managers, Latino
and disability service providers, and disabled Latino jobseekers and
their family members from around the country. The San Antonio event
will build on the results of
Bridges conferences held in Raleigh, NC (2005), Chicago, IL (2004),
New York, NY (2003) and Anaheim, CA (2002).

Conference Specifics

The $150 fee includes the welcome reception, continental breakfasts,
all conference sessions and materials, and the closing luncheon.
Scholarships are available for unemployed or low-income Latinos with
disabilities to cover the registration fee. Scholarship awards are
based on financial need and strength of the application. Call (866)
367-5361 toll-free for scholarship information, or visit
www.projectvision.net <http://www.proyectovision.net/> to register to
attend and/or apply for a scholarship online.

The conference will take place at the Holiday Inn Riverwalk hotel.

Sponsors

Proyecto Visión is the first National Technical Assistance Center for
Latinos with Disabilities living in the United States. The goal of the
project is to connect Latinos with disabilities to employment. To
advance the goals of the President¹s New Freedom Initiative, Proyecto
Visión¹s staff provides training, capacity-building support and links
to employers and service providers to connect Latinos with
disabilities to jobs, training and technology. Proyecto Visión is
funded by the Department of Education¹s Rehabilitation Services
Administration. www.projectvision.net <http://www.proyectovision.net>

Proyecto Visión is based at the World Institute on Disability (WID) in
Oakland, CA. WID is a nonprofit research, public policy and advocacy
center dedicated to promoting independence and societal inclusion of
people with disabilities. WID has earned a reputation for high quality
research and public education on a wide range of issues. The Board of
Directors and staff, over half of whom are people with disabilities,
are respected national leaders in the disability field as well as in
industry, government and social services. www.wid.org

The staff of the San Antonio Independent Living Services (SAILS)
center is co-organizing and co-sponsoring this year¹s conference.
SAILS is a non-profit, federally designated center for Independent
Living that serves individuals who reside in the Greater San Antonio
Area. SAILS has been assisting people with disabilities to maintain
their rights for more than 24 years. www.sailstx.org

Additional support for the Conference was made possible with
contributions from co-sponsors Wal-Mart, the American Express
Foundation, Consumers for Cable Choice and the Epilepsy Foundation.

Contacts
Kathy Martinez, director, for program information - (510) 251-4326,
kathy@wid.org Robin Savinar, manager, for registration queries - (510)
251-4325, robin@wid.org, or Marisa Ortiz, San Antonio Independent
Living Services, for questions about San Antonio - (210) 281-1878 or
mortiz@sailstx.org.

-------------< DEAF QUOTES >

"You have to really focus and concentrate. It's like you're alone out
there and you have to think about how you're going to do your best"
Kelso High golfer Dehne' O'Connor

-------------< ANNOUNCEMENT >

Do you shop at Albertsons or Sav-on stores? You can get a free
community partners card at those stores and then add it to our list of
supporters. A percent of what you buy will go to helping our Deaf
youth program. If you already have a school or other program that you
are supporting, don't worry, you can add your card to support our
program too! There are two ways to add your card. You can email your
First and Last name with your phone number and community partners card
number to ocdac@deafadvocacy.org or you can download and print our
Albertsons / Sav-on Community Partners signup forms at
http://www.deafadvocacy.org/community/AlbertsonsSignup.pdf and have
your friends, neighbors, associates, and relatives sign up as
supporters and then mail the form to the address on the form. To reach
our funding goal we need 25,000 supporters who shop at Albertsons /
Sav-on. And remember to use your community partners card when you shop
at Albertsons or Sav-on.

-------------< COMMUNITY BULLHORN >

Steven J. Tingus, Director of the National Institute onDisability and
Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) in the Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) at the U.S. Department of Education,
and Chair of the Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR)
is pleased to provide you with notice of an ICDR public meeting and
request for written comments with respect to the federal disability
and rehabilitation research agenda.

We are pleased to inform you that the ICDR, authorized by the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, is holding a meeting to seek
comments from the public with respect to the federal disability and
rehabilitation research agenda. This dialogue with the public is of
critical importance, and we are encouraging individuals with
disabilities, persons who represent service providers, service
provider organizations, disability and rehabilitation research and
policy groups and representatives of advocacy organizations with
specialized knowledge and experience, to suggest specific ways to
improve future research for individuals with disabilities. The ICDR is
also interested in hearing from individuals concerning how well the
existing federal research programs are responding to the changing
needs of individuals with disabilities.

The meeting will take place May 23, 2006, from 10 a.m. to3 p.m. at the
Capital Hilton Hotel, 1001 16th Street N.W., Washington DC, 20036
Telephone: (202) 393-1000.

The meeting will be open and accessible to the general public. Public
comments will be analyzed, along with other sources of information, to
make recommendations for future research directions and to coordinate
the federal research effort in disability; however, the ICDR cannot
respond individually to comments.

All individuals planning to attend the public meeting, including those
presenting comments, must make reservations by May 9, 2006, by
contacting Robert Jaeger, using the contact information below.
Individuals who wish to present comments must request time on the
agenda, which will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Participants will be allowed approximately five minutes to present
their comments.

Prior to the meeting, participants must submit written copies of their
comments, along with any other written or electronic versions of
supporting information, such as agency or organization policy
statements, recommendations, research findings and research
literature. Walk-ins must bring two written copies of their comments.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call (202) 205-4475. Individuals who need accommodations for a
disability in order to attend or participate at the meeting (i.e.,
interpreting services, assistive listening devices, material in
alternative format) should notify ROBERT JAEGER by May 9, 2006.

Robert Jaeger, Executive Secretary, ICDR
U.S. Department of Education
550 12th Street, S.W., room 6050
Potomac Center Plaza
Washington, DC 20202-2700
Telephone: (202) 245-7386
Fax: (202) 245-7633
Robert.Jaeger@ed.gov

A copy of the Federal Register notice can be viewed at:
www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/other/2006-2/041106c.html

Steven James Tingus, M.S., C.Phil.
Director,
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Chair, Interagency Committee on Disability Research
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
U.S. Department of Education
550 12th Street, SW, Room 6056
Washington, DC 20024-6122
Direct Line: (202) 245-7549
NIDRR's Main Line: (202) 245-7640
Fax Line: (202) 245-7630
E-Mail: Steven.Tingus@ed.gov

-------------< OUTSIDE NEWS PART 3/3 >

Area Council for Deaf vandalized again
http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4823569
Related Links
http://www.goodsearch.com/Search.aspx?CharityID=807571&Keywords=Area+Council+for\
+Deaf+vandalized+again

House panel OKs interpreters for deaf
http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&articl\
e_path=/news/06/news060426_7.htm
Related Links
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interpreters+for+deaf

DISABLED IN THE WILDERNESS
http://www.kpvi.com/index.cfm?page=nbcheadlines.cfm&ID=32982
Related Links
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WILDERNESS

Disabled Occupy Han River Bridge
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Related Links
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Han+River+Bridge

Pioneer In Helping Hearing-Impaired Children Laid To Rest
http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=95522
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artin

-------------< DEAF FRIENDLY BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES >

Begin your journey toward self-sufficiency by becoming a Discovery
Toys consultant! Discovery Toys focuses on learning through play,
with products specifically designed to maximize learning moments, has
proven to be a success as the company has now witnessed an entire
generation grow up with Discovery Toys. Many parents and their adult
children credit DISCOVERY TOYS® products with helping them to develop
core skills and self-esteem, which contributed to their later life
accomplishments and success as adults. Beth Koenig is your Discovery
Toys consultant. Her Discovery Toys website is at
Http://www.discoverthetoys.net and this is a great business
opportunity for people disabilities. Discovery Toys is one of our
supported activities through our Community Business Enterprise Program.

-------------< LINKS >

Deaf Related Links
http://www.goodsearch.com/Search.aspx?CharityID=807571&Keywords=deaf

Disabled Related Links
http://www.goodsearch.com/Search.aspx?CharityID=807571&Keywords=disabled

Hearing Impaired Related Links
http://www.goodsearch.com/Search.aspx?CharityID=807571&Keywords=hearing+impaired

Sign Language Related Links
http://www.goodsearch.com/Search.aspx?CharityID=807571&Keywords=sign+language

ADA Related Links
http://www.goodsearch.com/Search.aspx?CharityID=807571&Keywords=americans+disabi\
lity+act

Disability Advocacy Related Links
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acy

-------------< LETTERS >

The Final Cut
by Mac Crary, copyright 2006

Robert Fripp is a cowardly English rock musician in a wierd religious
cult who believes that he has a license to sexually molest deaf people.

The coward Fripp wangled an explanation for his collusion with Zell (a
man who used me for an AIDS experiment on Mt. Desert Island in
1988) by saying such a catastrophic hate crime was legitimized by a
letter I wrote in 1982 to Leslie Katz; further he and his cult justify
executing the rape of a retarded girl (deaf Jeannie) as a lesson in
connection with the AIDS operation on Mt. Desert Island and punishment
for my letter to Leslie, which he claims without speaking openly
establishes my blame in the death of John Lennon (which is his real
motive, letters in evidence having been planted on my home when I was
tortured as a child, a fact he denies so he can doubly victimize me).
Lennon's murder was a crime in which neither I nor deaf Jeannie played
any role whatsoever. Nor did I touch Leslie Katz, or anyone else,
as the coward has relentlessly implied in his brutal harassment and
surveillance ordeal.

The problem with the justification scenario offered by the coward
Fripp, seething that Katz justifies Zell is that it fails to explain
either Zell's postcard to me, or his involvement with the people who
attacked me in childhood. It totally fails to explain the comments he
made in advance of the AIDS experiment (referred to in the postcard),
in 1981-82, when he began casing me, a fact which predates the crime
of AIDS. Fripp used Leslie opportunistically to justify his collusion
and exists to make a joke of his role in collusion in a mass murder
operation, seething that this would implicate Reagan, so that
therefore none of it is true.

Fripp betrayed a true friend and a generation at risk in favor of a
berzerker religious cult who rape and torture deaf children, because
Reagan promised him the "intellectual property" goldmine.

It's true, typical of an English, and also very sad.


Mac Crary
315 Maynard Ave. S. #309
Seattle, WA
98104

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BOYCOTT Matthew Moore's People of Color Conference!!!

Matthew Moore, a white man who I've been told is not very well liked
by many, has announced that he has set up a People of Color conference
-- www.peopleofcolor.com -- to take place next March in Indianapolis.
I'm encouraging all Deaf people of color (POC) to boycott this
conference!

First, of all, Moore is a WHITE man. While white allies are
important, his announcement is slap in the face to Deaf people of
color everywhere. It is like the equivalent of a hearing person who
does not know sign language that has decided to set up a conference
for Deaf people to help them learn about ASL. This person has NO
business setting up such a conference!!

Given that this WHITE man is plastering his name, business name all
over the conference pages of a conference one should stop and
seriously question his motives.

While a Deaf POC conference such as this one is NEEDED, it should be
set up, coordinated and run by DEAF PEOPLE OF COLOR, not some white
man who appears to just want to advertise his name and business. I
encourage all Deaf people of color to BOYCOTT this conference and
instead come together to set one up of our own through organizations
such as NBDA, IDC, NDLC, etc.

As for this conference, please do not attend and encourage others to
BOYCOTT it as well. Let's send a message that we are not anyone's
TOKENS! Shame on you, Matthew Moore!

Chris Leon
http://chrisleonroar.blogspot.com/

===================================

DCARA CEO position available

***JOB OPENING*** CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Deaf Counseling, Advocacy & Referral Agency (DCARA) is a non-profit,
community-based social service agency serving the Deaf community of
the San Francisco Bay Area and 14 counties in Northern California.
DCARA's mission is to promote self-determination, independence, and
celebration of American Sign Language (ASL) among a diverse Deaf
community, regardless of their communication background, through its
services and programs.

For the position of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), DCARA is
seeking a strong and dynamic leader to build on over 40 years of
continuous growth and evolution of the agency and maintain a staff
that is stable and proud of the services they provide to the Deaf
community, including Deafened, Deaf-Blind, and hard-of-hearing
members. The CEO will report directly to the Board of Directors and
will be responsible for all aspects of the agency's operations,
programs, finances, and personnel. The CEO will also provide
direction and leadership towards the achievement of the agency's
philosophy, mission, strategies, and goals. The position is based at
DCARA Headquarters in San Leandro, California.

For further information on DCARA, visit www.dcara.org

DCARA is looking for a person of integrity with strong interpersonal
and communication skills who will maintain effective partnerships with
community, staff, and the Board of Directors. DCARA is also looking
for an inspiring organizational leader who motivates and challenges
the staff and community to continue growing.

The successful candidate will possess the following strengths:
* Solid track record in Deaf leadership and program oversight and
development
* Excellent organizational and financial management skills
* Ability to recruit, manage, and team-build
* Strong professional networks in the Deaf Community
* Positive outlook on Deaf Culture and ASL

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
* Fluency in ASL; ability to communicate with persons of all social,
economic and language levels
* Strong background in social service programs for the Deaf
* Bachelor's degree; a Master's degree is preferred
* Five years of experience in non-profit, community-based management
and supervision of a large staff
* Professional experience with grant procurement, project management,
and fundraising efforts

SALARY: Commensurate with capability and experience (plus excellent
benefits)

Interested applicants will need to submit the following: resume, cover
letter, and application (available at www.dcara.org) to
searchchair@dcara.org or to the attention of Liz Brading, DCARA Search
Committee Chair; 14895 East 14th Street, Suite 200; San Leandro, CA
94578. Screened applicants must be willing to interview in person.
Travel expenses will be reimbursed.
CLOSING DATE: Open until filled.

-------------< EPILOG >

If you wish to contribute to this newsletter, feel free to send in
news, stories, and opinions relating to the disability community. Your
support in this effort to move the disability community forward will
be greatly appreciated. We will continue to aggressively pursue
justice, fairness, and equality for the disability community as it has
been doing since November 1996. We have chosen
that EDUCATION is the best way to accomplish this objective.

The Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center is a community based
organization that puts people with disabilities first in their
advocacy for equal opportunities in safety, health, and productive living.

The Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center provides services for disabled
individuals and their families in our community who need help in
navigating the social services maze. Every day people go without
proper food, shelter, and essential medical care every day due to a
variety of factors including low wages, job loss, injuries, illness,
age, domestic violence, or divorce. While all of us are susceptible to
hard times, disabled individuals are at the most risk. With the
generous support of people like you, we are able to help many of these
families and individuals not only to meet essential daily needs, but
to work toward a brighter future with programs in job training,
education, counseling, elderly assistance, and temporary housing.

Feel free to forward this email message to anyone and any of your
personal mailing lists so we can get the important messages out far
and wide and encourage them to sign up for our weekly newsletter.

DISCLAIMER: The OCDAC Newsletter is designed to share information of
interest to people with disabilities, their friends, associates, and
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