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The Butterfly Cage Book Event | Petaluma Library
Petaluma, California September 9, 2023 | 1:00 PM Come see what the buzz is about: learn and unlearn about Deaf people, our joys and dilemmas, in this fun, eye-opening reading and Q and A. Interpreter will be present Book Reading with Q and A Come to an exciting and...
Book Reading at The Book Passage
Marin | Corte Madera August 26, 2023 | 11:00 AM Come see what the buzz is about: learn and unlearn about Deaf people, our joys and dilemmas, in this fun, eye-opening reading and Q and A. Interpreter will be present Book Reading with Q and A Come to an exciting and fun...
The Mother’s Day Mystery
I taught a Deaf class in an otherwise hearing school. As Mother's Day approached, my colleagues were teaching their first graders to spell "appreciate," "grateful" and "breakfast in bed." My class took a slightly different route. They learned to sign the words...
Can A Movie About Deaf People Help Hearing People Listen?
For me and many other Deaf people, seeing "CODA" triumphantly bag three Oscars, including Best Picture, was emotional. Not just for its recognition of Deaf talent in Hollywood — and Troy Kotsur is only the first Deaf man in 93 years to win an Oscar — but because it...