Jeannette Johnson's blog
Today is the day of the #captionTHIS social movement in social media (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc.). What's this campaign all about, you ask? Thanks to the 21st Century Video Communications and Accessibility Act, more and more content are being captioned, but one glaring loophole in the law is that any content that's posted only online, and not on television, is not required to be captioned. This is a deep concern because more and more video content is being posted solely online.
SB Morgaine held a workshop today discussing interpreter ethics in a social media environment. Everyone today has a bit of difficulty navigating the social media territory, but for interpreters, it’s even more difficult. Several questions she presented to audience were thought provoking, such as whether interpreters should use the popular social media application Foursquare, to announce their location, or whether interpreting agencies should be able to announce job openings.
At the Senior Citizens’ Luncheon, Dr. Gertrude Galloway emceed, with Dr. Roz Rosen as the keynote speaker. Throughout her speech, Dr. Rosen cracked jokes about the lives of senior citizens, which the audience laughed at. Dr. Rosen told the story of when Bernard Bragg went to an arcade, and he found a shooting game. He began playing, laughing and cheering with his friend as he hit a target every time, and soon, a crowd gathered around him, watching. This went on for several minutes, until a little boy stepped forward, looked up at him then pressed the start button.
A popular workshop this morning was Greg Hlibok’s workshop on the civil rights for the Deaf. He moderated a panel of deaf attorneys who expressed their opinions on whether our work on civil rights are completed. The panel unanimously agreed that we have a long way to go.
The College Bowl was held last night in the Grand Ballroom with a full house erupting in wild cheers every time their team got answers correctly. The teams were:
The official first day of the NAD conference was a busy one - workshops, the General Forum, the exhibit hall, Miss Deaf America Preliminaries, and of course, the CEO Finalist Presentations. Here's a quick run through the first day for those who could not attend. Hope you will be able to attend the next conference!
On July 7, the Welcome Ceremony officially began the NAD 50th biennial conference. Melissa Draganac-Hawk was the emcee, and MJ Bienvenu and Claudia Gordon were the keynote speakers. The Accessibility Awards, Media Advocacy Award and Spirit of the NAD Award were handed out during the ceremony. The attendees left the ceremony fired up for an exciting week at the conference! For an English version, please see Tayler Mayer's post here.
Marlee Matlin gives her acceptance speech for the National Association of the Deaf's Media Advocacy Award during the Welcome Ceremony. During her speech, she said she was a proud member of NAD, and our struggle to make the internet accessible was still not over. Marlee also thanked all of the NAD members and the deaf community for joining in the struggle for equal access.
Barbara Raimondo gave a commission on educational policy and deaf children today. The room was full of curious attendees who wanted to learn more about how government policy plays a role in deaf education. She opened the session by explaining that she got involved because of her two deaf children, and she is passionate about deaf education and law.
You could feel the excitement in the air last night as the three NAD CEO Finalists stepped onstage to make their presentations. Each Finalist had 15 minutes to present, and 15 minutes of Q&A. Shane H. Feldman went first, Darlene Goncz-Zangara second, and Howard A. Rosenblum last.
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