Deaf Grassroots Movement at Florida State Capitol

<i><b>Deaf News: Deaf protestors say its time to fight inequality, discrimination and oppression by the hearing in the state of Florida.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-florida.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Protestors say its time to fight inequality, discrimination and oppression by the hearing"><img height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUDeEbEHJCc3RUvmdigQHMAEqVRcS4IfIwcVP0b1BOYce3j6LtmyuC2l-rBZbIT35Z8GFXoBxm_6U_N13Xv1lG4pngqad8HOJh3V_PPzkCu42iN_2hhfZnvHrHcrklWvV9VapnbJpH_Cb/s320/deaf-grassroots-movement-florida-state-capitol.jpg" width="300" /></a>TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Tallahassee Democrat: Nearly 30 members of the <a href="http://www.tdgm2015.org/" target="_blank">Deaf Grassroots Movement</a> rallied Wednesday at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_State_Capitol" target="_blank">Old Capitol</a>. It was part of a nationwide demonstration at all 50 state capitals to call for better education, more job opportunities and acceptance by society in the Untied States.<br /><br /><br /><br />The DGM aims to fight for the rights of the Deaf and future generations in the <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/search/label/Deaf%20Grassroots%20Movement">Deaf community in all 50 states</a>. On Wednesday all 50 state capitols will have a rally for Deaf Rights, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallahassee,_Florida" target="_blank">Tallahassee, Florida</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SVL5o94L7Jo" width="500"></iframe></div><br /><br />Occasionally cars passing by on Monroe Street would honk their horns in support, but there was no reaction from the protestors. They were a quiet bunch but fingers started flying, eyes grew wide and faces filled with expressions when word spread a reporter was in their midst.<br /><br /><br /><br />“So I can’t hear,” Bob Webb of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallahassee,_Florida" target="_blank">Tallahassee</a> signaled to a man carrying a notebook. “I have a brain. I have a heart.”<br /><br /><br /><br />The Deaf Grassroots Movement formed in September after a <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/03/deaf-grassroots-movement-national-deaf.html">protest at the White House in Washington, D.C.</a> The group says education opportunities for Deaf children are abysmal when compared to those of children who can hear.<br /><br /><br /><br />The activists planned the 50-state rally to raise awareness of their plight and to issue a call to action to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a> community and its allies to fight inequality, discrimination and the oppression Deaf people face.<br /><br /><br /><br />Webb indicated that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_with_Disabilities_Act_of_1990" target="_blank">Americans with Disabilities Act</a> was a good thing but needed to be amended to include services geared toward the Deaf.<br /><br /><br /><br />The group protesting in Tallahassee ranged in age from a middle-school student, who carried a sign saying “Please Invest in My Education,” to an elderly man with a long gray ponytail and ZZ Top-like beard.<br /><br /><br /><br />Other signs proclaimed sign language as a birthright language, explained that hearing doesn’t make you a better person and listed how the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_%28person%29" target="_blank">hearing</a> discriminate against the Deaf.<br /><br /><br /><br />Webb explained the Deaf community feels the state is failing to provide them an equal opportunity in education, employment and in pursuing the American dream.<br /><br /><br /><br />When asked what he wanted, Webb took to pen and paper from and wrote,<br /><br /><br /><br />Stop discriminating against us in employment.<br /><br />Audioism hurts us because they want us to be like hearing people.<br /><br />Give us fair access, like all other communities.<br /><br /><br /><br />“Don’t limit me,” Webb signaled. “So I can’t hear. So what?”<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2016/05/04/deaf-people-demand-equal-access/83940842/" target="_blank">SOURCE</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Follow Deaf Grassroots Movement on Social Media:</b><br /><br />Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Deaf-Grassroots-Movement-DGM-799439450175504/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/deafgrassrootsmovement</a><br /><br />Official Website - <a href="http://www.tdgm2015.org/" target="_blank">http://www.tdgm2015.org</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Deaf Grassroots Movement Hastags:</b><br /><br />Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/dgm" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/hashtag/dgm</a><br /><br />Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/dgm/" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/explore/tags/dgm</a><br /><br />Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/dgm" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/hashtag/dgm</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related Deaf Protest:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/03/deaf-grassroots-movement-national-deaf.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement - National Deaf Rally</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-nationwide.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement Nationwide Rally</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-alaskans-rally-for-equality-in.html">Deaf Alaskans Rally For Equality In Anchorage</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-alabama.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Alabama Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-oklahoma.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Oklahoma Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-nebraska.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Nebraska Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-maine-state.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Maine State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-florida.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Florida State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-rally-at-ri.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement Rally at RI State House</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-idaho-state.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Idaho State House</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-advocates-at-north-dakota-state.html">Deaf Advocates at the North Dakota State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-advocates-at-massachusetts-state.html">Deaf Advocates at the Massachusetts State House</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-rallies-at-connecticut-state.html">Deaf Rallies at the Connecticut State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/08/deaf-protest-at-white-house-in.html">Deaf Protest at White House in Washington DC</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/09/deaf-protest-at-white-house-2015-live.html">Deaf Protest At The White House 2015 Live Video</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/09/deaf-power-of-india-fight-for-your.html">Deaf Power Of India: Fight For Your Rights!</a>

Deaf Grassroots Movement at Florida State Capitol

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Deaf Grassroots Movement at Idaho State House

VIDEO: <i><b>Deaf News - Deaf community holds rally at the Idaho State House.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-idaho-state.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Deaf Grassroots Movement at the Idaho State House"><img height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFqyp6NE2_IzXNwM1-DCuVXSbbdp0vfEh8hCIbrGAAivmKjk9obHobl3SlCsYRA2u6lZgXMxbnpdKlCSIKExNSLYyaPCXnkYx8-RkgPo04JKQXQZXzWDLNdZ0C4hJHVMcqe4DVnk4Ta16/s320/deaf-grassroots-movement-idaho-state-house.JPG" width="300" /></a>BOISE, ID -- KTVB: Several members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a> community gathered Wednesday afternoon in front of the Statehouse to raise awareness of the issues they say they're facing here in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho" target="_blank">Idaho</a>. It was one of 50 rallies hosted by the <a href="http://www.tdgm2015.org/" target="_blank">Deaf Grassroots Movement</a>, taking place simultaneously in all 50 states.<br /><br /><br /><br />The DGM aims to fight for the rights of the Deaf and future generations in the <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/search/label/Deaf%20Grassroots%20Movement">Deaf community in all 50 states</a>. On Wednesday all 50 state capitols will have a rally for Deaf Rights, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boise,_Idaho" target="_blank">Boise, Idaho</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe height="360" src="https://interactive.tegna-media.com/video/embed/embed.html?id=2182145&title=Deaf%20Grassroots%20Movement%20rallies%20in%20Boise&site=277&playerid=6918249996581&dfpid=32805352&dfpposition=Video_prestream_external" style="border-width: 0;" width="500"></iframe></div><br /><br />"One of the biggest problems is their limiting or ability to communicate," said presenter David G. Wilder.<br /><br /><br /><br />They want to educate others on what can be done to make their lives better.<br /><br /><br /><br />"We got a lot of issues that we are faced with," said Alan Wilder of the <a href="http://www.idahodeaf.org/" target="_blank">Idaho Association of the Deaf</a>. "The American with Disabilities Act that was set up a long time ago, but it's not quite sufficient enough, enough where as Deaf people are still fighting everyday to receive interpreters or get equal access to information."<br /><br /><br /><br />Organizers say that quality education, jobs and healthcare just aren't available to many Deaf people in the state. Because, they say, they don't have access to qualified <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_interpretation#Sign_language" target="_blank">sign language interpreters</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />"In smaller communities it's not very well set up, but you know in hospitals they usually have that, but if you go to doctor's office or counseling services, they don't have those services," said Alan Wilder.<br /><br /><br /><br />And while these people are all too familiar with the challenges they face every day. They say no one else will talk about them without them.<br /><br /><br /><br />Alan Wilder said the Idaho Association of the Deaf plans to push for stronger and clearer laws surrounding Deaf interpreters in Idaho in 2017. Copyright 2016 KTVB.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ktvb.com/news/local/deaf-grassroots-movement-rallies-at-state-house/171145935" target="_blank">SOURCE</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Follow Deaf Grassroots Movement on Social Media:</b><br /><br />Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Deaf-Grassroots-Movement-DGM-799439450175504/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/deafgrassrootsmovement</a><br /><br />Official Website - <a href="http://www.tdgm2015.org/" target="_blank">http://www.tdgm2015.org</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Deaf Grassroots Movement Hastags:</b><br /><br />Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/dgm" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/hashtag/dgm</a><br /><br />Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/dgm/" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/explore/tags/dgm</a><br /><br />Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/dgm" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/hashtag/dgm</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related Deaf Protest:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/03/deaf-grassroots-movement-national-deaf.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement - National Deaf Rally</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-nationwide.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement Nationwide Rally</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-alaskans-rally-for-equality-in.html">Deaf Alaskans Rally For Equality In Anchorage</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-alabama.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Alabama Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-oklahoma.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Oklahoma Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-nebraska.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Nebraska Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-maine-state.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Maine State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-florida.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Florida State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-rally-at-ri.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement Rally at RI State House</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-idaho-state.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Idaho State House</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-advocates-at-north-dakota-state.html">Deaf Advocates at the North Dakota State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-advocates-at-massachusetts-state.html">Deaf Advocates at the Massachusetts State House</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-rallies-at-connecticut-state.html">Deaf Rallies at the Connecticut State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/08/deaf-protest-at-white-house-in.html">Deaf Protest at White House in Washington DC</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/09/deaf-protest-at-white-house-2015-live.html">Deaf Protest At The White House 2015 Live Video</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/09/deaf-power-of-india-fight-for-your.html">Deaf Power Of India: Fight For Your Rights!</a>

Deaf Grassroots Movement at Idaho State House

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Deaf Grassroots Movement Rally at RI State House

<i><b>Deaf News: Deaf Grassroots Movement supporters rally at the Rhode Island State House.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-rally-at-ri.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Deaf Grassroots Movement at the Rhode Island State House"><img height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc8S0GMVUIXXFT-un3l8mvkpU9LvheWAn84pfxV9FXhs329sDY-tdIJMPhBYOt0jo697EUTxjbeLx9diBD-vjDX17MVFoU8kMHhvUGcevTFb3khOftrD3oUYqOAgnAeiz8cQ8OluazokG3/s320/deaf-grassroots-movement-rhode-island-state-house.jpg" width="300" /></a>PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence Journal: About 80 people, most of them <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a> and wearing bright green T-shirts that illustrated the sign language for "equality," followed by the word "now!" rallied at the State House on Wednesday.<br /><br /><br /><br />The rally was one of 50 all-day rallies taking place around the country in the <a href="http://www.tdgm2015.org/" target="_blank">Deaf Grassroots Movement</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />The DGM aims to fight for the rights of the Deaf and future generations in the <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/search/label/Deaf%20Grassroots%20Movement">Deaf community in all 50 states</a>. On Wednesday all 50 state capitols will have a rally for Deaf Rights, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island" target="_blank">Providence, Rhode Island</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SVL5o94L7Jo" width="500"></iframe></div><br /><br />Some of those wearing the green shirts, which listed the movement's five goals on the back - education, jobs, language rights, equal accessibility and communication access were supporters of a Deaf person, and some in their own matching black T-shirts were members of an interpreters group.<br /><br /><br /><br />Governor Raimondo's outreach manager, David Allard, listened to the spoken interpretation as each speaker signed to the group. When Allard spoke, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_interpretation#Sign_language" target="_blank">sign-language interpreter</a> stood beside him to sign his statement that the governor is committed to creating opportunities for all <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island" target="_blank">Rhode Islanders</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />Jill DeCosta, 53, of Smithfield, was one of the organizers and spoke of feeling invisible at her job in the <a href="https://www.courts.ri.gov/Courts/FamilyCourt/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Rhode Island Family Court</a> because she is excluded from meetings and conferences for lack of an interpreter.<br /><br /><br /><br />She said that nationwide, 72 percent of Deaf people are unemployed, and that in Rhode Island, the <a href="http://www.ors.state.ri.us/" target="_blank">Office of Rehabilitation Services</a> has had a Deaf services position go unfilled for months.<br /><br /><br /><br />Instead of clapping, the Deaf-Friendly crowd applauded each speaker by fluttering their hands in the air.<br /><br /><br /><br />A class from the <a href="http://www.rideaf.net/" target="_blank">Rhode Island School for the Deaf</a> attended.<br /><br /><br /><br />Charley Thorn, 32, of Chepachet, who is Deaf and who works as an interpreter for the Deaf, repeated each speaker's sign language directly to a woman who who is Deaf as well as legally blind.<br /><br /><br /><br />He said later, through an interpreter, that he appreciated the chance to let "our voice be heard."<br /><br /><br /><br />"All we want to do is have equality with communication," he said.<br /><br /><br /><br />Doctor's offices and hospitals often do not provide an interpreter for a Deaf person, attendees said, nor are interpreters provided for a Deaf applicant at a job interview. In both cases, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_with_Disabilities_Act_of_1990" target="_blank">Americans with Disabilities Act</a> requires that an interpreter be provided.<br /><br /><br /><br />Rhode Island doesn't have enough interpreters and lacks an interpreter training program, said Steven Florio, executive director of the R.I. Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20160504/NEWS/160509720" target="_blank">SOURCE</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Follow Deaf Grassroots Movement on Social Media:</b><br /><br />Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Deaf-Grassroots-Movement-DGM-799439450175504/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/deafgrassrootsmovement</a><br /><br />Official Website - <a href="http://www.tdgm2015.org/" target="_blank">http://www.tdgm2015.org</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Deaf Grassroots Movement Hastags:</b><br /><br />Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/dgm" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/hashtag/dgm</a><br /><br />Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/dgm/" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/explore/tags/dgm</a><br /><br />Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/dgm" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/hashtag/dgm</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related Deaf Protest:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/03/deaf-grassroots-movement-national-deaf.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement - National Deaf Rally</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-nationwide.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement Nationwide Rally</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-alaskans-rally-for-equality-in.html">Deaf Alaskans Rally For Equality In Anchorage</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-alabama.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Alabama Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-oklahoma.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Oklahoma Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-nebraska.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Nebraska Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-maine-state.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Maine State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-florida.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Florida State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-rally-at-ri.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement Rally at RI State House</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-idaho-state.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Idaho State House</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-advocates-at-north-dakota-state.html">Deaf Advocates at the North Dakota State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-advocates-at-massachusetts-state.html">Deaf Advocates at the Massachusetts State House</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-rallies-at-connecticut-state.html">Deaf Rallies at the Connecticut State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/08/deaf-protest-at-white-house-in.html">Deaf Protest at White House in Washington DC</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/09/deaf-protest-at-white-house-2015-live.html">Deaf Protest At The White House 2015 Live Video</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/09/deaf-power-of-india-fight-for-your.html">Deaf Power Of India: Fight For Your Rights!</a>

Deaf Grassroots Movement Rally at RI State House

Deaf News: Deaf Grassroots Movement supporters rally at the Rhode Island State House. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence Journal: About 80 p...

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Deaf Grassroots Movement at Oklahoma Capitol

<i><b>Deaf News - Deaf Grassroots Movement rallies at the Oklahoma Capitol.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-oklahoma.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Deaf Grassroots Movement at the Oklahoma Capitol"><img height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKX1iA5jCT5Qe16LPvU2WOyXuIpM9SFgL23QHv6Pcqx-eHaS23Cc2iKUBhNVIeonan6ziPIQ2DPzpkFh7K3DDdQWnSAe1fCrh0Se8lkM49G0fmHw_IiyPjHfDNaU0Vm5H2Xg8jIgPFUGTF/s320/deaf-grassroots-movement-oklahoma-city.jpg" width="300" /></a>OKLAHOMA CITY -- KFDA: Nearly 200 people marched at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_State_Capitol" target="_blank">Oklahoma State Capitol</a> in support of expanded services for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a> community.<br /><br /><br /><br />Participants from Oklahoma's <a href="http://www.tdgm2015.org/" target="_blank">Deaf Grassroots Movement</a> joined a national effort on Wednesday to demonstrate the needs of the Deaf in education, employment and access to communication.<br /><br /><br /><br />The DGM aims to fight for the rights of the Deaf and future generations in the <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/03/deaf-grassroots-movement-national-deaf.html">Deaf community in all 50 states</a>. On Wednesday all 50 state capitols will have a rally for Deaf Rights, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City" target="_blank">Oklahoma City, Oklahoma</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SVL5o94L7Jo" width="500"></iframe></div><br /><br />Deaf Grassroots Movement spokesman Chris Reagle says unemployment rates are particularly high for the Deaf and that they often face <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination" target="_blank">discrimination</a> in the workplace and barriers in education. Reagle says one of the goals nationally is to amend the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_with_Disabilities_Act_of_1990" target="_blank">Americans with Disabilities Act</a> to include services geared toward the Deaf.<br /><br /><br /><br />In Oklahoma, Reagle says the group is pushing specifically for more <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/search/label/Deaf%20Interpreters" target="_blank">Deaf interpreters</a> to help children in public schools.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.newschannel10.com/story/31889679/deaf-grassroots-movement-rallies-at-the-oklahoma-capitol" target="_blank">SOURCE</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Follow Deaf Grassroots Movement on Social Media:</b><br /><br />Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Deaf-Grassroots-Movement-DGM-799439450175504/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/deafgrassrootsmovement</a><br /><br />Official Website - <a href="http://www.tdgm2015.org/" target="_blank">http://www.tdgm2015.org</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Deaf Grassroots Movement Hastags:</b><br /><br />Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/dgm" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/hashtag/dgm</a><br /><br />Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/dgm/" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/explore/tags/dgm</a><br /><br />Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/dgm" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/hashtag/dgm</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related Deaf Protest:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/03/deaf-grassroots-movement-national-deaf.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement - National Deaf Rally</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-nationwide.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement Nationwide Rally</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-alaskans-rally-for-equality-in.html">Deaf Alaskans Rally For Equality In Anchorage</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-alabama.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Alabama Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-oklahoma.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Oklahoma Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-nebraska.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Nebraska Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-maine-state.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Maine State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-florida.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Florida State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-rally-at-ri.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement Rally at RI State House</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-idaho-state.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Idaho State House</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-advocates-at-north-dakota-state.html">Deaf Advocates at the North Dakota State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-advocates-at-massachusetts-state.html">Deaf Advocates at the Massachusetts State House</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-rallies-at-connecticut-state.html">Deaf Rallies at the Connecticut State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/08/deaf-protest-at-white-house-in.html">Deaf Protest at White House in Washington DC</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/09/deaf-protest-at-white-house-2015-live.html">Deaf Protest At The White House 2015 Live Video</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/09/deaf-power-of-india-fight-for-your.html">Deaf Power Of India: Fight For Your Rights!</a>

Deaf Grassroots Movement at Oklahoma Capitol

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Deaf Grassroots Movement at Alabama Capitol

<i><b>Deaf News - Deaf Grassroots Movement at the Alabama State Capitol.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-alabama.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Deaf Grassroots Movement at the Alabama State Capitol"><img height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxpHXN4wj2V5ODOS2KYmQihS-_QNhuToT6tq9nznWKE3zDekhUoyqiun305KgeqnpzDin0e7qHAWIZhFqgLMFwvH7v1tlopGNSAg2foMK-GBUGIHJnyla_9jDDg1_QP6FAKZ2d54i6Caf/s400/deaf-grassroots-movement-alabama.jpg" width="300" /></a>MONTGOMERY, AL -- WVTM13‎: In a day and age when communication seems to be getting easier with the increase in modern technology, there are still communication barriers for some citizens. The <a href="http://www.tdgm2015.org/" target="_blank">Deaf Grassroots Movement</a> or DGM wants to break down those communication barriers.<br /><br /><br /><br />The rally has been full swing since <a href="https://ibpublish2.ibsys.com/studio/#" target="_blank">9 a.m. today in Montgomery</a> to bring awareness to issues like communication, education, jobs and equal access in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a> community.<br /><br /><br /><br />“The Deaf community has been 'asleep' and has accepted the status quo," representatives from the DGM said. <br /><br /><br /><br />The DGM aims to fight for the rights of the Deaf and future generations in the <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/03/deaf-grassroots-movement-national-deaf.html">Deaf community in all 50 states</a>. On Wednesday all 50 state capitols will have a rally for Deaf Rights, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama" target="_blank">Montgomery, Alabama</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SVL5o94L7Jo" width="500"></iframe></div><br /><br />"We've not been sleeping and accepting this, we've been oppressed. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_%28person%29" target="_blank">Hearing people</a> have enormous control over the lives of Deaf people," said Susan Motylinski Lambert, one of the activists representing central Alabama at the rally in Montgomery.<br /><br /><br /><br />They hope to serve as the new watchdog and backbone for the Deaf community. They want to provide state support to a diverse number of people within the Deaf community: From the educated to those who are stricken into poverty status due to the issues the DGM is fighting to address.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wvtm13.com/news/deaf-grassroots-movement-heading-to-the-state-capitol-on-wednesday/39361756" target="_blank">SOURCE</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Follow Deaf Grassroots Movement on Social Media:</b><br /><br />Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Deaf-Grassroots-Movement-DGM-799439450175504/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/deafgrassrootsmovement</a><br /><br />Official Website - <a href="http://www.tdgm2015.org/" target="_blank">http://www.tdgm2015.org</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Deaf Grassroots Movement Hastags:</b><br /><br />Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/dgm" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/hashtag/dgm</a><br /><br />Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/dgm/" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/explore/tags/dgm</a><br /><br />Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/dgm" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/hashtag/dgm</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related Deaf Protest:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/03/deaf-grassroots-movement-national-deaf.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement - National Deaf Rally</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-nationwide.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement Nationwide Rally</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-alaskans-rally-for-equality-in.html">Deaf Alaskans Rally For Equality In Anchorage</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-alabama.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Alabama Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-oklahoma.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Oklahoma Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-nebraska.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Nebraska Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-maine-state.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Maine State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-florida.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Florida State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-rally-at-ri.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement Rally at RI State House</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-idaho-state.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Idaho State House</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-advocates-at-north-dakota-state.html">Deaf Advocates at the North Dakota State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-advocates-at-massachusetts-state.html">Deaf Advocates at the Massachusetts State House</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-rallies-at-connecticut-state.html">Deaf Rallies at the Connecticut State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/08/deaf-protest-at-white-house-in.html">Deaf Protest at White House in Washington DC</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/09/deaf-protest-at-white-house-2015-live.html">Deaf Protest At The White House 2015 Live Video</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/09/deaf-power-of-india-fight-for-your.html">Deaf Power Of India: Fight For Your Rights!</a>

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Deaf Grassroots Movement - National Deaf Rally

VIDEO: <i><b>Deaf Grassroots Movement Rally: Join one of 50 US States - National Deaf Rally on May 4, 2016. Lets write our moment into Deaf World History!</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/03/deaf-grassroots-movement-national-deaf.html" title="Deaf Grassroots Movement"><img height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAJkjzbrdAeOOb95u9hxGhPtK3L7LNNumK8F_MxQv6Y_D-EUcmlj2h593vyxkFzLkzfJQPqTC166n5K6t1_WD1MWX4p9lzc7wv7clQFbExAr4k-kFvFKzzoHBCA1I14icu7J43lawq8m_S/s320/deaf-grassroots-movement.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><br />Deaf News: <a href="http://www.tdgm2015.org/" target="_blank">Deaf Grassroots Movement</a> are purpose to unity all together like a grassroots. We will fight for our educations, job opportunities, and communications access and word of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability" target="_blank">disability</a>. All of these will must to change and it is 2016. We have been waiting for this long time to get our <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_rights" target="_blank">equal rights</a>. It is time to spread the words and get all together to fight for our equal rights.<br /><br /><br /><br />Related Story: <b><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-nationwide.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement Nationwide Rally</a></b>.<br /><br /><br /><br />We're still facing inequality access of opportunities as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_%28person%29" target="_blank">hearing people</a> does. We will not fight as individuals. We will fight as a team to make a change. Deaf Grassroots Movement - National Rally will be on May 4, 2016.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SVL5o94L7Jo" width="500"></iframe></div><br /><br />The mission of the National Deaf Rally is to invite <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a> civil rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action and to demonstrate on a special day the needs of our community over education, employment, and communications access. We activists choose this day of rally to call for an end to discrimination in the workplace, removal of barriers in education, and implementation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_with_Disabilities_Act_of_1990" target="_blank">Americans with Disabilities Act</a> laws in regards to on-site interpreting and captions in the media at public places. Our goal is to promote equality for all, with the quality of life improved for us. We want this day to make the most powerful impact possible on our nation, that would last long, and influence our legislators to pass laws and amendments that would benefit us on the whole as a society.<br /><br /><br /><br />The impact we are seeking to make would not only be on legislators but would alter the perceptions of other entities such as law enforcement at all levels, services, and private sectors in our society towards Deaf people in a positive way, to effect changes that are necessary in order for us to lead productive lives, that will provide opportunities for us we seek, that will put us on the same level as other hearing citizens. National Rally will be on May 4, 2016.<br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Follow Deaf Grassroots Movement on Social Networking:</b><br /><br />Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Deaf-Grassroots-Movement-DGM-799439450175504/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/deafgrassrootsmovement</a><br /><br />Official Website - <a href="http://www.tdgm2015.org/" target="_blank">http://www.tdgm2015.org</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Deaf Grassroots Movement Hastags:</b><br /><br />Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/dgm" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/hashtag/dgm</a><br /><br />Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/dgm/" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/explore/tags/dgm</a><br /><br />Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/dgm" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/hashtag/dgm</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related Deaf Protest:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/03/deaf-grassroots-movement-national-deaf.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement - National Deaf Rally</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-nationwide.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement Nationwide Rally</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-alaskans-rally-for-equality-in.html">Deaf Alaskans Rally For Equality In Anchorage</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-alabama.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Alabama Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-oklahoma.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Oklahoma Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-nebraska.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Nebraska Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-maine-state.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Maine State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-florida.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Florida State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-rally-at-ri.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement Rally at RI State House</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-grassroots-movement-at-idaho-state.html">Deaf Grassroots Movement at Idaho State House</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-advocates-at-north-dakota-state.html">Deaf Advocates at the North Dakota State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-advocates-at-massachusetts-state.html">Deaf Advocates at the Massachusetts State House</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/deaf-rallies-at-connecticut-state.html">Deaf Rallies at the Connecticut State Capitol</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/08/deaf-protest-at-white-house-in.html">Deaf Protest at White House in Washington DC</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/09/deaf-protest-at-white-house-2015-live.html">Deaf Protest At The White House 2015 Live Video</a><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/09/deaf-power-of-india-fight-for-your.html">Deaf Power Of India: Fight For Your Rights!</a>

Deaf Grassroots Movement - National Deaf Rally

VIDEO: Deaf Grassroots Movement Rally: Join one of 50 US States - National Deaf Rally on May 4, 2016. Lets write our moment into Deaf World ...

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