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 - 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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