Canadian 'Deaf Superintendent Now' Petition

Deaf News - Exclusive: Canadian protesters say Deaf students’ new superintendent who can hear must go - but not everyone agrees.

TORONTO STAR - A loud campaign advocating for a Deaf Superintendent circulated online and around the world, then didn’t get what it was fighting for.



The Provincial Schools Branch (PSB), which oversees the provinces four schools for the Deaf, announced last week it hired a hearing superintendent, Jeanne Leonard.



The announcement also said the branch hired Heather Gibson, who is Deaf, in a new position called “assistant to the superintendents.” Though that brings a Deaf person to an administrative level previously dominated by hearing people, some in the Deaf community say that’s not what they were asking for.



“It totally doesn’t make sense - there are qualified Deaf candidates,” Rose Etheridge, said through an interpreter at a protest Monday in front of the Ernest C. Drury School for the Deaf in Milton. “They’re trying to pacify us,” added Etheridge, whose Oct. 22 video calling for a Deaf Superintendent has hit 20,000 views. (The hashtag #PSBsuperintendent2015 followed the video and generated hundreds of posts from across the continent.)



However, two of the community’s most outspoken advocates - Barbara Dodd and Zak Smith, who was arrested last year for staging a protest over concerns about learning conditions in Ontario’s Schools for the Deaf - say they are satisfied with the appointments as a first step toward more Deaf leadership ... Read More: http://thestar.com/yourtoronto/education/2015/11/09/protesters-say-school-appointment-is-tone-deaf.html



Petitioning Deaf Superintendent Now:

We are protesting against PSB's decision to appoint a hearing person to superintendent position because we are a cultural and linguistic minority group who should be led by our own. We are also protesting for changes in their superintendent selection process, to ensure that it will be transparent, fair and inclusive. Sign up petition HERE.



You can find out more on www.psbprotest.ca, on facebook pages; PSBProtest, Deaf Ontario and Deaf Education Coalition, and follow both hashtags; #PSBsuperintendent2015 and #PSBProtest.



Follow #‎DeafSuperintendent2015

Twitter - https://twitter.com/hashtag/psbsuperintendent2015

Facebook - https://facebook.com/hashtag/psbsuperintendent2015

More Details on OAD Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OntarioDeaf



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Petitioning NAD President Chris Wagner To Resign

VIDEO [CC] - Exclusive: Chris Wagner, president of National Association of the Deaf's board of directors, to resign from his position immediately!



This petition is to demand for Chris Wagner, president of the board of directors with National Association of the Deaf (NAD), to resign from his position since his views & special interests doesn’t align with the NAD’s mission statement along with the Deaf Civil Rights. Sign up petition HERE.



If Chris Wagner refuses to resign, with your support by signing this petition, we as the Deaf community of United States of America will demand for the NAD’s board of directors to take action against Chris Wagner and impeach him from his position. We need a leader who will support Deaf Civil Rights and take a stand against Deaf Schools, being dominated by audists who refused to respect Deaf children’s rights to education with American Sign Language.



Ever since the Hunger Strike started against Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (WPSD) for oppressing against Deaf people and taking away ASL from the rights of Deaf children, Chris Wagner has made it clear that he’s supporting Donald E. Rhoten, the superintendent of WPSD, over the Deaf community, which is a conflict of interest with NAD’s mission statement.



We have suffered oppression for over 200 years. We have had enough! Now is the time to stand up and make sure our voices are heard with support from NAD to empower the Deaf community and enable Deaf people with greater access to employment, to preserve ASL as a primary language for the Deaf children. The NAD needs to work with the Deaf community, not against itself, like Lincoln said, “A divided house cannot stand!” Sign up petition HERE.



NAD President Asks Community to Become Unified - National Association of the Deaf (NAD) President Chris Wagner asks the community to stop attacking each other and to work together.

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Chris Wagner's description and transcript: This is probably one of the most difficult messages that I have ever had to give. It is evident that the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community is not unified, with all the different individuals and groups making strong comments against each other. There have been bullying incidents on social media as well. This breaks my heart. This kind of hostility is what gives hearing parents concerns about sending their children to a Deaf School.



We all know that these schools are the heart of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. Though I didn’t go to a Deaf school myself, I discovered my Deaf identity and American Sign Language through my journey as I became an adult. I know that Deaf schools are important. It is true, I envy people who grew up attending a Deaf school. And I am convinced that we must focus our energy on supporting these Deaf schools... Read More: https://youtu.be/oLBUT0xMVmY



If some of you not agreed with Chris Wagner's statement, then sign up petition HERE.



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DeafNation's Open Letter To White House

VIDEO - Exclusive Deaf News: DeafNation Ceo Joel Barish's Deaf West Wing Receptionist in the White House.

The video producer by DeafNation Ceo Joel Barish also known as vlogging "No Barriers with Joel" shares the American Sign Language video "Deaf West Wing Receptionist in the White House" on the social media, and wishes your participation in making bill into law to the White House. Watch Video in ASL: HERE.



Many Deaf people have not been able to obtain a job due to lack of accessiblity in communication. Fighting to get equality for the Deaf community's rights to have better access to education, and communication accessibility. The Deaf community protection act bill proposal in the United States.



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Dear Mr. President,



I’m proud to be a Deaf American. I appreciate your choosing a Deaf woman to be the first person who greets a visitor to the White House... Sign up open letter Here.



Please share it to your families, friends and others around the world! Let's sign up online and support! http://deafnation.com/open-letter-to-white-house.



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Deaf Protest 2015 - Petition | Employment Act Bill

Campaign: Deaf Protest 2015 - Petitioning President Barack Obama.

WASHINGTON - Deaf Protest 2015 wishes your participation in making bill into law. We will unshelf the 2012 bill intended for disabled including Deaf and move on with the progress. Sign up petition HERE.

It is the time and opportunity to stand together at the front of the White House, that everything is not okay. Education, oppression, effective communication, segregation, harassment of disability, American Disability Priority Employment, Deaf Community Protection Act Bill proposal and more... Read more: https://www.change.org/p/adam-stoffer-deaf-protest-2015



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Petition | Stop Moving Deaf To Mainstream Schools

Campaign: Stop moving Deaf children to Mainstream Schools, Keep and Open more Deaf Schools.

Petition by change.org - More Deaf Schools has been closed in last few decades which means more parents of Deaf children have very fewer choices. One or two limited choices available which forced the parents to make decision to move their children to Mainstream Schools.



It costs the Government MORE money to spend money on BSL CSWs or BSL interpreters and all extra unnecessary support for few Deaf pupils at Mainstream Schools.



It was said that many Deaf children losing their Deaf identities including found this is a big barrier to access to Deaf Culture and to Sign Language.



Many Deaf people become Qualified Teachers NOW!! More Deaf people are qualified in specialist subjects and they can teach at Deaf Schools.



"The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) promotes and safeguards the right of all Deaf people to quality education, starting at birth and throughout life. As for all learners, Deaf children have the same right to education and full access to quality education."



WFD then says "Full inclusion for a Deaf learner means a totally supportive, signing and student-centred environment. This permits the learner to develop to his/her full educational, social and emotional potential. This is stated also in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities".



"Otherwise, inclusion as a simple placement in a regular school without meaningful interaction with classmates and professionals at all times is tantamount to exclusion of the Deaf learner from education and society. In such environments, the Deaf child is physically present but may be mentally and socially absent."



Deaf children should not experience mentally and socially absent, as they should easily access to high quality of education via Deaf teachers or Teachers who hold high level of sign language communication.



We are asking the Government to change the current policy of mainstream schools and adopt a language policy to ensure to protect Deaf Schools, and find ways to reopen more Deaf Schools.



See WFD recommendations of the Government to follow UN Convention on the Rights on the Persons with Disabilities http://wfdeaf.org/databank/policies/education-rights-for-deaf-children. Sign this petition - HERE