DAW Chairman

DEAF AWARENESS WEEK 2010 PLANS MOVING ALONG

By Eldon L Ragland, CAD/DAW 2010 chair

Proclamation

We were honored to receive the DEAF AWARENESS WEEK Proclamation from Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Jr.  Click here to read the proclamation.

Sponsorships

Our appreciation goes to the following sponsors for their generous support of CAD/Deaf Awareness Week 2010: Relay Colorado / Sprint Relay, Kaiser Permanente, an anonymous donor, Children of Deaf Adults (CODA), City and County of Denver, CO, Purple Communications, Inc., Z VRS, and Silent Miller-Coors Team . Thanks to each one!

Keynote speaker and Guest speaker

CAD/DAW 2010 committee members have been buzzing for days about announcing our exciting speaker. And now we can finally blurt out the news!

We’re thrilled to announce two great DAW 2010 speaker!

Keynote speaker is Dr Benjamin J Soukup, Chief Executive Officer of the South Dakota-based Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD).

Guest speaker is Jay Simonson, First Assistant Attorney General, Consumer Fraud Unit , Colorado.

They will speak on Sunday, September 26, 2010. following the our Kick-Off luncheon at the Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities.

DAW Blog

Our Web/Media committee, Daisy Bravo creates this new DAW blog! We hope this blog provides you with a deeper insight into our events, activities, and workshops during Deaf Awareness Week event.

Updated list of CAD/DAW 2010 committee members

The following individuals have accepted the chair’s invitation to join the CAD/DAW 2010 committee:

General chair…………………………Eldon Ragland

Secretary………………………………Avis Taylor-DuPree

Assistant secretary…………………Martina Milan

Treasurer………………………………Joe Motylinski

Awards…………………………………Ray Bellofatto and Ronald Nester

CSDB representative……………….Pammie Wilding

Children’s activities………………..Julie Moers

Exhibits………………………………..Sheila Jones

Fundraising…………………………..Cathy Strunk and Sherry Clement

Interpreting coordinator…………Patricia Chavez

Program book………………………..Diane Kilthau

Public relations………………………Patty Wolfangle

Volunteer coordinator…………….Julia Motylinski

Web/Media…………………………….Daisy Bravo

Workshops……………………………..Marlene Brooke

Events, activities, and workshops

Members of CAD/DAW 2010 committee are planning several workshops during the week, covering such diverse topics (all tentative at this writing) as information on deafness for employers, raising a deaf child, growing up as a (non-deaf) child of deaf adults (CODA), bilingual (ASL/English) education, arts and the deaf, captioning (open and closed) issues, etc. Other community events may include an ASL movie, fundraiser(s), children’s activities, a Rockies game, celebrations at Front Range Community College (FRCC), and Homecoming events at the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB).

Please click children’s activities, exhibits, workshop, flyers, etc.  on pages side.

All events are open to the public and free, unless otherwise specified.

If you would like to participate in or organize any of the above, or have a new idea, please let me know and we will contact you pronto!

The CAD/DAW 2010 chair has the good fortune of working with all DAW committee members who are committed to our mission. Thanks — thanks — thanks!

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Correction: www.cadeaf.org/daw

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