Deaf Jam Blog

A blog about ASL poetry, deaf culture and the Deaf Jam film. Follow us for free film screenings, events, broadcast dates and awesome content.

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From the Kennedy Center - ck out this important media challenge!

Calling all young #mediamakers! Share your experience with #disability and win a trip to DC! Apply today: tiltchallenge.org @VSAIntl

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Exciting news! The Internet Slowdown net neutrality protest planned for September 10th is really taking off. This morning, a dozen of the world’s largest websites announced that they’re joining in a big way. Sites you know and love like Etsy, Kickstarter, Wordpress, Vimeo,...

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Check out this link for more information on what you can do as well as organize on September 10th

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Postscript: Robin Williams, 1951-2014 - The New Yorker

Williams was helplessly generous, popping open and spraying his audience with riffs and raps as though it had been painful to bottle them up.

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Carla Mathers' talk, Perception Conflicts: The Role of Sign Language Interpreters in Court, examines the perspective of interpreters from the point of view of the court.

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UCSD Names Deaf Professor and 'Genius Grant' Winner as New Dean - Times of San Diego

UC San Diego has named deaf professor and "Genius Grant" recipient Carol Padden as dean of the Division of Social Sciences after a national search.

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Check out the winner of our National Poetry Month Challenge!! Congratulations to Diane Allshouse!

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Please share the important information in this video. Thank you! A CALL TO ACTION FOR youth and others

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Character Study for the Times -a comedic deaf Janitor at the NYPublic Library

Jaime Herrera, who has been deaf since he was a child, is a janitor at the main branch of the New York Public Library.

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Profound Sadness coming out of Gallaudet

There is a sad news right now.  Please read the news below. My thoughts out to his family. March 31, 2014 Dear Campus Community: With profound sadness, I report the passing of Gianni Manganelli, a ...

Deepest Condolences to Terrylene, Bob, and family.

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Deaf Jam screens with Lives Worth Living for the American Film Showcase in South Korea 2013 photos from the trip with the filmmakers

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When Hands Talk, Be Careful Where You Point

A look at how several regional theater companies designed posters for “Tribes,” a comic drama that revolves around a young deaf man, and how they took care with sign language.

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ITVS Community Cinema share from Portland after a screening of Deaf Jam

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DEAF JAM SCREENS NEW YEARS DAY - ONLINE FOR 24HRS

Tune in to http://www.deafjam.org

Starting at 12:01am Eastern Standard Time!!