Author: Grant Laird Jr

Texas Advocates for Justice: Training Opportunity for D/HH – Austin

Texas Advocates for Justice – Training Opportunity for D/HH Advocates for Justice (TAJ), an organizing project of Grassroots Leadership, (https://grassrootsleadership.org) seeks to try to empower those who have been negatively impacted by the criminal justice system. They have a Houston chapter…

Deaf Access to Justice: Don’t Mess with Deaf Texan 10/21/17 – Houston

Deaf Access to Justice: Don’t Mess with Deaf Texan! DATE: Saturday, October 21, 2017 TIME: 3:30 to 6:30 pm ADDRESS: 1475 W Gray St Houston, Texas Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf communities (HEARD) is an all-volunteer nonprofit…

ASLI Day @ the Houston Dynamo 10/11/17

ASL @ the Houston Dynamo Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 Time: 7:00 PM Location: BBVA Compass Stadium ONLY 50 TICKETS AVAILABLE – DON’T DELAY!! Last day to pay – Monday, October 9, 2017 at 10pm. Join us for fun with…

“Choosing Linguistic Equivalents Ethically” with Leyel Hudson

HOTID presents: “Choosing Linguistic Equivalents Ethically” with Leyel Hudson Date: November 11, 2017 Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM As interpreters, we convey the content of a message, but matching the source language’s register and implied meaning in the target…

Poster Winner: #TXHireAbility and National Disability Employment Awareness Month

Poster Winner: #TXHireAbility and National Disability Employment Awareness Month Each fall since 1999, the Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities produces a poster celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). Artwork for the poster is selected by a submission…

GCPD Announces Accessibility and Disability Policy Webinars

GCPD Announces Accessibility and Disability Policy Webinars  The Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities (GCPD) announces a new free training series on accessibility and disability policy best-practices through ZOOM, a leader in accessible webinar platforms. The GCPD will work with…