{"id":13337,"date":"2011-02-23T17:02:12","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T22:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=13337"},"modified":"2011-02-24T10:42:04","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T15:42:04","slug":"invisible-and-silent-no-more-black-deaf-women-share-their-stories-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2011\/02\/23\/invisible-and-silent-no-more-black-deaf-women-share-their-stories-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"Invisible and Silent No More: Black Deaf Women Share Their Stories – Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"

INVISIBLE AND SILENT NO MORE: BLACK DEAF WOMEN SHARE THEIR STORIES FEB. 26<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published 02\/22\/2011<\/p>\n

\u2018The Untold Stories of Black Deaf Women\u2019 Panel Discussion Examines Diversity
\nin the Deaf Community<\/p>\n

HOUSTON, TX – Houston’s most prominent black deaf women are coming together
\nto share their stories of defying expectations, blazing trails and, most
\nimportantly, getting others to see and hear them. The panel discussion, “The
\nUntold Stories of Black Deaf Women,” will begin at 3 p.m., Saturday,
\nFeburary 26, 2011 in the Social Work Building, Room 101, on the UH campus.<\/p>\n

“The deaf community as a whole is often overlooked, ignored and marginalized
\nby society at-large,” said Sharon G. Hill, an adjunct professor in the
\ndepartment of communication sciences and disorders. “Imagine how much more
\nso that occurs to minorities within the deaf community.”<\/p>\n

Hill, a sign language interpretation instructor, will moderate the panel,
\nwhich features Shirley Allen, Mary van Manen, Mary Perrodin, Rebbie Smith
\nand Michelle Martin. Allen, the first African American deaf woman to earn a
\nPh.D. degree, is president of Houston Black Deaf Advocates. Van Manen, the
\nfirst black deaf person to graduate from college in Mississippi, sat on the
\nTexas Governing Board for the Texas School for the Deaf. Perrodin is an
\neducator of the deaf at Barbara Jordan High School and is pursuing her
\nsecond Master’s degree in counseling at Prairie View A&M University. Smith
\nis a long-time employee at the Michael E. Debakey Veterans Administration
\nMedical Center. Martin is president of the United Methodist Committee for
\nthe Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Ministries.<\/p>\n

“Black deaf individuals possess their own unique cultural norms, values,
\nlanguage dialect and heritage – distinct from the white deaf community,”
\nHill said. “This diversity in the deaf community makes the need for minority
\ninterpreters all the more necessary. Sadly, minority groups are grossly
\nunderrepresented when viewing the statistics for certified interpreters.”<\/p>\n

The discussion is hosted by communication sciences and disorders
\ndepartment’s American Sign Language Interpreting program. Communication
\nAxcess Ability Group (CAAG) and G. E. Grigsby Inc. are co-sponsors of the
\nevent. CAAG is one of only five interpreting agencies in Houston that
\nspecializes in sign language interpreting services and G. E. Grigsby Inc. is
\na local accounting firm that specializes in serving deaf and hard-of-hearing
\nclientele.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.thecypresstimes.com\/article\/News\/Local_News\/INVISIBLE_AND_SILENT_NO_MORE_BLACK_DEAF_WOMEN_SHARE_THEIR_STORIES_FEB_26\/40859<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

INVISIBLE AND SILENT NO MORE: BLACK DEAF WOMEN SHARE THEIR STORIES FEB. 26 Published 02\/22\/2011 \u2018The Untold Stories of Black Deaf Women\u2019 Panel Discussion Examines Diversity in the Deaf Community HOUSTON, TX – Houston’s most prominent black deaf women are…<\/p>\n

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