{"id":20348,"date":"2012-10-17T14:39:49","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T19:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=20348"},"modified":"2012-10-17T18:14:41","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T23:14:41","slug":"partners-building-bridges-for-a-diverse-and-accessible-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/10\/17\/partners-building-bridges-for-a-diverse-and-accessible-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Partners Building Bridges for a Diverse and Accessible Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20345\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/10\/17\/partners-building-bridges-for-a-diverse-and-accessible-tomorrow\/partners-building-bridges\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Partners-Building-Bridges.png?fit=308%2C227&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"308,227\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Partners Building Bridges\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Partners-Building-Bridges.png?fit=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Partners-Building-Bridges.png?fit=308%2C227&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20345 alignright\" style=\"border: 0px; margin: 5px;\" title=\"Partners Building Bridges\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Partners-Building-Bridges.png?resize=308%2C227\" alt=\"\" width=\"308\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Partners-Building-Bridges.png?w=308&amp;ssl=1 308w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Partners-Building-Bridges.png?resize=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>SAVE THE DATE! Announcing &#8220;Partners Building Bridges for a Diverse and Accessible Tomorrow\u201d February 2013!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SAVE THE DATE\u2026.More information to be released later!<\/p>\n<p>A national training forum for state coordinators and related professionals serving individuals who are Deaf, Deaf-Blind, Hard of Hearing and Late Deafened<\/p>\n<p>Training Forum Dates: February 25-27, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Conference site: Baltimore, Maryland<\/p>\n<p>Hotel: TBD<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by:<\/p>\n<p>The National Technical Assistance Partnership (NTAP) @ George Washington University<br \/>\nThe University of Arkansas CURRENTS<br \/>\npepnet 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAVE THE DATE! Announcing &#8220;Partners Building Bridges for a Diverse and Accessible Tomorrow\u201d February 2013! SAVE THE DATE\u2026.More information to be released later! 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