{"id":33621,"date":"2016-05-27T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T18:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=33621"},"modified":"2016-05-27T13:28:35","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T18:28:35","slug":"a-kon-convention-to-provide-asl-interpreters-dfw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2016\/05\/27\/a-kon-convention-to-provide-asl-interpreters-dfw\/","title":{"rendered":"A-Kon\u00ae Convention to Provide ASL Interpreters &#8211; DFW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/a-kon_logo.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33622\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2016\/05\/27\/a-kon-convention-to-provide-asl-interpreters-dfw\/a-kon_logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/a-kon_logo.png?fit=1500%2C1636&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1636\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"a-kon_logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/a-kon_logo.png?fit=560%2C611&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-33622 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/a-kon_logo-275x300.png?resize=275%2C300\" alt=\"a-kon_logo\" width=\"275\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/a-kon_logo.png?resize=275%2C300&amp;ssl=1 275w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/a-kon_logo.png?resize=768%2C838&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/a-kon_logo.png?resize=939%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 939w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/a-kon_logo.png?resize=560%2C611&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/a-kon_logo.png?resize=260%2C284&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/a-kon_logo.png?resize=160%2C175&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/a-kon_logo.png?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/a-kon_logo.png?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a>A-Kon\u00ae to Provide American Sign Language Interpreters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DATE: June 3-5, 2016<\/p>\n<p>ADDRESS: 2201 North Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75207<\/p>\n<p>WEBSITE: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.a-kon.com\/Home\">http:\/\/www.a-kon.com\/Home<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A-Kon\u00ae will be providing American Sign Language interpreters for this year\u2019s convention, held June 3-5, 2016 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas. A-Kon\u00ae, the oldest continually running, anime-based convention in North America, hosts anime fans and guests and offers other items of interest ranging from gaming to independent film, all in the quest to provide the best experience for the fans and bring the most engaging and educations entertainment to the anime community.<\/p>\n<p>To request interpreters for specific events throughout the weekend, please email asl4akon@gmail.com. For more information about A-Kon\u00ae, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.a-kon.com\/Home\">http:\/\/www.a-kon.com\/Home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CONTACT PERSON NAME: Interpreter Coordinator<br \/>\nCONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: asl4akon@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A-Kon\u00ae to Provide American Sign Language Interpreters DATE: June 3-5, 2016 ADDRESS: 2201 North Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75207 WEBSITE: http:\/\/www.a-kon.com\/Home A-Kon\u00ae will be providing American Sign Language interpreters for this year\u2019s convention, held June 3-5, 2016 at the Hilton&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2016\/05\/27\/a-kon-convention-to-provide-asl-interpreters-dfw\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[24976,1629,23,226,19,11517,40,17],"class_list":["post-33621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-a-kon","tag-american-sign-language","tag-asl","tag-convention","tag-dallas-dfw","tag-hilton-hotel","tag-interpreter","tag-texas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-8Kh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33340,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2016\/04\/14\/asl-interpreter-fan-expo-dallas-and-space-city-comic-comicpalooza-houston\/","url_meta":{"origin":33621,"position":0},"title":"ASL Interpreter: Fan Expo &#8211; Dallas and Space City Comic &#038; Comicpalooza &#8211; Houston","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"April 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0\u00a0 ASL Terps at Space City Comic Con DATE: May 27-29, 2016 TIME: Noon on Friday, 6pm on Sunday ADDRESS: 8309 Fannin Street Houston, Texas WEBSITE: http:\/\/spacecitycomiccon.com\/ ASL Interpreters will be available at the Space City Comic Con again this year. 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