{"id":42543,"date":"2022-01-13T15:34:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T21:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=42543"},"modified":"2022-01-13T15:34:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T21:34:20","slug":"tad-town-hall-meeting-lubbock-01-29-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2022\/01\/13\/tad-town-hall-meeting-lubbock-01-29-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"TAD Town Hall Meeting &#8211; Lubbock 01\/29\/2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FireShot-Capture-549-Inbox-11-grantlairdjr%40gmail.com-Gmail-mail.google.com_.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"42544\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2022\/01\/13\/tad-town-hall-meeting-lubbock-01-29-2022\/fireshot-capture-549-inbox-11-grantlairdjrgmail-com-gmail-mail-google-com\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FireShot-Capture-549-Inbox-11-grantlairdjr%40gmail.com-Gmail-mail.google.com_.png?fit=800%2C1036&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,1036\" 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=\"FireShot Capture 549 &amp;#8211; Inbox (11) &amp;#8211; grantlairdjr@gmail.com &amp;#8211; Gmail &amp;#8211; mail.google.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FireShot-Capture-549-Inbox-11-grantlairdjr%40gmail.com-Gmail-mail.google.com_.png?fit=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FireShot-Capture-549-Inbox-11-grantlairdjr%40gmail.com-Gmail-mail.google.com_.png?fit=560%2C725&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42544\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FireShot-Capture-549-Inbox-11-grantlairdjr%40gmail.com-Gmail-mail.google.com_.png?resize=500%2C648&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FireShot-Capture-549-Inbox-11-grantlairdjr%40gmail.com-Gmail-mail.google.com_.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FireShot-Capture-549-Inbox-11-grantlairdjr%40gmail.com-Gmail-mail.google.com_.png?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FireShot-Capture-549-Inbox-11-grantlairdjr%40gmail.com-Gmail-mail.google.com_.png?resize=791%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 791w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FireShot-Capture-549-Inbox-11-grantlairdjr%40gmail.com-Gmail-mail.google.com_.png?resize=768%2C995&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FireShot-Capture-549-Inbox-11-grantlairdjr%40gmail.com-Gmail-mail.google.com_.png?resize=560%2C725&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FireShot-Capture-549-Inbox-11-grantlairdjr%40gmail.com-Gmail-mail.google.com_.png?resize=260%2C337&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FireShot-Capture-549-Inbox-11-grantlairdjr%40gmail.com-Gmail-mail.google.com_.png?resize=160%2C207&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Texas Association of the Deaf PRESENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2022 TOWNHALL MEETING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>REGION 1 DEAF COMMUNITY (PANHANDLE)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TOPIC: Just In-Time Strategies with TAD for 2022<\/p>\n<p>IRIS EASLEY &#8211; REGION 1 REPRESENTATIVE<br \/>\nNORMA CASTILLO &#8211; PRESIDENT<br \/>\nMIKE SWOBODA &#8211; CDOL<\/p>\n<p>DATE: January 29, 2022<br \/>\nTIME: 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon<\/p>\n<p><strong>LOCATION<\/strong><br \/>\nMahon Library<br \/>\n1306 9th Street<br \/>\nLubbock, Texas 79401<\/p>\n<p><strong>SPECIAL GUEST PRESENTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LORI WHITFIELD<\/strong><br \/>\nDeaf &amp; Hard of Hearing Access Specialist<br \/>\nTEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES<br \/>\nTOPIC: Advocacy &amp; Referrals<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRISCILLA ACOSTA<\/strong><br \/>\nSTAP Specialist<br \/>\nTEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES<br \/>\nTOPIC: Specialized Telecommunications Assistance Program (STAP)<\/p>\n<p>JEN\u00c9E RICHARDSON<br \/>\nCEO<br \/>\n512 TERPS<br \/>\nTOPIC: Interpreting &amp; Cart Services<\/p>\n<p><strong>RODNEY KING<\/strong><br \/>\nExecutive Director<br \/>\nLUBBOCK DEAF<br \/>\nTOPIC: SSA and Food Stamps<\/p>\n<p>MASKS ENCOURAGED AND APPRECIATED<\/p>\n<p>TAD MEMBERSHIP: $1 for 2 YEARS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Association of the Deaf PRESENTS 2022 TOWNHALL MEETING REGION 1 DEAF COMMUNITY (PANHANDLE) TOPIC: Just In-Time Strategies with TAD for 2022 IRIS EASLEY &#8211; REGION 1 REPRESENTATIVE NORMA CASTILLO &#8211; PRESIDENT MIKE SWOBODA &#8211; CDOL DATE: January 29, 2022&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2022\/01\/13\/tad-town-hall-meeting-lubbock-01-29-2022\/\">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":[27219,27222,27220,25618,5299,27221,27223,852,853,1636],"class_list":["post-42543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-iris-easley","tag-jene-richardson","tag-lori-whitfield","tag-mike-swoboda","tag-norma-castillo","tag-priscilla-acosta","tag-rodney-king","tag-tad","tag-texas-association-of-the-deaf","tag-town-hall"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-b4b","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42239,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2021\/08\/26\/51st-biennial-conference-2021-recap\/","url_meta":{"origin":42543,"position":0},"title":"51st Biennial Conference 2021 Recap","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"August 26, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 51st Biennial Conference Recap The Texas Association of the Deaf kicked off its 51st Biennial Conference on August 4-7, 2021 Transcend: From the Self to the Community was the theme of the conference, led by the amazing, energetic JoAnn Benfield, Conference Chair. 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