Amy Cohen Efron is FURIOUS!

I got this too — and I was disgusted.

R-

Thanks Amy for getting to us so quickly.

My wife and I got that card today too and I kept on reading it several time looking for ASL and could not really figure out what it is really for. I had some doubts. Also I looked for GUAA and see if they are involved but no GUAA.
I will only wait til I see GUAA before I donate any monies to Gallaudet, and hope the same for the other alumni members not to donate unless they see GUAA involvement.

John F. Egbert

Amy Cohen Efron here…

I want to type every single word on this postcard to give you a feeling why I am very furious…

Front of Postcard – “HELP US BUILD THE FUTURE”

Inside – “WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT”
“HELP US PAVE THE WAY”
“BRICK BY BRICK”

The James Lee Sorenson Language and Communication Center can only happen at Gallaudet University. The building will showcase what Gallaudet University is uniquely qualified to do. Any university can build a new building. What makes this building different is that it will represent what can only happen at Gallaudet. In a way, the building is microcosm of Gallaudet and the future. Only at Gallaudet can we have a building where the visual language of deaf people is the foundation of a building that prominently features a department devoted to audiology and speech language pathology. We can begin to explore the borders and boundaries between the visual and the auditory means of communicating.

Disgusting eh?

I got it two hours ago. nice nice post card. i was fascinated with the creative post card.. i like the artistic postcard.. beautiful… i wanted my name engraving the brick… to build the building. oh oh.. i was tricked. no way… i have to send the post card back to Gally. Thanks for warning. Ron of SaveGally, Dont stop fighting.. We will have so many hearies with no sign skills… all over the campus. stop them before they start to decorate their offices in the second floor over ASL Dept on ground floor… mocking them. Thanks Amy. Sorry you have to be angry. Thanks for alerting us.

Sigh! The protesters united us to overthrow Fernandes. We have to do it again to overthrow SLCC! Preserve Gallaudet! Remember MSA letter?? Even MSA agreed we can’t be everything to all of people? Gallaudet needs to find its niche to compete with other universities by offering something different and that is ASL!!! That’s always been Gallaudet’s strength before Jordan and Fernandes came and destroyed Gallaudet’s image. We must unite to restore Gallaudet’s reputation and image.

That’s why I brought up the “legal injunction” to halt the SLCC construction in the first place on Ron Fencile’s “Save Gallaudet University” website to force the Gallaudet adminstration to sit down and negotiate on the building design/

Robert L. Mason (RLM)

Wow! I don’t understand what they are trying to do. They forgot that Gallaudet University is purposed for all Deaf people with ASL. Not learn how to speech or fix our hearing (audism). I am wondering what does Dr. Davila think of this? Does he know? Is he part of it or not aware of it? I would like to hear his comment about this.

Thanks Amy for sharing with us all. ASL is very precious to us! We need to build up the foundation of ASL that we give our sign (“voice”) to shake Gallaudet.

Wow… since I recieved that same postcard that you showed, I thought they need some donation from all of us, but I did not realized that postcard has not said about ASL. I can see your point. Thanks for letting all of us know over the world, also a big alert!

We must email greatideas@gallaudet.edu and tell them to reopen and investigate the true mission of SLCC! The more emails they get the better! So please email them now! We must change the mission of SLCC! SLCC was secretly planned by the corrupted leaders of King and Jane plus whoever else was invovled!

Does anyone see the irony here? Sorenson MADE its money by providing signed video relay interpreting services…that’s using ASL! Ever hear of the idiom, “bite the hand that feeds you?” Where does Sorenson think its future customers are going to come from, if it does not encourage the use of and growth of ASL?

Thanks for letting us know. Disqusting! I received info about SLCC not long ago. Why no ASL?? Its a MUST!
Spread the word!

Lisa Covell

I was impressed with what I got but in the trash it went. I am not supporting anything.

Amy,

It digusted me about the hypocripsy of how the message is shared about the new building that is sponsored by Sorenson. How typical to just say the visual language of deaf people without identifying the actual language, ASL, that is. It is like they are shoving ASL away as they perceive it as a four-letter-word. I am sick of it as I have seen it happening over and over again. Sending back the postcard is a good tactic that will let them know that we condemn their purposes.

*** Hands waves to you!***

Hugs,

Barb DiGi

Who is behind this fundraising campagin??? I sure hope it is not from Davila.

Oh no, here we go again! I posted a protest video of the discriminating and oppressive brick fund-raising drive last October. View it again if you want. “Another Brick In The Wall, Part Two” by group, Pink Floyd in animation.
NO MORE BRICKS!

I responded to Ron’s Save Gallaudet Univeristy vlog on SLCC last Jan too in another vlog at my site. SLCC should include high focus on ASL and Deaf Culture-History. Celebrate us as people, not medical conditions!

I’m afraid for our future deaf children. We must do something.

I have an idea!

Why don’t we contact Sorenson and demand that they withdraw their donation to Gallaudet University until Gallaudet University changes the floor plans?!

Put the pressure on Sorenson too!!

Amy, I am proud of you.

I will send the postcard back by writing , “Please return to the sender” with words in bold black pen “NO ASL NO MONEY”

Like I mentioned in last May’s video about how Gallaudet is manipulated by audists.

Money speaks!

Money does not know ASL! (very sad)

We need to be proactive on cutting down audism!

I do not need to hear threats or bullshit from them saying we will get smaller or be out of business with no funds from them….

I remember back in 1970’s when I was at NTID. I was surprised to see the whole third floor focused on audiology and speech. I winced at it and saw how much millions and millions of dollars go to useless program like that.

It was audists who ran the programs. You remember Dr. William Castle at NTID???? He is a fucking liar when he said he supports ASL yet he is a wolf in sheep’s clothing and his wife benefitted from audism and $$$$ to finance speech and hearing garbage.

This is why I do not respect any Speech and Hearing assocation groups as well as CEASD, ADARA and AG Bell as well as ODAS. They are oppressors and our enemy!

Stand up and sign out to the audists! Tell them their game is OVER!

thanks
=)

That what Ron Fenicle from “Save Gallaudet Univ” vlog, tried to tell everyone about something going on with the Floor plan ! Now U all wake up and realized that we need to stop this and make sure that ASL , Deaf studies, and Deaf education put in number one propriety than audiology and speech lauguages . Gally mission is all about ASL and deaf education !!! It is not about new future of audiology and speech lauguages ! They should consider about finding another land to build the new future of audiology and peech lauguages center in somewhere else !!! not on Galluadet campus !

class of 89er Gally Alumni

DeafGirl – you have no ultimate idea. Deaf and Hearing people always contribute Gallaudet. Otherwise, Gallaudet will not exist without them.

Let’s go back to the Deaf-Mute University which will be a wonderful idea because there was an academic freedom and allowed students to blossom with creative thinking at that time – without bias or oppression. Hearing people in that time had NO solution to fix the deaf people and they regarded them so well.

Right now, they unfortunately reap what they sow – fix, support, facilliate, control, run Deaf people’s lives for their own profit. Sorenson did really good job – providing interpreters through video – and want to build some nice ones on Gallaudet campus.

Should we worry about the building now?

Should we let them dig and build, then we could always change the floor plan after it’s been done?

Shouldn’t we?

Let’s fight for the real corruption at Gallaudet first.

Is SLCC being prioritized over the MSA accrediation process?

If you fight over all of these problems, nothing may be accomplished, it may be collapsed one way or other.

I am sure Robert Davila will need to prioritize in order to save Gallaudet by incorporating teamwork at large. The at-large group will need to build one “empire” to solve each problem, rather than divide and be conquered by others. It is not known as a militantcy, but the leadership body needs to be formed orderly. It takes all teamwork to make this successful rather than each one has their own agenda.

Good luck!

Wow Amy,

Not only are you royally furious, but you are passionate about this. Glad you vlogged it. You’ve really started something wonderful… now we’re all mad! Haha. But seriously, I wouldn’t want a speech and language building on Gallaudet campus. It’s not necessary. Where’s our Deafhood and ASL building? Sigh.

Grab the barf bag and toss that card inside along the gross and smelly thing. Also there is the little note which has the messages. On the front card, it states “ASL not ENUFF!!!” and on the back card, it states “You TOTALLY wrong!!!” MAIL IT TO GALLY with no feeling at all.

I am so sick to my stomach to learn about SLLC’s mission.

It is an emergency that we must do something about it. It’s because someone try to in act of “ASLcide” (“in an act of genocide.”)

The term ‘Genocide’ was coined by a jurist named Raphael Lemkin in 1944 by combining the Greek word ‘genos’ (race) with the Latin word ‘cide’ (killing). Genocide as defined by the United Nations in 1948 means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, including: (a) killing members of the group (b) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group (c) deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part (d) imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group (e) forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

Amy, We heard you. Your anger is justified and so ours too. Expressing anger is very healthy. But we haven’t reach to the point to what we can do about our anger and channel our anger into positive energy in order taking an action.

For example:

We use the money to donate a new organization that protects and pro-acts ASL. We would create a monthly ASL magazine. We can write the articles about ASL that we could discuss about psychological, educational and sociological views. We also include Deaf people’s experiences what it was like for them not being exposed to ASL. There are many more we could write about.

We will produce the DVDs to market ASL and to show how many Deaf adults’ and children’s successes through ASL.

I am willing to contribute my time to produce DVDs. I am sure some other filmmakers would love to contribute their time as well in order to protect ASL and the future of Deaf children.

Aidan

No… ASL must remain!!!

Thank you, AMY!!!

I love you!

We have ENOUGH SUFFERED!

BIG HUGS,

SKE

Deaf Girl and Richard Roehm, There has been serious lack of consultation with the ASL constituencies at Gallaudet, an historically-ASL university. Protected by the U.S. Constitution in this great “home of the brave”, the ASL-using alumni of Gallaudet are afforded the right to provide consultation on issues at Gallaudet. They have as much right as you do to fight for what is morally right when it comes to their communication needs. They also are fighting to prevent misguided researchers, experts and parents from endangering the communication needs of future generations of deaf children. ASL is essential to a deaf child’s well-being, regardless of his/her hearing status. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not against ear and mouth communication as long as it does NOT produce socially and emotionally unstable deaf individuals. I have met way too many deaf oral- converted-to-ASL people who strongly resent their backgrounds of being raising orally. Happy oralists in this country are a handful…correction…a fingerful.

Pamela R. Conley

Don’t throw it away in trash! Return it to them and let them see how many reject thier propsals!!!! if it still in trash, take it out and mail it back the way it is, food stained and all!

am glad it is being brought up for more healthy discussion…from my view, it definately ought to be well balanced with ASL and Spoken English ( not SEE, Sim-Com, etc, thats for sure)…but come to think of it, those Spoken English oriented efforts at SLCC are well funded by Oral establishments, but where are the monies needed for well balanced leverage for ASL ?? Perhaps Deaf-owned businesses can jump in ??…Our Bilingual/Bicultural teaching approach unfortunately is still very weak on Gallaudet campus that STILL needs to be truly addressed !!

patrick mcc, 70 🙂

I agree with Amy. I will send the card back to Gallaudet. I believe it is because we, deaf or hard of hearing ASL users are too poor making big donations to Gallaudet therefore Gallaudet is trying to find donations from hard of hearing or deaf oral users. I notice that deaf and hard of hearing oral users tend to experience less oppression than deaf or hard of hearing ASL users. Most hard of hearing or deaf oral users are looking forward for something that will improve their hearing and speech skills because of their first language English. Yes, we, deaf ASL users are badly oppressed in everything. jobs, homes, communities in general, educational settings… No wonder Ella is trying to find what will help us free from oppression by “Should we call ourselves deaf mute” Gallaudet should focus on deaf ASL users’ oppression issue right now rather than focusing on future new building on Gallaudet. It makes sense why some of us, deaf and hard of hearing ASL users are angry right now. Please think and be reasonable.
Thank you, Linda

Amy, Back in 1988, you were young standing up in front of the DPN movement. Today you grow wiser with words. Yet you are standing stronger and bolder. Thank you for being you! The 88er

I was shocked to amamzing about Gallaudet lack of asl. i strongly disagree with your website and show show wesbite movie shortly, i agree where is the ASL ? we ever wanted supporting to need Gallaudet Univeristy changed their mind. we are [DEAF FAMILY} AT GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY FOR THE DEAF ONLY. there must allowed to having ASL and just ingored them Gallaudet mail must returned to Gallaudet. i really do hated and dont like their bad idea hurt the deaf peoples lost asl or lack of commuicate. so po lady is not caring by herserlf not good service. the deaf ppls have privilage their stand by to be continue fight until Gallaudet unveirsty will realize and feding up someday to see and let them frustrating and they can speak out B.S … they would be comportbale to be commuicate with ASL with other deaf socialize will be merrist charmful.

I do believe that dont worth to required their suggest about survery about improved to can hear or lipread abilitys. they cant encourage the deaf peoples cutlures and i want leave the deaf culture alone naturally is very marvious one in the best largest world. if there have problem we can fight to speak out and agruement. how come who did bad idea to sending them without their permission letters or whatever, it sound not nice !

I do strongly agree with AMY and must resend back to Gallaudet and let them feel low self esteem in their heart.I do suporting the former undergraduation and post-graudate students will scream and furious to showing them stand out to tell their various and eassy docement to proof of email from ex former Gallaudet students giving the empowerful strict stand what does the Gallaudet Univeristy for the deaf is sole and primary end of perodicually ! what is it purpose stand by for ?

Thanks for appreicating your willing to speak out the shareable to everybodys are wanting to hear at anytime,anyday, and anyhours to anyhours., i will support at ghallaudet in my heart but i feel that not right there send it out by just post card is bad idea make them furious and increase emortionally ugly, noways l. let them hard learning the lesson about it, i hopefully they can removing immediate aways the mail immediately in ordering at Gallaudet Univeristy mail aways , they didnt asked their permission to make trying force them wants supporting their fund, i wouldnt,
I am telling you the truths i never forgotten where come from $4.millionnaire fund last years., i was there and i gladly graduated recently a year ago,
i suggest u go to seeing the federdal comission will helping to find out where is come from Gallaudet account numebr by $4.millions

thanks again

Amy, (baff)
No Feel Language of the deaf-blind. They left them out literally. (melodrama here – sobs)
I am the Visual Language Instructor. (argh!)
I need a VL certified interpreter. (seeks around)
Visual
Feel
Smell Language of the dogs
Taste
Sound Language
Ich muss gehe zu bett.

I posted your vlog url into Germany’s deaf space blog this morning. They are not happy upon learning of the news. Traurig! You are much felt by the world over.
So tired…

Hey Amy, Your vlog made a better sense this time. Thanks. Know what? They asked me to donate some monies for SLCC project. I decided to donate my $$$ to Peikoff Alumni House fund 2 weeks ago. I am glad that I made better decision. Peikoff Alumni House is for GUAA people who will make difference on ASL issues. Don (1976)

Amy, I wonder if we could do some investigate work to see why SLCC has turned into a speech/hearing mecca and thus ignoring ASL. We need and demand answers now! Would petitions, letter-writing campagins, or anything work to make our voices heard? We have to do something cuz if we are passive, SLCC’s goals will be achieved and we would be back to “square one”. Ron Fencile had been talking about SLCC for a couple of weeks and I guess we did not take this very seriously?

Anyway thank you Amy, Elizabeth and Ron for alerting us to this!

Look at the statue of Thomas Gallaudet and Alice Cogswell. They used their sign language. It is a proof. Alice and Thomas would not have wanted to have the SLCC to be on the Gallaudet campus.

Gsllaudet has a history of sign language that MUST be preserve.

In conclusion, Thomas Gallaudet is the father of the campus.

Also don’t forget that the SLCC will be a beautiful building on the campus! Let’s reconsider your decision. Can you show a proof that ABG is part of this venture?

Floor plans and the purpose of the building can always change/improve ASL/Deaf Studies as demand will be much stronger and high. More Deaf people are involved this project, the building will be there for what they WANT, eventually. Am I mistaken?

Let’s dig?

Snickering,

Shocked you all? You shouldnt be. Whats new with Glasses college? It’s not like they did it out of the blues. They been doing this again and again ever since Edmund Booth was sucking his thumb.

Some folks trust reason, other trust to might. Some folks look for answers, other look for fights. Aint no time to be angry, barely time to wait. Lets do something.

Talk? Well, talk is good but ACTION speaks louder than words. Mailing back letters are actions, calling glasses college through VP is some kind of action. There are more actions we can do. DONT send any money to Glasses college.

Lets talk about REAL action. Dont use Sorenson VRS. Use CSD, HOVRS and other vendors. Jim Sorenson doesnt care any more. He sold his company to a private investors for 4 BILLION dollars. Thats right. 4 tiny isty BILLION dollars. He made money off from us deefie folks and got out of the on going cultural clashes with us. Jim is laughing his way to the bank now.

So glasses college is stuck now, they still have to honor their agreement by that dumb I fing Jordan made. A lousy move by I Fing. eh! Glad he’s outta there.

Until every deaf person in America stop using Sorenson and show what kind of economic powers we can be, Sorenson will crumble down and take back the contract. Now, Sorenson got one less client starting with me. Lets start hitting other VRS vendors instead of Sorenson. They can go back to UATH (mispelling intended) and pray in their temple. (dont worry, I love folks from that state)

This is real action. Its starts with one person but together we can create a united force.

To talk or not to talk. it’s all up to you.

Protest NOW. Stop using Sorenson. Stop sending money to Glasses college.

Last night I got it in my mailbox after I got home from downtown. I was utterly flabbergasted and disgusted when I read ‘audiology and speech language pathology’ in it.

I want to add bit to my most recent post. Supposedly the ASL and Deaf Studies Research Center is built, name it after William Stokoe!

Why not throwing your Sorenson videophone back to Utah? They would say Ouch! and grim for sure. Switch to D-link or other brand vp, why not?

Agree with Amy!!!

Why honor sorenson…..

SOrenson is one who stole FCC’s money to cut off on closed captioned.

DO NOT permit sorenson give you their sorenson device…get D LINK!!! D LINK is more to netural and fairness. THROW Sorensen devices and get D LINK….

I agree with you Amy completely! I am sick of people tended to forget about ASL! If I get the postcard, I would definitely send back and write a letter regarding to help improve ASL. I just wrote a message in my blog regarding about deaf culture. Read it.

The link is http://silentmysts.blogspot.com/2007/02/hello-normal-people-i-do-not-know-if.html

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! NOT RIGHT!!!! Where the ASL IS!!! Damn! I agree with AMY!!

I am angry, too! Thanks for warning! I have not recevied it yet but when I get it, I will write back “No Thanks!”

Keep up the good work, Amy!

P.S. Just curious here.. What can Dr. Davilla do about it? He is not a great ASL signer!

Today, I got this postcard.. Iread whole thing. I did not realized until , I saw this Amy’s Blog. I went back to kicthen table and Look it agian. I study carefuly .

Oh Great Scott ! Amy were 101% correct that, They lack of imporatance of understanding ASL and our deep root of Deaf Culture had been for 150 years in America.

I wish , I could borrow One silver stars off from Late Admiral Alerigh Burke ,CNO (Cheif of Navial Operational) and Give to Amy Cohen for her comments about ASL and History basied of our Gallaudet as we KNOW !

take card back to Gallaudet and NO dough into thier brick into Noting !

Chef Theo Burke

#80 Lejon…

Yeah Know that DLink and SOrenson devices are the same…just label on and SOrenson wont let DLINK to use phone numbers that can communication between caused problem among Deaf Coummity. I believe that I help DEAF CEO instead of Hearing CEO but Deaf Community did not realized til now FCC cut off on closed captioned who caused by SORENSON…who hearing again to cheat.

Hey you are wrong about DLINK being not free …I GOT IT FOR FREE from CSD. Sorenson installers put its own device and threw DLINK devices use DLINK’s router to save money by not giving one (only if customer has never DLINK before they have to provide that) and not completely train customers how to use sorenson’s devices compare to DLINK installers. CSD decided to stop to prevent Sorenson get advantage of using their router.

Sorry …Have no respect for Sorenson…..I keep my DLINK and thank to CSD and other vendors like sprint did orginally start before Sorenson. They do not use much of FCC as they use $$$ from relay service that phone companies charge customers from each states.

OMG Ok people…pay attention.

I’m a hoh woman 31 yrs. Without my hearing aids I am deaf. ASL is my first language my parents are deaf and my dad is a Gallaudet Alumni.

Amy, I was disgusted with your vblog. All I saw was anger and not enough information.

You have a right to your opinion and express it but you are spreading a very angry message about..what?? a postcard!!??

Before getting angry TRY getting more information.

Let me ask all of you something, before you buy a car will you go shopping first? Will you ask questions? Will you do research? HOPEFULLY your answer is yes and before you give them your money, right?!?

So why not do that here? Before you get angry and send the card back or burn it or throw it away…why don’t you ASK them more questions about the building?? Learn more about it before you get mad and get a lynch mob of 50 people on this page angry with you.

It’s obviously infectious and it’s a shame that you can get SOOO many people upset for simply not having enough information.

Time to shut up and open your eyes and learn more.

I am proud deaf but I do not stand by it’s a “DEAF WORLD” or Yay Deaf people….no that’s ridiculous..

I am more YAY COMMUNICATION BECAUSE WE CAN FINALLY UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AND I DON’T HAVE TO HAVE ANY MORE HEADACHES AND EXHAUSTION!!!!

If this building is not all about ASL SO WHAT??? There are more to being deaf than just ASL. AND Deaf heritage…if you want the building so bad then stand up for it and build it….collect money and build it. If you want ASL so bad then get on board and help promote it. DO something besides spreading anger.

TO EVERYONE…ANGER DOES NOTHING. BE SMART. ASK QUESTIONS.

DID THE POSTCARD SAY THAT “GALLAUDET WILL NOT BE USING ASL????

NO!! it did not say that.

When you have more information I will be happy to read about it and understand more about it and if I feel strongly about something…I will DO something about it….I won’t spread a bad misinformed message to millions of people.

Honestly, stop being so deaf and angry…and just be deaf and always learning and being proactive.

Your anger is an infectious disease. Just look at this page.

yeah right AMY!!! me too I noticed the link slcc is currently down, too!

SKE

The latest fundrasing action by the Gallaudet University in connection with the Sorenson Language and Communication Center shows they’re not getting the message from the deaf society that American Sign Language has a place in the future of deaf society.

It is very important that deaf “vloggers” as deaf video-bloggers make their messages accessible to the hearing society if they wish to demonstrate that American Sign Language has a place in the future of deaf society. If the deaf society wants the hearing society to appreciate American Sign Language, then they’re going to have to include the hearing society in their audience by making their vlogs accessible to them.

I am sad to hear this, and I wasn’t surprise about Sorenson Media, they are all have no clue what is the Deaf Culter and ASL…. NOT ONLY ASL, but for many different langauge skills of a deaf person who may not function as much as we do… While other vendors suchs as SPRINTVRS, CSDVRS, and HOVRS, All of these providers does have different type levels of interpreters to meet many customers needs….

Amy, Elizabeth, and Ron, Im proud to be with you all, and I would URGE everyone to use other interpreters to support them over using Sorenson VRS interpreters…

I will never donate any money for Sorenson for what they have done to many of us….

Class of 1990,

Joe Fresolo Jr.

I second you! I feel and seems like have to fight harder now than before! was looking forward for the bright side for deaf world and now this?! augh

Who messed up the deaf community and Gallaudet University?

A-U-D-I-S-T-S.

Those without deaf education degrees don’t know a thing about the significance of ASL in the deaf community. Instead, oral system has failed thousands and thousands, and they are desperately looking for a ‘Welcome’ doormat by the door of SSI.

I look forward to returning the postcard to the stupid audists.

Richard Roehm,

Stay out of this. You’re supporting the other side and tricking us.

Take a look at his babble:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIHCupr-8cw

Be proud to speak orally; however, you have no hearing friends. You’re wasting so much time to brag here.

Get yourself a gold star and clear off!

DD

Thanks Amy, I am so surprise about this Gallaudet. I will never support Gallaudet if they ask for my help. How horrible Gallaudet is!

Mr and Mrs Novella

Oh Absoluetly! I agree with Amy. ASL is the most valuable in the communcations.

M=VGC3 – “Metaphorically Equal Visual Gesture Communcations 3 (3 yrs-1997-2000) Or $3 Zillion dollars

Since I dropped out Gallaudet University last 1996 Due to my beloved wife (Lee Solesby Ivey passed away last 1995) I missed her so dearly; However, since my discovered about “it”. I am still working on the stories, Just read my profiles, http://profiles.yahoo.com/ily2uily I have been on my journal on research projects. I have many paper terms with me, I do solemly want to share with you all Deafies people. All I can say, you tell the people about my profiles and they will read my ASL/GAL. If you have any comments, email me ily2uily@yahoo.com

Thanks to Amy for speak/sign out! Two thumbs up & ILY

Hi Amy,
Wow you surely show how angry you are.If I have a post card I would mail it and sign it No ASL, NO donation given! I agree with you 100% because I was taught to be Oralist but I did use ASL earlier also with classmates.Deaf will never hear as well as Hearing but regardless Deaf will be able to read or write English or other langauges. Yet Hearing will be able to learn ASL language.
Let me point out with my expeirnce with difficaulty communicating by being Oralst with my family, work, school and any where.(best lipreader ONLY can get out 10 to 20 % so he/she has to struggle to fill in many puzzles blanks often with wrong ideas or wrong assumations which results trouble at work or problems or poor deals,VERY TIRING!) With ASL, I blossom whole lot lot better at any where! With ASL I gain more education and feed backs and great social life!!!!!
When I was a child, my parents were for very much Oralism and ignored and forced me to speak, I felt aliened by them and got very frustrated and lonesome in all hearing family( I was only one Deaf but it is commmon), Now my Mom and Dad regretted for not learning ASL to communcicating with me and my Deaf friends! I am soo depressed and angry about that situation that I grew up but I had many wonderful family and school events yes. I wished they accept ASL thus my life would be sooo much better maybe I would be doctor or teacher or even smarter and happier well rounded person! I forgive my parents.
Now I am doing okay and have my family with four wonderful hearing children!!!!and have wonderful Deaf and Hearing friends!!!!
Support ASL Sign Language!!!!!!!!!!
Hindsight: some Deaf can learn to speak some or not? what I think thats just about it ~ not to learn to hear cuz it not helping very well.
ASL = Education = Happiness = Good Life!!!!!

Dianne Amero

Hey, I think Amy Cohen is really stupid…. Look at her, she can talk herself from the video…. oh please… She gotta be so closed minded… I am born deaf and I support Gallaudet building a new Speech Department cojoined with Deaf Studies program… I am laughing so hard when I watched Amy Cohen complain her rights… She gotta grow up.. I know that deaf people can talk good… my question, what do she really wants? i have no idea.. but all I can say, what a pity for her…
Yawning from her….
JR

James… a pity for me? Mmm… at least you are enjoying the vlog by laughing so hard and spending time to write up a comment to insult me.

Insults — I brush ’em off.

Anyone care to respond to James a.k.a. JR?

Amy Cohen Efron

Amy… Glad u let us know what is going on. It makes a lot of sense what u said. I wonder who is responsible for the ads. Track them down and find out why they do that for. They are suppose to have a permission from Gallaudet to approve or not. Somewhat, it possible making money for themselves…. who are they! This must be under investigate. Good thing, more and more people are aware of ur message. Of course, I am not send any penny to them. That is ridiculous.

I’m strongly in a favor of ASL. I entirely agree with u, Amy. Hope Sorenson will change their mind abt using ASL after while. You, Amy do such a great job. I’d be so angry if the hearing people think deaf people can not do anything. Grrrrr

eln

While Amy provides a valid point some folks here seem to forget the notion of what Gallaudet offers – education for those from all over the world who are deaf. I’ve met students from Scandinavia, Norway, Denmark, Ireland – the list goes on. Some of them do not use ASL in their native homeland – they use BSL (Brtish Sign Language, Irish Sign Language etc)

ASL isn’t exactly “world wide” The German deaf have their own sign-language and trust me, it’s not ASL. I don’t even understand it.

Hence, I think that is why the pamphlet says Visual Language for the Deaf. – Gallaudet is reaching out to the entire world – the INTERNATIONAL deaf community.

Granted, many come to Gallaudet and do switch to ASL or learn it as a secondary language then probably revert back to their native home language. For example, in Arizona, the state is required to provide various translations of forms to fill out – forms in Spanish and English.

By using the word, ASL, Gallaudet would be excluding the various international deaf communities who do contribute to Gallaudet.

Gallaudet is NOT just for those who use ASL – the purpose of Gallaudet is to reach out to those who are deaf, late deafened, oral deafened etc. Gallaudet as a federal institution must accept all those who are deaf regardless of how deaf they are and where they are from.

I’m pretty sure that one day Sorenson will go international and provide interpreters for the deaf in different languages.

At least, that’s my understanding. -G

I have no idea about donate to SLCC…why not you send other a post office card to donate and support ASL at Galludent? it mean we must to contest with them..hey I am very support SORENSON to provide the Dlink no charge..I am not complain about sorenson at all…no against CSD or the vendors period..free sign language we speak out.. I do not understand why Amy was so angry about that. Certainly, I know that ASL is a beautitful language and I realize it is a small part of communication mode. I believe that Gallaudet is obviously thinking that ASL is very very important for the future. I know myself that Gallaudet will take care of ASL, Oralism, Speecreading,Lipreading, Normal hearing,and more avenues of communication modes. People have their choices of communication via their expereiences. Only thing is we need to support Gallaudet University’s future development in the 21th Century essentially. That is all. I copy and added with this George’s message and agree with George 99 per cent…Gary C…

I am totally suprised. SLCC is still alive. I thought once Jane Ferndales left and should have gone with her SLCC but it still in Gallaudet. I do not support SLCC at all. I am sure I speak everyone who agreed with me. SLCC project should be thrown out and Find new building project like new Library building or something that will help Gallaudet University. We dont need SLCC at all. We all based in ASL (American Sign Language) not speech or hearing. We are Deaf and Hard of Hearing wants nothing to do with SLCC. I am dispointed with Gallaudet University sending a post card with asking donate to SLCC bulding. I am not impressed with that. Time to change and FIGHT what we believe in Deaf Culture. Dont let SLCC take over our Deaf Culture. Destory SLCC project in the Trash for good and find something else rather than SLCC project. Thank you.. and no thanks to SLCC. from Brian Buckley

Same thing that is wrong with the rest of this country! Can’t use the word GOD! Everything must typed in Spanish as well as English. Why is like this. Because, unfortunately, the minority gets their way! No one is standing up and fighting these things. Everyone who reads this should send a letter of protest to Gallaudet.

Where is the respect for the DEAF World????!!! I can’t believe I am seeing this. NOTE: I said “SEEING” not hearing. I love my deaf culture and my language. Even though, I am married to a hearing writer; he has learned a lot about the deaf languages from me and learned to loved it. whenever I have a problem expressing my thoughts to him; he would have me do it in ASL first to myself; then tell him what I wanted to say. I found it worked every time. Why? It is my language. HEY, please don’t take that away from me. I know it worked for many deaf. It is our WORLD… don’t take it away from US.

as a filmmaker living in los angeles… i am saddened by this news, though not surprised. our son gio was reading and writing at college level when he was in the seventh and eigth grades… while 94 percent of deaf children in california aren’t even reading at grade level… why? because in most cases speech was confused with language and as a result, in the early stages of developement – deaf children are being denied language and are therefore delayed. we raised gio with asl… he was given a LANGUAGE model… language is empowerment. i’ve fought the battles here in hollywood where producers almost always request deaf actors who can speak… the ignorance is omnipresent. it is time for deaf to build their own buildings… just as they create their own media. but it’s all so exhausting… the unfortunate state is that speech comes before talent… it comes before intellect… hearing are so impressed with deaf who “can speak” they see is as “overcoming” deafness… but what i find strange is all of the sign language for hearing children books that are out there – funny how sign language is good enough for hearing children but not for deaf children… what else does one expect from a society that elected bush twice…

This is UNBELIEVABLE a SHAME on the entired Gallaudet University! They should evaluate themselves more carefully before it goes out in the PRESS. Either an apology or revise their preliminary project should be expected ASAP!!

HI
YOU ARE POINT.
I NEED ASL SHOW ALL PEOPLE DEAF THEM PROVE !!!
THANK YOU
JOZEFA

YOUR SPEECH IS TRUE WINNER !!!
WHERE IS THE RESPECT FOR THE DEAF WORLD ???
I LOVE MY DEAF.I AM VERY SUPPORT SORENSON-VP IS GREAT EASY FOR PEOPLE DEAF COMMUNCATION , THANKS TO SORESON-VP.
J.M

SIMPLE! HIT SORENSON WHERE THEIR WALLET IS!!!
BOYCOTT SORENSON!
They make money from our own hands to Gallaudet’s Audiology and Speech center? No way, not from our hands, not from our beloved ASL! USE HOVRS and other VRS companies. SUPPORT HOVRS why??? Because they support DEAF ARTS!
We have power! Boycott Sorenson!

Write letter or email to Gallaudet! How can we support Gallaudet University if they do not have a backbone to stand up for ASL? Is this what Thomas Gallaudet and Edward Gallaudet had in mind when they started a school and an University for the deaf?
I am gonna hold Gally in my prayers! They really need it!

INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO BOYCOTT: You dont have to throw away VP200! JUST ADD “HOVRS.TV” to your “Contacts” then you are boycotting Sorenson! If you need help or want to become purple member: Contact my brother, Terry Theriot – odeafw@yahoo.com SUPPORT HOVRS FOR SUPPORTING OUR DEAF ARTS!!!!!

OFTEN,I Am Deaf Man and Been Long times for My Life is for ASL and Always Support for ASL is very important for Deaf But it will hard for Hard of Hearing in future will become low hear and has to more accept with ASL and Should Thank God have his Prosper for Deaf People use on ASL…

What if I become a MultiBillionaire Dollar and I would love to founder for NFL Team become an Own Team for Washington “ASLERS” For whole Deaf people have been famous name too.And have many thing famous too.

Remember that is very proud of Deaf for ASL and Thank God too.
Tell you Truly,
Clyde

I feel sorry for ya’ll……
let you complain whatever u want to as long you feel it is right for you but nothing will change Gallaudet’s mind…

This will be my last time to check this STUPID IMMATURE blog website… you people are wasting your breath and nothing will change Gallaudet’s mind from this sorry blog website…

No wonder Gallaudet is losing good people because of crazy and closed minded students….. Where is your respect with others…. U think urself.,. not others..

So Long……..

#140

JR,

Apparently, you wouldn’t see a locomotive if you were standing on the railroad tracks and it was headed straight for you.

Wake up!

BR

Wink…keep your Sorenson videophone and take your full advantage of it. Too bad that Sorenson can’t take your vp from your home or office. Hee! Just switch to other VRS providers such as Sprint or HOVRS or HIPVRS. Sorenson is the possible problem now. Don’t tell Sorenson about my comment, shhh, ok. wink!

Hello Amy!

I watched your Announcement about this ,Wow ! what they did , you are in my shoe the same that I am not support. therefore in Canada too . Ministry of Education told all in Canada that when anyone who had cocihear implant. They TOLD they were not alLow to learn ASL PERIOD! I am very dispointment what they doing hell on the Deaf people. I had four Deaf children and we support ASL! THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST FOR OUR COMMUCATIONS!!
My daughter,Heather who is studing in Gally Now.
Keep up fight the rights for the Deaf ! Thanks Amy for make up the videotape and send all Deaf awake, Thanks again Ken ,London Ontario Canada

Thanks for information about SLCC postcard…, Amy Cohen…
I cant believe it and one of my friends did send a picture of orange fence where parking lots next to HMB and SAC building… At the first, I did not know what was that and I asked my friend why was the fence there.. My friend explained to me about there will be new building is called SLCC and there will be audiology, visual, speech therapy.. and others.. I told her WHAT??? NO WAY…. That is not Gallaudet want that way.. We do care about our ASL and our history, etc.
Even tough, I was an international student at Gallaudet and I graduated from Gally in year of 2002 and I am so proud of that. I love ASL and Deaf History, etc.
I did not get SLCC postcard yet….. If I get SLCC postcard, then I will send it back to them and tell them NO THANKS! … I support Amy Cohen and I know AMy is NOT stupid person. She is right what she is trying to tell us about SLCC and ASL.
I dont understand why Gallaudet support SLCC and I think it came from Jane Fernandes’ ideas, too because she was supportive for speech therapy, audiology, visual, and etc. NOW SHE IS GONE and Gallaudet needs to stop and change it NOW!!!!! I hope that Dr Robert Davila should do something about it.

Yvonne de Vries
Alumni ’02

amy,

i finally got the postcard

this wording : “…the visual language of “d”eaf is the foundation of a building that prominently features a department devoted to audiology and speech language pathology” is nothing but a DOUBLESPEAK !!!!! ( translation: blah-blah-bullshit)

Gallaudet’s hearing adminstrators, who obviously wrote it, still has not fully understand the meaning of balanced ASL, and Spoken and/or Written English Bilingualism, sigh

it is 2007 !! Hello ??

Hi

Amy did a good job 🙂 It is time for everyone to wake up with “Where is ASL World”. Think about it
Darryl

Amy, you go, girl!

oh pls.. it’s not big deal… get a life

Unfortunately, many narrow viewpoints are still held by viewers as we read here. . .who do not believe in first hand information as pointed out by you, Amy. I am saddened to see twisted information drifted between the polarizing issues, as many quoted “not Deaf enough” when the main concern we had all along was about leadership. We condemn these tactics, given great harm to the credibility of the Deaf community. The main point Amy was trying to share is “ASL” is not indicated in the donation card. Don’t we have a choice? YES, through Deaf eyes, we can cultivate these folks. . .

As I haven’t received my copy yet, I was thinking why don’t we help by adding a line: Donation enclosed is intended and devoted to our visual language, American Signed Language (for whatever reason you want to add for instance, to strengthen and preserve identities as Deaf people)

Amy, thanks for taking the chance to “speak” ur Deaf mind ; )

ASL Yours n Ours,
Tina Jo

“Help Us Build the Future”

It makes sense because we live in a hearing world where normal mode of communication is speech.

I don’t see anything wrong with this postcard so quit whining, deaf militants and wannabes.

BRAVO AMY, I AGREE WITH YOU! KEEP DEAF HISTORY AND ASL!!! GO ASL GO ASL GO ASL!!

UNKNOWN

I wish I could borrow one of silver stars from my 3rd cosion, Late Admiral Burke .. which Amy’s comment are sharp and prove this ads are pure idiot !

Bravo! Amy’s blog is more than trillions thanks .

I were not pay attenation to this parts of expensive card (It about 5 bucks per copy and postage cost) I thought they just want my attenation to help with my funds to support them..

Unitl , I read Amy’s vbog,,, I realized that I seen this Gallaudet’s card. I run down to kicthen . read carefuly. Oh my goodness ! Amy were correct every word to match with this Iidiot printed .

Late Admiral will love her brave heart to stand up what is moral values to speak up upon deaf Americans !

Save ASL !

Chef Theo

Thank you Amy that I aware of this statement about Gally. I never been go to Gally except I visited there in 1973. I support ASL as long we use alot. Hey, many years ago Gally used ASL for drama that I went on the show. Weird there has been changed. NO way for Gally support SLCC. Keep ASL for ever period.

Thank you for warning about it.

Amy, I understood that you talked about it but there is nothing I can do. The card does not say negatively about ASL and the deaf history. It seems fine. You might be misunderstanding but you should talk with the sender.

Donna, Deaf Graduate of Gallaudet.

WHOA!

Amy Cohen Efron gives a powerful message regarding her her protest over Gallaudet University’s appeal to its Deaf alumni community for donations on a new Speech and Audiology building on campus. I studied the contents on the brochure which is similar to the one Amy is holding in the video. This got me to thinking…

1. Gallaudet’s old Audiolgy and Speech Building on campus existed for a very long time, and no one raised an issue about it.

2. One prominent Oral Deaf Leader affiliated with the Alexander Graham Bell Association was appointed
to Gallaudet’s Board of Trustees about 10 years ago. No one protested at that time.

3. The majority of the student body at Gallaudet University are deaf school graduates but no one protested over the influx of public school graduates who are deaf and hard of hearing oralists who chose to study at Gallaudet.

I respect Amy Cohen Efron’s views. Gallaudet’s Development Office should have had someone with a strong background in ASL and Deaf Culture to REVIEW and EDIT the brochure BEFORE mailing to its alumni members to save time and confusion coming from Deaf protesters who embrace ASL and Deaf Culture.

My opinion…

1. I do not believe that Gallaudet is attempting to eradicate Deaf Culture which includes the use of ASL in Deaf-sponsored affairs.

2. I believe that the future building on campus, the James Lee Sorenson Language and Communication Center may serve the audiological needs of the hard of hearing and CI students who are attending MSSD and Gallaudet.

3. The new building may be used as a research center for the study of Hearing Disorders and Cochlear Implants and other related developments.

4. Who knows perhaps Gallaudet’s aim is to set up future campus seminars for audiologists and speech pathologists to help them dispel myths about the Deaf because many audiologists perceive “deafness” as a medical condition, not a cultural thing.

LASTLY… I see where Amy Cohen Efron is coming from… In the video she is angry over the absence of the word “ASL” in the brochure. Yes. Whoever from Gallaudet’s Office of Development placed the term, “visual language” instead of “ASL” in the brochure. It is an obscure term.

I am a member of the Class of 1970 at Gallaudet University. The 1970 photo with the students on the brochure look unfamiliar. What happened to the photo of my peers who accomplished several goals at Gallaudet at that time?

Thanks…

Irene T.

Wow!!! Makes me feel very sad what Gally turning into. We Need ASL to continue to future generations of Deaf. ASL is our language and culture! I will send back my card today!

AMY,

WOW! YOUR EXPRRESSION WAS BIG OPENING AND IMPRESSED TO WORLD. YES I AGREED THAT. THIS IS NOT NEED TO RETURN IN EARLY 1900’S AND CALLED “DEAF-MUTE” LIKELY AS A TEACHER USED A POINT-STICK TO PROMPTING ON THE STUDENTS’ HANDS TO BAN SIGN LANGUAGES. IN TODAY, WE ARE ALIVE IN MILLINIUM STYLE AND USE ASL! NO NEEDING TO BE BARRIER!!

IF I WERE FORMER GALLY STUDENT AND WOULD RETURN THIS CARD TO THERE AND SAY, NO THANK YOU! NO MATTER WHAT I AM STILL YOUR SUPPORTER!

GIANTEZZ

Identity and labels make such an interesting combination. Ms. Epperson (#164). I only took a short cut and made my comments looking blunt which is easily misunderstood.

That was not my intention. You have a valid concern when things are discussed like this before everyone has a chance to understand the issue fully. I am not trying to excuse the narrow minds. I advocate for the Deaf minds that expect a learning center conforming to the communication needs and desires of the Deaf community at Gallaudet. Those of us are devoted to preserve ASL, its culture and history.

An emphasis on hearing and speech programs stated on the Sorenson Language and Communication Center postcard that asserted just the opposite of what was outlined in the news release to fund the SLCC. See # 91. That very release was distributed in November 2004. (http://news.gallaudet.edu/newsreleases/index.asp?ID=5012)

Right, I’m not into medical solutions. Instead of debating, I was merely suggesting to add a line should one want to pledge to a specific research like ASL Studies, Communications Dept, Deaf Archives, and so on.

I am assured we all can build the future at Gallaudet. Thanks to Amy who opened our Deaf eyes the minute she got her PC announcement on SLCC.

Responding to #118 comment, If you feel strongly that it applies to international sign language. It should be written as Universe Sign Language that will solve the problem. Sign Language is the most important to deaf people!

Bravo , I agree with amy
Audioloay and speech patholoay remove !!!!!
Where is ASL????? where is ASL FREE ?????
i did not attend to gally, but i support gally

No offense but why ain’t I surprised. This world never ease to surprise me as far as deaf people are concerned. I applaud to those who stood up and fight for what they believe in.
Congrats, Amy. You did an excellent job!

hey amy,

anger is part of therapy!!! that is healthy! i couldn’t believe what the SLCC has done…selfish! they should have re-revised and re-sent a new card to every true GUAA members…ASL and DEAF CULTURE…

also, look at #22 youtube videod by carl schroeder…exactly!!!

handwaves,
renee g.

This is BULLCRAP…… Im not supporting any of this. ASL is a must !

very nice blog

Hi Amy
I am not from Gally and never graduate there, but I support Gally Unvi.and ASL.
I agree with Amy Cohen Efron 1 million% and above responses.

GO DEAF POWER!!!!

THANKS AMY!!!

My husband and I LOVE u and AMEN!

BTW, Sorenson is REALLY SUCK! Nothing incoming calls ever work anymore, or even any of staffs to come by house to repair or replace the device almost a year after request them to come. Sorenson device is already thrown out of my window. RedHAWK is gonna squat Sorenson like cockroaches!

Hi Amy ,
I dont blame you at all for being angry . As Im very agree with you very well with 100%. Im deaf and Im using Sign Language. Keeping ASL alive!!! ASL is beautiful!!!
Mary Lou

gally allow place called sorenson language?
do we permit new language called sorenson language rather than american sign language?
Then boycott gally and make it fail. no worry there will be new college that made for american sign language and we all can move or transfer there. Too bad that you all protest before and allow this happen. more boycott you will do then you wont have gally as accredital(spelling?) and then no more funds. So make gally fail and tech them lesson so it wont happen whenever there new college much better than gally. gally is not american. people from europe invent and built it. we want deaf american invent it and build one. 100% pure deaf to create college please.

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