Join the #DeafInPrison Campaign
HEARD created the #DeafInPrison Campaign to raise awareness about abuse of and discrimination against deaf prisoners across the nation. The Campaign, which officially launches on June 27th, aims to start a national conversation and to compel corrective and preventive action.
We are asking that you watch “Deaf In Prison,” then share your reactions, your story, or any information you have on social media using #DeafInPrison. The link (bit.ly/DeafPrisoners) will be available for 48 hours beginning at 12:00 a.m. (EST), Friday, June 27. Viewings will be hosted at numerous locations across the nation and we encourage organizations and individuals to host viewings if possible.
Check out our #DeafInPrison Campaign Fact Sheet. More information>>
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LIST OF SCREENINGS BY STATE:
CALIFORNIA
Deaf Counseling, Advocacy & Referral Agency
Deaf Community Center
1550 San Leandro Blvd.
San Leandro, CA 94577
June 27
7pm (PST)
Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness, Inc.
2222 Laverna Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90041
Day/Time TBA
COLORADO
ASLized
Front Range Community College
Room CO 208
3645 W 112th Ave, Westminster, CO 80031
June 27th
7:00 pm (MST)
Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center (CREEC)
104 Broadway (between Mayan Theater and Key Bank)
4th Floor
Denver, CO 80203
June 27
12:00 noon
(interpreters present; wheelchair accessible; light lunch provided; please RSVP toinfo@creeclaw.org — we’re a small office and will need to know a nose count to find alternative space if necessary – which we would be thrilled to do so please RSVP that you’re coming!)
WASHINGTON, DC
HEARD/ASL Poetry Night
Bus Boys & Poets
5th & K Strs. NW
June 27th
Arrive by 10:30pm (EST)
(wheelchair accessible)
American Association of People with Disabilities
2013 H Street NW, 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
Time/Day TBA
(wheelchair accessible)
FLORIDA
disAbility Solutions for Independent Living, Inc.
119 South Palmetto Avenue, Suite 180
Daytona Beach, Florida 32114
June 27
Time TBA
(wheelchair accessible)
Safety Harbor Public Library’s Deaf Literacy Center
101 2nd St N
Safety Harbor, FL 34695
June 27
7:30 p.m.
(wheelchair accessible)
ILLINOIS
Columbia College Chicago ASL-English Interpretation Department
33 E. Congress Parkway
Chicago, IL 60605
June 28
Showing time: 1:00pm
Showing locations:
-2nd floor Room 219
-4th floor Rooms 419 and 421
MASSACHUSETTS
DEAF, Inc.
215 Brighton Avenue
Allston MA 02134
(wheelchair accessible)
Day/Time TBA
MICHIGAN
Iglesia Martell Law Firm
Legal Workshop for the Deaf and HoH Community
Malletts Creek Library
3090 E. Eisenhower Pkwy
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
June 28th
Legal Workshop begins at 2pm