Had a great time at the fundraiser today. [image description: Collage of photos with two at the top and one at the bottom. Top left image shows a forearm with the DeafHope logo – a small light purple circle inside a larger dark purple circle. The next image shows some of the DeafHope Board and Staff sitting behind an outdoor booth with mugs and picture frames on the table. From left to right is Ken Arcia, Amber Hodson, Jane Whitney, Julie Rems-Smario and Aracelia Aguilar. The bottom image is a white banner with the words...
DeafHope is headed to the Hottest Ride in Town fundraiser at the Mountainhouse Bar. Here’s a blast from the past, She Devils Motorcycle Club in 2005: [image description: Seven women are gathered together for the photo on the front porch of a house. Most of the women are wearing black leather motorcycle jackets except for Julie Rems-Smario who is kneeling in the front of the group. She is wearing a red top, blue skirt and tall brown leather...
At NAD 2014, there were two workshops on diversity, intersectionality, and social justice. DeafHope is committed to those values in our work with survivors and our communities. The first one was a panel with diverse NAD members – discussing their experiences with NAD. The main point was that to grow NAD and make it stronger, NAD cannot just invite diverse people to get involved and that’s it. To grow and move faster, NAD will need to go out to different communities and become involved with them. Mark Ramirez and Jonathan Kessel from DYUSA gave a workshop on social justice. They focused on many different types of oppression and privilege. They encouraged us to think about intersectionality, which means to recognize and embrace all types of identities in our community. We include those values of social justice in developing our shared leadership model with our Empowerment Directors. Many people were curious about how we run DeafHope using shared leadership and wanted to know more. We will share our progress as we grow as an organization. We invite you to share your ideas and thoughts with...
The DeafHope Board of Directors will not be meeting this month. Each year we take a much needed break in July. Please join us at our next meeting on August 13. Have a great...
