News & Events
DeafHope Announces 2016 Training Dates!
DeafHope’s DVSV Training will be offered three times in 2016
Attendance at all three days (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) is required.
If you are traveling from out of town, we recommend flying into the Oakland Airport and staying at the Downtown Oakland Courtyard Marriott hotel. It is near public transportation and only a short driving distance to our office. Click here for their website.
[image description: white and purple flyer with DeafHope logo at the top. Text reads: 2016 DeafHope DVSV Trainings
Jan 22-24 / June 3-5 / Oct 14-16
DeafHope logo (three purple swirls making a circle with a smaller pink circle inside)
CONTENT: Violence Against Women, Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, Community Accountability
WHO: Community members
WHERE: Alameda County FJC, 470 27th Street, Oakland
TIME: 9 am- 5 pm
TO REGISTER: deafhope@deaf-hope.org
presented in ASL
NO COST.]
Trans Day of Remembrance
Today DeafHope honors all Trans people in our communities and grieves for the lives lost to violence.
Sharing again our vlog from last year about Trans Day of Remembrance. Transcript in comments in link.
CSD Open House
We had a great time at the Open House yesterday. Wonderful to see so many beautiful faces there. Hope the school year goes well for everyone!
[image description: Jane Whitney (wearing a turquoise sweater) and Tara Holcomb (wearing a striped top and yellow sweater) are smiling at the camera, standing near the DeafHope booth at the CSD Open House.]
DCARA: Council de Manos Meet & Greet 2015
Thanks to another fantastic DVSV training group!
Stay tuned for our 2016 training schedule, to be released soon!
[image description: group pic of the training group together smiling at the camera, one row standing, one row kneeling in front. Behind them is an origami mural in bright colors. You can see the words “love” and “each” in the mural.]
Scam Alert
Description/Transcript: [A Deaf Latina woman is wearing a black top with her hair up in a bun. She is outside with bushes in the background.] “Hello, My name is Aracelia and I am one of DeafHope’s Empowerment Director. I am here to inform the community and warn that we have been seeing an increase of fraud activity in terms of using our Board President, Julie Rems Smario’s name. Julie is not a DeafHope staff nor is seeking for a personal assistance. If you have been contacted by someone using Julie’s name seeking for a personal assistance and needing you to deposit checks for her and other duties. If the request looks suspicious, please contact police and Indeed (website) authorities and report suspicious activity. We are aware of several incidents and we want the community to know. Thank you.”
[image description: photo on far left of Tara and Amber with their heads in a cartoon image of two Vikings. Photo on far right of Aracelia and Amber with their heads in the same cartoon image of two Vikings. At the bottom text reads welcome to Minneapolis. Text in between the two images says: Hello from the DeafHope team!]
ALC Systems Advocacy
[image description and transcript in YouTube]
Message to our Sister DVSV Organizations
The Advocacy Learning Center is accepting applications for the next class. DeafHope is going through the program now, we highly recommend it! We have learned so much, been given the time and tools to dramatically improve our direct services to Deaf survivors. They will have an informational webinar on November 4 – this is the link to register. You can apply for the program here.
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[image description: a painting by Mali Kouanchao of three women of color raising their hands up together toward a swirling backdrop of blue sky, red mountains and green landscapes. Text at the side reads: Advocacy, a force for change]
DeafHope is in Minnesota for the ALC