Atlanta Black Deaf Advocates

INACTIVE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICEINACTIVE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Our chapter is inactive. Thank you for 35 years of volunteering and service.

Do you want to work for him? Come and Sign it up!

Election Day has been rescheduled until further notice. You have a good day!

FYI! Let’s come to the federal court in Atlanta and show them that we need ASL (Hearing) and Deaf interpreters at the probation office.

You live in or near Carrollton, GA? and want to learn American Sign Language ? This is your opportunity.

Deaf & Hard of Hearing Celebration Day at White Water is TOMORROW!! Let's have some fun in the sun before school begins! Use the code WWDEAFDAY for a discounted... rate. Purchase your tickets online to receive FREE parking pass!! IF YOU WISH TO PURCHASE TICKETS AT THE PARK AND PLAN TO DRIVE - PARKING WILL NOT BE INCLUDED. SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND BUYING TICKETS ONLINE TO SAVE $20.00!! Please join us for a day of water thrills and awareness in support of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community, Thursday, July 25, 2019. A portion of proceeds will benefit The Georgia Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Thrill-seekers of all ages can enjoy more than 30 slides, including three interactive children’s play areas, a huge wave pool, and a lazy river. NEW FOR THIS YEAR Closed Captioning Dive-In Movie Night! Grab a float and a friend and sit back, cool off and watch a movie all at the same time! The Grinch is scheduled to be shown at the Atlanta Ocean Stage on our HUGE 25’x14’ screen! Movie start just after 7:00 P.M. the Dive-In Movie will be free with your White Water Deaf and Hard of Hearing Purchased ticket.

Georgia Association of the Deaf, Inc. awarded us as the Outstanding Organization of the Year 2017-2019. Thank you for recognizing us and our hard work.

Come and support this event.

Deontez Wimbley from Georgia Tech (GT), provided Bystander Intervention Methods to prevent sexual assaults and DeAnna Swope from Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence (GCADV), provided how to be an ally for DV survivors. We thanked them for pro bono their times to educate us about the Very enriched information.

Nate Herbert was brainstorming and puzzling the possible signs of Domestic Violence during DeAnna Swope’s presentation.

PRESS RELEASE Atlanta Black Deaf Advocates PO BOX 2153 Decatur GA 30030-9998... May 22, 2019 Board of Directors Georgia Association of the Deaf PO Box 7023 Columbus, GA 31908 Dear GAD Board of Directors, One of ABDA’s stated general purposes and objectives is to advocate with and for the Black Deaf community. As an affiliate member of GAD, ABDA Board members intend to carry out that mission by expressing our concerns regarding GAD’s workshop selections slotted for the upcoming 2019 conference. With the theme Embracing Our Culture, the current assumption is that the focus would be on educating our Deaf Community about diversity. We are disappointed that there is a lack of workshop focused on diversity. We are very concerned that there are no Deaf People of Color presenters. We are concerned that our appointed representative never received a finalized schedule until someone digitally tagged him on social media. We are concerned that there was no online form for call for papers with deadlines. We are concerned that local Deaf Georgians were not tapped to showcase their experiences/knowledge as a professional presenter. The overall look is not appropriate for a deaf organization serving a state with very diverse Deaf population, especially for a conference occurring in Metro Atlanta. Metro Atlanta is our base. For that reason, ABDA will refrain from promoting the conference to its members and the Black Deaf community as we cannot in good conscience support the current format of the workshop agenda. In short, ABDA is not satisfied with the choice of GAD’s workshops for the 2019 GAD conference. We know that it will be very difficult to change the workshops at a very short notice. It is our hope that the in the future that the next GAD board members will be open minded, show better and professional preparation about posting formal call for papers and workshop selections (which should have been the decision of the Conference Workshop Coordinator), and have an open dialogue about the diversity issues within Deaf Community in Georgia. Regards, ABDA Board of Directors

This is a great place for you to explore Atlanta or avoid being bored. They provide ASL interpreter only this upcoming Saturday.

A message from the Board Members. #HMD #HappyMothersDay