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SNAP is requesting community input for disaster preparedness, so they are inviting the community to come to one of two meetings.

In collaboration with Seattle Public Library, Deaf Spotlight presents Rob Roth, who will give a presentation on the diverse symbols in Deaf art. He will talk about how Deaf artists express Deaf culture in their artwork.

Remember living through the power outages, winter storms, excessive heat and flooding events in our area over the past few years? Perhaps you or a family member survived Hurricane Katrina, the tsunami in Japan , or catastrophe in another part of the world. If so, the lessons you learned may help teach and inspire others.

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Edmonds Community College is looking for a part-time instructor to teach English as a Second Language to Deaf students in a multi-level classroom. This position will start January, 2012 and class is scheduled Monday and Wednesday 9:20-11:20. For more information, please contact Lyn Eisenhower at .

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2012 Region V Conference

Honolulu, Hawai'i

June 13-17

CPR (Adult, Child, Infant) /AED (automated external defibrillator) & FIRST AID COURSE

BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS COURSE

For the Deaf Community - Presented by Deaf authorized instructors in ASL only

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Time: 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm Doors open for registration at 5:00 pm

Where: HLC Auditorium (1206 N Howard Spokane, WA 99201)

Cost: $10 – Payable at the door; additional $10 if you would like CEUs

D.E.A.F (Deaf Education Advocates Foundation) is selling raffle tickets for you to win a beautiful handmade queen size quilt.  Proceeds support the WSD Special Olympics & Deaf Academic Bowl programs.   * This quilt won first place in the “Large Quilt” category in the 2011 Northwest Quilting Expo!*

WHERE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT REPRESENT THEM MEET WITH LEGISLATORS TO DISCUSS ISSUES CRITICAL TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

Wednesday January 18th 530 pm – 730 pm

Developmental Disabilities Council Legislative Reception

Olympia @ Legislative Building, Columbia Room 1st Floor

http://www.ddc.wa.gov/Publications/111019_2011_Leg_Activities.pdf

 Educational Opportunties

The Commission has established the due dates for comments and reply comments on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the development and deployment of Next Generation 911 (NG911) services.

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DSHS Secretary Dreyfus will hold Town Hall Meetings across the state to discuss budget reduction options

You are invited to an open meeting for sign language interpreters to discuss changes in interpreter services for Medicaid clients that takes effect September 1.  The goal of the meeting will be to share our collective understanding of the changes and discuss options for individual and community activism on this topic. 

Please see attachment for details. 

Drop, Cove and Hold Drill will be held on Sept 21^st at 10:15 am.

Tsunami Communications Drill will be held on Sept 21^st at 10:15 am.

For those interpreters who work at University of Washington Medical Center, they have put together a breif, three-page orientation that is to be read and responded to. WIth this new orientation, the UWMC requiring all interpreters to read and respond to a four-question quiz before allowing any interpreter to work at any of their sites. Read further for more details from Ginevra and links to the orientation...

Discussion regarding the HCA contract as it affects ASL interpreters...

RID Health Insurance Survey closes on August 31st.

Read further for more information on how to particiapte. 

Read further to learn what changes are happening within the interpreting community.