American Sign Language Interpreter Network News

Washington State Deaf-Blind Citizens General Meeting

John Paul Cyr — Fri, 30 Mar 12 14:39:21 -0700

WASHINGTON STATE DEAF-BLIND CITIZENS

GENERAL MEETING

When: Saturday, April 28th, 2012

Where: Hearing, Speech & DeafnessCenter (HSDC)

1625 19^th Avenue

Seattle, WA 98122

9:00 to 9:45 AM: Come early and visit with WSDBC friends.

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM: General Meeting

(12 noon – 1:00 PM: Lunch)

WSDBC members need interpreters? Interpreters want to help with interpreting? Please email the Interpreter Coordinating Team at:

Do you want SSP for lunchtime? Senior citizens need rides? Contact Debbie Sommer at: 206-324-9009 TTY; or send email. On subject line type: GM SSP, or GM Ride. Email address:

Deadline to request interpreters, SSPs and/or Rides: Saturday, April 15th.

Please no perfume or after shave lotion for a fragrance-free environment. Many thanks! Smile.

Two Plays by ADWAS

John Paul Cyr — Fri, 30 Mar 12 14:34:10 -0700

Attached is the flyer for the SA Awareness month play by ADWAS.

Please come! And, please pass it on! Info below and also attached.

Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services presents

A Sexual Assault Awareness Month play:

“Waiting for Rosalie”

Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services presents

A Sexual Assault Awareness Month play:

“A play in One Act”

Directed by: Dawn Stoyanoff

Written by: Elena Hartwell with ADWAS

Two Performances:

Friday, April 20th, 2012: 7pm

Saturday, April 21st, 2012: 7pm

Rainier Valley Cultural Center

3515 S. Alaska St.

Seattle, WA 98059

RSVP required for Deaf-Blind interpreting requests by

Monday, April 9th. RSVP to

www.adwas.org

FREE ADMISSION

Sponsored by the Washington State Office of Crime Victims Advocacy (OCVA);

Grant #: 12-31110-101 to educate Deaf Community about sexual violence. Parental discretion is advised.

Dov Wills

Therapist

Abused Deaf Womens' Advocacy Service

Inmate Manipulation, Interpreting For Deaf Offenders

John Paul Cyr — Fri, 30 Mar 12 14:23:11 -0700

Inmate Manipulation, Interpreting For Deaf Offenders

by Holly Delcambre, MA ABS

Saturday, April 21, 2012 9am-12noon

In the Edmonds-Woodway High School D200 flex area

This workshop focuses on aspects of interpreting in the jail/prison environment as well as in community corrections (probation). The primary mission of correctional services is to insure public safety. It goes without saying that interpreters are expected to maintain the highest standard of personal and professional conduct. Manipulation is a major issue in corrections. It is a process which, over time, causes one person to be “backed into a corner” by another.

As interpreters, we need to understand manipulation and the challenges of working with the inmate population before accepting such assignments. This workshop will help participants understand expectations in this setting, how to recognize the early warning signs of inmate manipulation and how to prevent it.

$35 for the workshop + additional $10 for CEU’s (.3)

Checks for the workshop should be made out to ESD

7600 212th St SW

Edmonds, WA 98026

Checks for the CEU’s should be made out to ASLIN

Or pay cash at the door

-FLIER-

Contact Kim Prime

Email:

425-431-6273

Performance: "This Is Your Crisis!"

John Paul Cyr — Fri, 30 Mar 12 14:14:59 -0700

I have fabulous news about our production of Ladies and Gentlemen, This
Is Your Crisis!

We have found a location! We will open on June 29th, 7:30 pm at the
Ethnic Cultural Theater at the UW. And Kate Wilhelm, the author of the
story that the play is based on, is planning on attending.

So, mark your calendars, and in the meantime, check out our next
Psychlotron, Tuesday, April 10th at 6 pm in the Fireside Room of the
Sorrento Hotel. Richard Ladner, professor of computer science and
engineering at the UW and Timea Tihanyi, sculptor and mixed media artist
(also from the UW) will each speak briefly about whatever interests
them. We then get to smash their ideas together and see what happens.

Hope to see you there.

Catherine

Catherine Kettrick, PhD
Managing Director,
Infinity Box Theatre Project
www.infinitybox.org 206.522.3584

-FLIER-

Tsunami Evacuation App

John Paul Cyr — Fri, 30 Mar 12 14:11:17 -0700

It was sent by Seattle Office of Emergency Management and Seattle Human Services Department.

Good information on Pacific Northwest Tsunami Evacuation Zones website. You can click on certain region (area) in Washington, Oregon and California.

Also you can get app downloaded to your I-Phone and Android phone.

Please share with others.

Donna Platt

Manager

Emergency Education Program

(formerly WashingtonState 9-1-1/TTY Education Program)
Hearing, Speech & DeafnessCenter (HSDC)

03/20 Tsunami evacuation app

http://www.king5.com/news/technology/Tsunami-evacuation-app-helps-you-escape-danger-143516516.html

SEATTLE – A new website and smartphone app can let you know where to evacuate if a tsunami is bearing down on the Washington or Oregon coasts. The Tsunami Evacuation NW online portal and app lets you know if your home or school is located in a tsunami danger zone. The “places” feature can assist you in finding assembly areas, police and fire departments and hospitals. You can also see if any of them are in the danger zone or in an evacuation area. Tuesday's introduction of the app was timely. It sent out an alert about the 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Mexico and that there was no tsunami danger for the Washington or Oregon coasts associated with it. The map was developed by the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems (NANOOS).

You can find it online at: http://nvs.nanoos.org/tsunami

It’s also available for download on the iPhone and on Android phones.

Tools for Mentoring

John Paul Cyr — Fri, 30 Mar 12 14:08:22 -0700

When: Saturday, May 12th 10-4
What: Tools for Mentoring Workshop
Instructor: Bruce Riley
Where: Lynnwood
CEUs: .5

Please check out the description below and keep an eye on your inbox for registration information! If you have any questions you can contact the PDC West at .

Tuning up the Engine: Tools for Mentors Working With Students, Mentees and Peers

The questions I am asked most often as an Interpreter Educator are, “How do I fix it?”, “Can you suggest activities to help me?”, and “Where do I even start?” This workshop teaches an advanced approach to mentoring using a model based on intensive diagnostics training from Gallaudet University. Attendees will learn diagnostics, multiple activities to resolve problems in any area of an interpretation, and a variety of strategies to support improvement. If you are ready to step beyond the “How did you feel…” questions and into something more tangible to aid and support student/mentee/peer learning then this workshop is for you.

2012 Spokane Braille Rally

John Paul Cyr — Fri, 30 Mar 12 14:05:33 -0700

Save the Date for the Second Annual
Spokane Braille Rally!

Lighthouse President and CEO Kirk Adams gets ready to navigate
in last year's braille rally in Spokane

Save the Date for Saturday, June 9th for the 2012 Spokane Braille Rally to benefit Inland Northwest Lighthouse (INL).

The Rally will kick-off at 9:00 am at INL at 6405 N. Addison Street in Spokane. Details are still being confirmed, but the day will include the Braille Rally Car Show, food & entertainment, and an awards ceremony for the rally winners.

What's a Braille Rally? It's a contest in which cars leave a starting point at a recorded time, and travel a designated route to a finish point. Each rally team consists of a sighted driver and a "navigator" who is blind or visually impaired. The navigator reads the route directions and clues which are written in braille. The event tests the braille literacy of the navigator, since the driver can only follow the directions provided by the navigator. The route begins and ends at INL, with designated checkpoints along the way. Points are awarded based on the time it takes the team to get to each checkpoint. The team that completes the course with the most points wins!

For more information on how you can participate, please visit www.SpokaneBrailleRally.com

If you are unable to participate in the rally, but would like to support the event, DonateNow

2501 S Plum St | Seattle, WA 98144-4711 US

Ready, Set, Design!

John Paul Cyr — Fri, 30 Mar 12 13:59:25 -0700

Ready, Set, Design!
Announcing RID's First Ever T-Shirt Design Contest

RID is pleased to announce our first ever T-shirt design contest! Use your creativity to contribute to the new RID CaféPress Gift Shop. The contest will run from March 1 through April 30. The winner will be announced May 15.

We are excited to see what you, the pulse of RID, will create to showcase who RID is as an organization and who we strive to become. While there is no tagline or phrase that needs to be included as part of the design, we encourage entries to portray a theme of “Interpreter Pride” which is also representative of RID’s Mission, Philosophy, Goal and Diversity Statements (found at http://www.rid.org/aboutRID/mission/index.cfm).

For complete contest details and rules, please see below.

Contest Guidelines
All entrants must submit designs that adhere to the following:

No copyrighted images may be used. If photos or original artwork is involved, RID will need written permission by the image owner to reproduce the design for the purposes of resale.

The winning design will become the sole property of RID to be used in all media in perpetuity, at RID’s discretion.

Designs should be submitted at high resolution (300 DPI for a 10’’x10’’ space on the T-shirt front) as either an EPS or PNG file. Designs can be either CMYK or RGB.

Artwork is being accepted for the front of the T-shirt only.

Please specify if designs are to be placed on a white or color shirt. Color options include, black, violet, Caribbean blue, red, brown, pomegranate, Kelly green, orange, gray and aqua. Please make sure your design complements your choice of shirt color. Minor adjustments may be made to designs in order to accommodate design guidelines for printing on a dark shirt.

Submissions may be e-mailed to Devon La May, RID Communications Specialist at or mailed on disc to Devon’s attention at the RID National Office, 333 Commerce St., Alexandria, VA 22314.

Your design will be judged on creativity, relevancy to the field and its effectiveness in drawing interest to RID and our mission. Designs will be judged by a panel RID leaders and volunteers in a double-blind system to ensure fairness. This means that during the selection process designer names will not be revealed with their submissions.

RID members, specifically, are encouraged to participate but all with ties to the interpreting field and Deaf community are welcome.

No one person may submit more than two designs to the contest.

All inquiries regarding the contest can be directed to
Devon La May, Communications Specialist
for RID at .

The Fine Print
The selection of the contest winner is the sole decision of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) and its appointed judges. Each entrant consents to allowing RID to publicize his or her name in VIEWS as part of participant recognition. Winning designs become the sole property of RID, and RID reserves the exclusive right to sell apparel featuring designs royalty-free. You agree that your submission may be posted on RID’s Web site and that RID reserves the right to reject any outside usage if that usage is deemed to pose a material or reputational harm to RID. By entering submissions, entrants certify that their design does not violate copyright, trademark or other rights held by third-parties.

THE GRAND PRIZE

In addition to bragging rights, the grand prize winner(s) will receive:

One (1) complimentary registration to the 2013 RID National Conference in Indianapolis, IN, August 9-14, 2013
$200 of RID store credit
$75 Visa Gift Card
Apparel featuring the artist’s winning design
RID Gift Package
Special recognition in the summer 2012 issue of VIEWS

Prizes may also be awarded to other outstanding submissions. All participants will receive a special token of appreciation for participating.

Seattle Emergency Management

John Paul Cyr — Fri, 30 Mar 12 13:55:28 -0700

The Monthly Connection

March 2012

Disaster ready...prepared people,
resilient community

March Tip of the Month: Sunday, March 11 marks the one-year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. The Seattle Japan Relief Coalition and the Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle are hosting a special commemorative event, “A Day of Remembrance, A Day of Preparedness, A Day of Rebuilding” at the Seattle Center, Fisher Pavilion, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Highlights of the day include:

10:00 am – Opening Ceremony
Noon-2 pm – Special Screening, documentary film, “Gambappe Hula Girls!”
2:00 pm – Memorial Ceremony at the Kobe Bell* to honor all victims
2:46 pm – Moment of Silence, corresponding to time of the disaster on March 11, 2011

*Located north of the International Fountain. The Kobe Bell is a gift from Seattle’s oldest sister city, Kobe. Given in 1962 in honor of the World’s Fair, the Kobe Bell has also been a gathering place for Seattleites to remember the Kobe (Great Hanshin-Awaji) Earthquake of 1995 for the past 17 years. During Sunday’s ceremony, the public will be invited to ring the Kobe Bell.

Throughout the day, exhibitors and presenters will provide updates on response efforts in Japan, stories from volunteers, a special photography exhibit, children’s messages of hope from Tohoku and preparedness education for youth, home and business.

Seattle OEM staff and volunteers from the Home Retrofit Program, Emergency Communication Hubs, and Seattle Auxiliary Communications Services are all actively participating in this special event.

Other News to Know: Seattle OEM is proud to roll out our Annual Report for 2011! This is the first year we have produced a report of this type.

Update to Seattle Disaster Plan – Your Input Still Welcome (and Needed!): Seattle OEM is asking for the community’s help in the ongoing update of our Seattle Disaster Readiness and Response Plan. We have hosted two community meetings and are excited about the feedback we have received. If you are a member of a group that would like to discuss planning for emergencies, or would like more information about the plan, please email us at: .

Calendar Announcements:
Skills Training – Fire Extinguisher Use & Utility Control – space still available on Saturday, March 3 from 12:00-2:00 p.m. Learn how and when to control natural gas, water and electricity after a disaster and practice using a portable fire extinguisher. Free, pre-register at: or call 206-233-5076.

SNAP Classes – March:
Northeast Branch Library – New Location for 2012!

6801 35^th Ave NE

, 98115
Saturday, March 3, 2012
10:30 a.m. – Noon

Loyal HeightsCommunity Center – Neighborhood Meeting – open to all!

2101 NW 77th Street

, 98117
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
6:30 – 8 p.m.

Montlake Branch Library

2401 24^th Ave E

, 98112
Monday, March 12, 2012
6:30 – 7:45 p.m.

Rainier Beach Branch Library

9125 Rainier Ave S

, 98118
Thursday, March 15, 2012
6:30 – 7:45 p.m.

For more, go to: 2012 SNAP classes.

If you have a tip or item to share, please send it our way and you may see it in an upcoming issue: e-mail: .

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WSRID Professional Development

John Paul Cyr — Fri, 30 Mar 12 13:51:53 -0700

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Bellingham, WA ~ April 7th ~ "The voice: Enhancing the Interpreter's Tool" presented by Dave Morrison and Dawn McKenna Questions: Contact DMsquared at See flier for details