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I Meet McCay Vernon

Oct 1, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsOp-Ed#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Gallaudet University, Joanne Greenberg, McCay Vernon

By Joanne Greenberg About 40 years ago, a man called me up on the telephone. “I read your book, In This Sign, and I think you would be the one to work on a film I have in mind.” I was annoyed. “I’ve never written a script,” I said. He went on. “I have a

September at DeafInPrison.com

Oct 1, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsEmbeded Files#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, H.E.A.R.D., JeanFAndrews, Joanne Greenberg, Pat Bliss

By BitcoDavid [scribd id=172488527 key=key-2o4x03deklv59z8v2ygs mode=scroll] BitcoDavid is a blogger and a blog site consultant. In former lives, he was an audio engineer, a videographer, a teacher – even a cab driver. He is an avid health and fitness enthusiast and a Pro/Am boxer. He has spent years working with diet and exercise to combat

Celebrating McCay Vernon and Visiting Felix

Sep 25, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsDeaf Awareness Week, Felix Garcia Case#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, James Ridgeway, Joanne Greenberg, Mother Jones, Pat Bliss

By Pat Bliss It was a quick weekend for me but I felt a need to attend the celebration of the life of Dr. McCay Vernon on September 22nd and I was glad I did. It was well attended with many, many of his former students who are themselves, college professors. For the first time, I felt like

A Friend Whom Felix Never Met

Sep 4, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsFelix Garcia Case#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Joanne Greenberg, McCay Vernon, Mother Jones (magazine), Pat Bliss

By Pat Bliss This friendship goes back a long time starting with a letter written in Felix’s behalf in 1996, asking help for a deaf innocent man in prison at that time 15 years. Dr. McCay Vernon replied to Felix on November 24, 1996. McCay immediately took some action by sending a copy of the letter to the Editor in Chief of Silent News, Mrs.

More on the Passing of Dr. McCay Vernon

Aug 30, 2013deafinprisonorg4 CommentsAdministrative Information#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Jean F. Andrews, Joanne Greenberg, McCay Vernon, Pat Bliss

By BitcoDavid Three posts today. I would have done them as a digest post, but I think they each bear too much weight to handle that way. As I mentioned a couple of days ago, the man whom we should probably start referring to as our Founder, Dr. McCay Vernon, passed away on Wednesday. Here’s

Dr. McCay Vernon Passes Away

Aug 28, 2013deafinprisonorg10 CommentsAdministrative Information, News#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Felix Garcia Case, Joanne Greenberg, McCay Vernon, Pat Bliss

By BitcoDavid From our Author’s page: McCay Vernon is the inspiration behind DeafInPrison.com. Upon learning of Felix Garcia’s plight in Florida, Vernon contacted Joanne Greenberg about writing a book regarding the struggles of Deaf inmates. Ms. Greenberg liked the idea, but thought a Blog site may be a more effective method of reaching an audience.

The Half Message

May 13, 2013deafinprisonorg2 CommentsEditorials#JusticeForFelix, Body Language, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Hearing, Hearing impairment, Joanne Greenberg, Mental health, Prison

By Joanne Greenberg Many people who have been through strongly negative experiences will declare afterwards, that their sufferings gave meaning and richness to their lives. I’ve never heard these emotions expressed by people who have been in prison. Incarceration is an experience its designers made for the purpose of changing lives. Each country’s prison system

Marsha Graham’s Presentation at the Symposium

Mar 29, 2013deafinprisonorg10 CommentsEvents#JusticeForFelix, AnotherBoomerBlog, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Felix Garcia Case, Joanne Greenberg, Language interpretation, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Marsha Graham

By BitcoDavid Marsha Graham, from AnotherBoomerBlog, has been a great supporter and an even greater asset to us, here at DeafInPrison.com. In her presentation at the Internationl Symposium on the Deaf and the Justice System, she drew a comparison between the Deaf and the insular Native American cultures she has also worked with, in Alaska.

Book Review of Outcasts and Angels: The New Anthologogy of Deaf Characters in Literature by Edna Edith Sayers, Galluadet University Press (2012).

Mar 20, 2013deafinprisonorgBook Reviews#JusticeForFelix, Book Review, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, JeanFAndrews, Joanne Greenberg, Lip-reading, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Short story, Sign language

By Jean F. Andrews CHOICE is a publication which reviews books for academic settings. This book appeared in the April 2013 issue of CHOICE. Outcasts and angels: the new anthology of deaf characters in literature, ed. by Edna Edith Sayers. Gallaudet, 2012. 361p bibl afp ISBN 9781563685392 pbk, $35.00; ISBN 9781563685408 e-book, $35.00 Fiction

Romancing the Wind

Feb 4, 2013deafinprisonorgVideo#JusticeForFelix, Deaf Artists, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, Deaf Seniors, DeafInPrison.com, February - Awesomest Month, Joanne Greenberg, Kite, Ray Bethell

By Joanne Greenberg Next time someone tells you to go fly a kite, show them this. Ray Bethell is in his 80s, and Deaf. A Canadian, Ray comes to the Washington State Kite Festival every year. He flies 3 kites. Two with his hands and one attached to his waist. The audience signals their applause