MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH! Archives

Last Post for March – Digest Post

Mar 31, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentUncategorized#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Digest Posts, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Marsha Graham, New York Times, Paul Heroux, Symposium

By BitcoDavid Our month long birthday celebration draws to a close. It’s been a phenomenal month for DeafInPrison.com – and for me, personally. As well as attending the stellar, Symposium for the Deaf and the Justice System, I gave birth to BitcoDavid’s BoxingBlog, attended a reunion show by one of the bands I used to

Reminder: April 1st Deadline

Mar 30, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentEvents#JusticeForFelix, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Lipreading Mom, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Shanna Groves, Video

By BitcoDavid We interrupt the coverage of the Symposium, to remind you that April 1st is the deadline for entries into Shanna Groves’ #StopHearingLossBullying Campaign Video. Click the link above, for details. She’s looking to put 10 people into a video about hearing loss bullying. You could be more famous than the Leave Britney Alone

Marsha Graham Part 2

Mar 29, 2013deafinprisonorg14 CommentsEvents#JusticeForFelix, AnotherBoomerBlog, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Felix Garcia Case, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Marsha Graham, Pat Bliss, Video

By BitcoDavid I strongly suggest you watch these two videos. Ms. Graham’s personal story is fascinating, and her insight into the Deaf Community and law enforcement is both informed and entertaining. — BD [OK. It looks to be good now. I went back to the original mpeg, re-edited it and re-rendered it.] [wpvideo fRwVo4Qo] BitcoDavid

Marsha Graham’s Presentation Part 1

Mar 29, 2013deafinprisonorg11 CommentsEvents#JusticeForFelix, AnotherBoomerBlog, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Felix Garcia Case, Lashonn White, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Marsha Graham, Video

By BitcoDavid [wpvideo 0e7Xpja7] 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 obesity and

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.

First Video Installment – Brookline PD

Mar 28, 2013deafinprisonorg11 CommentsUncategorized#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Brookline Police, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Events, H.E.A.R.D., MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Police, Video

By BitcoDavid In order to maintain some continuity, I opted to make the first available video installment, the 1st section of the presentation by the Brookline Police, so as to fit in with the previous post. The video isn’t captioned, but there is a live interpreter in frame. If you need more help understanding it,

Symposium on the Deaf and the Justice System – Part 1

Mar 28, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsEvents#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Brookline Police, Community Emergency Response Team, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Police, Racial Profiling

By BitcoDavid It’s going to take me several days to relay the vast amount of information that was shared at yesterday’s symposium, so please be patient while I get it all assimilated and posted. Essentially, we have a total of about 5 hours of video – between two sources, a half dozen different PowerPoint files

2nd Update

Mar 27, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsNews#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Bridgewater State University, Deaf in Prison, DeafIInPrison.com, Huffington Post, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Mental health, Paul Heroux, Public speaking

By BitcoDavid My gratitude to the Bridgewater State University Career Services Department, for making a workstation available for me to post from. They didn’t have to do this, and I’m grateful. Paul Heroux, Ma. State Jr. Representative came by as a guest speaker. He has a Deaf friend who taught him Sign, and he used

Live Coverage of Bridgewater Event

Mar 27, 2013deafinprisonorg25 CommentsNews#JusticeForFelix, American Sign Language, Americans with Disabilities Act, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Events, H.E.A.R.D., James Ridgeway, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!

By BitcoDavid This is an initial post. Video and in-depth coverage to follow. But, I wanted to get a chance to just give you a quick update – from the field. By eye, it looks to be a crowd of about 100 – 150 people. there are a few hearies, of which I think I’m

H.P. Lovecraft Couldn’t Make This Up

Mar 26, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentInmate Letters#JusticeForFelix, Deaf in Prison, Deaf Inmates, DeafInPrison.com, H. P. Lovecraft, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Pat Bliss, Rat, Solitary Confinement, U.S. Prisons

By Pat Bliss this is an excerpt from a 26 page letter that I received from a Deaf inmate. It was his story about going to medical, that I last posted. He is in solitary confinement now, for trying to help another inmate. Rather than going into all the details of that, I felt I