Please mobilize the Deaf Maine Community to make their presence at all the University of Maine and their hometown for the celebration of "International Sign Language Day" or "ASL Now!" on Friday, September 28th, 2007. Urge Deaf Maine individuals to wear the black shirt in support of "ASL" and "Deaf Culture" in response to Michael Dabrieo's ignorant article on Deaf People's Refusal to Reason from the Maine Campus newspaper! Okay? We need to flex our political and social muscles within our Deaf Community to eradicate such ignorance about deaf people in general. If we do not respond at all. We will dearly pay the price for letting the hearing world to be absorbed with pathological view of deaf people on continuous basis.
You may email several deaf individuals affiliated with the Deaf Maine organizations -
James Brown, President of Bangor Deaf Club
President of Maine Association of the Deaf
brownjf@verizon.net
Lois Morin, Secretary of Maine Alumni Association of the Deaf
1gmorin@pivot.net
June Carrier, President of Maine Deaf Senior Citizens
20 Liza Harmon Drive, Apt. 10
Westbrook, ME 04092
#854-8836 TTY
Abby Bouchard, Secretary of Maine Recreation Association of the Deaf
4 Winding Way
Standing, ME 04084
#642-6718 (V)
#70.33.182.168 (D-Link/VP)
abbyheart2004@yahoo.com
Glenn Pelletier, President of Maine Deaf Biker
Richard Morlock, Vice President
Larissa Kothenbeutal. Secretary
mainedeafbiker@yahoo.com
WEAR BLACK SHIRT FOR CELEBRATING THE "INTERNATIONAL SIGN LANGUAGE DAY/ASL DAY" ON FRIDAY, SEPT. 28TH AT ALL UNIVERSITY OF MAINE CAMPUSES AND MAINE HOMETOWN.
Please urge all the officials of deaf Maine organizations to send in formal retribution to criticize Michael Dabrieo's Soapbox column in the Maine Campus student newspaper based on societal mysfonication.
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog
Thursday, September 20, 2007
What Will You Make Out of Hearing Campus Article Blasting Deaf People's Inability to Reason on CI issue?
Some of you probably did not see the recent Deaf Times enclosed article thru Phil Moos' Deaf L-News. CLICK HERE to read Michael Dabrieo's article.
What will you make out of Michael Dabrieo's illogical article about Deaf People's Refusal to Reason on Cochlear Implant Surgery on Deaf Youngsters? You need to know some facts about the influential Michael Dabrieo on University of Maine student body population and city of Bangor.
Michael Dabrieo, University of Maine senior student and journalism major, ever in the Honor College program, wrote the Soapbox article blasting Deaf People for their refusal to be reasonate with the cochlear implant surgery on deaf babies. See the attached link via article below.
The Maine Campus newspaper is affilated with other seven universities in the state of Maine from University of Maine, Bangor, Augusta, Farmington ,Fort Kent, Machias, Presque Isle and Univeristy of Southern Maine and Maine Law School. The Maine Campus newspaper have been regularly picked up by 50 college newspapers for article re-publications.
Dabrieo is the student Journalist of the Year 2007 receptient at the upcoming awards. Dabrieo is also a popular student newspaper columnist and athlete within the men's cross-country and track team. You may see his photo at http://goblackbears.cstv.com/sports/m-xc/mtt/dabrieo_michael00.html He will graduate in December 2007.
Please send in your online opinion to the Letter of Editor for the "Maine Campus" student newspaper at this email address -
in civilized way with your logical agruments. We need to appear as pragmatic and self-sufficient individuals to defy the growing dismissal of our legitimate concerns for deaf babies and the existence of deaf people.
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog
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