Post-Gallaudet University Homecoming Deaf Get-Together Event

There will be the Post-Gallaudet University Homecoming DEAF Get-Together Event this Saturday, October 18th at the Nellie's Sports Bar in Northwest Washington, DC, 6pm to 1am.

Here is the street address -

Nellie's Sports Bar
900 U Street, NW
Washington, DC

http://www.nelliessportsbar.com/


HUGE ROOFTOP FOR PERFECT BREEZY DEAF CONVERSATIONS!


BRIGHT INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT WITH MANY BAY WINDOWS!


8 HDTV TV SETS FOR PERFECT SPORTS VIEWINGS!


PLENTY OF GREAT RESTAURANTS WITHIN U STREET AREA!


DINE-IN AVAILABILITY!


FRIENDLY BAR STAFF AND BAR PATRONS!


PLENTY OF STREET PARKING SPACES WITHIN VERMONT AVE AND

SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD AREA!


EXTREMELY SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD AREA!


ONE BLOCK FROM U STREET/AFRICAN AMERICAN MEMORIAL AND CARADOZ
METRORAIL (SUBWAY) STATION TO NELLIE'S BRAND-NEW SPORTS BAR


EASY METROBUS ACCESS FROM GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS
STRAIGHT DIRECTLY TO NELLIE'S - METROBUSES 90'S, #90, #92 AND #94


FOR MORE INFO ABOUT WMATA METRORAIL AND BUS ROUTES HOW TO GET THERE FROM GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY AND OTHER DC AREA- http://www.wmata.com/

WALKING DISTANCE TO BRAND-NEW NIGHTCLUB ONE AND HALF BLOCK AWAY WITH SPECIAL OFFER FROM THIS DEAF EVENT HOSTING - http://www.towndc.com/

MANY CULTURAL EVENTS ON U STREET - LINCOLN THEATRE

FOR MORE NEIGHBORHOOD INFO -

The U Street Corridor Cool Again!- article from NY Times newspaper

http://travel.nytimes.com/ type U Street and DC on NY Times search

http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/ and click on U Street header

http://www.ustreet.info/

http://www.washingtonpost/wp-srventertainment/virtualtour/ustreet/

http://www.rawdc.org/dc/ustreet.html

ASlize yours,

Robert L. Mason (RLM)

Is the Time For NAD To Offer Free Membership?

Is the time for the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) to offer the basic free membership for the purpose of statistical numbers to show our political muscle to the elected officeholders and corporations and donors?

What do you really think of this one?

ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog

NAD's Disastrous Protest V. NFB protest

Many of us already knew about the NAD's disastrous protest against the "Tropic Thunder" film last summer 2008. NAD doesn't protest soley against "Tropic Thunder" for endless mockery against disabled people in general. NAD went along with other disabled groups' protest against that film.

What about you think about the National Federation of the Blind's latest protest against the new release film, "Blindness" with the star-studded casts all over from the world? This film is based on the novel with same title about the mystery global epidemic turned normal-sighted people instantly into blind people. That seems very interesting concept of probable occurence in the future of the humankind within the film.

Here is the link to the Yahoo News about the ongoing National Federation of the Blind nationwide protests against the "Blindness" film. You could see the National Federation of the Blind's speech text blasted the producers and director of "Blindness' for portraying blind people as some kind of depraved and filthy kinds. What do you really think about this film and ongoing protest by the National Federation of the Blind?

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/blindness_blog.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindness_(film)

http://www.blindness-themovie.com/

http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Default.asp

That would be real nice if we, deaf people finally bring our everlasting deaf folklore to the life on the silver screen like "Eyeth". Don't you agree?

ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog

How Come the NAD Didn't Televise BB's 80th Birthday Bash and "ASL Idol"?

How come didn't the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) televise the special events like Bernard Bragg's 80th Birthday Bash and "ASL Idol" from the NAD Conference 2008 via webcasts?

That would be an excellent opportunity for the National Association of the Deaf to do the nationwide membership recruitment tools and exposure for showing its own prestige and presence to the Deaf America and the rest of the deaf communities around the world.

NAD really could done like contracting out the television producer and television crew to televise the lifetime opportunity of Bernard Bragg's 80th Birthday Bash and other NAD events appealing to the deaf and hearing television viewers.

We did not have any chance of seeing our deaf fellows in the "ASL Idol" contests within the NAD Conference 2008 to recruit more deaf individuals to be the NAD members and build the sense of unity among the Deaf America and the global deaf communities.

In reality, the NAD do not have its own media department for filming NAD speeches at various places, ex. in support of rallies and protests. The NAD members did propose for the creation of the NAD's TV branch at the past NAD conventions/conferences and turned down the proposal every time.

The televised NAD events would garner a lot of $$$ for the National Association of the Deaf thru the webcasts like $10 to $20 per viewing and build up the membership base at same time.

Many deaf Americans and other deaf fellows would love to watch the deaf people roast Bernard Bragg thru humorous recantments few days later after the official event take the place at the Gallaudet Kellogg Conference Center.

Dunno know if the Gallaudet University already filmed Bernard Bragg's 80th Birthday Bash for its own campus television viewings or not. The Gallaudet Campus television facility is not widely available for the general television viewings thru satellite television uses.

Not everybody deaf able to come down to Gallaudet University's main campus in Washington, DC or similar event in Los Angeles for the fundraising venue of Deaf West Theatre in very same weekend.

ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog