DCAD has formed several new committees including members of the 2019-2021 board and/or other volunteers. Please contact dcadorg@gmail.com or Direct Messaging via Facebook if interested in joining! – Open Captioning Committee – Office on Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Committee– Roundtable on Shaping the Future of Deaf People in Greater DC– ASL Trivia DC Organizing Committee– Website and DCAD membership committee […]
Approximately 35 members, as well as friends from Maryland Association of the Deaf and Virginia Association of the Deaf, attended our 2019-2021 board elections on May 7, 2019, in the dining room of Avalon First & M apartments in NoMa. We are grateful to Access Interpreting and Sign Language Interpreting USA for sponsoring the event, […]
Many Thanks to The Daily Moth for this wonderful video.
From Washington Post (Article Link), by Hannah Natanson Melody Stein grew up in restaurants. Not only did her parents own and operate a Chinese eatery in San Francisco, but the family — all of them foodies — also constantly went out to eat. Stein still remembers the excitement of sampling Japanese, Vietnamese and French food for the […]
DCAD is now on Instagram and Linkedin! Find us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn! DCAD Social Media Presence DCADeaf (Instagram) District of Columbia Association of the Deaf (LinkedIn) @DCADeaf (Twitter) DCADeaf (Facebook)
This has been a passion project of mine and was used for RIT final project & been shown at the RIT Honor Show screening! I was tasked to make a short documentary film and I decided to take on the topic of Deaf drag queen striving in the drag world. I am so pleased […]
Written by Matthew Sampson, a Deaf ANC Commissioner in Dupont Circle (more about his ANC position at here). DC is starting temporary fixes to dangerous Florida Avenue NE, next to Gallaudet University After years of community pressure, multiple deaths, and an emergency bill in the DC Council, DC is working to make Florida Avenue NE […]
July 4, 5-10pm, Meet & Greet BBQ at Graham’s Apt! July 7 at noon at Earth Treks Rockville: ASL Climbing Day July 8 at 7pm at Red Bear Brewing: ASL Trivia DC August 4 at noon at Earth Treks Crystal City: ASL Climbing Day August 12 at 7pm at Red Bear Brewing: ASL Trivia DC […]
Two of DC’s first Deaf neighborhood commissioners, Matthew Sampson representing Dupont Circle and Robb Dooling representing NoMa, had a whirlwind first half of 2019. In Dupont Circle, Sampson supported the creation of more housing near the Masonic Temple on 16th St NW and a future bike lane from Dupont circle to the national mall via […]
After continuous advocacy from DCAD, Brianne Burger, Erik Nordlof, and countless others, the DC Council reintroduced two bills benefitting the Deaf community in February 2019. The DC Council has until the end of the current council period in December 2020 to pass these bills, the Office on Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ODHH) Establishment Act […]
Happy summer, DCAD members! My name is Graham Forsey and I am thrilled to serve as the new president of DCAD for the 2019-2021 term with our board. I grew up in Newfoundland, Canada, graduating from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) with a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, and I have lived and worked […]