[Nfbk] FW: KCDHH celebrates Deaf History Month

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A nice tribute to former CAP Director and SRC member, Gerry Gordon Brown.
(link to pictures at the bottom of the article.)

From: Kentucky Education & Workforce Development Cabinet
[mailto:kyewdc at subscriptions.kentucky.gov] 
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 12:07 PM
To: Wright, Jennifer (OFB-FK)
Subject: KCDHH celebrates Deaf History Month

commonwealth of kentucky

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Education & Workforce Development Cabinet 

Matthew G. Bevin, Governor

Hal Heiner, Secretary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: 
Virginia L. Moore (502) 573-2604 

EDITOR'S NOTE: Photos of Gordon-Brown and Noland attached.

KCDHH celebrates Deaf History Month

Celebration is March 13 - April 15

FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 10, 2017) - The Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing (KCDHH) urges everyone to celebrate National Deaf History
Month, March 13 - April 15, by recognizing deaf champions and increasing
awareness of the deaf community's rich history.

One of Kentucky's champions, Gerry Gordon-Brown, a black woman with a
profound hearing loss, was a student at Kentucky State College at the time
of Dr. Martin Luther King's 1964 visit. She was one of several thousand who
marched in support of civil rights in the state. That day helped springboard
Brown into a life of advocacy for minorities, including people with
disabilities. For her dedication to the mission of promoting equal rights,
Brown was inducted into the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights in 2007. She
presently serves as a commissioner with the KCDHH.

"We're proud to have leaders like Gerry Gordon-Brown in our state, working
tirelessly in support of the Americans with Disabilities Act and civil
rights, and we are equally proud of all individuals who have helped advance
the cause of equal rights for the deaf and hard of hearing," said Virginia
L. Moore, KCDHH executive director. "KCDHH encourages all Kentuckians to
reach out to their communities and learn more about people like Gerry who
are leaders in the deaf and hard of hearing community."

KCDHH celebrates its own champion in Blake Noland, the agency's information
coordinator. As a deaf young man who was mainstreamed in Jefferson County
Public Schools, Noland attended his first DeaFestival as a middle school
student and was able to discover his own identity as a deaf American Sign
Language (ASL) user. He went on to carve out his own goals, graduating from
Gallaudet University and becoming an employee of KCDHH. 

Deaf History Month spotlights the following three iconic events in the deaf
and hard-of-hearing community that happened from March 15 - April 15: 

*	March 13, 1988: victory of the Deaf President Now movement when
students at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the nation's only
liberal arts college for deaf students, staged a protest demanding a deaf
president for the university; 
*	April 8, 1864: signing of the Gallaudet University charter by
President Abraham Lincoln; and 
*	April 15, 1817: establishment of American School for the Deaf in
Hartford, Connecticut, as the first permanent public school for the deaf.

Each of these events represents significant advancements for deaf and
hard-of-hearing people in the United States. The establishment of the
American School for the Deaf was the beginning of a long, proud tradition of
schools for the deaf in this country, which continues to this day. 

For more information on deaf culture and history, visit the KCDHH website,
www.kcdhh.org.

The Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, an agency of the
Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, acts as an advocate
for deaf and hard of hearing persons on legislative issues as well as a
consultant to the Governor, General Assembly, and various state and local
governmental agencies concerning policies and programs that pertain to
people with hearing loss. KCDHH also serves the nearly 700,000 Kentuckians
who have a hearing loss and provides information, referral and advocacy
services and produces the biennial DeaFestival-Kentucky. Visit the KCDHH
website, www.kcdhh.ky.gov, or like KCDHH on Facebook.

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