[nfbwatlk] Project at Jack Straw - blind youth interviewing community elders

[Nightingale, Noel]

From: MacKillop, Michael (DSB) [mailto:michael.mackillop at dsb.wa.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 5:04 PM
To: mjc59 at comcast.net; Cindy Van Winkle (cindy.vw at gmail.com); steve at fiksdal.com; Gaylen Floy; mike at mello.com; clb5590 at gmail.com; nnightingale at earthlink.net; Sue Ammeter; Miller, Danielle (danielle.miller at sos.wa.gov); Brannon, Julie (DSB)
Cc: Joan Rabinowitz (Joan at jackstraw.org); Durand, LouOma (DSB); Daniel
Subject: Project at Jack Straw - blind youth interviewing community elders

Hi all:
Joan Rabinowitz at Jack Straw Recording Studios is a long-time collaborator with the Department of Services for the Blind. Jack Straw recently was awarded a grant for a project where blind youth will interview elders in the blind community, and record the stories.

Jack Straw is hoping to identify interested blind youth who are articulate, curious and interested in conversation and learning about the history of the Blind Community in Washington.

They are also seeking to identify "elders" in the blind community who have stories to share, have a connection to the rich history of the community, and/or wisdom to impart.

Interested individuals can connect directly with Jack Straw Studios:
Daniel Guenther at email danielguenther1 at hotmail.com<mailto:danielguenther1 at hotmail.com>  or phone 206-634-0919. J

ack Straw are hoping to do some recording sessions this spring in the weekends, but seem very flexible to accommodate schedules.

Here is their brochure about the project:
Through the Light: Profiles in Blindness

Opportunity for blind and visually impaired youth to share their stories.
Jack Straw Cultural Center is this year's recipient of the newly created Washington Stories Fund, which supports projects that record and share with the broader community the little-known stories of people or groups whose contributions add to the cultural richness and health of Washington state communities.  Through the Light: Profiles in Blindness will provide opportunities for blind and visually impaired youth and adults to collect, record, and distribute their rarely heard stories to the broader public.

In this project, visually impaired youth will interview visually impaired adults about their professions, the hurdles they faced, and the successes they have achieved. Blind adults, in turn, will talk with youth about issues that concern them, including assumptions about blindness, and the resulting behaviors of blind and sighted people towards each other.  Project participants will also have opportunities to interact with the general public through a series of conversations at Seattle Public libraries.  Stories will be shared via a webpage with content recorded and produced during the project.

Jack Straw Cultural Center is currently seeking interested blind and visually impaired youth to participate in this project. If interested, please contact Daniel Guenther, engineer, at: danielguenther1 at hotmail.com<mailto:danielguenther1 at hotmail.com> or call Jack Straw Cultural Center at: 206-634-0919.

Thanks all, I am hoping you can broadcast this in your networks and generate some interest for this really awesome project.
Michael

Michael MacKillop
DSB Deputy Director
3411 S Alaska Street
Seattle, WA 98118
206-906-5520
michael.mackillop at dsb.wa.gov<mailto:michael.mackillop at dsb.wa.gov>
www.dsb.wa.gov<http://www.dsb.wa.gov/>


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