Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Update on tonight's meeting regarding our march

Tonight, we had a meeting that took place at the Memorial City mall. It consisted of many participants who previously were not informed in details on why we are having a march. The meeting went productive since a lot of us expressed our opinions/suggestions/ideas and “debated” over whether we should keep our march on an original date (June 16) or reschedule it to another date.

The main points about the meeting were that some participants expressed concerns about not having much time for a preparation if we plan our march on June 16 while others stated that our action against the city for our rights has been long overdue. Also, many of us shared experiences with communication barriers we approached in a variety of local public settings or services such as HPD, municipal courts, and Dial 311. Lack of accessible to Dial 211 was also addressed.

In conclusion, we decided to keep the march on June 16, but we agreed to have one more meeting, which is scheduled on Monday, June 15 at 6:30pm (location - TBA) to ensure everything is well covered and prepared toward our purpose of this cause. Also, we aim to reactivate or create a local advocate organization for the deaf and hard of hearing afterwards to have an ongoing cause in order to ensure the city‘s compliance with ADA or other laws toward deaf and hard of hearing citizens.

For our next meeting on Monday evening, June 15, we will discuss who will be our spokesperson for the march especially for the city hall meeting, and a final preparation for our march . Everyone is encouraged to attend. Each of us and you all are encouraged to bring to the meeting on Monday evening as follows:

at least one white cardboard (size 22” X 28”),
several markers (black, red, or blue ink is preferred, but if you prefer other colors, that is fine),
at least one wood stick (wood sticks must be ¼ inch thick, according to the city’s rules for the march). These are for making signs/posters.

We also suggest a blue shirt to wear for our march in order to be recognized as a group of marchers for our own cause (can be light blue, royal blue, or navy blue).

If you have any questions regarding our march, please email at HouDeafRights@aol.com.

Note: details on why we are having a march is posted as below.

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