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John Lee Clark All Messages By This Member #1948 开云体育 DeafBlind Leadership NOW ? First Edition July 26, 2024 24 signatures as of 5 p.m. ? This is a special kind of petition, signed only by DeafBlind. If you identify as DeafBlind and would like your name added to the petition, please email jlc@... ? Hearing and sighted friends are encouraged to spread our call for signatures and public statements of support. Anyone wishing to speak directly to Helen Keller Services Board of Trustees can write to Larry Kinitsky, Chair, at lkinitsky@... ? A new, updated, and numbered edition of this petition will be circulated every day for eleven days as it gathers more and more names. Signatures are accepted until August 5, 2024, when the latest version will be sent to HKS Board of Trustees and the U.S. Department of Education. ? Feel free to forward, post on Facebook and via other social media, discuss our cause across all media, and initiate a variety of other actions. Thank you for your support! ? The Petition ? We, the undersigned members of various DeafBlind communities, are fed up with Helen Keller National Center continuing to be controlled by hearing and sighted people. HKNC’s mission is to serve DeafBlind, yet has always resisted DeafBlind representation and leadership. ? Helen Keller Services, HKNC’s distant parent entity, recently selected yet another hearing and sighted person to be HKNC’s next executive director. Qualified DeafBlind candidates, including the top finalist, were passed over. HKNC has never had a DeafBlind person hold the position. ? The current HKS Board of Trustees has only one DeafBlind representative. ? Qualified DeafBlind leaders had expressed interest in the director position or applied for it since at least 1956, when HKNC was known as the Anne Sullivan Macy Services federal pilot program. There have been protests before. In recent years, HKNC made unspoken but clear promises that a DeafBlind director would be hired “next time.” ? Enough is enough. It’s time. ? We make the following four demands: ? First, a DeafBlind person is appointed executive director of HKNC. ? Second, HKNC is separated from Helen Keller Services (for the Blind), so that HKNC becomes its own, autonomous entity. ? Third, HKNC’s newly created Board of Trustees is made up of 70 percent or more DeafBlind members. ? Fourth, HKS and all of its subsidiaries will not retaliate against any HKS or HKNC employee, family member, or student for any civil action related to the selection process or related issues. ? With this petition, we are also taking the opportunity to introduce ourselves a little, to demonstrate how diverse and talented we are. HKNC has no excuses. ? The HKS Board of Trustees has until August 9, 2024, to comply with our first demand and begin legally binding transition processes toward fulfilling the next two demands. Failure to do so will prompt the second stage of our movement. ? Signed, ? Tashi Bradford, Ph.D. candidate Radboud University ? Roberto Cabrera, M.S. Former Senior Vocational Rehabilation Counselor ? Fanny Chopot Product Owner Cybersecurity, France ? John Lee Clark, Ph.D. candidate Author of “Touch the Future: A Manifesto in Essays” ? Mindy Dill, M.A. Retired school counselor; former vice president, American Association of the DeafBlind ? Marsha Drenth, C.V.R.T., C.A.T.I.S. and T.V.I. in process Access Technology Instructor; Social Worker; student, Salus-Drexel University ? Jackie Engler-Morris Interpreting and Professional Services Manager, DeafBlind Service Center ? Sarah Goodwin, M.S. Adjunct Instructor; board member, DeafBlind Community of Texas; former treasurer, American Association of the DeafBlind ? Suzanne “Suzi” Guimond, M.A. Former HKNC Regional Representative, Region 5; owner, Embrace Within LLC ? Antonia Venesse Guy Owner, Astro Woke ? Cristina Hartmann, J.D., M.F.A. Writer ? Tara L. Invidiato, M.Ed. Former vice president, American Association of the DeafBlind; owner, Tactifying Language Integrations ? Riss Leitzke, M.B.A. candidate Accessibility Coordinator, Wilderness Inquiry ? Sarah K. McMillen, M.A. Educator ? Kelly Monahan Founder, DeafBlind Escape Cruises ? Morrison, M.Ed. Accessibility Consultant and Trainer? ? Angela Palmer, M.A. Artist ? Heather Lee Pavey, B.S. DB YEA! Mentor; camp director, DeafBlind Community of Texas;?board member, DeafBlind Service Center of Austin; former board member, American Association of the DeafBlind ? Elio Riggillo Protactile Educator ? Marc Safman C.E.O., Safman Consulting; co-founder, New York DeafBlind Advocates ? Barry R. Segal, M.A. Instructor, Saint Paul College ? Soline Vennetier, Ph.D. candidate Co-founder, Réseau National des SourdAveugles (national French DeafBlind advocacy organization) ? Bruce Visser, M.A. One of three DeafBlind siblings; former board member, American Association of the DeafBlind ? John Winstead Former president, American Association of the DeafBlind ? ?
Dona Sauerburger All Messages By This Member #1949 开云体育 Hi John! ?I started to forward this to our DB community here in metropolitan DC but realized there is no link for signing the petition. Do you have a google sheets form that DB people can use to add their name? — Dona ————————— Dona Sauerburger, COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind www.sauerburger.org toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Jul 26, 2024, at 6:12 PM, John Lee Clark <jlc@...> wrote: ? DeafBlind Leadership NOW ? First Edition July 26, 2024 24 signatures as of 5 p.m. ? This is a special kind of petition, signed only by DeafBlind. If you identify as DeafBlind and would like your name added to the petition, please email jlc@... ? Hearing and sighted friends are encouraged to spread our call for signatures and public statements of support. Anyone wishing to speak directly to Helen Keller Services Board of Trustees can write to Larry Kinitsky, Chair, at lkinitsky@... ? A new, updated, and numbered edition of this petition will be circulated every day for eleven days as it gathers more and more names. Signatures are accepted until August 5, 2024, when the latest version will be sent to HKS Board of Trustees and the U.S. Department of Education. ? Feel free to forward, post on Facebook and via other social media, discuss our cause across all media, and initiate a variety of other actions. Thank you for your support! ? The Petition ? We, the undersigned members of various DeafBlind communities, are fed up with Helen Keller National Center continuing to be controlled by hearing and sighted people. HKNC’s mission is to serve DeafBlind, yet has always resisted DeafBlind representation and leadership. ? Helen Keller Services, HKNC’s distant parent entity, recently selected yet another hearing and sighted person to be HKNC’s next executive director. Qualified DeafBlind candidates, including the top finalist, were passed over. HKNC has never had a DeafBlind person hold the position. ? The current HKS Board of Trustees has only one DeafBlind representative. ? Qualified DeafBlind leaders had expressed interest in the director position or applied for it since at least 1956, when HKNC was known as the Anne Sullivan Macy Services federal pilot program. There have been protests before. In recent years, HKNC made unspoken but clear promises that a DeafBlind director would be hired “next time.” ? Enough is enough. It’s time. ? We make the following four demands: ? First, a DeafBlind person is appointed executive director of HKNC. ? Second, HKNC is separated from Helen Keller Services (for the Blind), so that HKNC becomes its own, autonomous entity. ? Third, HKNC’s newly created Board of Trustees is made up of 70 percent or more DeafBlind members. ? Fourth, HKS and all of its subsidiaries will not retaliate against any HKS or HKNC employee, family member, or student for any civil action related to the selection process or related issues. ? With this petition, we are also taking the opportunity to introduce ourselves a little, to demonstrate how diverse and talented we are. HKNC has no excuses. ? The HKS Board of Trustees has until August 9, 2024, to comply with our first demand and begin legally binding transition processes toward fulfilling the next two demands. Failure to do so will prompt the second stage of our movement. ? Signed, ? Tashi Bradford, Ph.D. candidate Radboud University ? Roberto Cabrera, M.S. Former Senior Vocational Rehabilation Counselor ? Fanny Chopot Product Owner Cybersecurity, France ? John Lee Clark, Ph.D. candidate Author of “Touch the Future: A Manifesto in Essays” ? Mindy Dill, M.A. Retired school counselor; former vice president, American Association of the DeafBlind ? Marsha Drenth, C.V.R.T., C.A.T.I.S. and T.V.I. in process Access Technology Instructor; Social Worker; student, Salus-Drexel University ? Jackie Engler-Morris Interpreting and Professional Services Manager, DeafBlind Service Center ? Sarah Goodwin, M.S. Adjunct Instructor; board member, DeafBlind Community of Texas; former treasurer, American Association of the DeafBlind ? Suzanne “Suzi” Guimond, M.A. Former HKNC Regional Representative, Region 5; owner, Embrace Within LLC ? Antonia Venesse Guy Owner, Astro Woke ? Cristina Hartmann, J.D., M.F.A. Writer ? Tara L. Invidiato, M.Ed. Former vice president, American Association of the DeafBlind; owner, Tactifying Language Integrations ? Riss Leitzke, M.B.A. candidate Accessibility Coordinator, Wilderness Inquiry ? Sarah K. McMillen, M.A. Educator ? Kelly Monahan Founder, DeafBlind Escape Cruises ? Morrison, M.Ed. Accessibility Consultant and Trainer? ? Angela Palmer, M.A. Artist ? Heather Lee Pavey, B.S. DB YEA! Mentor; camp director, DeafBlind Community of Texas;?board member, DeafBlind Service Center of Austin; former board member, American Association of the DeafBlind ? Elio Riggillo Protactile Educator ? Marc Safman C.E.O., Safman Consulting; co-founder, New York DeafBlind Advocates ? Barry R. Segal, M.A. Instructor, Saint Paul College ? Soline Vennetier, Ph.D. candidate Co-founder, Réseau National des SourdAveugles (national French DeafBlind advocacy organization) ? Bruce Visser, M.A. One of three DeafBlind siblings; former board member, American Association of the DeafBlind ? John Winstead Former president, American Association of the DeafBlind ? ?
Jen All Messages By This Member #1950 开云体育 Dona It says to email John directly if they wish to be added to the list. There does not seem to be a public web site for folks to add their own name. I have concerns how this is being done but US laws are different than canada in how to collect names for a petition. ?Jen toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Jul 26, 2024, at 7:40?PM, Dona Sauerburger via groups.io <dona@...> wrote: ?Hi John! ?I started to forward this to our DB community here in metropolitan DC but realized there is no link for signing the petition. Do you have a google sheets form that DB people can use to add their name? — Dona ————————— Dona Sauerburger, COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind www.sauerburger.org On Jul 26, 2024, at 6:12 PM, John Lee Clark <jlc@...> wrote: ? DeafBlind Leadership NOW ? First Edition July 26, 2024 24 signatures as of 5 p.m. ? This is a special kind of petition, signed only by DeafBlind. If you identify as DeafBlind and would like your name added to the petition, please email jlc@... ? Hearing and sighted friends are encouraged to spread our call for signatures and public statements of support. Anyone wishing to speak directly to Helen Keller Services Board of Trustees can write to Larry Kinitsky, Chair, at lkinitsky@... ? A new, updated, and numbered edition of this petition will be circulated every day for eleven days as it gathers more and more names. Signatures are accepted until August 5, 2024, when the latest version will be sent to HKS Board of Trustees and the U.S. Department of Education. ? Feel free to forward, post on Facebook and via other social media, discuss our cause across all media, and initiate a variety of other actions. Thank you for your support! ? The Petition ? We, the undersigned members of various DeafBlind communities, are fed up with Helen Keller National Center continuing to be controlled by hearing and sighted people. HKNC’s mission is to serve DeafBlind, yet has always resisted DeafBlind representation and leadership. ? Helen Keller Services, HKNC’s distant parent entity, recently selected yet another hearing and sighted person to be HKNC’s next executive director. Qualified DeafBlind candidates, including the top finalist, were passed over. HKNC has never had a DeafBlind person hold the position. ? The current HKS Board of Trustees has only one DeafBlind representative. ? Qualified DeafBlind leaders had expressed interest in the director position or applied for it since at least 1956, when HKNC was known as the Anne Sullivan Macy Services federal pilot program. There have been protests before. In recent years, HKNC made unspoken but clear promises that a DeafBlind director would be hired “next time.” ? Enough is enough. It’s time. ? We make the following four demands: ? First, a DeafBlind person is appointed executive director of HKNC. ? Second, HKNC is separated from Helen Keller Services (for the Blind), so that HKNC becomes its own, autonomous entity. ? Third, HKNC’s newly created Board of Trustees is made up of 70 percent or more DeafBlind members. ? Fourth, HKS and all of its subsidiaries will not retaliate against any HKS or HKNC employee, family member, or student for any civil action related to the selection process or related issues. ? With this petition, we are also taking the opportunity to introduce ourselves a little, to demonstrate how diverse and talented we are. HKNC has no excuses. ? The HKS Board of Trustees has until August 9, 2024, to comply with our first demand and begin legally binding transition processes toward fulfilling the next two demands. Failure to do so will prompt the second stage of our movement. ? Signed, ? Tashi Bradford, Ph.D. candidate Radboud University ? Roberto Cabrera, M.S. Former Senior Vocational Rehabilation Counselor ? Fanny Chopot Product Owner Cybersecurity, France ? John Lee Clark, Ph.D. candidate Author of “Touch the Future: A Manifesto in Essays” ? Mindy Dill, M.A. Retired school counselor; former vice president, American Association of the DeafBlind ? Marsha Drenth, C.V.R.T., C.A.T.I.S. and T.V.I. in process Access Technology Instructor; Social Worker; student, Salus-Drexel University ? Jackie Engler-Morris Interpreting and Professional Services Manager, DeafBlind Service Center ? Sarah Goodwin, M.S. Adjunct Instructor; board member, DeafBlind Community of Texas; former treasurer, American Association of the DeafBlind ? Suzanne “Suzi” Guimond, M.A. Former HKNC Regional Representative, Region 5; owner, Embrace Within LLC ? Antonia Venesse Guy Owner, Astro Woke ? Cristina Hartmann, J.D., M.F.A. Writer ? Tara L. Invidiato, M.Ed. Former vice president, American Association of the DeafBlind; owner, Tactifying Language Integrations ? Riss Leitzke, M.B.A. candidate Accessibility Coordinator, Wilderness Inquiry ? Sarah K. McMillen, M.A. Educator ? Kelly Monahan Founder, DeafBlind Escape Cruises ? Morrison, M.Ed. Accessibility Consultant and Trainer? ? Angela Palmer, M.A. Artist ? Heather Lee Pavey, B.S. DB YEA! Mentor; camp director, DeafBlind Community of Texas;?board member, DeafBlind Service Center of Austin; former board member, American Association of the DeafBlind ? Elio Riggillo Protactile Educator ? Marc Safman C.E.O., Safman Consulting; co-founder, New York DeafBlind Advocates ? Barry R. Segal, M.A. Instructor, Saint Paul College ? Soline Vennetier, Ph.D. candidate Co-founder, Réseau National des SourdAveugles (national French DeafBlind advocacy organization) ? Bruce Visser, M.A. One of three DeafBlind siblings; former board member, American Association of the DeafBlind ? John Winstead Former president, American Association of the DeafBlind ? ?
John Lee Clark All Messages By This Member #1951 开云体育 Hey Dona! ? Thank you for your interest and wanting to share! ? Sorry if it wasn’t clear, but those who want their names added are to email me. ? I know it’s unusual not to have a website or anything fancy, but this petition emerged out of the listserv realm.? Anyone can forward, post, anything.? if someone wants to set up a website to “mirror” this process, they can.? But this operates at the level of what is completely accessible to us organizing this movement. ? So what you can do is forward the petition and add a comment yourself, telling interested folks to email me.? This will reinforce what it says within the petition, to email me.? My email address is public information.? So if you say that at the very top of your forwards, it should help. ? The names are pouring in!? My favorite line came from lara Rose Wall in Florida.? After rolling out her credentials, she said “It’s time we kicked HKNC’s butt.”? Amen.? But it’s important, I think, it does orginate in a very DB place, flowing out to online stuff, sure, but not starting on those platforms, no. ? Gotta stay in, and stick to, our element.? You know? ? Hugs! John ? toggle quoted message Show quoted text From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dona Sauerburger Sent: Friday, July 26, 2024 9:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OandM] DeafBlind Leadership NOW ? Hi John! ?I started to forward this to our DB community here in metropolitan DC but realized there is no link for signing the petition. ? Do you have a google sheets form that DB people can use to add their name? — Dona ————————— Dona Sauerburger, COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind On Jul 26, 2024, at 6:12 PM, John Lee Clark <jlc@...> wrote: ? DeafBlind Leadership NOW ? First Edition July 26, 2024 24 signatures as of 5 p.m. ? This is a special kind of petition, signed only by DeafBlind. If you identify as DeafBlind and would like your name added to the petition, please email jlc@... ? Hearing and sighted friends are encouraged to spread our call for signatures and public statements of support. Anyone wishing to speak directly to Helen Keller Services Board of Trustees can write to Larry Kinitsky, Chair, at lkinitsky@... ? A new, updated, and numbered edition of this petition will be circulated every day for eleven days as it gathers more and more names. Signatures are accepted until August 5, 2024, when the latest version will be sent to HKS Board of Trustees and the U.S. Department of Education. ? Feel free to forward, post on Facebook and via other social media, discuss our cause across all media, and initiate a variety of other actions. Thank you for your support! ? The Petition ? We, the undersigned members of various DeafBlind communities, are fed up with Helen Keller National Center continuing to be controlled by hearing and sighted people. HKNC’s mission is to serve DeafBlind, yet has always resisted DeafBlind representation and leadership. ? Helen Keller Services, HKNC’s distant parent entity, recently selected yet another hearing and sighted person to be HKNC’s next executive director. Qualified DeafBlind candidates, including the top finalist, were passed over. HKNC has never had a DeafBlind person hold the position. ? The current HKS Board of Trustees has only one DeafBlind representative. ? Qualified DeafBlind leaders had expressed interest in the director position or applied for it since at least 1956, when HKNC was known as the Anne Sullivan Macy Services federal pilot program. There have been protests before. In recent years, HKNC made unspoken but clear promises that a DeafBlind director would be hired “next time.” ? Enough is enough. It’s time. ? We make the following four demands: ? First, a DeafBlind person is appointed executive director of HKNC. ? Second, HKNC is separated from Helen Keller Services (for the Blind), so that HKNC becomes its own, autonomous entity. ? Third, HKNC’s newly created Board of Trustees is made up of 70 percent or more DeafBlind members. ? Fourth, HKS and all of its subsidiaries will not retaliate against any HKS or HKNC employee, family member, or student for any civil action related to the selection process or related issues. ? With this petition, we are also taking the opportunity to introduce ourselves a little, to demonstrate how diverse and talented we are. HKNC has no excuses. ? The HKS Board of Trustees has until August 9, 2024, to comply with our first demand and begin legally binding transition processes toward fulfilling the next two demands. Failure to do so will prompt the second stage of our movement. ? Signed, ? Tashi Bradford, Ph.D. candidate Radboud University ? Roberto Cabrera, M.S. Former Senior Vocational Rehabilation Counselor ? Fanny Chopot Product Owner Cybersecurity, France ? John Lee Clark, Ph.D. candidate Author of “Touch the Future: A Manifesto in Essays” ? Mindy Dill, M.A. Retired school counselor; former vice president, American Association of the DeafBlind ? Marsha Drenth, C.V.R.T., C.A.T.I.S. and T.V.I. in process Access Technology Instructor; Social Worker; student, Salus-Drexel University ? Jackie Engler-Morris Interpreting and Professional Services Manager, DeafBlind Service Center ? Sarah Goodwin, M.S. Adjunct Instructor; board member, DeafBlind Community of Texas; former treasurer, American Association of the DeafBlind ? Suzanne “Suzi” Guimond, M.A. Former HKNC Regional Representative, Region 5; owner, Embrace Within LLC ? Antonia Venesse Guy Owner, Astro Woke ? Cristina Hartmann, J.D., M.F.A. Writer ? Tara L. Invidiato, M.Ed. Former vice president, American Association of the DeafBlind; owner, Tactifying Language Integrations ? Riss Leitzke, M.B.A. candidate Accessibility Coordinator, Wilderness Inquiry ? Sarah K. McMillen, M.A. Educator ? Kelly Monahan Founder, DeafBlind Escape Cruises ? Morrison, M.Ed. Accessibility Consultant and Trainer? ? Angela Palmer, M.A. Artist ? Heather Lee Pavey, B.S. DB YEA! Mentor; camp director, DeafBlind Community of Texas;?board member, DeafBlind Service Center of Austin; former board member, American Association of the DeafBlind ? Elio Riggillo Protactile Educator ? Marc Safman C.E.O., Safman Consulting; co-founder, New York DeafBlind Advocates ? Barry R. Segal, M.A. Instructor, Saint Paul College ? Soline Vennetier, Ph.D. candidate Co-founder, Réseau National des SourdAveugles (national French DeafBlind advocacy organization) ? Bruce Visser, M.A. One of three DeafBlind siblings; former board member, American Association of the DeafBlind ? John Winstead Former president, American Association of the DeafBlind ? ?

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