Archives of all UAD Bulletins over the years.
President’s Corner For the movie, “Beyond the Embers: Vol. 1” produced by ASL Films, we have confirmed two locations for the September 12 and 13 showing. To view the trailer, click on this link: https://vimeo.com92960667. It will first be shown at the Jean Massieu School for the Deaf (JMS) Auditorium in Salt Lake City on Friday, September […]
Deaf Women United Chapter in Utah? The Time Has Come! Meme Kerr In spite of Memorial Day weekend opening with an array of events, thirteen Deaf women* managed to gather in a semi-circle to go over the herstory of Deaf Women United as well as its mission and goals. After exchanging thoughts and past experiences, […]
JMS Academic Bowl Team Wins Team Sportsmanship Award by Kristi Mortensen Three players and two coaches representing Jean Massieu School flew to Washington, D.C. for the National Academic Bowl on the first Friday in April. Students Danny Himes, a senior at Skyline High, Josette Savea, a junior at Skyline High, and Katie Cook, a freshman […]
Dave Mortensen Honored at Unveiling by Valerie Kinney “Deaf people can do anything (just) as anyone else except hear. (We just want opportunities) for better jobs, communication barriers being broken down and to be involved in things that people who can hear are involved in but don’t think of including deaf people.” –David Mortensen, advocate […]
The Vagina Monologues – A SMASH SUCCESS! by Meme Kerr UAD hosted The Vagina Monologues (TVM) on February 22nd at University of Utah with support of U of U Student Union and ASL Club to raise funds for Sego Lily Center for the Abused Deaf. Over $1200 was raised and a great time was had […]
President’s Corner We are excited to about the general meeting on Saturday, February 22nd. It begins at 10 am. We hope to see you there. Please come and join with us for information about bylaw revisions and updates by the UAD board. Please save the date! Sego Lily and UAD are partnering to host Vagina […]
President’s Corner Happy New Year! Hope you had a nice Christmas holiday with your family and friends. Our UAD board meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 8 at Sanderson Community Center. It starts at 6 pm. Hope to see you there. Your voice is critical to us. Your voice does affect our decisions no […]
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year The UAD Board expresses thanks to our community in support of UAD to stay strong. We wish you a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year. We encourage you to join UAD OR you can always donate money to UAD before end of year. It is 100% Tax Deductible. […]
CRPD Hearing in the United States Senate November 5th at 2:30 pm Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room SD-419 You can RSVP for the hearing here! This will help us ensure enough room capacity for all advocates! WE NEED YOUR HELP! The Marathon is almost over: the end is in sight! NOW is the time to have our voices […]
Deaf Center Festival Eleanor McCowan President’s Corner ASL Films – In The Can, was very successful. People enjoyed watching the deaf owned-film. We profited over $600 that will go to UAD delegate expenses for the NAD conference in Atlanta, GA July 1 to 5. On September 4, the new board met for the first […]