MCDHH Oral / Signing History Project: Open Community Meeting

YOU’RE INVITED! Open Community Meeting

Oral/ Signing History Project: history of activism in Minnesota as told by members of the deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing community and their families.

Learn more and contribute to the planning of this important project!

DATE: August 20, 2009

TIME: Starting at 6:00 PM

MCDHH, Conference Room
Golden Rule Bldg, Suite 105
85 East 7th Place, St. Paul

RSVP BY August 18 to mary.kay.chiara@state.mn.us

COMMUNICATION ACCESS
ASL Interpreters, CART Services and ALD’s provided.
Other accommodation requests must be received no later than August 10
Contact mary.kay.chiara@state.mn.us or call (888) 206-2001 TTY, (651) 431-5961 Voice

What is oral history? People often confuse the term “oral history” to mean only recordings of history spoken in voice; when in fact “oral history” is defined as the documentation of people telling their own stories and experiences in their native language – signed or spoken.

More about this project and proposal is explained on Page 11 of our Summer 2009 Newsletter