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Collaborative Experience Conference Keynote on Language and Disability Justice

Register for the conference and learn about how policy changes impact Deaf Education and ways to combat inequity

9/30/2024 6:56:46 AM

ASL version

If you are DeafBlind or prefer to watch the video in a high contrast format, watch the DeafBlind friendlier ASL version instead. To adjust the video speed, use YouTube's playback speed tool.

English version

Hello! I’m Danelle Gournaris and I’m the Collaborative Plan Program Director. I’m responsible for the Collaborative Experience Conference, a conference for parents, DHH teachers, and professionals serving students who are deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing in Minnesota.

Today I will announce one of our keynote presenters!

This presenter will discuss educational equity for language and disability justice.

This presenter has done research on social justice, translanguaging, colonization, Deaf Education, and Deaf Studies with an emphasis on analyzing systems of power.

This presenter has been a K-12 Deaf educator, early interventionalist, and professor in Deaf Education, Deaf Studies, and Interpreter Education.

This presenter is also a co-founder of Myers & Lawyer, a Black multilingual researcher/interpreter duo that engages in research, consultation, training and resource development for BIPOC interpreters.

I’m excited to welcome Dr. Gloshanda Lawyer to the Collaborative Experience Conference.

Credits

Featuring Danelle Gournaris, Collaborative Plan Program Director. The Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind & Hard of Hearing thanks:

Hannah Merren for voiceover.

Keystone Interpreting Solutions for film production.

Additional information

Dr. Lawyer will deliver her keynote on Sunday, November 3, 2024 from 8:30 - 10:00 am. Learn more about Dr. Lawyer's conference keynote, Educational Equity for Language and Disability Justice.

Planning to attend the Collaborative Experience Conference? Register at 2024 Collaborative Experience Conference registration. Hotel registration is separate. The deadline to register is Tuesday, October 1, 2024. 

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