10/25/2022
Got to hang with one of our precious Board Members and dear friend!
Gate Communications
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Some cool events going on this weekend and next week! Not all but a couple fun ones! https://nashvillelivinglife.com/february-14-21-2020-events/
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INTERPRETER LICENSURE ONLINE FEEDBACK.
Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is interested in the topic of Interpreter Licensure because we serve the D/deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind communities. As part of that service, we offer interpreting services, and we believe that interpreting is an important and noble profession rooted in serving our communities. Protecting and elevating the interpreting community protects and elevates our beloved D/deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind communities. Any legislation or policy initiative regarding interpreter licensure has a direct impact on us and on those we serve, so we have both a right and a duty to be informed and to be engaged on this issue and to inform and to engage our communities in this discussion and process.
There currently exists a draft of a bill for interpreter licensure that is the product of many years of hard work by some very fine, smart people who have given their time and expertise voluntarily. At various points and in various ways, they engaged a number of stakeholders across the state. Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing did not draft this bill. We were not engaged in its process. We are not now taking over that process or responsibility. We are simply participating in discussion and determining our position on the issue. As always, we seek to engage respectfully, supportively, collaboratively, and transparently in any process that has a direct impact on us and on those we serve.
To that goal, we are hosting two Town Halls on Interpreter Licensure on Wednesday, January 29, 2020, so that we may solicit the feedback and direction of our Middle Tennessee community. We know this is short notice (due to the timing of our receiving the bill and legislative deadlines) and that not everyone will be able to attend. Being together for discussion is always our first choice, but we are offering this electronic option to offer feedback. Anyone living in Tennessee can respond.
Additionally, we will hold a Town Hall on Interpreter Licensure through BridgesWEST in Memphis, TN, and to hold additional meetings in Nashville at a later date.
Thank you for taking the time to offer feedback! We are requesting names and emails only so that we may gollow up and send you any updates. We will not share this information or attribute comments to any specific person when compiling them. We are trying to collect as much detailed feedback as possible as quickly as possible. We know this is a long form, so we truly appreciate your time, insight, and perspective. Through your feedback and that offered in the Town Halls, we will answer four questions: Do we support Interpreter Licensure? Do we support this specific bill as drafted? Should we engage in a process to work collaboratively with its drafter to make revisions? Should we, working with stakeholders, draft an independent bill?
Click on the link below to get started!
We cannot tag everyone, so we invite you to share with stakeholder groups in Tennessee.
Partnership for Families, Children, and Adults JCIL-Jackson Center for Independent Living Knoxville Center of the Deaf Mid Tennessee Deaf Campout Tennessee Association of the Deaf Nashville Chapter Tennessee Association of the Deaf Hearing Loss Association of America - Nashville, TN Chapter Gate Communications TRID (TN Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf) Brentwood Baptist Deaf Church DNO (Deaf Night Out) Nashville, Tennessee Iris Deaf Senior Citizen - Nashville Metro Nashville Deaf Community Church HEAR Nashville
Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is interested in the topic of Interpreter Licensure because we serve the D/deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind communities. As part of that service, we offer interpreting services, and we believe that interpreting is an important and noble profession rooted in serving our communities. Protecting and elevating the interpreting community protects and elevates our beloved D/deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind communities. Any legislation or policy initiative regarding interpreter licensure has a direct impact on us and on those we serve, so we have both a right and a duty to be informed and to be engaged on this issue and to inform and to engage our communities in this discussion and process.
There currently exists a draft of a bill for interpreter licensure that is the product of many years of hard work by some very fine, smart people who have given their time and expertise voluntarily. At various points and in various ways, they engaged a number of stakeholders across the state. Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing did not draft this bill. We were not engaged in its process. We are not now taking over that process or responsibility. We are simply participating in discussion and determining our position on the issue. As always, we seek to engage respectfully, supportively, collaboratively, and transparently in any process that has a direct impact on us and on those we serve.
To that goal, we are hosting two Town Halls on Interpreter Licensure on Wednesday, January 29, 2020, so that we may solicit the feedback and direction of our Middle Tennessee community. We know this is short notice (due to the timing of our receiving the bill and legislative deadlines) and that not everyone will be able to attend. Being together for discussion is always our first choice, but we are offering this electronic option to offer feedback. Anyone living in Tennessee can respond.
Additionally, we will hold a Town Hall on Interpreter Licensure through BridgesWEST in Memphis, TN, and to hold additional meetings in Nashville at a later date.
Thank you for taking the time to offer feedback! We are requesting names and emails only so that we may gollow up and send you any updates. We will not share this information or attribute comments to any specific person when compiling them. We are trying to collect as much detailed feedback as possible as quickly as possible. We know this is a long form, so we truly appreciate your time, insight, and perspective. Through your feedback and that offered in the Town Halls, we will answer four questions: Do we support Interpreter Licensure? Do we support this specific bill as drafted? Should we engage in a process to work collaboratively with its drafter to make revisions? Should we, working with stakeholders, draft an independent bill?
Click on the link below to get started!
We cannot tag everyone, so we invite you to share with stakeholder groups in Tennessee.
Partnership for Families, Children, and Adults JCIL-Jackson Center for Independent Living Knoxville Center of the Deaf Mid Tennessee Deaf Campout Tennessee Association of the Deaf Nashville Chapter Tennessee Association of the Deaf Hearing Loss Association of America - Nashville, TN Chapter Gate Communications TRID (TN Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf) Brentwood Baptist Deaf Church DNO (Deaf Night Out) Nashville, Tennessee Iris Deaf Senior Citizen - Nashville Metro Nashville Deaf Community Church HEAR Nashville
Town Hall Meeting on Interpreter Licensure. We invite the Deaf community and the interpreting community in Middle Tennessee to attend. All stakeholders are welcome. RSVP information is below. Interpreting and CART will be provided.
Wednesday, January 29th. Two sessions. First Session: 11am to 1pm. Second Session: 5pm to 7pm. You may attend one or both. Both sessions will cover the same material.
You must RSVP here: https://hipaa.jotform.com/200234506159145
Like all the people who would be impacted by interpreter licensure, we must consider whether or not we will support legislation to create it. We want your feedback and insight. We serve you.
As always, we will have ground rules for the Town Hall, expecting open, respectful, and kind conversation that doesn't point fingers, accuse, complain, or relive history. We respect differing perspectives and agree to learn from one another. We focus only on what is best for our community.We agree to enter as friends and colleagues and to leave as friends and colleagues.
We know this is short notice, but we want to have this meeting before certain legislative deadlines next week. We hope you can join us!
Nashville Chapter Tennessee Association of the Deaf] Partnership for Families, Children, and Adults JCIL-Jackson Center for Independent Living Gate Communications Mid Tennessee Deaf Campout Brentwood Baptist Deaf Church DNO (Deaf Night Out) Nashville, Tennessee Iris Deaf Senior Citizen - Nashville Metro Nashville Deaf Community Church Library Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing TRID (TN Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf) Tennessee Association of the Deaf Knoxville Center of the Deaf Hearing Loss Association of America - Nashville, TN Chapter
Wednesday, January 29th. Two sessions. First Session: 11am to 1pm. Second Session: 5pm to 7pm. You may attend one or both. Both sessions will cover the same material.
You must RSVP here: https://hipaa.jotform.com/200234506159145
Like all the people who would be impacted by interpreter licensure, we must consider whether or not we will support legislation to create it. We want your feedback and insight. We serve you.
As always, we will have ground rules for the Town Hall, expecting open, respectful, and kind conversation that doesn't point fingers, accuse, complain, or relive history. We respect differing perspectives and agree to learn from one another. We focus only on what is best for our community.We agree to enter as friends and colleagues and to leave as friends and colleagues.
We know this is short notice, but we want to have this meeting before certain legislative deadlines next week. We hope you can join us!
Nashville Chapter Tennessee Association of the Deaf] Partnership for Families, Children, and Adults JCIL-Jackson Center for Independent Living Gate Communications Mid Tennessee Deaf Campout Brentwood Baptist Deaf Church DNO (Deaf Night Out) Nashville, Tennessee Iris Deaf Senior Citizen - Nashville Metro Nashville Deaf Community Church Library Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing TRID (TN Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf) Tennessee Association of the Deaf Knoxville Center of the Deaf Hearing Loss Association of America - Nashville, TN Chapter
Gate Communications is a local non-profit that provides a wide variety of services for the greater Deaf Community, including training and support for sign language interpreters. They host an annual training that welcomes sign language interpreters nationally and internationally for an intensive workshop on interpreting for concerts, theatre and musical theatre. Last week, we were happy to welcome this year’s group for a backstage tour of the Schermerhorn. Workshop participants got a behind-the-scenes tour, interviewed staff, and got a feel for signing on stage!
All Family Series concerts and some community concerts like Let Freedom Sing include ASL interpreting and closed captioning. Check out our Accessibility page (https://bit.ly/30vqwFo) and our Sensory Friendly page (https://bit.ly/2TVy0PM) to learn more about the ever-expanding resources we provide.
All Family Series concerts and some community concerts like Let Freedom Sing include ASL interpreting and closed captioning. Check out our Accessibility page (https://bit.ly/30vqwFo) and our Sensory Friendly page (https://bit.ly/2TVy0PM) to learn more about the ever-expanding resources we provide.
Mama Sam! Could you please repost the video you did last year of how to interpret "Feliz Navidad"? I thought I saved it, but I can't find it.
Thank you, Gate Communications for the gift I received in the mail today and Jodi Upton for nominating me for this "Love a Terp Project." This was such a kind gesture. ~Daniel
National & International Deaf Services & Outreach To reach our office via videophone, please contact us at 615-224-8058.
Gate Communications is a local and national non-profit organization serving the greater Deaf Community through the provision of Interpreting, Education, Community Events, and Outreach.
Operating as usual
10/25/2022
10/18/2022
BSL NASHVILLE grads reunite in Northern MN!
10/14/2022
BUMMER!! Missed a coyote, missed a deer, missed a huge deer carcass, but ended up with a flat!
Gate is about to head on the road again teaching a workshop we haven't taught in 3 years thanks to COVID. MN see you soon!
09/30/2022
Ready for a live MUSICAL INTERPRETING WORKSHOP? We are! Join us! For more info: https://www.gatecommunications.org/bsltour2022-mn
09/30/2022
Ready for a live workshop? SO ARE WE!
https://www.gatecommunications.org/bsltour2022-mn
09/30/2022
Mom locked him in the barn for 3 years. But we found him.
Often times it's easy to focus on the challenges the Deaf face in America, but the challenges here so often pale in comparison to the rest of the world, and that is easily forgotten. Gate has worked in other countries, and with people from many nations around the globe, and we have heard stories that baffle our American minds. The oppression, the abuse, the neglect, the lack of accessibility to things our Deaf Community finds easily accessible here after so many years of fighting for Deaf rights, all of it seems unconscionable and impossible in 2022, yet it still occurs today. The Deaf often face insurmountable biases and neglect in other nations, and it is, at times, so far beyond what we can even fathom in America. Those stories are heart wrenching to see, but they need to be seen, and hopefully more people will reach out to help the Deaf worldwide. This is one such story.
This young man who is Deaf was kept locked away in a barn for 3 years by his mother. He didn't have a bathroom in the barn. He couldn't bathe in the barn. He was barely given food. His mother used as an excuse that she was "scared of him". His brother solicited some helpers to come and save his abused younger brother... and they rose to the occasion. They pulled him out of his "home environment", found him a new home, bathed groomed and clothed him, fed him, and even bought him a phone and hearing aids. These people put out effort so few ever would.
We are grateful that someone cared enough to help members of this forgotten community. Watch Egor's story today, and if you ever have a chance to impact the Deaf Community in other nations, please do:
Mom locked him in the barn for 3 years. But we found him. Dear Friends, now our channel has a sponsorship function! And you can support us there! More:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaNfHBihSUqcUBpvHx-rwYw/join___...
09/29/2022
Great moments in an office dog’s life.
09/28/2022
To all our grads and workshop attendees in Florida, our hearts and prayers are with you.
09/28/2022
Our office dog got a visitor from her favorite person today!
09/27/2022
UP FOR A LIVE WORKSHOP?
Join us in Brainerd, MN!
https://gatecommunications.org/bsltour2022-mn
09/26/2022
In celebration of International Deaf Awareness Month we want to once again celebrate our awesome American Deaf Community with the Deaf Community Impact Awards!
Know someone who is Deaf, and deserves to be recognized for their impact? NOMINATE THEM BELOW!
A winner will be chosen at noon, Friday September 30th!
https://www.gatecommunications.org/deafcommunityimpactawards
09/26/2022
The INTERNATIONAL WEEK OF THE DEAF and the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SIGN LANGUAGES occurred this past week in Italy! This is a beautiful way to celebrate Deafness around the globe!
https://wfdeaf.org/iwdeaf2022/
09/26/2022
Oscar-winning US actor Louise Fletcher dies at home in south France
The most famous CODA in American history has died at her farm in the South of France at the age of 88. Louise Fletcher was only the third woman in history to win an Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe for the same performance. She was the first to sign at the Oscars.
Louise came from incredibly famous Deaf parents in Northern Alabama. Her parents founded more than 40 churches for the Deaf in Alabama, leaving a tremendous legacy in the South. Her family did not expect or know she would sign to them at the Oscars. In those days Deafness was still quite hidden. A friend interpreted her speech for the family, as it was of course not close captioned, and when they saw her words, they cried.
Louise was a regular member of the Star Trek cast, and one of the only members Mama Sam did not have the pleasure of working with and one she always wanted to meet. Louise will be missed, and she and her family will forever be in the hearts of the Deaf Community in the South.
You can watch her Oscar speech in the article below.
https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/French-news/Oscar-winning-US-actor-Louise-Fletcher-dies-at-home-in-south-France
Oscar-winning US actor Louise Fletcher dies at home in south France The actor - most famous for her role as Nurse Ratched in the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - had owned a farmhouse in Tarn for more than 20 years
09/24/2022
Getting ready for a fun night of worship!
09/20/2022
DWTS 31 DANIEL DURANT & BRITT ** SUBSCRIBE ** I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS
CONGRATULATIONS to Daniel Durant on his inclusion in the DTWS cast!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq1jnPD42Cs
DWTS 31 DANIEL DURANT & BRITT ** SUBSCRIBE ** I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS THIS IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT CREATOR PURPOSES ONLY I DO NOT WANT ANY COMPENSATION //// MUST WATCH ///
09/16/2022
Stop by for some CEUs!!!
https://www.theceucafe.com
09/16/2022
Sometimes a trip to Dollar Tree is all that is needed to liven up an office. Dollar Tree gets me. - Mama Sam
09/16/2022
Check out our office manager’s ILY sports pillows!
09/14/2022
Are t they cute?
09/13/2022
PRACTICE TIME AT THE OFFICE! A work in progress!
09/08/2022
Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace announces
QUEEN ELIZABETH DEAD AT 96
As many of you know Queen Elizabeth was the daughter-in-law of one of the most remarkable and famous Deaf people in history, Princess Alice of Greece. Princess Alice walked HRH Queen Elizabeth down the aisle at Elizabeth's coronation, something no other Deaf individual has done in history. We are sad to see her go and are thankful for the legacy she leaves.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61585886
Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace announces Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace has announced.
09/08/2022
Deafest Ky: she said she fell once and once was enough 😂 Agreed!
09/07/2022
Super cute Deaf kids and CODAs tackled our booth looking for suckers. Every last one of them cracked us up. This one was too cute to to add to our IG page.
09/04/2022
We love sharing our creativity with the Deaf Community!
09/04/2022
Met Aiden at Kentucky Deafest. He was such a good boy and the prissiest service dog known to man. The Westminster Dog Show would be proud. He could easily be a winner!😂
09/04/2022
Met sweet Dot at Kentucky DeaFest. She is a CODA and a sweet sweet lady who was sporting one of our ILY shirts! Meeting her was a treat and she definitely walked around spreading the LOVE with more than just our shirt.
09/03/2022
Selling at Kentucky Deaf Fest!
09/03/2022
Hanging with our CelSign Alumni!!
Gate is off to KY DeaFest Friday!
See you all next week.
08/29/2022
Sometimes our online private sign language classes have really cute visitors. Here was one that melted Mama Sam’s heart.
08/25/2022
Online College Guide for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students - Intelligent
Do you know a Deaf/Hard of Hearing kid who wants to go to college? Here are some helpful resources:
https://www.intelligent.com/deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-student-online-college-guide/
Online College Guide for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students - Intelligent Learn about college accommodations and resources available to deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Plus, the best colleges, scholarships, and advice from an expert.
08/24/2022
Got a sweet thank you from a school we support in Honduras. The card was made by a sweet Deaf 9 year old.
08/19/2022
Our office dog is so happy to have everyone home!
08/17/2022
Showin up to class with our shirt and our mug? Who is teacher’s pet today?
08/11/2022
For those of you who do religious interpreting... we ran into this incredibly sweet lady who asked about our workshops, and we mentioned that a lot of interpreters worry about distraction more than matching the passion and power of the performers or speakers. LOL she wanted to tell those church interpreters her opinion of that. She was very excited to make this video for them.
08/10/2022
Had a chat with a professor about how interpreters often feel like they should hold still to be less of a distraction while interpreting concerts. Lol this is his response:
08/07/2022
Cursed going and coming. We have definitely ticked off the freeway gods.
08/06/2022
Students from North Dakota sporting our tattoos! Fun chatting with those girls.
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Gate Communications is a local and national non-profit organization serving the greater Deaf Community through the provision of Interpreting, Education, Community Events, and Outreach.
Please visit our website at www.gatecommunications.org. Can we help you? You can reach us at 615-435-8929 or via videophone at 615-224-8058.
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