Bridge Communications

12/20/2023

I was listening to Minnesota Public Radio today as Cathy Wurzer was interviewing the newly-named Minneapolis Poet Laureate, Heid E. Erdrich. At the end of the interview, Heid was asked if there is another poet whose work she appreciates.

Heid: “Oh my gosh, John Lee Clark, a poet who was on the short list for the national book award… [he] is a DeafBlind poet and a genius with the English language. I love his book _How to Communicate_. And he’s a Minnesotan!”

Cathy: “He is! And we had him on the show, and that was the most interesting interview I’ve done in my 30+ years as a journalist. It was amazing, Heid. Oh, great choice!”

It was a delightful surprise that I thought our Twin Cities ASL community might appreciate knowing! As of right now (10:45p on 12/19), the transcript for the interview isn’t up yet but should be by tomorrow. I’ve typed up the relevant comments, and I’ll post the link below.

Adrean Clark, Sharon Clark, Lee Clark, Keith Clark, Paula Kay Ozuna-Clark

Heid Erdrich was announced Tuesday morning as the first person to fill the role.

06/28/2021

Congratulations on becoming the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf's new CEO, Star Grieser! We're rooting for you!

About RID's New CEO Please join us in welcoming Star Grieser, CDI, as RID's newest CEO. Please click here to view this message in English! “Interpreters have a major impact because of communication access. And the quality of that communication access is important.” -Star Grieser

12/15/2020

Don’t know how Hanukkah began? Lael tells the story. 🕎

He is humbly honored to give the Hanukkah Presentation to the Deaf school today in this morning, the first day of Hanukkah 5781 (2020).

11/21/2020

The importance of preserving indigenous signed languages!

A Smithsonian curator recalls his own experience learning the native tongue

11/17/2020

Thank you for sharing this, Becky.

I’ve always believed that enjoying meals as a family on a regular basis is super important, and is perhaps the most important part of our day. Coming from a multilingual family where we communicate in American Sign Language and English, with two Deaf parents and a hearing sister, our table was ful...

08/30/2020

On Dec 10, David left 21ºF in Minneapolis and a couple hours later arrived in San Diego where the temperature was a balmy 75ºF! Can you convert those temperatures to Celsius and calculate the difference?

Join us via Zoom for “Interpreting educational numbers: Percent, place, position—math & science numbers,” and we will talk about interpreting typical categories of numbers in math and science.

Tuesday, September 29, 2020
6:00–9:00p Eastern time
0.3 CEUs Professional Studies
$40.00

Information and registration can be found at
bit.ly/EvansNumbers

Brought to you by Bridge Communications, hosted by the Willie Ross School for the Deaf, CEU processing sponsored by MassRID.

04/22/2020

Children of Deaf Adults (codas) from across the world created this music video of “Ain’t No Mountain,” and it’s beautiful! ♥️

Children of Deaf Adults from all over the world coming together, in their native sign, to brighten your lives during these dark times. I do not own the right...

04/18/2020

Spring hasn’t quite come to Minnesota yet, but soon!