Happy New Year to each and every one of you! May the New Year bring more prosperity, health and joy to your way.
The board officers will have a meeting on Saturday, January 28th at TSHA in Tulsa. The meeting will start at 10 AM and end at 4 PM depending on how fast and efficient it gets to accomplish before the next meeting in April. The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child’s Bill of Rights and the Oklahoma Interpreter Licensure Act will be on the agenda among other action items. Please feel free to stop by and watch the board in action.
We are also keeping watch on the recent developments at the Indiana School for the Deaf, and it is in danger of the HB-1367 of which proposes to take away the centralized resource center from the school and give it to some agency that is not well-rounded as far as the deaf education is concerned. The National Association of the Deaf opposes that bill because as per the NAD website: The bill would remove the outreach center currently housed at the Indiana School for the Deaf, terminate all staff working in that center, and recreate a new outreach center separate from the school.
The NAD has sent urgency to those who were denied access to Wells Fargo Bank via relay calls are encouraged to contact the Department of Justice before January 29th. For further information: please check the http://www.nad.org/news/2012/1/denied-access-wells-fargo-file-your-claim-jan-29
Have a happy day!
OAD’ically yours,
Lynn Z. Null
President
Mission Statement
The mission of the Oklahoma Association of the Deaf (OAD) is to promote, protect and preserve the civil rights and quality of life of deaf and hard of hearing individuals in Oklahoma.
Vision Statement
The vision of the Oklahoma Association of the Deaf (OAD) is that every deaf and hard of hearing individual can and will obtain maximum potential through increased independence, productivity and integration without barriers.
Got OAD?
If you would like to become a OAD member, please visit the website to fill out the membership form and mail the completed membership form with a check or money order to the OAD Treasurer, Ron Lawer or to any of the board members.
Oklahoma Association of the Deaf
Oklahoma Association of the Deaf
Events
January 28,2012
OAD Board Meeting @ Tulsa, Oklahoma 10:00am to 4:00pm
May 26,2012 10am to 5pm
OSD Alumni Day @
Sulphur, Oklahoma
June 2013
OAD Conference
Coffee Deaf Chats
First Friday of every month:
SW 19th St Moore,Oklahoma
7:00pm to 11:00pm
Bartlesville
Second Friday of every month:
Utica Square, Tulsa,Oklahoma
7:00pm to 11:00pm
Third Friday of every month:
West Robinson Street,
Norman, Oklahoma
7:30pm to 11:00 pm
Fourth Friday of every month:
Java Dave’s Coffee Cafe
1724 S 4th St
Chickasha, Oklahoma
6:00pm to 11:00pm
Stonewood Coffee and Tea Co
449 W. Stonewood Dr
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
7:oopm to 10:00pm
Silent Dinners
TSHA @ Woodland Hills Mall
Food Court 71st and Memorial
6:00pm December 1
Third Tuesday of every month:
Bartlesville Silent Dinner 6:00pm
Mazzios 511 SE Washington
Third Thursday of every month:
SLRS
No Schedules for Nov/Dec 2011
Third Friday of every month:
Arrowhead Mall, Muskogee, Oklahoma 6:00pm to close time
Deaf Clubs
OKCAD- every saturdays
Oklahoma City Association of the Deaf @ 1106 N.W.15th St, OKC
7:00pm to 2:00am
OKCSCAD- First Saturday of each month 10am-4pm
TAD -First saturday of each month 7:00pm
SCAD -Second saturday of each month
Come join OAD Team!
Youth Program Booth Volunteers
