Disrupting Injustice: The Crisis of Deaf Access to Justice & Deaf in Prison
Join us for an amazing workshop with a panel of deaf returned citizens, and two profound guest speakers.
Returned Citizen Panelists: Lawrence Levy, Bill Habb, Mark Garton
Moderator: Walker Alan Estes
Keynote Speakers:
Talila A. Lewis, J.D., HEARD Founder & RIT/NTID Professor
Amber Farrelly, J.D., B.A., Texas Advanced and Court Certified
Guest Speaker:
Katrina Rivers, President of Communications Consulting Group
The challenges Deaf prisoners face are unimaginable. We will take a journey with deaf men who will share their experiences with the Justice system and in jails and prisons.
Guest speakers will educate and enlighten our communities about mass incarceration, discrimination and physical/sexual abuse in prison, deaf wrongful conviction, access to programs and services in prison, access to telecommunications in prison, equal access to the courts and counsel, the role of interpreters & reentry barriers facing deaf returned citizens.
We also are proud to bring to you a showing of the long-awaited documentary on deaf prisoners & HEARD. This documentary premiered on Al Jazeera America last December. HEARD invested countless hours to this project over the past three years. This series features interviews from deaf prisoners from HEARD's one-of-a-kind Deaf & Deaf-Blind Prisoner Database. Please come and learn how you can support equal access to the justice system, including videophone implementation in jails and prisons.
YouTube trailer: goo.gl/hQ1lbo
ASL fact sheet goo.gl/G6u3Zx
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Top portion: White background, (Top left corner) Blue text that says, "Please join us for a day of discussion and collaboration on"
underneath: "Disrupting Injustice:" (Next to) Two white hands signing help in the palm of a bigger two black hands (Finger tips upwards) with white handcuffs around the wrists.
(Middle of the flyer) In a rectangular box, background blue, white text that says, "The crisis of Deaf Access to Justice & Deaf in Prison." (Part 2 of the title)
Picture: black and gray background with a silhouette of jail cell bars and a man inside sitting, with his elbows on his knees, head planted into thumbs, (Looks like he is praying or thinking really hard). In white text across this picture:
SATURDAY NOV. 15, 2014 | BATON ROUGE, LA | 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Everyone is welcome: law enforcement, attorneys, members of the deaf community, interpreters, and anyone interested in promoting equality.
Louisiana Deaf Returned Citizen Panel
MODERATOR: Walker Alan Estes
PANELISTS: Lawrence Levy, Bill Habb, & Mark Garton
Wrongful Conviction, Prison, and Reentry
GUEST PRESENTER: Talila A. Lewis, J.D.,
HEARD Founder & RIT/NTID Professor
Deaf Access to the Courts & Interpreter Issues
GUEST PRESENTER: Amber Farrelly, J.D., B.A.,
Texas Advanced and Court Certified
PLUS: Learn how to make access to communication simple through a discussion with Katrina Rivers,
President of Communications Consulting Group
CEU will be available for interpreters!
0.5 RID CEU in Professional Studies
(Bottom Portion of the flyer)
White background: In black text; includes a viewing of the #DeafinPrison documentary film
(Underneath) Blue text: East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library | Main Event Room
7711 Goodwood Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70806
(Bottom Left) SPONSORED BY:
Communications Consulting Group, www.yourccgroup.com
(Middle of bottom) CC Group Logo and HEARD Logo.
(Bottom Right) PRESENTED BY:
Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of the Deaf, www.behearddc.org
