D Week
The D Center (and other collaborators) is hosting a week, D Week, a week of events involving Deaf
and/or d/Disability culture, sharing stories and experiences, and facilitating discussion. These events
will be taking place April 7th 2014 – April 11th, 2014. All of the events are free!
Monday, April 7th, 2014 @ 5:30pm-7:30pm -- Deaf Panel. Kane Hall, Room 220:
Collaborator: UW ASL Club
This event will consist of: a Deaf student, a Deaf adult, a Deaf-Blind and a CODA. These individuals
will discuss their daily routines, challenges, experiences, stories and so forth about themselves.
There will be opportunities for Q&A from the audience. Voice interpreting and captioning will be
provided. For Deaf-Blind interpreting, please request by March 21, 2014.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 @ 6:30pm-8:30pm -- Aurora Levins Morales, HUB (Husky Union
Building), Room 106:
Aurora Levins Morales is an internationally celebrated Puerto Rican Jewish feminist writer, poet,
activist, and historian who will be discussing and reading passages from her book Kindling: Writings
on the Body. There will also be opportunities for Q&A from the audience. ASL interpreting and
captioning will be provided.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 @ 5:30pm-7:30pm – Kane Hall, Room 220:
Collaborator: UW ASL Club
Roger Poulin, a Deaf-Blind man, shares his experiences hiking the Appalachian Trail. He will take
questions at the end of the lecture. Voice interpreting and captioning will be provided. For Deaf-Blind
interpreting, please request by March 21, 2014.
Thursday, April 10, 2014 @ 6:30pm-8pm -- Mia Mingus, HUB (Husky Union Building), Room
334:
Collaborators: Student Disability Commission, Q Center, Asian Student Commission, Queer Student
Commission, Women's Action Commission
She will talk about disability justice and how that relates to her intersecting identities as a queer
physically disabled Korean woman, transracial and transnational adoptee. It will be a lecture with Q &
A. ASL interpreting and captioning will be provided.
Friday, April 11, 2014 @ 4:30pm-6:30pm -- 1 year anniversary of the D Center's opening!
Come to the D Center to celebrate with us! Food will be provided. ASL interpreters and captioning will
be provided.
To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office at: 206.543.6450 (voice),206.543.6452
(TTY), 206.685.7264 (fax), or email at dhhreq@uw.edu. The University of Washington makes every effort to honor
disability accommodation requests. Requests can be responded to most effectively if received as far in advance of
the event as possible, preferably at least 10 days.
All events please ask that you be fragrance free. For more information on how to do that:
http://eastbaymeditation.org/accessibility/PDF/How-to-Be-Fragrance-Free-.pdf
Website: http://depts.washington.edu/dcenter/wordpress/ email: dcenter@uw.edu for
questions/concerns/comments Facebook event for D Week:
https://www.facebook.com/events/624199927666552/