Calendar

    Jan
    18
    Mon
    NMCDHH Offices Closed – Martin Luther King Day
    Jan 18 all-day
    Feb
    20
    Sat
    HLAA – Albuquerque Meeting @ Zoom
    Feb 20 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

    Loop People, Loop Places Speaker: Ginevra Ralph. Ginevra graduated from the University of Oregon with degrees in history and special education. She has been a disability rights advocate since the 1960’s and has taught students with profound cognitive and physical disabilities. In 2020 Ginevra received the 2020 HLAA “Get in the Hearing Loop” award. Ginevra will be following up on last month’s presentation given by Juliëtte Sterkens. February’s meeting will focus on the need for multiple additional strategies to enhance a hearing aid/ cochlear implants natural limitation. The presentation will also include how to take control of hearing better in our daily lives by using a personal hearing loop. Portable loops dramatically increase effective loop advocacy by instantly expanding the number and variety of places that are looped, as well as providing community outreach and education in an easy way. Ginevra will also be joined by Sue Prichard, Chair of the Loop Lane County Committee, who uses a personal loop daily.

    Zoom Link for February 20:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89211721773?pwd=YUtEVmJvMFJqckRheDhUUXBxN0pEZz09

    See more info on the HLAA website.

    HLAA – Santa Fe Meeting @ Zoom
    Feb 20 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

    This month’s HLAA – Santa Fe Chapter meeting will be hosted by Mr. Dennis Stidham from the New Mexico Commission for Deaf & Hard of Hearing (NMCDHH).  He will be covering all their hard of hearing assistive listening devices and other equipment that is provided through their Telecommunication Equipment Distribution Program as a virtual booth presentation.

    Sign Language Interpreter will be provided by the NM Commission for Deaf and Hard of Hearing.  Captioning will be available as well.  In order to turn on the Closed Captioning (CC) feature at the bottom of the screen in Zoom, you will need to click it.

    click to zoom meeting below

    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86285328620?pwd=WTI4MDREaDNUeG5qdkVhVkU4bDlkZz09

    You must have zoom installed in your computer in order to participate.  We will assist you and provide instructions on how to navigate zoom if you are not familiar with it.

    Virtual Booth Flyer

    Flyer for HLAA SF February 20 2021

    Feb
    25
    Thu
    Leading the Way: A Conversation with Black Administrators of State Agencies @ Live on NBDA Facebook
    Feb 25 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    From National Black Deaf Advocates, Inc. (NBDA)

    Celebrating Black History Month. NBDA Live Dialogue on Leading the Way: A Conversation with Black Administrators of State Agencies
    Thursday February 25, 2021 – 7pm ET.
    Live on NBDA Facebook
    Panelists:
    Earnest Covington, Executive Director, Rhode Island Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
    Benro Ogunyipe, Executive Director, Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission
    Khianti Thomas-Martin, Executive Director, Nevada Commission on Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
    Dr. Opeoluwa Sotonwa, Commissioner-Designee, Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; Outgoing Executive Director, Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
    Moderator: Isidore Niyongabo, NBDA President
    Sponsored by Def Lens Media