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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">**Please
circulate widely. Apologies for any cross-listing/posting**</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in"><b style><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB">African
Lessons on Language and Citizenship: </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in"><b style><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB">Local Action
and Transnational Partnerships</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Gallaudet
University invites you to participate in a mini-conference, <i style>African Lessons on Language and Citizenship:
Local Action and Transnational Partnerships</i>, to be held on April 19 and 20,
2012, at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB">Unlike conferences that position
Africa and linguistic minority members as development “needs,” this conference
foregrounds the positive social, political, and economic impacts of language-centered
initiatives within and between African countries and other locations. With this
as the base, the conference also aims to provide a forum for participants to
discuss relevant gaps between social policies, institutional structures, and
access to resources. We expect that conference activities will contribute to
thinking and practical action related to a variety of projects with language at
their center, as well as to new shared visions of social futures. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Building on the
momentum of the 16th international meeting of the World Federation of the Deaf
and the third conference of the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters
both held in Durban, South Africa in July of 2011, this conference brings
together social-change workers, scholars, and policy-makers to promote
knowledge exchange, operational expertise, and critical coalition-building
among deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing groups engaged in projects of
linguistic and sociopolitical self-determination.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB">Invited presenters hail from Nigeria, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, and
the United States.<span style> </span>Presenters include
(among others):</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Bruno
Druchen, National Director of DeafSA; member of the Organizing Committee for
the World Federation of the Deaf ‘s16<sup>th</sup> World Congress, Durban,
South Africa</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Nassozi
B. Kiyaga, Executive Director of Deaf Link Uganda</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Euphrasia
Mbewe, President of Africa Deaf Union and former Board Member of the World
Bank’s Global Partnership for Disability and Development</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Jeffery
Bowden, ASL/English Interpreter, U.S. Department of State; member of the World
Association of Sign Language Interpreters, National Alliance of Black
Interpreters, and Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Alem
Hailu, Professor, African Studies Department, Howard University </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">William
L. Leap, Professor, Department of Anthropology, American University; founder
and organizer of the Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference, </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Charlotte
McClain-Nhlapo, USAID Coordinator of Disability and Inclusive Development;
former High Commissioner on Human Rights, South Africa</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Chloe
Schwenke, Senior Governance Advisor, USAID Africa Bureau </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB">Topics include:</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Creating
Political and Legislative Inclusion for Signed Language Communities in the New
South Africa</span><span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">How
deployment of "Gay" Policed Race and Class in 1990s Cape Town</span> <span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Tracking
Language Use, Social Inclusion, and Development in Western Central African
Region Countries</span><span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Connections
between Signed Language and Identity in Uganda</span><span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Citizenship
and Conflict Resolution Initiatives</span><span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Research
Partnerships and Kenyan Sign Language</span><span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Exchanges
Between Local, National, and World Associations of Sign Language Interpreters</span><span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Community
Dialogue between Deaf Peoples’ Organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations</span><span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Communication
and Media in West African Social Change</span><span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-GB"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">And
more…</span><span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB">Registration is free. Gallaudet University is encouraging the widest
possible participation, which may result in limited seating. To secure your
place, we kindly request that you register at: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB"><span style><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://www.gallaudet.edu/Educational_Foundations_and_Research/Conference_Registration.html">http://www.gallaudet.edu/Educational_Foundations_and_Research/Conference_Registration.html</a></span></u></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB">Conference agenda coming soon to the conference website at:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/AfricanLessons">http://tinyurl.com/AfricanLessons</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB">We look forward to seeing you at the conference! </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB">Conference Co-Organizers </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB">Audrey C. Cooper, Ph.D<span style> </span><span style> </span><span style> </span>Khadijat Rashd, Ph.D</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-GB">Visiting Scholar, International Development <span style> </span><span style> </span>Professor, Department of Business </span></p>
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Development)<span style> </span><span style>
</span>Gallaudet University </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Additional Information:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Event Locations and Times:<span style> </span></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Gallaudet University<span style> </span>800 Florida Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b style><i style><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Thursday
event (6 to 9pm):</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> Opening
Ceremony, Panel I, followed by Reception</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Atrium,
Sorenson Language and Communication Center (SLCC)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b style><i style><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Friday
event (8:30-4:30):</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> Panel
II, III, IV and Networking Activity </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Kellogg
Conference Center and Hotel, Swindell’s Auditorium</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Friday
registration and continental breakfast opens at 8:30am. Conference starts at
9am. Afternoon coffee break provided.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Available
on Gallaudet’s campus at the Kellogg Conference Center and Hotel: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">(202)
651-6000. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Support Services</span></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Available upon
request. Please email the conference staff at: </span><a href="mailto:africanlessons@gmail.com"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">africanlessons@gmail.com</span></a></p>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Dr. Barbara Gerner de Garcia, Professor and Chair<br>Department of Educational Foundations and Research<br>Gallaudet University<br>800 Florida Ave NE<br>Washington, DC 20002-3695<br><br>Phone: <a href="tel:202-651-5207" value="+12026515207" target="_blank">202-651-5207</a><br>