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• To spread and increase awareness about the lack of Deaf African-American actors cast in roles in the mainstream movie industry and in television.



• To increase recognition for Deaf Talents of Color who are performers, sign language & culture coaches, stuntmen, filmmakers, directors, producers, writers, cinematographers, etc. in the mainstream movie industry and in television.





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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO [CC] - KIRO TV’s investigative unit has discovered Tacoma police used force to arrest and handcuff an innocent Deaf woman after she called 911 for their help.



TACOMA, WA - She called for police assistance after a guest reportedly attacked her in her own apartment.



Deaf since birth, White used a special video-equipped phone, connected to a TV and a Web camera, to call 911.



A certified American Sign Language interpreter on the other end verbally relayed White’s pleas for help to a Tacoma police dispatcher.





Instead of an apology, she ended up bloody and in jail for nearly three days without an interpreter before a prosecutor declined to press charges... Read more: http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/crime-law/police-use-taser-deaf-crime-victim/nP9mZ/



Watch Video in ASL: Deaf Woman Helpless Without Interpreter:

http://www.kirotv.com/videos/news/deaf-woman-helpless-without-interpreter/vc9Y9/



Watch Raw Video: 911 Call Through Sign Language Interpreter:

http://www.kirotv.com/videos/news/raw-911-call-through-sign-language-interpreter/vc8rS/



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