Presenters & Topics
National Coalition of Deaf People of Color Conference

This list is tentative; it’s subject to change.
Presenters
Pre-Conference
Institute Workshops
Darian Burwell

“College Students in a Predominately
White University”
Cheryl Wu and
Nancy Grant
“Uncovering Unconscious Bias.”
TBA

“Infusing Multiculturalism in Early Childhood Inservice/Preserive Education”
TBA

“Racism and Audism:
The Understanding of Deafhood”
Presenters

Presentations, Workshops, and Interactive Sessions
Mark Azure and
Teresa Norris
“Native Communities &
Indian Sign Language”

Fred Beam

“Contribution of Performing
Artist of Color”

Steve Brunelle

“Is it TIME to give CREDIT to Plains
Indian Sign Language WHERE
the CREDIT is DUE?”

Tara Downing and
Matthew Rider

“Sexually Education:
You Can Talk About It, Too”

Melissa
Dragnanac-Hawk

“Oppression: Should I say something?”
Joel Garica

“Challenges Chicano Parents face in
Raising deaf children in the barrio”
Leah Katz-Hernandez

“Be the Change You Want to See!
My Journey Can Be YOUR Journey”

Mary Henry Lightfoot and Lillian Garcia

Reaching Out to the Next Generation of Interpreters: NCIEC Discover Interpreting

Dr. Carolyn McCaskill
and Dr Ceil Lucas

“Black ASL: a historial and
Linguistic Overview”

Melissa Malzkuhn and
Jesse Jones
“Think Again:
The Deaf Youth USA Movement”

Krisiti Merriweather, Glenn Anderson, Lindsay Dunn, Karen Wilson, and
Sheri Farinha

“On the Spot About Racism and Audism:
A Dialogue Amongst Deaf Diverse
Backgrounds”

Brenda Perrodin

“Infusing Multiculturalism in
Early Childhood In-service/Preserive
Education”

Karen Wilson and
Shari Kido

“Leadership for harmony Heart
of a Peacemaker”

Nan Zhou and
Liann Osborne

“Does Deafhood apply to us?”