WRAD, Inc. presents A Deaf and Hard of Hearing Night

You can purchase tickets online at a discount for $15.00 per person. Must purchase before 6pm March 31 or pay full price at the door.

Great DJ music!!!!! The event capacity is 900 people. The Gate is Powered by G-Shock. House in the Main Room- Miguel Migs (Naked Music/ Salted Music) A Traffic Events Production in HOLLYWOOD.

This event will be broadcast LIVE on gshockparty.com .

For more information, visit www.gshockparty.com

You must be 21 years and over to enter the club.

Hosted by Mark Brudney and Bruce Gross For more info about WRAD event on March 31st, contact wradceo@aol.com

See you all there on Friday night March 31st in Hollywood!!!!! Do not forget to purchase tickets on line for a DISCOUNT!!!!!


On behalf of ChanDanse des Sourds (CDS) Association, it is with great pleasure of presenting our first International Deaf Dance and Music Festival: Festival du Silence and Exposition: International Accessibility for the Deaf which will be held on July 5-8, 2006
in Paris, France.

The high spirit of this Festival is to HAVE FUN and to benefit entierly from our immense cultural and artistic capital, to the rhythm of dance and music. We have reserved several famous landmarks (Paris City Hall, Theatre Monfort, La Loco, Palais Brongniart, etc.) for the opening ceremony, dance performances, night dance entertainment, Exposition of International Accessibility of the Deaf and dance-dinner Gala. Paris is a very beautiful and magnific place to visit and experience. For full information, please visit our Festival website at: www.festival-silence.org.

Looking forward to welcoming you to share wonderful memories with us at this Festival.

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Best regards,

Fanny (Yeh) CORDEROY du TIERS, President of CDS/International Coordinator Mathias-Henri GĂ0 NARD, Festival Chairman CDS Association 13 rue de la Cossonnerie 75001 Paris France


The 20th Nordic Culture Festival will take place in Akureyri 10-16 July 2006. The Icelandic Association of the Deaf invites deaf, hard of hearing and other interested people from the Nordic countries to join us in a celebration of deaf culture. The festival’s theme is a combination of introducing Iceland’s nature and culture in conjunction with the sea, the surroundings and elves and ghosts which are a part of the Icelandic folk tale tradition. Festival guests will have many opportunities to travel from Akureyri and see as much of Iceland as they like, make new friends from other countries and experience diverse cultural activities.

The festival has something to offer everyone. People can choose to stay in Akureyri and relax in the comfortable small town, go to lectures and art exhibitions and the theatre in the evening, followed by a lively chat and a beer at the Arctic Nordic Deaf Pub. Those who like to be on the move can go on exiting day trips in the vicinity of Akureyri and experience different aspects of Iceland in good company.

Akureyri is in the north of Iceland, about 5 hours by car or 50 minutes by airplane from Reykjavík. It is the largest town in the north of Iceland inhabited by approximately 16.000 people. About 200.000 tourists come to Akureyri every year to swim, ski and enjoy the town life and its beautiful surroundings.

Come to Iceland in July 2006. You won’t regret it!!


Dear Ladies and Gentlemen!

I am pleased to welcome you to the VI. DHI- Homepage and the conference in Berlin, the capital city of Germany. Berlin, the city which was shared by two states after the fall of the Nazi-power, was reunificated in 1990 and is now in the middle of Europe (Germany).

The 6th Deaf History International Conference in Berlin is intended to be dedicated to emphasize legal, political and sociological oppressions and forms of discriminations towards the Deaf Community in the history in order to reflect on the past, to overcome the shady history and to imagine better future. The slogan is  to overcome the past and its consequences to present solution for the present .

The Deaf History International Conference will focus on several subjects of Deaf History such as Deaf Women History; Deaf Art/Theater/Movie History; Future and Goal of Deaf History; Deaf History and the sign linguistics; Discrimination a.) of Deaf in School and Education and b.) of Deaf minorities; the status and role and contribution of Deaf History studies and also the role of Deaf History for the Deaf community and Deaf studies/Research fields and other topics.

(Please look on the topic list for the congress under: DHI-Topics)

There will be a special topic about the Deaf Community Life in the period from 1933 to 1945 relating to subjects of Deaf Holocaust, Forced Sterilization, Deaf Nazi, Deaf Refugees etc.

The first and regrettably the last until present conference took place 1998 in the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C./USA. In 2002, a special volume of the Conference reports had been published. As a result research studies of this special subject of the Deaf History have been initiated and consequently necessitated organization of the next scientific Conference in order to continue the previous researches.

Since now you are cordially invited to submit your Paper Proposals for the Congress.

On this occasion, go please to the Field "Call for papers" (see also Menu) in order to become acquainted with the conditions of registering (first step: Registration) and submitting Proposals.

Your Application must be received here no later than February 28, 2006.

The conference is supported by Aktion Mensch and the Federal Ministry for Education and Research and the Humboldt University Berlin. Conference languages are German Sign Language, International Sign, German and English.

The conference fee (which include lunch, coffee-/teabreak and conference items) are available here under Prices

You can take a virtual tour of the university and lecture hall.
Please look on HU-Virtual tour (Our lecture hall is visible under "Kinosaal").

Parallel to the conference, there will be cultural program (guided tours, theater, movies etc.)

Till another announcement.

Sincerely yours,

Mark Zaurov (M. A.)
DHI-Coordinator


WRAD, Inc. welcomes you to DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING NIGHT
AT MONTE CARLO'S RESTAURANT IN BURBANK

Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Monte Carlo's Restaurant
3103 West Magnolia Blvd.
Burbank, California 91505

We will have dinner at this great Italian restaurant called Monte Carlo's Pinocchio Restaurant on Tuesday night March 28th as prices are very reasonable around $6 to $15. A fundraiser for the WRAD organization and please tell the cashier you are with WRAD or bring the flyer for WRAD to get a 15% donation from Monte Carlo's.

Bruce Gross, Gino Giudice, and Carlos Greenham already been to that restaurant and loved it. Lets go there as a group on March 28th. Free parking. See you there as everyone is welcome. For more information, contact brucegross@aol.com or by VP at 661-943-8879.



WRAD, Inc. welcomes you to YOM HASHOAH VE'HAGEVURAH COMMUNITY WIDE HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 2006
Starting at 1:45 p.m. program

Los Angeles Holocaust Monument
7600 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90036

Pan Pacific Park (north end of the park) between Beverly Blvd. and Third St. (adjacent to The Grove and Farmers Market)

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: AMBASSADOR DENNIS ROSS

A canopy will provide shaded seating for all attendees Richard Fendrich, Sign Interpreter Requests for reasonable accommodations must be received no later than March 17, 2006

Free transportation available by pre-registration only - buses will leave at 1:00 p.m. from the Federal Building (corner of Veteran and Wilshire Blvd. in Westwood) and at 12:15 p.m. from the Bernard Milken Jewish Coimmunity Campus located at 22622 Vanowen St., West Hills and from Valley Beth Shalom located at 15739 Ventura Blvd. in Encino.

For further information, call 310-821-9919 or 310-280-5010

We must teach our children and all humanity to never forget.

DIRECTIONS: The site of the Los Angeles Holocaust Monument is at the north end of the city of Los Angeles' Pan Pacific Park, situated between Beverly Boulevard and Third Street. By car it is equidistant from the San Diego 405, the Santa Monica 10, the Harbor 110 and the Hollywood 101 Freeways. By bus, the MTA offers continuous service on Fairfax and La Brea Avenues traveling North and South as well as on Beverly Boulevard and Third Street going East and West.



The Pasadena Playhouse invites WRAD friends and members of the deaf and hard of hearing community to join us for an ASL Interpreted Performance of Cornerstone Theater Company's adapation of
"As You Like It" by William Shakespeare.

Sunday, April 9, 2006 at 2:00 p.m.

The Bard's comedy is set in Pasadena and tackles issues of love, same sex marriage and politics! These timely issues unfold hilariously in this two-act play.

Tickets are only $15 and can be purchased online.
Use code ASL for your discount.
ASL students welcome ($15 tickets with valid I.D.).

There will also be a post-performance discussion with cast immediately following the performance. This will be ASL interpreted as well. Please help support our 2006 ASL Series at the Pasadena Playhouse!

For more information contact Gay Iris Parker at gparker@pasadenaplayhouseorg or visit their website at www.pasadenaplayhouse.org to purchase tickets online.




Have you ever wanted to travel and explore the unknown and try diving, but have been unable to take that giant leap because of your hearing loss? Do you find it hard to understand diving instructors in big classes? FRUSTRATED???

Not anymore. Welcome aboard to the Sampai Jumpa where your travel and diving worries will disappear.

Frank van der Linde and Naomi Hayim have taught many D/deaf and hard of hearing people. Whether you want to learn to dive, or be gently guided around the beautiful sights of the underwater world, let us take you by the hand. Together, we can teach you scuba diving with confidence and ease.

As soon as you jump on the boat, you can relax completely. We will put you in an environment that caters for your needs without you having to feel different from the group.

Following the successes of our previous trips where we had many D/deaf and hard of hearing people join us from the United States, Europe and Australia, please find dates for the next trips starting from early 2006. We look forward to welcoming you!

Dates for 2006 and 2007.

2/13/06 – 2/20/06 – Similan & Surin Islands

4/10/06 – 4/17/06 – Similan & Surin Islands

4/19/06 – 4/27/06 – Burma Banks & Mergui Archipelago

3/08/07 – 3/16/07 – 10-day Manta Ray & Whaleshark Sighting Galore Trip

3/18/07 – 3/25/07 – 8-day Similan & Surin Islands Trip

3/28/07 – 4/17/07 – 3-week Andaman Trip


3/7/06 – 3/28/06 – Andaman Islands — A very special 3-week trip to the unique Andaman Islands. This special trip is open to everyone and is highly recommended as it is one of the last places to see the almost extinct Dugongs (Sea Cows).

The aim of delegating the above trips is for D/deaf/hard of hearing divers to meet one another.

If you wish to come at other times not specified above, you are most welcome to book any trips you wish. Naomi will be on board at all times from October 2005. We use a wide range of communication methods, to ensure that everyone can understand and participate, these being BSL, ASL, lip speaking, gestures and fingerspelling. We aim to accommodate everyone, whatever their communication needs are.

All our trips will be a mix of D/deaf, hard of hearing and hearing people. If you have any specific requests, contact Naomidana via her email address: naomi@worldwidediveandsail.com and she will provide you with any information you require.

“... the fact that communication was not an issue, was the ultimate for me, especially when I compare it to diving in this country and other places, where I have missed out on the dive briefings etc. I also learnt a lot about my diving and hope I have improved. Also, it was so much fun and there were some wonderful people on the trip.”
Shirley Wilson, London, UK

“I loved the diving so much that I have been thinking about whether I want to do graphic design as my career or to go into scuba diving!! Even my parents have noticed the change in me from when I first went travelling to now!! I'm more positive and more like the person I used to be 3 years ago, so you know for sure that I must have had a cracking time!!”
Deniece Wheatley, Bristol, UK

We look forward to welcoming you on the Sampai Jumpa for diving, sailing and travel fun!

For more information check out their website at: www.worldwidediveandsail.com.
Click here to read an article about Naomi's unique service.




A message from the President...



WRAD, Inc. presents A Pizza Fundraiser at


19755 Rinaldi Street Porter Ranch, California 91326

3rd Friday of the month 4:00pm - 10:00pm

Our fourth event is Friday, April 21, 2006

Next door to the Porter Ranch STARBUCKS where deaf and hard of hearing people gather every 3rd Friday of the month.

Tell the cashier you are deaf or hard of hearing or a friend in the deaf and hard of hearing community for us to get a 15% benefit for the WRAD organization.

Your support and help is greatly appreciated......

Mark your calendar for the following dates in 2006 of Porter Ranch Pizza Cafe fundraising nights: