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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.

Best regards,

Fanny (Yeh) CORDEROY du TIERS, President of CDS/International Coordinator Mathias-Henri GÃ0 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

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.

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

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.

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:

Months 2006 January 20 February 17 March 17 April 21 May 19 June 16 July 21 August 18 September 15 October 20 November 17 December 15

See you all at Porter Ranch Pizza Cafe and Porter Ranch Starbucks on the 3rd Friday of the month.

WRAD is happy to present a 30-mile round trip bike day along the beach from Santa Monica to Hermosa Beach round trip !!!!!! The date has been changed from March 18 to April 8th

All day Saturday
April 8th, 2006
10:00am to 4:00pm.

The bicycle path along 15 miles from Santa Monica to Hermosa Beach takes you through some of the most colorful beach towns anywhere. We will stop for lunch at the Hermosa Beach courtyard around noon. Food there is fabulous and affordable. You may shop, eat, rest, and entertain other friends at the courtyard. Everyone is welcome. This is going to be a fun day to meet new and old friends. Also, it is a very good exercise for your body and strengthen your muscle legs to have 30 miles round trip on the bicycle. You will have a good night sleep after you are exhausted from riding all day. This is a fun ride for everyone.

Meet us at the Santa Monica Pier parking lot betweeen 9:30am and 9:45am prior to our departure at 10:00am SHARP!!!!!!    (The event will be cancelled if rain or heavy fog)

Colorado Backpacking - Deaf and Hard of Hearing Women

The experiential nature of the Outward Bound curriculum provides hands-on opportunities to explore risk-taking, change, challenge, problem solving and self-direction. This course is instructed by women, designed to stimulate your creativity, help you change direction and address balance in your life and career. Through success-oriented challenges requiring teamwork and personal effort, the Adult Renewal course enhances self-confidence, motivates compassion and enriches personal experience. This course illuminates the importance of support systems by offering an opportunity to be in the mountains for 7 days with all Deaf/HOH women. The first three days of the course are run out of our Leadville Mountain Center where you will participate in activities such as rock climbing and rappelling, as well as spending some time on the ropes course. During this section, you will sleep in our cabins or on tent platforms and our base camp cook will prepare delicious meals for you. The last four days will take place in a wilderness setting tackling rapids as a team on inflatable rafts on the Arkansas River, participating in a backcountry expedition that includes a peak ascent and rounding out your wilderness experience with a solo. Your solo will give you time alone to reflect upon the activities, challenges and lessons you have learned. In the backcountry you will sleep in sleeping bags on the ground under the stars and cook your own meals (as a group) over backcountry stoves. Successful completion of your course demands mastery of skills, trust, fitness, confidence, tenacity, leadership, initiative and compassion. The promotion of these qualities, and the discovery of what's in you, is the purpose of Outward Bound.

  COURSE AREA
The Rocky Mountains, one of the most famous mountain ranges in the world, stretch 3,000 miles from Alaska to New Mexico. They have provided the inspiration for legend and have had a profound influence on the development of the continental United States. It is in and around these majestic mountains that your Outward Bound West course will take place. This course will occur in the Rocky Mountain' San Juan Range, which is often compared to the Swiss Alps. This range contains more land above 10,000 feet than any other place in the United States. It has always presented a formidable challenge for explorers. The area is home to many abandoned mining towns whose rather checkered pasts lend credence to Colorado's Wild West reputation. Here, too, did the infamous Alfred Packer perform his dastardly deed near San Luis Peak on Cannibal Flats.

Outward Bound is offering 3 wilderness courses for Deaf/HOH and Signing individuals in the Spring/ Summer, 2006. All courses are instructed in PSE/ASL and require that students be at least 18 years of age. Full and partial scholarships are available for students in need. Last year more than $20,000 in scholarship money was awarded to these programs, averaging nearly $1,500 per person. Applications are due at least 30 days before the course start.

Colorado Mountaineering 10-day Technical Training for Deaf/HOH/Signing CMI630
May 27-June 5, 2006
Course Cost: $1,795; Age: 21+

Colorado 7-day Backpacking for Deaf/HOH/Signing -Women's Adult Renewal CBT620
June 19-25, 2006
Course Cost: $1,295; Age: 30+

Colorado 14-day Mountaineering for Deaf/HOH/Signing LMO649
July 31- August 13, 2006
Course Cost: $2,495; Age: 18+

For more information check out their website at:www.outwardboundwilderness.org.