FLASH NEWS...CLICK HERE to see the official DBC Education Conference announcement

First Annual DBC Conference

JUNE 27-30, 2008,  MILWAUKEE, WISC.

KEEP CHECKING THE WEBSITE and BLOGSITE FOR MORE DETAILS

Booth/Exhibits:  Saturday and Sunday only

Email deafbilingual@gmail.com and make your request.  You will then be contacted via a DBC representative. 

$150  (1) 8' Table

$200  (2) 8' Tables

$250  (3) 8' Tables

Program BooK Ads available:

Full Page:  $80

Half Page:  $45

Volunteers Needed:

Childcare and Interpreters 

Contact: deafbilingual@gmail.com

REQUESTING DONATIONS AND SPONSORSHIPS:              

                       Deaf Bilingual Coalition
                                      Sign From the Start....
                                      Success for a Lifetime.
                                      www.deafbilingualcoalition.com 

                                                                       
We are excited to announce the First Annual Deaf Bilingual Coalition Conference to be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin June 27–30, 2008.  The DBC is a grass-roots organization established in 2007 to ensure that all Deaf babies and children succeed and thrive though early and strong acquisition of American Sign Language and English. 

Currently, 3 children out of 1000 are born Deaf each day in the United States.  Many parents are not informed of the marvelous benefits of complete and natural language acquisition and whole child development through American Sign Language.  The DBC holds strong to research-based facts, as well as life experience, which show that babies and children who are exposed to and acquire fluency in American Sign Language have a higher level of social, emotional, and cognitive well being and development. 

It is our goal to promote and celebrate true bilingualism for Deaf babies and children.  In order to do so, we need your help.  This conference will be the first of its kind and will bring together people from all over the country and possibly other countries to advocate and learn more about how we all can work together to insure the brightest future for all Deaf babies and children.

In order to do so we need your financial help.  We are in the process of reserving a Conference location, securing speakers and sponsors.  The cost will be around $20,000.  Your donation to this cause will go far toward the establishment of state DBC chapters so that a nation-wide system can be established to ensure Deaf babies and children have access to American Sign Language from the start.  We are passionate about this mission and appreciate your financial support.

Please send your contributions or sponsorships today to: (All donations are tax deductible.)

Pay Pal via http://www.cad1906.org  (California Association of the Deaf)
DBC is under Programs on the Home Page. 

Please click here to to donate:

http://cad1906.org/programs/support-for-the-deaf-bilingual-coalition/

Or

Make checks out to the Deaf Bilingual Coalition and mail to:

Deaf Bilingual Coalition
c/o Alyce Reynolds
40002 Catalina Place
Fremont, CA  94539

If you have further questions, please contact deafbilingual@gmail.com


With Sincere Gratitude of Your Support,


The Deaf Bilingual Coalition Core Committee
John Egbert, Ella Mae Lentz, David Eberwein, Barbara DiGiovanni, David Reynolds, Tami Hossler