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In March 1988, Gallaudet University experienced a watershed event that led to the appointment of the 124-year-old university’s first deaf president. Since then, Deaf President Now (DPN) has become synonymous with self-determination and empowerment for deaf and hard of hearing people everywhere. The Issues.
Deaf President Now ( DPN) was a student protest in March 1988 at Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. The protest began on March 6, 1988, when the Board of Trustees announced its decision to appoint a hearing candidate, Elizabeth Zinser, over the other Deaf [note 1] candidates, Irving King Jordan and Harvey Corson, as its seventh president.
In 1988, Gallaudet University was the site of student-led protests that today is called Deaf President Now, or simply DPN. But DPN was more than a protest. It was also a unique coming together of Gallaudet students, faculty, and staff with the national deaf community-all bound by clear and defined goals. The DPN supporters believed that the ...
Apr 3, 2018 · WASHINGTON — Students at Gallaudet University, the renowned school for the deaf, brought the campus in the nation's capital to a standstill 30 years ago during a week-long protest to demand a ...
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Oct 30, 2006 · Oct 30, 2006 3:31 PM EDT. The Board of Trustees at Gallaudet University voted Sunday to revoke the contract of incoming president Jane Fernandes, amid protests from students, faculty, and alumni ...
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Oct 16, 2007 · October 16, 2007. One year after student-led protests forced Gallaudet University to rescind a presidential appointment, some measure of calm is returning to the Washington campus of the nation ...
Apr 11, 2018 · A brief history of the movement that transformed a university and helped catalyze the Americans With Disabilities Act. Four student leaders of the Deaf President Now protest—Tim Raurus, Bridgetta Bourne-Firl, Greg Hlibok, and Jerry Covell—leading protesters at Gallaudet University in March of 1988. It all started 30 years ago this March ...
Unity for Gallaudet. The Unity for Gallaudet Movement was a protest movement started by students, faculty, and alumni of Gallaudet University and other sympathizers who did not support the nomination of Dr. Jane Fernandes as president of the university. I. King Jordan, Gallaudet University's previous president who was brought into the office as ...
Oct 26, 2021 · More than 30 years after a groundbreaking protest at Gallaudet University in Washington, questions about leadership at a school for the deaf in Atlanta have been further compounded by race.
