GAD Goals and Achievements
GAD Achievements 2022
- Supported AASD student protestors over superintendent selection concerns
- Participated in Deaf Expo in May with a booth and a presentation about GAD and Deaf Georgia
- Collaborated with GaRID and NAOBI with the first ASL Cookout on Memorial Day.
- Collaborated with GCDHH and DBHDD-Deaf Service on the First Responders' Deaf curriculum development project.
- Submitted a NAD priority proposal targeting on the Vocational Rehabilitation crisis
- Supported and mentored DeMarco Pittman's preparation for the Pitch Competition
- GAD Member DeMarco Pittman representing Regional III NAD Youth Representative
- GAD member Thomas Swope is chosen as Chair of Deaf Culture and History Section under NAD
- GAD President DeAnna Swope chosen as one of the three leaders of a newly established NAD Section of BIPOC
- GAD won Regional III’s “State Association of the Year” at NAD Conference 2022
- GAD Vice President Scott Cohen successfully hosting STEM HANDS camp for deaf high schoolers
- Collected historical information for e-book
- GAD Symposium in lieu of mini-conference
- Four Town Halls so far (Atlanta, Columbus, Rome, Augusta)
- Restructuring and rebuilding GAD: new website, membership access, technological upgrading
- GAD hosted a booth at Fall Fest 2022 with a successful fundraiser and networking.
GAD Goals 2021-2023
- Priority 1: ASL Resources for Deaf Babies
- Priority 2: Achieving Equity in Deaf Education
- Priority 3: Addressing Well-Being Crisis of Deaf Youths
- Priority 4: Deaf Senior Citizens Issues
- Priority 5: Dismantling Racism
- Push on Vocational Rehabilitation Issues Improvement
- Push on Deaf Education Strategies for Literacy Improvement
- Interpreter Licensure Bill Task Force
- Educational webinars
- Education Advocates Strategic Initiatives
- Voter Registration Drive
- Support Deaf Mental Health expansion drive
- Promotion of Deaf Georgia Ecosystem
- Adding to Growth of Deaf Georgia His/herstory
- Greater collaborative engagement with governmental agencies and other like-minded local organizations
- Greater digital presence and technological integration