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Signing Time Foundation June Events

The Signing Time Foundation partners with organizations, schools, agencies, conferences, and Buddy Walks across the country to create community outreach experiences like no other. The mission of our Signing Time Community concerts and events is: Include, Inspire & Empower! Our community concerts with Rachel Coleman are fully-inclusive events that are designed to let every child of every ability fully participate and enjoy the experience. Typically developing children as well as those with autism spectrum disorders, Down syndrome, speech delays, verbal apraxia, or physical disabilities will find a place “where friends can meet and find we’re not so different after all.” (That’s a direct quote from …

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Signing Time Foundation Events: Creating a World of Understanding

The Signing Time Foundation partners with organizations, schools, agencies, conferences, and Buddy Walks across the country to create community outreach experiences like no other. The mission of our Signing Time Community concerts and events is: Include, Inspire & Empower! Our community concerts with Rachel Coleman are fully-inclusive events that are designed to let every child of every ability fully participate and enjoy the experience. Typically developing children as well as those with autism spectrum disorders, Down syndrome, speech delays, verbal apraxia, or physical disabilities will find a place “where friends can meet and find we’re not so different after all.” …

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Ghana: The Little Changes Make the Biggest Difference

By Carissa Martos: Certified Signing Time Academy Instructor and Signing Time Foundation Academy Outreach Coordinator Going to Ghana as an interpreting student, I experienced the same culture shock surrounding poverty as the others (Rachel, Pablo, Ronai, Jen, Aaron and the girls) have noted, as well as the lack of in interpreting services and limits to what Deaf children are able to achieve in the current structure, and the misconceptions and prejudices that are rampant in the country. Then I remembered that the concept of Deaf education only came to Ghana in 1957, when Andrew Foster established the school that would …

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Ghana 2012: Moments of Magic (Ronai’s story)

by Ronai Brumet, Signing Time Academy Master Instructor They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, and that’s good, because I have a thousand pictures and I’m having a hard time coming up with words that can adequately describe the experience that I had in Ghana. I was privileged enough to go with an amazing group of people that included my 14 year old daughter, Ellie. I, of course, was worried, as I think any mother would be, about how she would handle all of the change. Ellie is kind of shy until she warms up to a …

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Making a Difference: Helping Deaf Students in Ghana

Carissa Martos has been invited to go with the Signing Time Foundation to Ghana in January of 2012,  in partnership with Signs of Hope International to help provide tuition and supplies for students who cannot afford to attend a School for the Deaf. “When the Ghana trip with the Signing Time Foundation presented itself, I leaped at the chance. I solicited donations from my interpreting classmates, from families I’d worked with, and from my friends and family. I set up a page on my website, explaining the purpose trip and the mission of Signs of Hope. I went to a …

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The Kids Speak Out!

Before the last trip to Ghana, Leah did an interview where she explained that when she grew up, she wanted to be a writer as well as a teacher of the Deaf in Africa.  She explained why she was going, and what she hoped she could change for those children.  The interview is as relevant to the upcoming trip in 2012 as it was back then: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG9LX3G63lQ&version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0] Rory, the daughter of Carissa Martos, the Foundation’s Academy Outreach Coordinator, also wanted to explain why her parents were heading to Africa, and what they hoped to accomplish there.  Rory’s too young …

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Ghana Trip (and AWESOME Pins)

Rachel and the Team are heading back to Ghana in January of 2012 to help Signs of Hope International with their work, supporting the Deaf students and community in that part of west Africa. Thank you for your interest in both of these pins that supported the Foundation’s work!   . ..

Keeping up with Rachel – Check Out Some of the 2011 Events

Signing Time Academy Instructors, Down Syndrome groups, and other individuals and groups host Rachel for engaging concerts and inspiring, life-changing presentations. Here are some highlights of the places Rachel has been so far in 2011. Click here to see Rachel’s complete Photo Album. Or click on the individual photo to see the complete photo album for that event.

Rachel Live in Edmonton, Canada!

Master Signing Time Academy Instructor, has teamed up with the Signing Time Foundation to present Emmy Nominated Rachel Coleman live in Emonton! When: September 18, 2011 2:30 pm (Seating begins at 1:00 pm) Where: Royal Alberta Museum 12845 102 Avenue Northwest Edmonton, AB T5N 0M6, Canada Website: www.signingtimefoundation.org/edmonton Tickets: Children $10/VIP $20 Adult (13+) $15/VIP $30 BUY NOW Regular Tickets available in advance or at the door. VIP tickets must be purchased in advance. Additional Information: General Admission Seating ticket sales start at 2:00 pm. VIP tickets are limited and on a first come, first serve basis. VIP tickets provide …

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More Birds!

Hey all!  Guess what?  The Signing Time Foundation has a Twitter account now.  Please follow us to share pictures of concerts, highlights of talks you’ve seen Rachel give, and keep tabs on our latest doings.

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