Maryland Association of the Deaf

Maryland Association of the Deaf presents Symposium 2010 at:

Maryland School for the Deaf
101 Clarke Place
Frederick, MD 20901
Saturday, May 22
9 am – 5 pm

Join your Deaf Community in a symposium for an exciting day of workshops, luncheon, and general meeting. Don’t miss this great opportunity to help safeguard, maintain, and advance the civic, educational, and social welfare of people who are deaf and hard of hearing in the state of Maryland.

Click the workshop schedule: MDAD Symposium 2010

**Post-Symposium Event: Mystery Dinner Fundraiser at Dutch’s Daughter for Miss Deaf Maryland**
Click for more information: MDAD Mystery Dinner 2010

The Maryland Association of the Deaf (MDAD) asks that you to take just a few minutes of your day on Wednesday, March 24th to call and email your state senators and delegates to ask that they support the following bills:

• HB1501: Requires captioning to be turned on for televisions in public areas
Download: Sample Letter HB1501

• HB1463: Requires movie theaters to have and provide the necessary technology for captioning
Download: Sample Letter HB1463

• HB1086: Requires captioning on political campaign advertisements
Download: Sample Letter SB102-HB1086

Stay in the office during your lunch break or forgo that chance to stretch your legs for a good cause! Just a few minutes out of your day could make a big impact in the lives of all deaf and hard of hearing Marylanders!

Not sure who your state elected officials are? No problem, visit http://mdelect.net/ and follow a few simple steps to find out.

Contact us at legislative@mdad.tv to let us know that you have contacted your representatives.

All day on March 24, make sure you update your Twitter, Facebook, Google-chat statuses, email your friends to let others know you have taken part in the MDAD Virtual Legislative Day and urge them to do the same!

For more information, please visit http://www.mdad.tv/.