Deaf President Now! ASL 1140 October 3, 2013

DPN What does DPN stand for ?

DPN Deaf President Now!

DPN Name the four demands that the protesters/activists presented to the Board of Trustees

DPN No reprisals against any student, faculty, or staff involved The Chairman (Jane Spilman) resign from the Board Elisabeth Zinser resign and a Deaf person be selected as president The Board of Trustees must constitute a 51% majority of Deaf members

DPN The DPN supporters believed that the time had come for a hearing person to run the world’s only university for the deaf and hard of hearing students. TRUE FALSE

DPN False

DPN How many of the finalists for the President position was HEARING?

DPN One

What announcement ignited the DPN protest?

DPN The Board announced the selection of Zinser, the only hearing candidate, as the university's seventh president.

DPN Name the 3 candidates for the position of President of Gallaudet.

DPN Elisabeth Zinser Dr. I King Jordan Harvey Corson

DPN Name the 4 students that emerged as student leaders in the protest.

DPN Greg Hlibok Bridgetta Bourne Tim Rarus Jerry Covell

DPN What date was a crucial date in the history of DPN because it was the day of the first fully organized rally?

DPN March 1, 1988

DPN Approximately _____________ University students, elementary and high school students from the University’s College Programs, staff, faculty, alumni, and members from the local Deaf Community participated in the rally.

DPN 1,000 – 2,000

DPN Jane Spilman supposedly said, “Deaf people are not able to function in a hearing world.”

DPN

DPN The University’s ___________ __________ became the headquarters for the protest and the DPN Council.

DPN Field House

DPN Where did the DPN protest happen? Location: _____________________ City/state: _____________________

DPN Gallaudet University (Location) Washington, D.C. (city/state)

DPN Students were wearing buttons that had 3 ½ on them during the protest. What does this mean?

DPN Students began wearing buttons with "3 ½" on them, signifying that there were only 3 ½ demands left to go.

DPN _________________ was named Gallaudet’s eighth and first deaf president.

DPN Dr. I King Jordan

DPN The protest was violent, except for not obtaining march permits for all marches, and the protesters did not respect the law.

DPN

Who became the new chairperson for the Board of Trustees after DPN?

DPN Phil Bravin

DPN It was stated that. “Deaf people can do anything hearing people can do EXCEPT _____________________”

DPN HEAR