1. WITH OR WITHOUT YOU A PRESENTATION FROM JOSJE LELIJVELD & JOYCE STOKELL DEAFVIEW 3 8 – 10 MARCH 2013 WELLINGTON

2. CRAB THEORY OPPRESSION WITHIN THE DEAF COMMUNITY CRAB THEORY OPPRESSION WITHIN THE DEAF COMMUNITY OUR STRENGTHS HOW CAN WE GROW OUR WEAKNESS WITH OR WITHOUT YOU

3. CRABTHEORY OPPRESSION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY First, the minorities will prevent members of their communities from succeeding through education, jobs, or the accumulation of wealth and/or honors. Should a member of a minority group succeed above all the others, those who are left in the bucket will mock, criticize, and all but disown the members that make it out of the bucket.

4. Deaf oppress deaf Samples: whether or not one is "deaf enough” Use of assistive technology eg Cochlear Implants Oral deaf Mainstreamed deaf being "hearing-minded" which means to be the 'other’ Deaf roots Oppression in the deaf community is multifaceted much like oppression of any other minority group.

5. Education Deaf Schools closing? – Mainstream education – Isolation/identity – Technology Further Limited interpreter funding Barriers in workplace Glass ceiling in career Attitude of society Over the world Deaf Clubs are closing Deaf avoiding Deaf community Will Deaf Community become extinct? Deaf community WEAKNESS

7. Deaf community strengths EQUALITY human right EQUALITY human right ACCESS LEADERS/PROFE SSIONALS NZSL DEAF SOCIETIES DEAF AOTEAROA

8. ACCESS Interpreters equipment technology captions on TV/Movies awareness ACCESS Interpreters equipment technology captions on TV/Movies awareness

9. Mojo Mathers Deaf MP Mojo Mathers Deaf MP

10. EQUALITY human right EQUALITY human right

11. NZSL

12. LEADERS/PROFE SSIONALS skills qualifications experiences strong identity LEADERS/PROFE SSIONALS skills qualifications experiences strong identity

13. Deaf Society/Club NZ 1.Whangarei 2.Auckland Deaf 3.North Auckland 4.Hawkes Bay 5.Manawatu 6.Wellington 7.Nelson 8.Canterbury 9.Otago 10.Southland

14. Deaf community then & now Include “other deaf” in our community Partnership (not a closed community) Applaud Deaf achievements Encourage/support/involvement/educate Have a positive attitude Recourses HOW CAN WE GROW

16. WITH OR WITHOUT YOU Deaf Community needs you & You need Deaf Community