Jr. NADmag (Winter 2019)

WINTER 2019

Jr.NADmag

AN ONLINE JR.NAD MAGAZINE MEET OUR JR. NAD AMBASSADOR Annabelle Scroggins

2019 JR. NAD HIGHLIGHTS of what happened GENERAL ASSEMBLY Top Six (6) at the #JrNAD2019!

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FROM THE DESK OF NAD YOUTH PROGRAMS Greetings Jr. NAD Members, Who is ready for Winter? I certainly had my dose of the winter spirit when I was in Rochester, New York for the Jr. NAD National Conference because we had snow! You’ll see some of the snow in our recent video made by the George Veditz Video group which was posted on Facebook and YouTube. If you missed it, you can find it at our Facebook page: NAD Youth Programs.

It was amazing to have representatives from 27 schools at the Jr. NAD National Conference. We had a total of 81 students and 42 advisors. We covered many topics such as social media, deaf ecosystem, healthy conversations, our roadmap experience, and more. Best of all, we shared ideas and made important motions at the Jr. NAD General Assembly! You will learn more about what we did at the Jr. NAD National Conference in this issue.

If you weren’t able to join us in Rochester, we encourage you to join us at the 28th Biennial Jr. NAD National Conference at the California School for the Deaf - Riverside in 2021!

For Deaf Youth, Chanel Bonheyo Director of Youth Programs National Association of the Deaf

In this Issue...

2

Table of Contents

4

Jr. NAD Conference Highlights

6

Q & A with Annabelle

8 10

General Assembly Jr. NAD Awards

Confe r e n c e H i g h lights

Ice breaker at the gym!

Cheers at the Opening Ceremony.

We started with ice breaker activities at the gym and an Opening Ceremony at the Rochester School for the Deaf. Brandon Williams was our keynote presenter.

Then, we concluded with Rochester's ROCthat!

Brandon, our Keynote Presenter.

Jr. NAD Delegates particpate in Jr. NADthat!

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6

Strolling around the NTID Tunnel.

We had workshops and activities at the National Technical Institute of Technology (NTID). Guest presenters included: Tami Santimyer and Bradley Bourogeis, "Building Leadership Within You"; Rhonda VoightCampbell, "Life is a journey, not a destination"; Melissa Yingst and Sarah Gordon "Growing Deaf Ecosystem with Social Media"; and Pamela Conley "Using Social Media Responsibly."

Fun in the snow!

Paying attention to the workshops.

Workshop by Melissa Yingst.

Dodgeball!

THURSDAY, NOV. 7

Another fabulous day of workshops provided by four awesome guest presenters: Domonic Gordine "The Power of Mentorship"; Mia Sanchez, "Unleash Your Power"; Alex Abenchuchan, "The Daily Moth"; and Jason Listman, "Building Future Deaf Leaders' Navigational Capital".

Workshop by Domonic.

Hands-on activities during workshops.

Hands-on activities during workshops.

We also had our Jr. NAD Ambassador Competition that evening, Annabelle Scroggins from Texas won!

Jr. NAD Ambassador Program

Final words from Liliana.

FRIDAY, NOV. 8

We visited the Niagara Falls, returned to Rochester and had our General Assembly and ended the final night with a bang at the Jr. NAD Banquet!

Trip to Niagara Falls!

Jack and Cori, our awesome emcees, for the evening!

Getting our groove on!

Fun times at the banquet.

Check out more photos on NAD Youth Programs Facebook or Flickr.

SATURDAY, NOV. 9

Q & A with Tell us about your Visibility, Innovation & Sustainability (VIS): Hometown

Hometown Austin, Texas

My VIS

Adding spices to our community

Favorite Restaurant Texas Roadhouse

Favorite Ice Cream Chocolate

My Goal

My goal for the next two years is to expose diversity to Deaf youth on a daily basis, not just once a year. To accomplish this, I want to host a diversity fair.

I noticed that there is not enough exposure of diversity in my school, the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD), and we needed to face this. TSD does an Organization Awareness Day once a year. However, this shouldn't be just a one-time experience. Deaf youth should be exposed to diversity everyday. To change that, I'll start at my school's Jr. NAD meeting.

I'll bring up my idea, set a committee, meet with the high school administrators and get the community involved.

The community must also be exposed to diversity by participating in various workshops, accessing decorated bulletin boards of each culture, developing partnerships with different student organizations and outside of school such as (Parent Teacher Student Organization (PTSO), and hosting the biggest event: a Diversity fair, which will be filled with different organizations, cultures, and more.

Annab e l l e Scrog g i n s What's your favorite memory during the 2019 Jr. NAD Ambassador Competition?

My favorite memory during the Jr. NAD Ambassador Competition was my platform presentation to the audience. I gave my perspective on how our community is not exposed enough to diversity.. By doing the presentation, I feel that I enhanced my experience as a person, and that was my favorite part.

Which would you choose?

A) Mountain B) Beach C) Desert D) City What's on your pizza?

A) JUST Cheese B) Always Pepperoni!

C) Veggie Deluxe D) Everything!!

E) I don't like pizza.

A close -up of Annab elle du ring he r pitch .

Zara, N irveli, a nd Ann abelle on-sta during ge inte rview.

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?

Greece.

What advice do you have for other Jr. NAD members?

A grou p shot

of the contes tants.

Be a good role model. Represent our Deaf community in the best way you can. Be thoughtful. Involve everyone.

Be a good influencer.

Liliana and Annabelle are smiling.

General Assembly

TOP SIX (6) MOTIONS

All schools that have mainstreamed deaf students must offer ASL classes and Deaf Culture classes to be taken by all of its students.

During all IEPs involving deaf students that are not currently in a school for the deaf, the option to place the student in a school for the deaf should be explained to the parents/family members and the deaf student.

Doctors that notify parents that their child is deaf should be required to inform the parents about deaf schools and all other options, and to ensure that the deaf child has an opportunity to decide whether to accept cochlear implants.

Natnail and Aubrie are smiling.

Natnail Tolossa and Aubrie Bauer of Model Secondary School for the Deaf

All public places that have televisions for public viewing must ensure that captions are turned on these televisions at all times.

When ticketing Deaf individuals, law enforcement officers must issue tickets that contain visual icons representing the offense.

Schools for the deaf that have more resources should share such resources with other schools for the deaf.

Meet the 2019 Jr. NAD Delegates Two Jr. NAD Delegates are selected at every Jr. NAD Conference by the Jr. NAD Delegates. The Jr. NAD Delegates selected Natnail Tolossa and Aubrie Bauer from the Model Secondary School for the Deaf to represent Jr. NAD at the #NAD2020 Conference in Chicago, IL this summer. Both Delegates will be responsible to carry on the motions from the Jr. NAD General Assembly and participate in the meetings of the Council of Representatives.

Congratulations, Natnail and Aubrie. Do us proud!

Jr. N A D A w a r d s Jr. NAD Ambassador 2019 - 2021 All Around Participant Congeniality Award Annabelle Scroggins, Olivia Larson, Trey Johnson (right), Texas School for the Deaf Texas School for the Deaf West Pennsylvania Sabrina Firl (left), Maryland School for the Deaf School for the Deaf

Leadership Award Daniel Girard California School for the Deaf, Fremont

Service Award JR Courtright Arkansas School for the Deaf

Our Wo n d e r f u l C o n f e r e n c e H o st

Rochester School for the Deaf

A group shot of Rochester School for the Deaf Jr. NAD Committee.