The Solution
How will our community center resolve these problems? Through the following:
- Direct employment of 62 Deaf adults; programming vocational training; resume building workshops
- Women's self defense courses and programming in conflict mediation
- Literacy courses for Deaf adults and programming for Deaf children
- Deaf sensitivity trainings to help broaden Deaf awareness
- The establishment of a safe space for Deaf people to gather socially
- Movie theater space with open captioning as the standard
- Built-in fitness center and Deaf-accessible sports leagues
- In-house ASL interpreting agency with easy access for both consumers and businesses