The 50th Biennial Conference of the National Association of the Deaf, Philadelphia, PA July 9th, 2011 The first thing that I notice yesterday when I enter Franklin Meeting Room Four on the third floor of the Marriott Hotel in Philadelphia, …
Client Story – Daryl
I keep returning to the words of Robert F. Kennedy, standing before metal microphones, at a press conference held in 1965, when he states that he has visited the state institutions for the “mentally retarded” and “I think particularly at …
Client Story – Asylum
We have the privilege of representing a young man who was raised in Jamaica, West Indies. Our earliest memories of Jamaica were formed, actually, through black and white photos, with jagged edges, taken by my parents, while on their honeymoon, …
Client Story – Grace
Last month, our law center had the privilege of representing one of our most treasured clients: Grace. Mother of three children, immigrant from the horn of Africa, middle-aged, profoundly deaf and without assets, Grace has lived in a single’s shelter …
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Reflection
On March 25, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. appeared at the Concord Hotel in the Catskills and spoke before the Rabbinical Assembly of the Conservative Movement. The conversation between King and the rabbis is remarkable for so many reasons, including …