Panel Discussions
Video proceedings of some of the panel discussions will be available from Lehman College by September, 1992. For more information, contact Deborah Copeland at Lehman College, The City University of New York, 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West, Bronx, NY, 10469–1589.
“The Black Deaf Student in High School.” Moderator: Patrice Joyner, graduate of Lexington School for the Deaf and instructional assistant at the school. Panelists are from the Fanwood and Lexington Schools in New York: Thomas Ingram, senior; Mary Robin Skinner, junior; Lisa Santiago, sophomore; Tamara Walton, freshman; and Nicholas LaLanne, prep.
“Black Deaf Professionals in the Field of Deafness.” Moderator: Angela Gilchrist, professional academic advisor, Gallaudet. Panelists: Evon Black, recruiter/marketing assistant for Dept. of Technical Studies and English Language Institute, Northwest Campus, Gallaudet; Al Couthen, assistant principal, Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, Gallaudet; Carolyn Emerson, career counselor, Gallaudet; Carl Moore, development counselor, NTID; and Reggie Redding, director, Educational Support Services, Lexington School for the Deaf.
“Black Hearing Professionals in the Field of Deafness.” Moderator: Lindsay Dunn, counselor for PDHIS at Lehman College and president of NYC Black Deaf Advocates. Panelists: Celeste Owens, executive director of Deaf Enterprises; Howard Hines, counselor at New York Foundling Hospital; Pearl Johnson, director of Rehabilitation Services at New York Society for the Deaf; Kathrine Taylor, VESID; Brian Douglass, Helen Keller National Center for the Deaf/Blind; Pearl Green, teacher, New York City Board of Education; and Pauline Heard, Board of Education’s Hearing Education Services.
“Black Deaf Community Leadership.” Moderator: Aloy Bibum.
“Multiculturalism, Empowerment, and Ideas for Resolving Oppression Against People Who Are Different.” Moderator: W. Kent Winchester, NTID Department of Human Development. Panelists: Tanya Durarte, NTID, president of the NTID Ebony Club; Delxino Wilson Debriano, RIT; Jeff Pecot, NTID, treasurer of the NTID Ebony Club; Dr. Michael Ayewoh, director of RIT Minority Student Affairs; Lisa Skeete, RIT; Craig Chesson, RIT; and Pam McClain, NTID, member of the NTID Ebony Club. Durarte, Debriano, Pecot, Skeete, Chesson, and McClain are all members of the RIT Black Awareness Coordinating Committee.
“Black Deaf College Students.” Moderator: Steve Younger. Panelists: Tanya Ingram, Lehman College; Daisy Wooten, Gallaudet; Michelle Banks, SUNY; Annie Marie Bryan, New York University; Tanya Duarte, NTID; Yolanda Roberson, Miss Black Deaf America and CSUN senior; and Calvin Paul, Gallaudet.