Thursday, September 30th, was the International Day of Sign Language. To celebrate American Sign Language, there was a big gathering at the Capitol Building in Sacramento!
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| On Thursday morning we found out that the governor decided to VETO AB2072!! Great news! |
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| The "Spirit People" got everyone excited for ASL, the natural language and right of Deaf people! |
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| This piece of art is so cool. The top hand is making the handshape used to represent a person standing, and the bottom hand is making the handshape to represent a surfboard. The paint further illustrates the story told by the hands. |
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| People from different counties in Northern California held signs to show their support of ASL. |
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| The head pastor from Sacramento Bible Church for the Deaf in Carmichael came to pray for the event! |
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| In the middle is Lisalee Egbert, the faculty advisor for Sac State's ASL Club! |
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| "Sign language is a human right, not just an option!" |
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| This was really interesting, and something I had not gotten to witness before. The woman on the right is both Deaf and blind. The woman on the left interprets for her by watching the presenter and signing everything they sign. The Deaf/blind woman receives the message by placing her hand over one of the interpreter's hands. That must take a LOT of skill! |
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| Melissa, ASL Club photographer, celebrated ASL by getting her leg painted at the Sierra College ASL Club's booth : D |
I had an awesome day at the ASL Celebration, even though the temperature was HOT! It was so great to see everyone come out, excited to support ASL!
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