DEAF TALENT®
MISSION
OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE.
“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” - Wilma Rudolph
HOW WE STARTED
To learn more how our movement started, please click on this link: Deaf Talent.
HOW WE STARTED
To learn more how our movement started, please click on this link: Deaf Talent®.
THE PURPOSE
Before Deaf Talent became a hashtag movement, our team, who are change makers, have joined force and is calling for inclusion and representation of POC & Black Deaf Talent cast in roles in mainstream film & television.
Before Deaf Talent® became a hashtag movement, our team, who are change makers, have joined force and is calling for inclusion and representation of BIPOC Creators and Deaf Talent® cast in roles in mainstream film & television.
THE PURPOSE
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to elevate the awareness of deaf talents who are Black and BIPOC, including those with other intersectional identities and ethnicities (i.e. LGBT+),
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to increase the numbers of deaf talents who are Black and BIPOC, including those with other intersectional identities and ethnicities, i.e. (LGBT+) in front of and behind the camera,
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to eradicate discriminatory biases that lead to exclusion of who are Black and BIPOC, including those with other intersectional identities and ethnicities, (i.e. LGBT+),
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to promote opportunities and equal employment of deaf talents who are Black and BIPOC, including those with other intersectional identities and ethnicities, (LGBT+) in film and television.
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to address misrepresentation of our work to achieve aforementioned goals (or objectives/mission), and
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to promote public awareness of the need for social and cultural representations and accessibility in entertainment and media.
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to elevate the awareness of deaf talents who are Black and BIPOC, including those with other intersectional identities and ethnicities (i.e. LGBT+),
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to increase the numbers of deaf talents who are Black and BIPOC, including those with other intersectional identities and ethnicities, i.e. (LGBT+) in front of and behind the camera,
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to eradicate discriminatory biases that lead to exclusion of who are Black and BIPOC, including those with other intersectional identities and ethnicities, (i.e. LGBT+),
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to promote opportunities and equal employment of deaf talents who are Black and BIPOC, including those with other intersectional identities and ethnicities, (LGBT+) in film and television.
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to address misrepresentation of our work to achieve aforementioned goals (or objectives/mission), and
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to promote public awareness of the need for social and cultural representations and accessibility in entertainment and media.
WHEN DIVERSITY & INCLUSION MATTER
"If you walk into a room, and there is no one that's not like you there, whether it's a woman or a person of color, anyone that's different from you, you should be able to say this is a problem. We need allies in that room to say that video, this room, this company, these ideas, this film, this whatever, this is not right - this is not good enough." - Ava DuVernay
