Panel to examine domestic violence in the deaf community, Feb. 20

Event: Students Advocating Deaf Awareness (SADA) is hosting a screening of deaf filmmaker Mösdeux’s “Till Domestic Violence Do Us Part” followed by a panel discussion on what domestic violence is and how it affects the deaf community.
  
Panelists:

• Vonnie Basham, deaf  services counseling coordinator, SafePlace

• Ann Horn, direct services program specialist, Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services

• Kent Kennedy, division director, Communication Service for the Deaf of Texas

When: 7-10 p.m., Feb. 20, 2008
    
Where: UTC 4.132
   
Background: SADA is an organization at The University of Texas at Austin with the goals of educating its members and the public about deafness, volunteering with the deaf community and uniting individuals sharing an interest in deafness.

Contact:
Mashaal Ahmed