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SUMMARY:Screening of \'Signing Black in America,\' special guest facilitator Rox
ie Dummett (George Mason University)
DESCRIPTION:\nIn this special edition of our CLS Speaker Series\, we wil
l be screening the documentary Signing Black in America\, which teaches
us about the unique dialect of American Sign Language (ASL) that develop
ed within historically segregated African American Deaf communities.The
film illustrates how Black ASL today conveys an identity andsense of bel
onging that mirrors spoken language varieties of the African American he
aring community. The screening will be followed by a discussion facilita
ted by guest speaker Roxie Dummett\, an ASL instructor at George Mason U
niversity with extensive knowledge of Black ASL. Please join us for this
very special event.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/even
t/screening-of-signing-black-in-america-special-guest-facilitator-roxie-
dummett-george-mason-university/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In this special
edition of our CLS Speaker Series, we will be screening the documentary
Signing Black in America, which teaches us about the unique di
alect of American Sign Language (ASL) that developed within historically
segregated African American Deaf communities.The film illustrates how B
lack ASL today conveys an identity andsense of belonging that mirrors sp
oken language varieties of the African American hearing community. The s
creening will be followed by a discussion facilitated by guest speaker R
oxie Dummett, an ASL instructor at George Mason University with extensiv
e knowledge of Black ASL. Please join us for this very special event.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/screening-of-sign
ing-black-in-america-special-guest-facilitator-roxie-dummett-george-maso
n-university/
LOCATION:102 Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library
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