Boston, MA, March 28th – 30th, 2025. The 23rd George W. Veditz ASL Festival will feature a Vendors Exhibit, Festival Performance, workshops, such as “Languaging: Exploring diverse language use in our Deaf communities”, and an NU Alumni Workshop.
Performers include:
- Emcee and performer Jonathan LeJeune is a DeafBlind professional dedicated to advocacy, education, and accessibility within the DeafBlind community. He works at DBCAN as Director and teaches the DeafBlind Dynamics class at Northeastern University. Johnathan was born and raised in a fully DeafBlind family.
- Performer Alexander Hall graduated from mainstreamed school, is currently a middle school teacher, and also content creator, “The Big Alex show”, use the platform to raise awareness about Deaf Education and mostly comedy.
Presenters Include:
- Su Kyong Isakson, Associate Professor of Interpreting at the Community College of Baltimore County in Maryland. A Coda and heritage signer, Ms. Isakson was born to Deaf Korean parents. She is a nationally certified interpreter, knows multiple signed and spoken languages, and has professionally worked into Korean Sign Language, American Sign Language, and International Sign.
- Dr. Anna Lim is a Filipino-Chinese multilingual deaf-of-deaf queer femme immigrant linguist and cantadora researcher engaging in work on abolitionist and culturally competent pedagogy in Deaf Education. .
- Joe Toledo has been approved by MCDHH for screening and legal work, with 11 years of experience as a Deaf Interpreter. Additionally, Joe has worked outside of Massachusetts as a Protactile interpreter with DeafBlind individuals, as well as a contractor for cruises and other projects.
- Lori A. Whynot, PhD, Professor of Interpreting and Director of the ASL & Interpreting Education Program at Northeastern University. M.A. Intercultural Relations; Lesley University ; PhD in Linguistics from Macquarie University. She has published on interpreting mentorship, linguistic features of international signing (IS), and collaborative works on sign language translation and multilingual interpreting.
Fees apply, registration is required to https://cssh.northeastern.edu/asl/george-w-veditz-asl-festival/? or contact 617.373.5275 (Voice) or 857.366.4199 (Videophone)
