New Mexico Commission for Deaf & Hard of Hearing

12/29/2022

Upcoming Open Captioned movies at the AMC 12 in Albuquerque include:
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
M3GAN
Select Showtimes then Open Caption under Premium Offerings to view available showtimes. If Open Caption isn’t an option, there are no showings that day.
https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/albuquerque-nm/amc-classic-albuquerque-12

12/29/2022

Babylon will be shown with Open Captions at Violet Crown Santa Fe on Sunday, January 1. See showtimes here: https://santafe.violetcrown.com/movie/VC000947.

12/27/2022

Our next NMRID board meeting is coming up soon. It will be held via Zoom on Saturday January 14th, 9:30 am to 11:30 am. The meeting will be held in American Sign Language. You will need to register for the meeting in advance to receive the link. Please click here for the registration link:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIodOyuqzgtHdIohPiWh464htIikpcOT14-

12/27/2022

NMCDHH Offices will be closed on Monday, January 2 in observance of New Year’s Day. We will respond to messages on Tuesday, January 3. Happy New Year!

12/22/2022

The Whale will be shown with Open Captions at Violet Crown Santa Fe on December 28. See showtimes here: https://santafe.violetcrown.com/movie/VC000937.

12/22/2022

NMSDAA Next Board Meeting
January 21, 2023
10am-12pm
Zoom meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89866754578?pwd=YWNMZ2lUVGJFQ3NhaEliSXZaSTE1dz09

12/21/2022

Due to the forecasted blizzard conditions on Thursday, December 22nd and then anticipated extreme wind chills of -35* on Friday, December 23rd; Teltex will be closed these two days.

Teltex will also be closed on Monday, December 26th in observance of Christmas. We will reopen on Tuesday, December 27th at 8am Central.

Thank you for your understanding. Please have a happy and safe holiday weekend!

12/21/2022

2023 YLC Camper application is open!

2023 YLC Camper application is open!

12/20/2022

Want to learn more about the IRIS Project CORE rural interpreter training goals, schedule, and application? The Info session/Q&A recording and drop-in session info are now available on our website! 🤩

Link in the comments!

ASL version and more information here, please share: https://conta.cc/3PJ2LnJ

12/19/2022

Upcoming Open Captioned movies at the AMC 12 in Albuquerque include:
Avatar: The Way of Water
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Select Showtimes then Open Caption under Premium Offerings to view available showtimes. If Open Caption isn’t an option, there are no showings that day.
https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/albuquerque-nm/amc-classic-albuquerque-12

12/19/2022

NMCDHH Offices will be closed on Monday, December 26 in observance of Christmas Day. We will respond to messages on Tuesday, December 27. Happy Holidays!!

12/19/2022

The next NMCDHH Board Meeting will be Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. The meeting will be held remotely via Zoom and the public can view the meeting livestream on YouTube with interpreters and captioning at this link: https://youtube.com/live/7UUKtg5ysnM. The agenda will be on the NMCDHH website: www.cdhh.nm.gov.

12/17/2022

Violet Crown Santa Fe will show Avatar: The Way of Water with Open Captions on December 18 and 21. View showtimes here: https://santafe.violetcrown.com/movie/VC000933.

12/16/2022

We are having technical difficulties with the [email protected] email address and the Ask the Expert form on our website. We are working to resolve it as quickly as possible, but don't have access to anything sent there from 2pm yesterday to 12:30pm today. If you sent us a message either of those ways, please re-send it so we can help you. Thank you!!

12/16/2022

At MakeMyTestCount.org, you can report rapid COVID-19 test results from any brand of test easily, anonymously, and securely. It takes about 30 seconds. Every test that gets reported helps public health teams better understand where outbreaks are and aren't happening, so they can get help to the places and people that need it the most. https://makemytestcount.org/

12/15/2022

Upcoming Open Captioned movies at the AMC 12 in Albuquerque include:
Avatar: The Way of Water
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Select Showtimes then Open Caption under Premium Offerings to view available showtimes. If Open Caption isn’t an option, there are no showings that day.
https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/albuquerque-nm/amc-classic-albuquerque-12

12/15/2022

Place Your Order for Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests
Residential households in the U.S. can order one set of 4 free at-home tests from USPS.com. Place your order here, and check the chart to know how long the tests you still have are good past their expiration dates. https://special.usps.com/testkits

12/15/2022

Make sure your holiday gathering is hearing loss friendly this year by following some easy party dos and don'ts!

12/15/2022

NBDA 2023 Conference Theme!

“Reconnecting to Thrive Together”

We aim to:
Reconnect, Recharge, and Thrive!

The conference will take place at Sheraton Birmingham Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama. Aug 8-13 2023!

We are looking for volunteers to help with planning. If you have experience and would like to join the team. Email us at [email protected]!

Let's Reconnect, Recharge, and Thrive together!
See you soon with more updates!

12/15/2022

We were asked to share this TV Casting Opportunity:
My name is Maggie and I work for Lisa Zagoria, a Casting Director in Los Angeles. We are conducting a casting search for several Deaf characters in a Premium TV series. Below is more information, including character descriptions for the roles we are looking for and how they can get in touch with us. No acting experience is required to audition.

CASTING OPPORTUNITY FOR PREMIUM TV SERIES
Looking for Deaf talent for the following multi-episode roles.
No acting experience is necessary to submit.
Project will film March–Sept 2023 / location TBD.
For audition information and instructions, please email: [email protected]

[Gabriel] (looking for an actor to portray a Deaf, Mexican American male in his mid-70s) Texas-born and raised, son to Mexican immigrants. Gabriel was a deaf child in an all-hearing home; his parents never learned ASL. Gabriel is now retired but worked at NASA, his dream job, since his mid-twenties as an engineer. Working at NASA proved difficult both as a Latino and a deaf man, but Gabriel was determined to excel at any cost.

[Amara] (looking for an actor to portray a Deaf, Black female in her mid-70s) Amara immigrated with her parents to Texas from Nigeria as a young girl. She learned hard work from watching the long hours her parents put into their family restaurant’s success. Amara is now retired from being the head curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston—the first black woman to hold that position. She is intelligent and sophisticated with a divine appreciation of art and culture.

[Jeffrey] (looking for an actor to portray a Deaf, Black male in his mid-40s) Jeffrey was born hearing to hearing parents but developed meningitis and lost his hearing at a young age. He’s the Superintendent of the Texas School for the Deaf where he’s devoted his life to deaf education. He thrives in academic circles and is the kind of guy that can walk into a room full of strangers and walk out with a room full of friends.

[Carson] (looking for an actor to portray a Deaf, female in her 40s. Open ethnicity) Carson comes from a prominent upper-class family in Waco, TX. She’s athletic, no bs, and is very politically active. It’s a blue city in a red state and she feels it when she ventures outside of Austin with her wife, Sarah. They have a son, Noah, who is also deaf. She’s funny and witty, and she was the only friend there when her longtime friend, Lily would call at two in the morning, too drunk to drive home. She’s that friend.

[Raina] (looking for an actor to portray a Deaf, Black female in her early 40s) Raina is the Vice President of a big ad agency, and her work is her life. She came from a working-class background with parents who tried to protect her from the world. They encouraged her not to dream too big because of her deafness, so she rebelled and became a success. Big parties and events are not her idea of a good time – she prefers intimate dinner parties being home watching TV. She loves hiking, camping, anything that gets her body moving.

12/14/2022

The New Mexico Signed Language Interpreting Practices Board will hold a Regular Board Meeting on Monday, January 9, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. The meeting will be held in the Rio Grande Meeting Room at the Regulation and Licensing Department at 2550 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87507. The meeting will also be available virtually via Cisco Webex Meetings. Register to attend here:
https://www.rld.nm.gov/event/signed-language-interpreting-practices-board-regular-board-meeting-monday-january-9-2022-at-900-a-m/

12/14/2022

Photos from FEMA Region 6's post

12/14/2022

As the walls go up, our vision for PAH! Hiland Plaza continues to progress into reality. Friday night, we met with the Deaf Culture Center of NM to choose furnishings for the interior!

12/14/2022

What Does Change Mean For RID? December 2022 RID Town Hall

What Does Change Mean For RID? December 2022 RID Town Hall

12/13/2022

Susana is at the Del Cerro Multipurpose Center Food Pantry today from 9:30-11:30am. The address is 180 La Fe Ave. Mesquite, NM 88048 - stop by and say hello!

12/12/2022

The University of Northern Colorado's IRIS Project is looking for the 2nd cohort of working Deaf, Coda, and hearing interpreters who live and work in rural areas to be a part of our 2023-2024 Improving Rural Interpreter Skills: Connections, Opportunities, Resources, and Education Initiative (IRIS: CORE Initiative). https://unco.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3eh9W03sQpHcpr8

12/12/2022

Registration is open for the Hearing Loss Association of America 2023 Conference June 29-July 1, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Find all the details here: https://www.hearingloss.org/programs-events/hlaa-2023-convention/?

12/10/2022

Timeline photos

The latest just dropped! Please visit: https://youtu.be/16-4RzOcfpQ To honor our Deaf and Hard of Hearing/American Sign Languages communities, in the fall of 2021, CCHI launched our ASL Integrated Community Conversations Series, bringing together key stakeholders to share perspectives on the communication access barriers said communities have and continue to experience. One year later, we are thrilled to present another enriching round table. The conversation began with an exploration of “relay interpreting” and the differences in meaning of that term between spoken-language and signed interpreting. We also discussed the importance of Certified Deaf Interpreters in facilitating nuanced and accurate communication. The sign language interpretation for this conversation was sponsored by the State of New Mexico Commission for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons.

12/10/2022

The Deaf Culture Center of New Mexico Holiday Party will be Saturday, December 17 at the Luminaria Apartments Community Room from 4-8pm, following the Board Meeting 1-4pm. See flyer for full details.

12/09/2022

White Noise will be shown with Open Captions at Violet Crown Santa Fe December 11 and 14. View showtimes here: https://santafe.violetcrown.com/movie/VC000929.

12/08/2022

This morning Susana was at the Salvation Army Food Pantry in Las Cruces.

12/07/2022

NMSD is thrilled that our Roadrunner Classic basketball tournament and Academic Bowl competition are back! The three schools that are participating on December 9th and 10th are Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, Utah School for the Deaf and Blind and Washington School for the Deaf.

For the Roadrunner Classic schedule and more visit https://sites.google.com/nmsd.k12.nm.us/rrc2022/schedule-results?authuser=0

For Livestreaming visit https://sites.google.com/nmsd.k12.nm.us/rrc2022/livestreaming?authuser=0

Go Roadrunners!!

12/07/2022

Upcoming Open Captioned movies at the AMC 12 in Albuquerque include:
Violent Night
Avatar: The Way of Water
Select Showtimes then Open Caption under Premium Offerings to view available showtimes. If Open Caption isn’t an option, there are no showings that day.
https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/albuquerque-nm/amc-classic-albuquerque-12

12/06/2022

Share Your Wish List with Deaf Santa
Santa’s extra busy this holiday season [elf staffing shortages, ya’ know], so he’s inviting good boys and girls (of all ages) to join him in his workshop to tell him what’s on your wish list. But you don’t need to go all the way to the North Pole. You can schedule a time to talk to Santa via Videophone.
https://www.sorenson.com/reserve-your-spot-with-santa/

12/06/2022

Today Susana is at the St. Thomas Moore Catholic Church Food Pantry until 12:30. The address is 568 E. Lisa Dr., Las Cruces, NM 88081.

12/06/2022

The December "Wired for Sound" Newsletter is available on the HLAA-Albuquerque website: https://www.hearinglossabq.org/

12/06/2022

The next HLAA-Albuquerque meeting will be Saturday, December 17 at 10:00 am on Zoom. The topic is: "Cochlear Implant—the patient’s viewpoint." View details and get the Zoom link the day before the meeting here: https://www.hearinglossabq.org/.

12/06/2022

It is with a heavy heart that we share the obituary and funeral arrangements for former student Ryleigh Anne Lorenzen. The NMSD Community is holding her family and friends in our hearts.

The Funeral will be held on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 11:00 AM at the Grace Outreach Center, 2900 Southern Blvd SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124. ASL Interpreters will be provided. Please dress as yourself and, if you wish, add a splash of green in Ryleigh's memory.

View obituary: https://www.frenchfunerals.com/obituary/RyleighAnne-Lorenzen

12/05/2022

Susana is at the Casa De Peregrinos Food Pantry today from 1-3 PM. Stop by and see her at 999 W. Amador Ave., Las Cruces, NM 88005.

12/05/2022

The Final Agenda has been posted for the NMCDHH Board Meeting on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 3pm via Zoom. The public can view the meeting livestream on YouTube with interpreters and captioning here: https://youtu.be/xCbhaSFJoAg. The agenda is posted on the NMCDHH website: www.cdhh.nm.gov.