 Happy Autumn 2006!
Deaf Women of CT is pleased to launch a web site to keep you informed about what is happening in CT, topics about women in this country, or world, and other interesting news in general.
After we tried to experiment several periodicals of summer, winter and spring 2005 and latest summer 2006, we gathered some feedbacks from you about the following:
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Too many columns (preferrably two columns)
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Nice colorful content and graphics
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Very informative topics
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Health
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Stories shared by several members
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Featured member profiles
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Events
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Subscription
We would love to hear more from you and please continue your feedback with us. If you would like to make any suggestion, please do so by emailing one of us.
Last July 2006, we enjoyed visiting the Special Exhibition, A Deaf Artist, The World of John Brewster, Jr in Early America at the Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme. It was amazing! As we stood in front of the huge portraits by John Brewster, we were fascinated with his painting style of Folk Art. We learned some interesting facts, thanks to a very nice museum guide along with an interpreter. Some facts were as follows:
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One of these paintings showed an abstract concept such as one boy holding a lace with shoe – this means “alive while standing for painting”.
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John Brewster painted several children's portraits, which were portrayed at their funerals and thereafter.
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The clothes in the paintings indicated the background of people's class, religion, whether they were married and where they went to school.
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The paintings revealed the kind of places where people lived at that time.
In addition, we decided to visit the newly and refurbished Florence Griswold House. The House had been closed since the renovation began in May 2005 and it was finally open to the public at the time of our visit. There is more information at the Florence Griswold Museum web site about the house. After the tour, we enjoyed lemonade and cookies. Many thanks to Allison Brooks who planned this event and introduced her good friend who works at the museum. |
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We decided to host our annual family picnic again after three years. We really enjoyed the nice quiet and private picnic area at Lake Pocotopaug in East Hampton. Some guests came from Maine to share information about Deaf Women of New England regional conference that is being held in November 2006. We enjoyed our potluck and gathered at Cassandra’s house afterwards for coffee. Click to see the Annual Picnic album.
During the weekend of November 3-5, 2006 at Deaf Women of New England (DWNE) Regional conference in Maine at the Cliff House, there were 135 registered deaf women. Some workshops were very informative especially about cancer. Thirteen CT Deaf women in the photo as displayed below are: |
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We are pleased to announce two upcoming events; Tea Party on November 18th and Deaf Women’s Day Luncheon on January 13, 2007. In addition, before the luncheon, there will be a leadership and team-building training in the morning. More information about the events is posted in this web site.
Several board members and program coordinator will be vacant in January 2007. Please contact us if you are interested in joining as a DWC board member or a program coordinator. 
We hope you enjoy reading the web site.
Most DWCly yours,
Cassandra, Liz, June and Alice
“Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these” ~ Susan B. Anthony quoted.
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