Via email:
Hi, all -
The Calvin Theater in Northampton has refused to provide American Sign Language interpreters for The Indigo Girls concert happening tomorrow evening June 14th at 7pm. 3 Deaf people requested interpreters numerous times starting in April, even going so far as to send a certified letter to the owner of the Calvin Eric Suher. No one at the Calvin, including Suher, responded at all. They ignored the Deaf people's repeated requests for communication access, this knowing that the Deaf people has purchased tickets for the concert ($44.50 each). At this point the Department of Justice has started an official investigation. By blatantly ignoring the Deaf people's repeated requests for sign language interpreters the Calvin is in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as Massachusetts state civil rights laws.Ý
Please join us in protesting the Calvin's atrocious treatment of Deaf citizens of the Western Mass community. We will be picketing in front of the Calvin tomorrow (June 14, Monday) night starting at 6:15pm. Please come and support Deaf people's rights to communication access. Help us send a message to the Calvin and all the Western Mass theaters and performance venues that Deaf people are not second class citizens and won't be treated as such. Support DEAF ACCESS NOW!!!
Thanks, and hope to see you there.
In solidarity,
Cat
Cat Brenn-Bear, CI/CT
ASL-English Interpreter
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