Here’s a moving moment from the Democratic Convention (where Hillary Clinton was nominated for President) which has been shared courtesy of the Detroit Free Press on Facebook. It has subtitles, and it’s nice to see an interpreter at the side, too –
Former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin taught delegates at the Democratic National Convention the sign for America in sign language as a nod to the 26th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Vera
July 28, 2016
Oh wow what a beautiful clip and what a beautiful sign. Thanks for sharing it. We are all together in so many different ways.
MW
July 28, 2016
Great stuff …Now next for our British Politician to do just the very same in their annual conference instead of bitchin and biting each others with their egos’….
Hartmut
July 29, 2016
I can notice, how clumsily some imitate the configuration of the two 5-handshape hands.
But this helps further the Deaf Awareness toward sign language, instead of hearing loss.
Hartmut
July 29, 2016
It was Democrat Senator Harkin who with another Senator introduced the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which became law of the US. He has a deaf brother with whom he uses ASL. The sign AMERRICA was chosen as a metaphor of the country of immigrants from many cultures who joined together and made it into a cohesive unified nation. The sign becomes a rallying “cry” for the country.