TEDxIslay - Marvin Miller - Building an ASL Community

For more information about this event, please go to www.tedxislay.com. This speech was made at TEDxIslay in Austin, Texas on May 15, 2010. All of the speakers were deaf.

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[DeafBuffalo]

Marvin, I am with you on establishing a Deaf town/city. I'd rather that it locate in a warm sunny area like Arizona because of the solar power. Oil is not going to last forever. Yes, we need to be concerned with water but I think we can build several water tanks. The town can be in the valley so it can collect the water coming down on the slopes. Drinking water from the rooftops, etc.

[mitruxx]

are you joking?

[TheSterlingJOe]

Inspiring...

What is the hold back? What do we need to do to release the brake, Marvin?

[theHolism]

And I see that you've used numerous of my pointers in this presentation. Back then you balked at my points and threatened to sue me. And now you're using some of the same pointers I gave you. That's what I find interesting.

[theHolism]

Good speech. Beautiful points. However I'll point out the obvious for you. It does not take a community to build that dream. It only take a real strategist to accomplish that goal. I once offered some of my land to help you out and what did you say? Thanks but no thanks. And now you're begging us to join?

[deafgypsywolf]

Marvin..smile....I loved your discussion! You keyed right in the problems, that we, as a deaf community faces. Your piece was brillant, descriptive...and fascinating! As Martin Luther King once said, We have a dream, and that's us! To have a inclusive town for the ASL community and for the hearing community. If you need someone that can dream along with your corporation, please do contact me! I would love to see this ASL community achieved in my lifetime.

[DeafArch]

I agree with both Faiibaii8 and tar2006. We have to look at the past of our Deaf community to understand the mistakes we made and improve from there. It takes mistakes to get better whcih means we have to have a past of making mistakes in order to get better. But, about tar2006, I understand his point as RR is likely to choose to cling to old system which is actually an epic fail and I don't think his ideas will mesh well with the current Deaf leaders vision for a such Deaf community or town.

[Faiibaii8]

@tar2006 No, we cant just leave the past alone. cuz it will come and will repeat itself. best way to do is, face the realistic and deal with it...in hard way only way to bring all in one! we cant just ingore a tiny noise cuz it will get loud over time!

[DeafSweetMind]

I am with you all the way, Marvin Miller. It can make it happens for our ASL community as well as it s for our Deaf babies/children s future to make a real difference . :)

[Tar2006]

BRAVO! BRAVO! Marvin, your passion is always on.. We need to design that

IronTeeth, you are the past.. We are at the future, not past.