 Yes, I'm going to be committed to basically checking my emails and Returning my reaching out and saying you know people and I'll be making sure that we're gonna get this flow going I will be responding to your emails Yes, Rob Jamie and Charles This is Jamie from HowlRound We are committed to sharing out all of the photos the contact information All of the forthcoming reports that come as a result of this gathering As well as being a support to amplify the work that comes out of the working groups So please consider writing about this work for HowlRound consider live-streaming events that happen We have a fantastic crew in jewels and storm and chase and consider thinking about how to Connect the national community Consistently with this work HowlRound is here to be a resource to you and we want to support that moving forward My name is Charles. I Am I work for the nice cultural council delighted to be in this room. I am a hearing person Identify as queer. I use the pronouns he, him, his I'd like to thank my dear friend EJ and Jody Steiner and Chris Robinson and other people for helping me get into this room And I'd like to thank all of you for letting me be here I have been scribbling scribbling scribbling notes agendas. That's what I do But mostly I just want to speak from the heart and again to thank you For people in the New England region. I am ready to be one of those resources. So thank you Hi, I'm Rob Robert I am committed To do some search with new ideas and To come up with new ideas from all my contacts And I'm gonna be giving feedback in a way that basically will support so that this can we can you know Grow your ideas My commitment is to continue to work as a part of our working group and To touch base on a weekly basis to keep things growing Hi, I'm Jill My commitment is that I want to help make the National Deaf Theatre Association become a reality Hi, I'm Sarah and my goal is to use any kind of skills I can to help us Form a good foundation for course models for the National Deaf Theatre organization Hi, I'm Kala and My commitment is to recruit more young deaf people to get involved in theater people from more diverse groups Deaf blind people of color LGBTQ all kinds of people so that we have greater representation in theater We need to reach out to people and let them know what they're capable of and that they shouldn't be afraid To get involved. So let's lift people up and get them to be a part of this Hello, I'm Mervin. I Promise to break through my fears and work with y'all and be a part of this group and Reach out to gay lesbian transgender people to expand representation and that's it for now. It's all I got to say Hi, I'm Deborah Hi, I'm Deborah It's been wonderful to be here this week or this weekend I'm One of the very few if not the only administrator here So my commitment is to reach out to other arts administrators, not just theater But other administrators that I know to join this conversation and support this Fantastic effort that's been happening and also for myself to reach out to Administrators in the deaf community who maybe are not involved in the arts and I can Learn from them more about the community to help me do my job better. So that's my commitment. Thanks. I am Richard and My commitment to you is to take all the information that I've learned and the resources I've learned from all of you and Use that to strengthen my own knowledge and in turn provide resources and knowledge that I have to anyone who possibly needs it In addition, I'm my other commitment is to continue to work on this Deaf actor database that myself and my group have been working on and get that done for you within the next three months I'm Natasha And my commitment is to continue to stay in touch with my group as Things happen. I'm very excited to be a part of the writers retreat and I want to see it really happen in 2020 That's our vision That's my commitment Hi, I'm Nikki My confirmation is commitment is to Resource and to touch out to all the states To see all of you that is my commitment to be in touch with all of you. I'm Michelle my commitment is To focus on my group's goal of the writers retreat to keep this ball rolling and To continue to work within the deaf community Hi, my name is Kaylin and my commitment to my group Is to have a play play right by 2020 and I am committed to also teaching and giving a workshop across the country To start planting the seed for the future for future writers to create future Material from these young talented people coming up. That is my commitment So I'm really looking forward to that and I'm excited about that. I'm Amy. Oops What where do I look okay? I'm Amy Boy, this has been amazing. What an energized group My commitment is to keep this energy going like a family you will never be able to get rid of me I'm sorry. I'm here to stay Hi, my name is Sabina My commitment is to help improve deaf theater and To help it find great talent and writers and writing scripts Hi, I'm Erin and I'm the old white guy of the group I've been here the whole time and you've been putting up with me my promise is to think about the next seven generations as the world changes and becomes more diverse and I want to Copy that ritual of your hand my hand together Hi, I'm Joey My commitment is that every day I'm gonna recognize myself as a white straight male intellectually Sighted and privilege and to keep mindful of the other artists that are here and help to bring up my colleagues So that they can grow and develop as well First I love you people. This has been a special special weekend. Oh This is Fred Beam speaking and I promise even though I'm a man of color a Man of many colors our hearts are all the same color And it is my heartfelt pledge to this group to continue to endorse and support diversity Equity and inclusion in the world of deaf theater. We need more of that Hi I'm Albert you can call me EJ and My commitment is to continue Never to give up But to continue to fight from here on out and From the past to share the information of what I've learned and historically to spread it for the younger generation to learn from us That is my commitment and my goal Which I am committed to and thank all of you Hi, my name is Monique and I commit to continue to do the work I've been doing and to make good use of my MFA degree Hi, I'm Joanna And my commitment is to finish, you know Being afraid and saying that I can't do this and can't do that I am now courageous realized that I can do and I am committed to collaborating with people within my circles and outside my circles and to network and Any time I've been traveling I will try to reach out to all of you and never give up But to stay reconnected at all times and stay connected with everyone. I want to continue to do productive work. Thank you Hi, I'm Wayne Betts and First I want to say it's been an honor to be here as an outsider I am not a member of the theater group. I've been a guest here and throughout the weekend It's been an honor to be part of this collaborative work I represent a private business and I see an opportunity for partnership with deaf theater. It's my commitment to use the team of talented marketing people and Film producers that we have to create a platform a National platform to enhance visibility and that's my commitment to share the talent my talent from Convo With you as a community to help amplify your message Hi, I'm Patty patty Ling as long as I've been working with Deaf spotlight. I am committed to you know looking forward to finding different ways and staying in touch with you through Facebook hiring you and Marketing and whatever way I can give you support Hi, I'm Brian. It's been an inspirational weekend the love in this room is Incredible and I hope that this love and inspiration can be brought back And I plan to share it with my students and pay it forward because they're the future and we need to pave the way for them So I'm planning to bring back all that I absorbed here and to share it with them So they can continue to do the same. Oh I'm on camera. Oh there. I am okay camera over here. Okay Wow your comments Beautiful stories and contributions that you're brought here You know, you've created a light You know, it's like the river flowing the thing. I've been waiting for I've been waiting for the light to turn on We're no longer do we have to wait in the dark the lights there and now we can we are there just grab that light Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm sorry. My name is Ryan Ryan Schlett it's my commitment to finish a Project that I've had on hold that I've been just waiting to get done. I'm gonna get it done. That's my promise Hi, I'm J. W my commitment is to Provide all the resources that I have and to share my resource and to share it among everybody else To continue this big expansion of our future and for our younger generation for their future as well and to keep it going forward Andrew Hi, everyone I'm Andrew and I commit to see each and every person here again This will not be the last time I see you and also my commitment is to get my degree and Break through the barriers and hire more deaf artists and deaf-blind artists and get people jobs Jasper hi, I'm Jasper Co-founder of PTT protactile theater. I am going to make sure that I'm going to continue To basically you know network with the deaf-blind community And I would like to take something to thank all of you for sharing your resources your experiences your talent I mean the list just goes on and on and I've really been inspired from being here And so we're gonna take this information back It's got a lot to think about and we're gonna continue to do this work And I want to thank all of you it's been an amazing weekend And I'm looking forward to working with each and every one of you in the future. So let's keep this going, okay? I'm Yash and my commitment I Promise to continue to provide support To support you to receive support from you to share my resources and talent that we have at PTT and To collaborate and reach out and thank you also for all that I received From this weekend. It's been amazing Wow. Hello. Hi. I'm Robin Rachel I'm committed to two things protract training. I got that on my schedule protractile and also to support the group in theater writing in the theater working group of the playwright retreat I Interpreter missed what it was This is Alexandria, and it's my personal commitment to do two things One is to finish the play that I have on a shelf I need to get that thing done and number two is to be the best Collaborator I can be with my working group to be that liaison That's my commitment I'm Ethan. I'm committed to two roles first. I'm a deaf artist and I also work at the guy that program in the art theater program and I will always Be mindful of our shared Resources now and to carry that forth and to spread that. Thank you Hi, everyone DJ here. I promised to support any and all requests that come my way through deaf West that Springs from the work we've done together here our capacity to support the arts and To do all that I can do for all of you I Also promise to support three plays by deaf playwrights by 2025 that's my commitment and I promise as well To help see a summer training program Be established by 2025. Those are my goals and commitments I'm going to speak for Annie who had to leave yesterday, but she emailed the group She'd like me to share her commitment Annie says that she is committed to work with each individual in this room To make deaf theater happen on a national level and Not only a national level, but a recognized national level Thank you everyone Remember to take your things from the altar and Just again, I'd like to remind all of us that we put our hearts out on the line in this work together and Don't forget to use the reflection booth if you haven't yet. Please do that and thank you for everything you brought and contributed and shared Keep in touch. Please communicate with us after today. This is just the beginning. I Know goodbyes are hard. This has been quite a time and an experience, but this isn't goodbye This is just until next time and it's time for us to close. That's a wrap. Thanks. Enjoy the rest of your weekend