David Birmbaum Interview (Post DPN)
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Description
David Birmbaum explains his role in Deaf President Now and how the media helped the movement.
Publication Date
1988
Keywords
Deaf President Now
Recommended Citation
Gallaudet University, "David Birmbaum Interview (Post DPN)" (1988). Deaf President Now Protest. 16.
https://ida.gallaudet.edu/dpnvideos/16
Comments
David Birmbaum describes how DPN came to be while sitting inside the Merrill Learning Center. He starts in September 1987 during a meeting in which someone implied deaf people weren't ready to be administrators. That started a series of events like sending letters, having discussions, involving the media. He emphasizes that deaf people CAN. He focuses on the importance of media attention and how he called everyone he knew to get it started before Gallaudet took over the media.