1988-03-10 - Thursday Night and Friday Night Rally (March 10, 1988)
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Description
A social event is held. Different speakers come to the stage to rally the crowd discussing new arrivals from places like NTID, fundraising status, and what's happening later.
Publication Date
3-10-1988
Keywords
Deaf President Now
Recommended Citation
Gallaudet University, "1988-03-10 - Thursday Night and Friday Night Rally (March 10, 1988)" (1988). Deaf President Now Protest. 52.
https://ida.gallaudet.edu/dpnvideos/52
Comments
Video shows Peggy St. John, a representative of MSSD, discussing how the four demands benefit MSSD students. Mary Lou Novitsky notes that this serves as a learning moment for those kids. Seth Bravin explains ID requirements, that Jerry Mabashov will be coming down with students from New York University, and that John Maucere has something planned for the evening. Maucere appears and gets the crowd pumped up. Jeff Bravin says tomorrow NTID students will be arriving to protest. Bravin leads a chant of "4". Tim Rarus recollects the moment that Spilman made her controversial statement about deaf people functioning in a hearing world. He gives a statement to a reporter. Video cuts to protesters in a crowd at the Field House waiting on speeches to be made. John Maucere leads the crowd in a rally. A student says there are over 400 people joining from NTID. Bridgetta brings two young girls from the Maryland School for the Deaf to talk to the crowd about how they are supporting DPN. The crowd begins a back and forth chant. Seth Bravin says $22,000 has been raised for the DPN effort. He says there will be a party tonight at the Kendall School parking lot. Run time 20:08 - video cuts out around 18 minute mark