News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC - 2 December 2022

Here are the highlights of postings this week from the Association of Ministers with Disabilities, Disability Ministries Committee, Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Ministries Committee, and UM Congress of the Deaf. Please note that many posts have additional comments and discussion which will not be reflected in these links.

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• New England Conference: Bishop Peggy Johnson to serve Boston area
  

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DHM/UMCD

• Deaf Link: community Consultation event at Vidayanmuripu
• History Extra: Deaf artists of the Renaissance
• Hearing Like Me: First Black DeafBlind journalist
  
• Living with Hearing Loss: How to make Thanksgiving hearing loss friendly
• Catholic Spirit: First Deaf priest visits Minneapolis
• Deaf Link: project meeting
• Micosoft: Sign Language view in Teams
  
• Deaf Link: Trinco Deaf School end-of-year celebration
• Yatosha Deaf Ministry: Making disciples
• Liam O'Dell: How to caption social media
  

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DMC

• Day in the Life: "are you taking the wheelchair with you?"
• NPR: UMC in Kansas, too many Black babies are dying
  
• Community-Led Suicide Prevention
• BNG: When will disability become a personal issue for you?
• SAWS: newsletter
• BNG: Words matter, even when talking about those you wish to empower
• The Voice, fall issue
• Psychology Today: Covid-19 disabled everyone; disabled people know what to do
• Angela Van Etten: Why are you so short?
  
• Michigan AC: Be lights of love
• UM Insight: Accommodating people with disabilities should be a priority
• UMNS: God's good creation: rethinking disabilities
• Faithward: Ableism and Pity from the Pulpit
  

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Events

• December 2: Martin Luther University College, Beyond Saints and Superheroes
• December 3: Rotary Disability Advisers, Ableism in the Media
  
• December 15: Touru University, Autism and Religion
• February 2023: The Church’s Ministry with Dementia, Pre-register now
  
• June 26-29, 2023: Institute on Theology & Disability, Waco TX
• August 6-11, 2023: UMCD/ELM Red Bird Mission
  
• Covid-19 list of inclusion resources

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