Gallaudet University and Sorenson Communications Launch Strategic Partnership With a $3 Million Endowment Gift for the Center for Black Deaf Studies
WASHINGTON, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Gallaudet University and Sorenson Communications announced today a new strategic partnership that aims, through a series of progressive initiatives, to inspire and facilitate collaboration between people who are deaf as well as the prospective government, education, and Fortune 500/1000 companies who engage them. The short- and long-term goals of this partnership support a universal understanding of Deaf culture and the unique, diverse insights and experiences deaf and hard of hearing people add to organizations – and to the world.
- The partnership begins with an endowment gift from Sorenson Communications that will support the growth of the Center for Black Deaf Studies , founded and directed by the renowned Black Deaf scholar, Dr. Carolyn D. McCaskill.
- This strategic partnership will feature an Accelerate Inclusive Excellence Symposium at Gallaudet on September 23, 2022, the International Day of Sign Languages .
- "Sorenson Communications has long supported Gallaudet University, and we could not be more grateful," said Cordano.
- McCaskill and Moore expressed their appreciation of the Sorenson donation, noting the company's long-standing support of Gallaudet University.