ROAD TO DEAF INTERPRETING
Erin Sanders-Sigmon
Erin Sanders-Sigmon (ella/she/her) is a game changer, mentor, motivational speaker, multilingual deaf & DeafBlind Interpreter, transliterator, writer, Director of Artistic Sign Language (DASL) in the Performing Arts, consultant, radical abolitionist, film director, instructor and survivor of ZOOM Culture.
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Ms.Sanders-Sigmon served 6 years as the Co-Coordinator and Facilitator of Humanities Circle for the National Deaf Interpreters (NDI), is a board member of Manos Unidas/Hands United, REG I Rep for Mano a Mano,Inc., amongst other hats.
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She believes in 360* views, ALL Justices, especially Language, Disability, Transformative, Restorative, Social, and Racial Justice, Race, Equity & Inclusion. Erin's lifelong aim is to abolish all hierarchies & colonizations, while uplifting the underrepresented, underserved, and also influencing those in a position of privilege to join the fight of the forgotten.
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ESS's mission? To unite, spark change, establish a just environment and spaces that are fully accessible for all walks of life, in the plethora of settings that exist in our current milieu, and finally, passing on that legacy. A just legacy that is sustainable... until the end of time.