Convo #OurDeafCommunity Event at Gallaudet

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[Transcript] On Saturday night, Convo hosted a #OurDeafCommunity event in a large tent on Gallaudet University in which they premiered a 20-minute film about the history and future of the Gallaudet community and made several announcements products they are working on and plan to release in the future. I was there along with Melmira to provide live-streaming, but here is more footage from Convo.

[Video clips of event].

Alex: After the film was finished, Wayne Betts Jr., Convo’s co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, took the stage. He said Convo feels it is important for the company to contribute to the community, which includes VRS services, developing technology for school safety, and developing resources for the community. He announced a new project they have been working on and will release in 2020, which is a new “Community Website.”

WAYNE BETTS, JR.:

Gallaudet University’s position has sparked many businesses. That’s how powerful community is. It starts with schools as they are large workplaces. It then spreads out with spouses, family members, and friends who also live in the area and start businesses because there are customers around. So we at Convo are asking, “What can we do?” Should it be stuck in the app? We decided to move it out. Look at this logo. This is not an app. It doesn’t require anything. It will be available on a website. For everybody. It means everybody, if you’re curious, can go to the website and you’ll see all the businesses and services by deaf and for deaf.

Alex: Convo said that this would provide the Deaf community with more relevant search results than Google, that it’d be a one-stop resource center, and that the front-page content would be curated so there will “always be something new for you to learn.”

BETTS, JR.:

Look at this here. It means you can explore and learn if there is an article published, if there is a film, or different things. I want you to be constantly discovering things. Businesses will see an increase in customers. I’m hoping for economic power. When we have more economic power, we have more responsibility. We have more money, so we have to invest in our future generations. It’s not just us at Convo. It’s not just Gallaudet. It includes every one of us.

Alex: You can provide your email to get updates when the Community website is available. The sign-up is on ConvoRelay.com/community. I’ve included the link in the transcript.

This was the fifth #OurDeafCommunity event that Convo has done. The four previous events and films were in Austin, Rochester, New England, and Southern California. All included a social event and a film premiere.

Video: www.convorelay.com

Community Website Sign Up: https://www.convorelay.com/community

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Convo [https://convo.click/2mVhM8h]

Gallaudet University: [gallaudet.edu]