THE SKOLL CENTER  FOR SOCIAL IMPACT @ UCLA - LOS ANGELES, CA 

Official LA Premiere of The Feeling Through Experience

300 total attendees

30 DeafBlind attendees

Partners

The Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment

UCLA Disability Studies Department

Panelists                                                                              

Moderated by Benjamin Lewis - UCLA ASL Lecturer

Doug Roland

Robert Tarango

LANDMARK AT 57 WEST, NYC

Over 160 attendees

Covered by the NY Times and Fox 5 news

Introduced by

Kim Zimmer - Helen Keller Services CEO

Sue Ruzenski - Helen Keller National Center Executive Director

Panelists

Doug Roland

Robert Tarango

Chris Woodfill - Associate Executive Director - Helen Keller National Center

Steven Prescod - Lead actor - The Feeling Through Experience

THE CARY THEATER - CARY, NC

The premiere of the Feeling Through Experience & kickoff event for DeafBlind Awareness Month

130 attendees

30 attendees with vision and/or hearing loss

27 interpreters

20 support staff

Introduced by

Lori Bush - Cary Town Council Member

Mark Benton - Deputy Secretary, NC Department of Health & Human Services

With a declaration from Governor Roy Cooper

Panelists

Doug Roland

Robert Tarango

Ashley Benton – Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Billy – Student at UNC Charlotte Exceptional Children’s Assistance Center

Partners

NC Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

NC Division of Services for the Blind

East Carolina University

SPRING PLACE - LOS ANGELES, CA

Kickoff screening for National DeafBlind Awareness Week

Introduced with a declaration from the Mayor of Beverly Hills, John Mirisch

Panelists

Doug Roland

Chad Metcalf – HKNC Regional Representative - CA

Rafael Morales – DeafBlind artist

LIBRARY - PORT WASHINGTON, NY

In celebration of National DeafBlind Awareness Week

Introduced by HKNC Executive Director Sue Ruzenski

HKNC honorary awards given to director Doug Roland, actor Robert Tarango, and actor Steven Prescod

170 people in attendance

Sands Point Mayor, Ed Adler in attendance

Panelists

Doug Roland

Robert Tarango

Steven Prescod

Chris Woodfill

THE FRANKLIN THEATER - FRANKLIN, TN

In celebration of National DeafBlind Awareness Week

Introduction and declaration from the Mayor of Franklin, Ken Moore

SALT LAKE FILM SOCIETY - SALT LAKE CITY, UT

Partnered with Salt Lake City Film Society

73 attendees - 12 DeafBlind attendees and 2 deaf attendees

Panelists

Doug Roland 

Jenni Thompson- DeafBlind advocate

Burgon Jensen- entrepreneur & motivational speaker

Dustin Johnson- high school student

Partners

Salt Lake Film Society

Art Access

Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind 

Utah State Office of Rehabilitation

KC PUBLIC LIBRARY - KANSAS CITY, MO 

Over 100 attendees

12 DeafBlind attendees

Panelists

Doug Roland

Robert Tarango

Partners

Kansas City Deaf-Blind Task Force

Kansas City Deaf-Blind Project

MO Assistive Technology

MO Deaf-Blind Technical Assistance Project

The Whole Person

Alphapointe

Beyond Interpreting

SERID (SE REGIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS) - HUNTSVILLE, AL

Annual conference featured The Feeling Through Experience

Over 100 in attendance

Panelists

Moderated by Marilyn Trader of HKNC

Doug Roland

Robert Tarango

Partners

Alabama Initiative for Children and Youth who are DeafBlind

Vocational Rehabilitation Services

SERID Committees

YELLOWHAMMER BREWERY - HUNSTVILLE, AL

80 attendees

Panelists

Moderated by Marilyn Trader of HKNC

Doug Roland

Robert Tarango

PHOENIX DAY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF - PHOENIX, AZ

Actor, Robert Tarango alma mater

Over 100 attendees

15 DeafBlind attendees

Panelists

Doug Roland

Robert Tarango

Partners

Deaf and Blind (ASDB)

Arizona Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ACDHH)

Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ACBVI)

Community Outreach program for the Deaf (COPD and Valley Center of the Deaf (VCD)

Arizona Rehabilitation Services Administration, Program for Blind and Visually Impaired and Deaf, HoH, and Deaf-Blind

HAWAII STATE SCHOOL  FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND - HONOLULU, HI

70 attendees

Panelists included

Doug Roland

Kon Davis - CSC - DeafBlind outreach specialist

Lance Kamaka - DeafBlind musician

Partners included

Comprehensive Services Center for People who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or DeafBlind (Roz Kia)

Hawai'i & Pacific Deaf-Blind Project (Jennifer Tarnay)

The Deaf Kapuna