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AGENDA ITEM: Resolution Recognizing September 2022 as National Deaf Awareness Month in
Oakland County 22-298
COMMITTEE MEETING: Board of Commissioners
DATE: Thursday, September 1, 2022 6:00 PM - Click to View Agenda
ITEM SUMMARY SHEET
DEPARTMENT SPONSORED BY
Board of Commissioners Angela Powell, Charles Cavell, Philip
Weipert, Michael Gingell, Marcia
Gershenson, David Woodward, Robert
Hoffman, Janet Jackson, Eileen Kowall,
Adam Kochenderfer, Karen Joliat, Michael
Spisz, Christine Long, Gwen Markham,
Penny Luebs, William Miller III, Gary
McGillivray, Yolanda Smith Charles, Chuck
Moss, Kristen Nelson
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
POLICY ANALYSIS
BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: No
Committee members can contact Michael Andrews, Policy and Fiscal Analysis Supervisor at
248.858.5115 (office) or andrewsmb@oakgov.com, or the department contact persons listed for
additional information.
CONTACT
Angela Powell, Commissioner powellan@oakgov.com
ITEM REVIEW TRACKING
Kristen Nelson, Created/Initiated - 9/1/2022
David Woodward, Board of Commissioners Approved - 9/1/2022
Hilarie Chambers, Executive's Office Approved - 9/8/2022
Lisa Brown, Clerk/Register of Deeds Final Approval - 9/14/2022
AGENDA DEADLINE: 09/01/2022 6:00 PM
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2022-08-23 Legislative Affairs & Government Operations - Recommend to Board
2022-09-01 Full Board
ATTACHMENTS
None
September 1, 2022
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #22-298
Sponsored By: Angela Powell, Charles Cavell, Philip Weipert, Michael Gingell, Marcia Gershenson, David
Woodward, Robert Hoffman, Janet Jackson, Eileen Kowall, Adam Kochenderfer, Karen Joliat, Michael Spisz,
Christine Long, Gwen Markham, Penny Luebs, William Miller III, Gary McGillivray, Yolanda Smith Charles,
Chuck Moss, Kristen Nelson
Board of Commissioners - Resolution Recognizing September 2022 as National Deaf Awareness Month in
Oakland County
Chairperson and Members of the Board:
WHEREAS the purpose of Deaf Awareness Month is to increase public awareness of deaf issues, people, and
culture; and
WHEREAS since first observed by the World Federation of the Deaf in the late 1950s, the month of
September, culminating in the International Week of the Deaf, is dedicated to promoting a greater
understanding and celebration of the deaf and hard-of-hearing community; and
WHEREAS approximately 1 out of every 1,000 children in the United States is born with profound hearing
loss; and
WHEREAS there are many misconceptions about being deaf and the challenges people who are deaf face in
their everyday lives, which can only be dispelled through greater public education and awareness; and
WHEREAS people who are deaf communicate using sign language, which is a fully fledged natural language
with its own morphology, syntax, and structure; and
WHEREAS according to the U.S. Census Bureau, at least 11,500,000 individuals in the United States are deaf
or hard of hearing; and
WHEREAS there are approximately 1.4 million Michigan residents with varying degrees of hearing loss
ranging from mild to profound, including individuals who are born deaf and people who encounter late-stage
hearing loss; and
WHEREAS deaf culture is an important part of the fabric of our society and its imperative to uphold the rights
of the deaf; and
WHEREAS people who are deaf can work in almost any job and the main barriers to employment arise from
inaccessible work environments rather than an inability to hear; and
WHEREAS deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals have made and continue to make numerous contributions in
the United States; and
WHEREAS much work remains to be done to promote the rights of people who are deaf, including access to
education, access to information and services, and the prevalence of sign language.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
recognizes September 2022 as National Deaf Awareness Month in Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this
resolution to the Michigan Department of Civil Rights - Division of Deaf, Deaf Blind and Hard of Hearing, the
Michigan Deaf Association and the Michigan Coalition for Deaf, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing People.
Chairperson, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: Angela Powell, Charles
Cavell, Philip Weipert, Michael Gingell, Marcia Gershenson, David Woodward, Robert Hoffman, Janet
Jackson, Eileen Kowall, Adam Kochenderfer, Karen Joliat, Michael Spisz, Christine Long, Gwen
Markham, Penny Luebs, William Miller III, Gary McGillivray, Yolanda Smith Charles, Chuck Moss,
Kristen Nelson.
Date: September 01, 2022
David Woodward, Commissioner
Date: September 08, 2022
Hilarie Chambers, Deputy County Executive II
Date: September 14, 2022
Lisa Brown, County Clerk / Register of Deeds
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2022-08-23 Legislative Affairs & Government Operations - Recommend to Board
2022-09-01 Full Board
VOTE TRACKING
Motioned by Commissioner William Miller III seconded by Commissioner Angela Powell to adopt the attached
Resolution: Recognizing September 2022 as National Deaf Awareness Month in Oakland County.
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Spisz, Karen Joliat, Kristen Nelson, Eileen Kowall, Christine Long, Philip
Weipert, Angela Powell, Thomas Kuhn, Chuck Moss, Marcia Gershenson, William Miller III, Yolanda
Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Penny Luebs, Janet Jackson, Gary McGillivray, Adam Kochenderfer (18)
No: None (0)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: (0)
Passed
ATTACHMENTS
None
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on September 1, 2022,
with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court at Pontiac,
Michigan on Thursday, September 1, 2022.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County Clerk / Register of Deeds