Deaf in Government: December Partner Seminar

December 2022 CDS Partner Seminar - Genesis Leong

The Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is pleased to announce:

Deaf in Government with Florence Rapozo
Thursday, December 15th, 1:00-2:00 PM HST
Register at: https://go.hawaii.edu/koD

Deaf in Government (DIG) serves as the only national non-profit organization for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HoH) government employees and contractors at the local, state, municipal, and federal levels. DIG has partnered with the Center on Disability Studies to welcome you to the 38th Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity (Pac Rim) in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Part of DIG’s mission is to empower Deaf and HoH government employees, and contractors through networking, fostering professional growth, and career advancement.

Ms. Florence G. Rapozo is an Education Technician, College of Security Studies (CSS) Operations at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS).  Ms. Rapozo has been appointed as Special Program Director for the Deaf in Government this year.  She has done an amazing job managing the government’s track and also assisted some of the other 80 workshops at the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Conference.  She is in charge of organizing and managing the two big upcoming conferences (Hawaii, March 2023 and Washington, D.C. 2023) with a mission to provide a full accessibility, employment, education, leadership development, professional training, and innovations that develop the needs of the public sector’s deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing communities. 

Attend this free webinar to learn more about:

  • trainings that will enable you to succeed and advance in your career
  • other opportunities at the Pac Rim’s Deaf Innovation Strand and DIG Post-Conference Event.