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IMPORTANT: Please do not delete this mail! Don't kill the petition!
PLEASE READ, COPY, SIGN, AND SEND ON...!
RECOGNITION OF BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE PETITION
British Sign Language (BSL) is the first language of 57,000-65,000 Deaf people
in the UK. Thousands more use it as a second language and over a million have
mastered a basic level of proficiency. In the past Deaf people have been
prevented from using their own language. Just as Welsh people have secured
their right to have Welsh language legally recognised, Deaf people should be
allowed to have the same choice, and in turn be full and equal citizens.
The Federation of Deaf People (FDP) is organising a march for the legal
recognition of BSL by the British Government. The march will take place on
Saturday 8 July 2000. Please add your name to the list and send it on to all
your friends, family and colleagues!
If you are number 20 on the list please continue the petition by forwarding it
to your friends but also send it to: [log in to unmask]
It is better to copy this e-mail and then send it on. You can forward it but
the petition will end up lots of >>> which creates more work for us (when we
could be doing other things).
Even if you don't want to sign the petition please don't kill it by deleting
it. Instead, please just forward it or send it back to [log in to unmask]
If you receive several copies of this petition, please don't delete it but keep
the chains going if possible!
***if anyone would like to receive a hard copy of the petition to print out and
collect signatures from friends without e-mail please go to:
http://www.egroups.com/files/deaf-uk/
and open the FDP BSL March 2000 folder. In here is the BSL_Petition_2000.doc
which can be printed out (as a Word 97 doc).
You can also sign the web petition at:
http://www.bsl-march.co.uk
If you want e mail updates, about the latest info on the march, please send a
blank e mail to: [log in to unmask] (this is an announcement
list, NOT discussion).
Further info why BSL needs to be legally recognised, check the links at:
http://www.fdp.org.uk
If you have any other questions about the march, please send them to:
[log in to unmask]
NAME TOWN / CITY COUNTRY
1. Alison Bryan London UK
2. Isabel Reid, Nuneaton, UK
3. Christopher Reid, Nuneaton, UK
4. Helen Reed, London, UK
5. Alexandra Dury,Bristol,UK
6. Jemima Lambert, Bristol, UK
7. Andrew Buoy, Bristol, UK
8. Hannah Gurr, Bristol, UK
9. Elisabeth Bosch, UK
10.Joni Pike Bristol, UK
11. Daz Saunders, UK
12. Alessandra Iantaffi, UK
13. Steph Papillon
14. Helen Tagg
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