TRI-COUNTY GLAD

April 2024 E-News

A Note From the Director:

Greetings!

The Spring season is a beacon of light, symbolizing and elevating hope during the evolving times.

Check the flyer below for the community event - Gardens of the World in Thousand Oaks on Friday, April 19, 2024. The deadline to RSVP for this event would be Thursday, April 4, 2024.

TCGLAD continues to offer FREE mental health counseling services by an ASL-fluent counselor. These services are only for Ventura County residents. Contact TCGLAD for more information on the free mental health counseling services.

A milestone for Tri-County GLAD is just around the corner! It is TCGLAD’s 35th Anniversary, celebrating the three and a half decades of providing services to the deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, and deaf disabled community!

A friendly reminder: Cesar Chavez Day falls on Sunday, March 31, 2024. TCGLAD will be closed on Monday, April 1, 2024 in observance of Cesar Chavez Day. Our services will resume on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.

CHECK OUT THE NEW WEBSITE - DEAFCAL.ORG

Introducing the new DEAFCAL.org

Your destination for SoCal community hub for American Sign Language and signing communities! The goal behind Deaf Cal is to share deaf and deaf friendly events and things to do all year with our community events calendar! This deaf* community hub is behind the heartbeat of a vibrant community, serving as a one stop community hub that unites non-profit organizations, sister agencies, businesses, and community groups. Our mission is to create a space where collaboration thrives, events are shared, and connections are strengthened.

Stop by and check out the new website!

DEAFCAL.org

Deaf Events in Ventura County

Volunteers Sign up - Click here

Emergency Notifications

Join GLAD, CODIE, BGLAD, TCGLAD and OC DEAF in learning more about the importance of preparing for disasters and emergencies that could happen at any time in your region or county.

We will be sharing resources and how to sign up for emergency notifications with deaf* communities of Southern California through each deaf agency's social media channels and websites. If you live in any of our regions and counties below, please visit any of our deaf agencies' social media and websites as well as subscribing to newsletters to get latest information and news.

GLAD: Los Angeles County - gladinc.org

CODIE: Riverside, San Bernandino, Inyo and Mono Counties - codie.org

BGLAD: Kern County - b-glad.org

TCGLAD: Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties - tcglad.org

OCDEAF: Orange County - ocdeaf.org

Contact your local deaf agency (see above) for more information, resources or questions.

Holidays

GLADly Chat

Latinx Heritage & Bullying Prevention Month

Navtive American Heritage Month

Children's Holiday Special!

Stay Healthly Month

Deaf History Month

Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Mental Health Awareness Month

Pride Month & DeafBlind Awareness

GLADly Chat Episode 9

NEW!!!

GLADly Chat Episode 10

Click GLADly Chat - YouTube

Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties

Deaf Community Events

TCGLAD EVENTS

GLAD EVENTS

Movie Times at AMC Theatres - Open Caption (On-Screen Subtitles)

Open Captions

Movie Theater

Click here AMC DINE-IN Thousand Oaks 12166 W. Hillcrest DrThousand Oaks, California 91360 amctheatres.com

TCGLAD Water Bottle Sale

TCGLAD Water Bottle costs 20 dollars each.

To order the water bottle,

contact TCGLAD

at 805-256-1053

or info@tcglad.org

Cal Fresh and SSI/SSP

Apply for California Food Stamps Online

Special Announcement

REAL ID - California DMV

Family Outreach Advocates

Family Outreach Advocacy - GLAD

Free Fire Alarm Kit for Ventura County residents

Tri-County GLAD and Ventura County Fire Department have joined together to distribute fire alarm notification systems to Ventura County Deaf, Hard of Hearing, DeafBlind, and Deaf Disabled residents.

For more information, contact Tri-County GLAD

805-256-1053 and info@tcglad.org