Please join us for our DIRC meetings

DIRC meetings are usually held on the 3rd Friday of every month, unless otherwise noted. Topics are selected monthly.

Next meeting will be January 29th, 2010, 5:30-7:30.
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Where - OMRDD
75 Morton St., Manhattan
Take the #1 train to Christopher Street. Walk west along Christopher St. to Hudson St. Turn left onto Hudson, walk south a few blocks until you reach Morton St. Turn right onto Morton, and OMRDD is the first building on your right. We will be meeting on the first floor in the BIG meeting room.

FREE pizza, salad, soda/water will be served immediately following the DIRC meeting until 9 pm.

This is an open forum to discuss concerns and ideas about how to best work together and we will demonstrate how interpreters can team together in different situations..

If you are deaf-blind and need interpreting services, please contact
Debbie Swamback at DIRC@nycmetrorid.org to request interpreters.

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DIRC meetings are conducted in ASL with NO voice interpretation provided.

Click for DIRC History

Please check this page often for updates.

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History of DIRC:

The idea for DIRC came from the first Allies conference hosted by Region 1 RID in 1992. Members form Metro who participated in this conference realized that there were huge conflicts between Deaf consumers and interpreters in our community. They met with several Deaf organizations in NYC to present the idea of DIRC. Once leaders in the Deaf community joined RID's efforts, the idea caught on and DIRC has been a huge success. NYC Metro RID has been hosting DIRC meetings since 1995.

When Debbie Swamback was asked to describe DIRC in 30 words or less, she replied:

"DEAF! Can you figure out interpreters and their behavior?
INTERPETERS! Can you figure out Deaf and their behavior?

COME to DIRC and LEARN about each other."