CASCADIA DEAF NATION.

Intercultural

Accountability

What makes us cultural humble in our culture of accountability.

It's time for a change for real.

It was in 2020 that CDN developed the emergent concept of communication equity, however, putting it into action took a pause for a number of reasons. By reflecting on ourselves and collectively throughout 2022, we examined the meaning of change.

Our vision for 2023 was to model the change through our actions, which included shared accountability and collective dignity.

Our role as the model of change has given us insight into the social issues that are impacting the communities that we deeply care about from both a cultural and socioeconomic perspective.

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Our reflection

We actualized that our heart space is your heart space. It is our way of welcoming you to engage our brave and saft space which is designed by the compassion of BIPOC Deaf (BIPOCD*) communities.

Cascadia Deaf Nation (CDN) emerged out of the responsive understanding that we are facing imminent cultural, social , and economic crises that are fueling inequities and injustices to repeat itself in cycles. The harmful reproduction of systems of oppression are that symptoms of the collapse on many fronts whether it is healthcare system or education system, etc. It is time to address the profound impact of cultural-linguistic injustice and social injustice has on everyone within BIPOCD* communities in the Cascadia bioregion (located in British Columbia, Washington state, and Oregon).

CDN is grounded in its stewardship accountability to empower the processes of transforming the meaning of solidarity through the embodied foundations of mindfulness and transformative justice as a capacity building social business as well as a social cooperative. CDN is making the first steps in changing the community care narratives while rebuilding human connection through transformative change-centric from cultural-linguistic lens.

Existential Truth & Reconciliation Process in Action

Our Culture of Accountability

For us, equity and transformative justice are important. Each day, we actively unpack the harmful reproductive cycles of oppression that exist within our workplaces and in our personal lives while we seek to address them.

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