Honoring Billy Brackett: MeAD’s Memorial Cornhole Tournament Lives His Dream
Billy Brackett was the first Deaf cornhole player in Maine — and it was his dream to have Deaf tournaments. MeAD is making sure that dream lives on.
Community, Events, News
Lewiston
MeAD Receives the Spirit of NAD Award at the 2024 NAD Biennial Conference
At the 57th NAD Biennial Conference in Chicago, the National Association of the Deaf presented MeAD with its prestigious Spirit of NAD Award — recognition of our community’s strength and resilience in the wake of the Lewiston tragedy.
Maine’s Lewiston Survivors Take Their Story to New York: MeAD at the RIT/NTID Emergency Preparedness Summit
In June 2024, Matt Webster, MJ Grant, Liz Seal, and Kevin Bohlin traveled to Rochester to share what the Deaf community experienced during the Lewiston shooting — and what emergency systems everywhere must change.
“It Couldn’t Happen Here”: Maine’s Deaf Community Takes Lewiston Lessons to the National Stage at ADARA 2024
At the 2024 ADARA Conference in Atlanta, Sitara Sheikh, Terry Morrell, Tristen Evah Hellewell, and Kristine Gile presented on the mental health and systems failures the Deaf community experienced in the aftermath of the Lewiston mass shooting.
Advocacy, Community, News
When Emergency Systems Fail the Deaf Community: MeAD’s Lewiston Response
When Lewiston became the site of Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, MeAD mobilized immediately — coordinating 32 interpreters in 48 hours to serve our community in crisis.