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Transcript: Hello, my name is Anna Dorst. I am WAD President.
We are excited to welcome Jim Powell as our new Membership Secretary and Jacqueline Reed as our new Member at Large. Their passion, experience, and dedication to the Deaf community will help strengthen our organization and continue advocacy and connection across Wisconsin.
Welcome to the board, Jim and Jacqueline! We look forward to working together and growing the future of WAD.
We are excited to launch WAD's new website. Our goals are to ensure it is accessible, provide accommodations for people with low vision, and maintain a check on the website. Here is our new website: https://wisdeaf.org
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Read more: Open Positions: WAD Membership Secretary and Member at Large (MaL)
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Jenny: Hello! I'm Jenny, Vice President of WAD. Good news! Assembly Bill 377 / Senate Bill 357 was not added to the Agenda for the full Senate meeting on March 17th. At this time, it seems the bill will not advance and we do not anticipate any additional action on these bills.
It appears that the 2025-2026 Legislative Session has ended.
WAD will now focus on planning for the 2027-2028 Legislative Session. We will share more information once our plans are finalized. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please feel free to share them with the Board.
Thank you!
Jenny shares an update on the Senate Hearing on March 3, 2026 about AB377
Send a letter to the Senate Committee members and ask them to vote NO to AB377 using one of these two templates in this folder: AB377 Letter Samples
Be sure to follow the instructions and include your name and contact information in the letter/email.