  {"id":131910,"date":"2024-04-04T17:37:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T22:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=131910"},"modified":"2024-04-04T17:37:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T22:37:34","slug":"eyeth-day-celebration-april-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/eyeth-day-celebration-april-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Eyeth Day celebration April 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">An Eyeth Day celebration is set for the 51ÁÔÆæ campus Saturday, April 6, as part of American Sign Language Awareness Month.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_131911\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131911\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-131911\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/04\/eyeth300x200-meta-eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-131911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wawa Snipe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/event\/eyeth-day-celebration\/\">Among the featured events<\/a> are a Deaf business showcase from 3-5 p.m. in the Wisconsin Room of the 51ÁÔÆæ Student Union, a \u201csign and dine\u201d gathering in the Union Gasthaus from 5-6:30 p.m. and a free concert at 7 p.m. with Wawa Snipe, a deaf hip hop musician, in the Wisconsin Room.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eyeth Day is an imaginative concept representing a planet tailored for those who communicate through visual and manual means, according to Sunny Brysch, program director of the School of Education\u2019s American Sign Language Studies program. Unlike on Earth, this planet fosters a world where signing is the primary means of communication, Brysch said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Snipe uses the term <a href=\"https:\/\/diphopwawa.com\/home\">\u201cdip hop\u201d<\/a> to describe his music, which showcases hip hop through Deaf eyes, educating the audience about Deaf musicians in the hearing world. 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