This petition is to demand for Chris Wagner, president of the board of directors with National Association of the Deaf (NAD), to resign from his position since his views & special interests doesn’t align with the NAD’s mission statement along with the deaf civil rights.

If Chris Wagner refuses to resign, with your support by signing this petition, we as the deaf community of USA will demand for the NAD’s board of directors to take action against Chris Wagner and impeach him from his position. We need a leader who will support deaf civil rights and take a stand against deaf schools, being dominated by audists who refused to respect deaf children’s rights to education with ASL.

Ever since the Hunger Strike started against WPSD for oppressing against deaf people and taking away ASL from the rights of deaf children, Chris Wagner has made it clear that he’s supporting Donald E. Rhoten, the superintendent of WPSD, over the deaf community, which is a conflict of interest with NAD’s mission statement!

We have suffered oppression for over 200 years. We have had enough! Now is the time to stand up and make sure our voices are heard with support from NAD to empower the deaf community and enable deaf people with greater access to employment, to preserve ASL as a primary language for the deaf children. The NAD needs to work with the deaf community, not against itself, like Lincoln said, “A divided house cannot stand!”

Thank you!