DPN10 Anniversary: In Their Own Words-Terry Giansanti

Terry Giansanti

It is hard to believe 10 years have passed. DPN has truly made an enormous impact on the deaf community. Now, deaf people worldwide can look optimistically towards the future because there are indeed brighter days yet to come. DPN was just one of the first barriers to be broken...in the 10 years since, more have been broken and there are more to break!

[King Jordan talking to Terry during the Kickoff
celebration at KDES] I am glad that I was here during DPN because it has helped me grow as a person. I saw firsthand the overturning of the 124 years of hearing people's rule on Gallaudet and it has helped me understand that anything is indeed possible if we truly put our minds to it.
Terry Giansanti

Currently a Gallaudet student and the Editor-in-Chief of the student newspaper, Buff and Blue. In 1988, he was a student at the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School and was one of the featured speakers during the March 1, 1988 rally that led to the DPN protest 10 years ago.

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