05-15-2006 DO THE TWO JORDAN MEN "OWN" CISS AND GALLAUDET?

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TURMOIL AT GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY CONTINUES

DO THE TWO JORDAN MEN "OWN" C.I.S.S. AND GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY?

By Rafael PINKHASOV PINCHAS, CISS Ombudsman

New York, USA - This past Friday, May 12, 2006, this Ombudsman had the opportunity of witnessing first hand of the two major events held at the campus of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., USA.

Despite the bomb threat, nearly 5,000 people attended the 137th Commencement - or Graduation Day - Ceremonies. Many people also attended the protesters' rally.

During my 12-hour presence at the campus, I met and conversed with many people who, among the other things asked me, the two very relevant questions such as,

1) what kind of leadership similarities have the two Jordans - Irving King, the outgoing Gallaudet President, and Jerald, the so-called International Committee of Sports for the Deaf ( CISS ) Honorary Member for Life? and 2) what kind of harm or damage have the two Jordans done to the cause of our world of DEAFDOM?

Well, in order to continue to retain their personal pursuit for power and influence in our deaf world, there are similarities between these two Jordan men - Jerald and Irving King.

Jerald Jordan:

By manipulating the 39th CISS Congress election session procedure held on January 4, 2005 in Australia, in which nearly 270 votes were missing, it was Jerald who "handpicked" his "favorite" tellers ( or vote counters ) as well as his "favorite" members to the new CISS Executive Committee.

It also was Jerald who made every effort to ensure the election win of his female crony and puppet - Donalda Ammons - as the new CISS President.

Because English was ( and still is ) the only official language of the CISS, and because many foreign delegates at the CISS Congress are not wholly familiar with English, Jerald thinks that it is he who "owns" the CISS and that the CISS is his "own personal property!"

Irving King Jordan:

He was the very person who 'handpicked" his "favorite" members to the Gallaudet University Board of Trustees.

It was also Irving King who made every effort to ensure the selection appointment of his female crony and puppet - Jane Fernandes - as the new Gallaudet University President.

Because Irving King has his fair command of voice speech and because he, like his pal Jerald, has a non-deaf spouse, who is available to do the sign language/voice interpreting work for him at moment's notice, it is Irving King who thinks that he "owns" Gallaudet University and that Gallaudet University is "his own personal property!"

Now, you see that the two Jordan men, by abusing their power for their own ego and personal ambitions, think that they "own" the deaf worlds - Jerald ( deaf sports world ) and Irving King ( deaf academic world )!

The two Jordan men think that they are the two "deaf super human beings" and that they are above the law!

Interestingly, Jerald, dressed poorly, ungentlemanly and inappropriately and carrying his photo camera on his chest, was accorded a first row seat at the Commencement Ceremonies' premises by his pal Irving King, the Commencement Ceremonies' floor leader.

Jerald, who loves to showcase himself as "a lifelong fighter for equal rights for every deaf citizen in the world," also made no effort to visit the protesters and their "Tent City" location at all.

Thus, the damage the two Jordan men have done to our deaf world are these: under Jerald's "leadership," the CISS is still the world's most financially impoverished, stagnant and corrupt international sports organization, while Irving King has on May 1, 2006, for certain reason, brought shame, humiliation and negative publicity to our whole deaf world.

By the way, this Ombudsman, after the end of Commencement Ceremonies, in the evening attended a rally at "Tent City," in which he spoke at the stage ( see photo )




Under applause and cheers of rally's attendees, this Ombudsman, among the other things, urged the protesters to continue to fight for justice and equality among the deaf masses, including by demanding the re-opening of the Gallaudet University Presidential search process, that everyone must contact his/her home state's USA Congressmen and Senators in order to wake them up of their protest, that the deaf people of Russia and Israel support the protesters and that the protesters must unite and speak out with one voice and listen to their leaders, and that this Ombudsman believes a day will come and the protesters will eventually prevail."

The Protest at Gallaudet is still going on.

More and more deaf and non-deaf people - students, teachers, alumni and others - are joining the protesters' group on a daily basis.

The main message of this communication is that this Ombudsman again urges USA and foreign deaf people - leaders and ordinary citizens - from every part of the globe to join the protesters by sending their ( your ) message of support and encouragement to the protesters' group at

info@gallyfssa.org

For update of Gallaudet Protest, visit:

www.gallyfssa.org/
www.xanga.com/elisa_abenchuchan
www.joeybaer.com

Received an email from DeafSportLawsuit.com

PRESS RELEASE - May 6, 2006

From: http://www.deafsportlawsuit.com/

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TURMOIL AT GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY

THE TALE OF THE FOUR GALLAUDET DOCTORS: THE JORDAN MEN - IRVING KING AND JERALD - AND THEIR TWO FEMALE PUPPETS JANE FERNANDES AND DONALDA AMMONS



By RAFAEL PINKHASOV PINCHAS, CISS Ombudsman

New York, USA - In the wake of the ongoing students' protest at Gallaudet University this Ombudsman has been receiving interesting communication messages from concerned persons.

These persons, among the other things, asked the questions such as:

What is the role of Irving King Jordan, the outgoing Gallaudet University President with the CISS and Deaflympics?What kind of relationship does Irving King have with the top CISS functionaires Jerald Jordan and Donalda Ammons?Are Irving King Jordan and Jerald Jordan related to each other by blood? How does this Ombudsman perceive yesterday's signing of the petition by Ammons to oppose Irving King's influence and his hardly-fought appointment of Jane Fernandes as a new Gallaudet University President?By signing this petition, has Ammons shown her loyalty, solidarity and support for the now-embattled Irving King Jordan and Jane Fernandes?

Well, this Ombudsman, himself a 1979 graduate of Gallaudet and frequent traveler to the CISS Congresses and Deaflympics, must openly and bluntly state that Dr. Irving King Jordan and Dr. Jerald Jordan are long-time comrades and that the two, however, are not related by their bloods at all. The two Jordans have also been closely associated with Dr. Donalda Ammons in the last several years.

To demonstrate how excessively close the two Jordans are to each other, let me present the three randomly selected facts.

Fact Number One: On June 20,1996 America's capital - Washington, D.C. - was the site of the Olympic Torch Relay event, in which the two deaf persons Irving King and Jerald were selected to make their Torch Relay runs.

How the two, especially Jerald, received such an honor to run?

In front of me is the recent March 8, 2006 issue of the Gallaudet University student publication called The Buff and Blue. In its story headlined THE SECRETS OF HIS SUCCESS, its author Donald Tropp, after his interview session with Irving King and his wife Linda, revealed about how Irving King, a very devoted and caring friend of Jerald, convinced the 1996 Olympic Torch Relay organizers to include Jerald to make a run.

Here is an excerpt of the story:

"King and Linda agree one of their best moments came during the 1996 Olympics. King was asked to carry the torch up 8th Street to Gallaudet. He accepted, but later received an invitation to bring the torch to the White House instead. He said he would do it on one condition: that another deaf person could carry the torch to Gallaudet. The White House refused to grant his request, so King declined their offer and hung up. "If I did not know who would carry the torch to Gallaudet, I would rather do it myself," King explains. But he got a callback. The White House relented, and Jerald Jordan ( no relation ), former Deaflympics president, took King's place. He remembers seeing Jerald run from 8th street to Gallaudet. " I never saw a smile so big, "he recalls."

Fact Number Two: On March 7, 1999 as a CISS Chairman-founder of the annual Deaf World Athlete of the Year International Awards Commission, I played a visible role at the special banquet in honor of the 75 Anniversary of the CISS held in Davos, Switzerland. Before the start of the banquet, there I met and conversed with the broadly-smiling and elegantly-dressed couple - Irving King and Linda. They also attended this banquet as special guests of honor and there, among the other things, the two told me, that since 1989 they make every effort to attend every CISS Games. They do so in honor of their very dear and very beloved friend Jerald Jordan!"

Fortunately, in my own possession I have a videotape of this event in Davos.

Fact Number Three: On March 1, 2006 the city of Salt Lake City, Utah, hosted the 2007 Winter Deaflympics Press Conference. There Irving King had the opportunity to give his speech at the podium, in which he publicly invoked and brought up the name of his "very close pal Jerald - or "JJ" - in front of the event's attendees." At that Press Conference, Irving King, also showcased himself and Gallaudet as the strong financial backers of the 2007 Games.

For details, click www.deafnation.com/deaflympicstv.asp?zone=29

As for Dr. Jane Fernandes' support for Jerald, some two months ago, for example, one deaf man from Canada sent his letter to Fernandes, the soon-would-to-be new Gallaudet President-appointee, which was titled SHALL GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY TAKE AWAY ITS HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREE FROM JERALD JORDAN?

To review this letter, visit

www.deafbase.com/article-print-1141.html

This Ombudsman was able to get in touch with the Canadian man who informed that Fernandes acknowledged the receipt of his letter and that Fernandes totally disagreed with his idea of possible revoking of a honorary degree from Jerald and that Fernandes still spoke very positively of Jerald.

Thus, it can now clearly be seen and concluded that Irving King, Jerald and Fernandes are real cronies, period.

Now, let's focus on what kind of relationship the two Jordans and Fernandes have had with Ammons on or before May 1, 2006, the date Fernandes was named as Gallaudet's 9th President and in which unrest among Gallaudet students has erupted at its campus' premises.

The two Jordans, especially Jerald did everything possible in order to ensure that Jerald's "heir apparent" and "female crony" - Ammons - would win her election as the new CISS President at the recent 39th CISS Congress held in Australia.

By the way, Jerald, in his self interest and to the huge detriment of the deaf international sports, was the prime mastermind of the election fraud scheme at the Congress, in which nearly 270 voting ballots were missing or went unused.

Because this Ombudsman has been an outspoken advocate for just and equal rights for every deaf athlete and because he filed his lawsuits vs. Jerald and Ammons, Jerald and Ammons were the ones to institute their reprisals or Gestapo-type tactics vs. this Ombudsman: twice they called upon the service of local policemen and agents to arrest - albeit, unsuccessfully - this Ombudsman in 2003 in Sweden and in 2005 in Australia.

( Could it be possible that Irving King learned directly from Jerald and Ammons to use such reprisal or Gestapo-type tactics vs. the protesting and outspoken students at Gallaudet now? )

Since 2001 and till now, the two - Irving King and Fernandes - have also covertly provided their unequivocal and biased support for Ammons in her legal battles vs. this Ombudsman.

Moreover, Irving King and Fernandes in 2004 did not take any action against its Gallaudet staff member - Ammons - when Ammons chose to unethically use the official Gallaudet stationery for her personal litigation defense. That is, Ammons, a defendant, wrote her letter with a Gallaudet letterhead to a Court Judge in spite of the fact that Gallaudet University was not specifically named as the lawsuit party at all

www.deafsportlawsuit.com/update42.htm

Since 1995, the year Ammons began her work for the CISS, both Irving King and Fernandes have closed up their eyes by permitting Ammons to utilize Gallaudet's facilities, in which she performed her non-Gallaudet and CISS-related work most of the time at the campus.

On May 2, 2006 a Gallaudet University President Search Process petition drive has begun to function. It lists the two demands:

- have Presidential Search Process re-opened, and

- no reprisals for students, staff, faculty and alumni.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/

As of today, there are over 3,000 petition signatories.

Naturally, this petition is a very bad, embarrassing and humiliating document for both Irving King and Fernandes.

But the most unthinkable and unbelievable thing with this petition is that a crony of the three ( i.e., for Irving King, Jerald and Fernandes ) - Ammons is listed as the number 2,102 signee of this petition.

Furthermore, Ammons' numerous deaf family members, including her deaf father and two deaf sisters, have also signed the petition, which is literally tantamount to the coming and disgraceful ousting of Irving King's "heir apparent" and "female crony" - Fernandes - from the Gallaudet Presidency.

If this happens, Irving King's personal and professional reputation ( also Fernandes' ) among the masses - deaf and non-deaf - will be ruined for good!

In light of Ammons' petition signing, it is still unclear as to how are Irving King, Jerald and Fernandes feeling about this highly unusual act by Ammons?

Has the still unconstitutionally-elected President of the CISS - Ammons - betrayed them, has not she?

In retrospect, after my long friendship with Ammons and by utilizing my varied sports expertise services for her own gain and personal career advancement, Ammons, all of a sudden, in 2001 betrayed this Ombudsman by completely removing him from any suitable leadership position in the CISS.

Is Ammons an unpredictable and pathological hypocrite or reputed benefit taker?

Finally, it remains to be seen as to what kind of financial and moral support Irving King and Gallaudet will provide to the organization of the coming 16th Deaflympic Winter Games in Utah.

In the meantime, there are the two important news to share.

A second suspect in kidnapping/murder scheme of a deaf Russian citizen and ex-litigant in the now-closed-Ammons-related case, Mr. Felix Shlimovich, is being finally caught up in Moscow. Mr. Shlimovich and his body has been missing since December 11, 2005. The investigation is still on.

The discrimination lawsuit matter involving this Ombudsman and the USA Deaf Sports Federation is still pending before the USA District Court for the District of South Dakota in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. One of the main charges of the lawsuit is biased, unfair and discriminatory treatment of this Ombudsman by certain Gallaudet-educated CISS officials and USADSF for the application position of the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 2007 Deaflympic Winter Games.

Pics to share

Indy people showing support!






Sorry for the delay posts... I struggled with Comcast Internet connection. Pah it works now. BOO!

Please keep emailing me to post more articles, pictures, whatever! Protest will continue in August when Gally students return for the fall semester. Have a great summer!

Funny

http://www.signupcomics.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35CGU5tFTNQ

Enjoy them! :)

The weekend at Gally...

Hi

Here we are.. back on the road to Indiana. Looking back the past two days, it was empowering and educational. Plenty of good discussions and rapports with people at the tent city. The citizens of tent city were Gally students, alumni, Deaf from out of states, former Gally students, codas, Deaf locals, grassroot Deaf people, Deaf children, dogs of Deaf owners, hearing allies, and Deaf hs students. All walks of lives, yet they all shared one vision.... getting the best for Gally.
The FSSA, students, and alumni, they all worked hard and bonded together. Wondeful feeling! We were able to talk with anybody at the tent city.... "our new temporary neighbors". We even met and chatted with the Mayor of the tent city, Chris. He was voted as the Mayor because of his ongoing involvement with the protest and Tent City during the first week of protest.

There were boxes and boxes of bottled water chips and snack donated by people all over the world. We learned that Deaf TV stations from London and Sweden were at Gally, filming the protest. Imagine that! The whole deaf world is watching and supporting! Ryan Commerson, the famous deaf guy who led the hunger strike at Michigan Deaf School last year and famous now for encouraging people to leave the room when they announced that Fernandes will be the 9th president of Gally. Unnecessarily, Gally removed him from the property and listed him as Persna Non Grata . Ryan was pardoned on May 12th, Friday, on the day Fernandes stepped down as provost. I had an opportunity to talk with briefly. I was surprised to find him very calm and polite. I sensed no anger in him. Wonderful! The Gally adm and BOT failed to crack him open!

I enjoyed talking with Ricky Taylor, the man behind the well known website, Ridorlive.com. He is a good friend of Stacy Abrams, my co worker at ISD. Walking past him, u d never know that he's the brain child of the ridorlive.com. In his well worn blue jeans and faded t shirt, casually talking with citizens of Tent City. He is easy to talk with.

Talked with Laurene Simms yesterday, she said that she and the FSSA members are extremely glad that BOT agreed to have Fernandes step down as provost now. Even though the demand of removing Fernandes as the 9th president position has not been met, the FSSA is not giving up and they are optimistic about achieving this in near future. Some of you may wonder why the protest is on a break. Actually it's not totally on break, the FSSA will continue to have weekly meetings in pursuing on getting the demands met. FSSA will have its meeting tomorrow am. Tent City will be back this summer and fall. They WILL NOT GIVE UP until the demands are met. Consider the protest in phases, we just completed the first phase. There will be more to come.

We are glad that we had the opportunity to become one of the citizens of the TENT CITY. Thank you for supporting us to go there this weekend. David and I are thinking of setting up another community forum this week to summarize our experiences at Gally and to discuss about working together to support and strengthen Indiana Deaf organizations. We will let you know when it will be. And to show you video clips of some interviews at Gally this weekend.

Long Live Gally!

~Judy & David

Update from Judy

Hi Here we are in the well known Tent City! Arrived Tent City last night at midnight. It was pouring rain and lots of tents were soaked. We slept in tents. Brianne stayed up alllll night, chatted with her friends she saw at Gally. She finally went to bed at 7 30 a.m.! The Tent City is closing down . Both FSSA and students are tired and they want a few weeks break before they regroup again, hopefully in July. Dr Jane Fernandes is no longer a provost, however she is now considered a 'president in training' til Jan. The FSSA are happy with this decision, the part with Jane not being a provost anymore, because the staff, faculty, and students could not imagine working with Jane as a provost this fall for a couple of months before she becomes official in Jan. But FSSA not giving up. They will continue to fight.

On Way to Gally

We are now on road heading east. Gallaudet or Bust! David Reynolds and his sons, Jonathon and Justin and Judy Catron and her kids, Brianne and Ryan are now riding in van in the rain, chatting, discussing and discussing about the protest. We expect to arrive Gally by midnight tonight.
Judy




I was unable to go due to sickness. I'm so bummed! :( -Aaron

Welcome!

Hello My name is Aaron Carr. I will be doing the ASL blog for our Deaf community in Indiana. David Reynolds and Judy Catron are our representatives for Indiana. They have asked me to do this and keep our Deaf community in touch on what's going on with Gallaudet University Protest against the President selection.
I will be posting ASL blog videos so you can fully understand and at the same time we will post text transcripts.
Thanks for all your support! :)
~Aaron IndyDeafUnity@yahoo.com