Living in infamy for the foreseeable future, 2020 was quite the year. And like pretty much everything, 72 Hours did not avoid its wrath.
On March 26, the weekly publication ran for the last time as a separate tabloid, getting smaller and thinner in the weeks leading up to the eventual switch to the broadsheet form readers have seen in the paper for the past nine months.
It made sense. COVID-19 put a hard and fast stop to all in-person events and a countywide shutdown that made even going to restaurants and bars completely out of the question. There was no need for a multi-page publication letting people know what was going on around town, as pretty much nothing was going on â at least not in person.
ADVOCATING THROUGH ASL
Savvy is her nickname, and ASL is her whole purpose.
“I want to make signing accessible to everyone. Music should be accessible to everyone,” she said. “Music is beautiful. Hearing and Deaf people should both be able to benefit from it, and Deaf people should be able to relate to it.”
These days, she uses her platform to bring awareness to issues important to her such as marine life conservation and to advocate for greater accessibility.
Thank you @NBCLilBigShots for letting me share my passion and raise awareness about #AmericanSignLanguage, #DeafTalent, and Deaf Culture on your platform. It means so much to me and we hope this message reaches everyone. #littlebigshots Savannah Dahan (@SavvyAsl) April 6, 2020
restaurants Sep 4, 2020
Mozzeria, a Neapolitan-style pizzeria, is opening its doors to customers Friday, making it the first Deaf-owned and Deaf-led business on D.C.’s H street corridor in more than 150 years. The restaurant was founded in San Francisco in 2011 with the goal of introducing customers to Deaf culture and offering career opportunities for Deaf people. Mozzeria D.C., located at 1300 H…
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