FVCC hosts talk on deaf culture

Flathead Valley Community College's Multicultural Affairs program hosts "Words of Silence, a Cultural Expression of the Deaf Culture by Deaf Individuals" on Tuesday.

Community college students and professionals who speak the language will deliver the free program to increase awareness and understanding of the silent word.

Performers include Toni Cancilla, who has 27 years of teaching American Sign Language and interpreting experience; Amber Lang, a student and member of the Kalispell deaf community; Marty Wheeler, the first deaf graduate from the University of Montana; and American Sign Language students Jessaemyn Jeager, Cristie Gunderson, Carly Kacic and Cori Williams.

The presentation is from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Arts and Technology Building, Room 144, on the college's Kalispell campus.

For more information, call the Multicultural Affairs Office at 756-3945 or e-mail mstembor@fvcc.edu.