ID: A Black man with glasses wearing a light purple buttoned long sleeves shirt. He is standing behind the teal background with white text printed on the bottom left corner worded " Ritchie Bryant for RID President 2021."
English Transcript:
0:01 Thriving
0:09 There have been many discussions about what thriving looks like for our field.
0:18 The time has come for us to change our perspectives about what it might look like when our field is thriving.
0:30 Essentially, this thriving would manifest when we give our full support to the Diverse Deaf Community ecosystem.
0:39 As we navigate and shift through many changes, we should strive to look critically through the lens of the needs of the Diverse Deaf Community.
0:56 I am excited of the opportunity to uplift the Diverse Deaf Community and what successes would emerge as a result of this focus.
1:07 We should fully back this effort.
1:12 Naturally, when the Diverse Deaf Community grows, the interpreting field grows as well.
1:19 As an interpreting field, we should not be in a position where our stakeholders are not the focus of our efforts.
1:33 The absence of a partnership with the Diverse Deaf Community will result in a stagnation of the interpreting field as a whole.
1:41 I aim to have such close ties to the Diverse Deaf community such that when they succeed, our interpreting field will become a thriving force and also succeed.