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Black Deaf Students Matter

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bay area blackdeaf led family asl day camp

Hosted at Center for Early Intervention on Deafness, 1035 Grayson St., Berkeley, CA 9

An Immersive B/ASL & Deaf Culture Experience

📍 1035 Grayson St., Berkeley, CA 94710
🚆 Closest BART: Ashby BART
📅 Weekends Only
• June 6–7
• June 13–14
• June 27–28
⏰ 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM

OPEN TO:

Deaf • DeafPlus • HOH • CODAs • Signing Families
ALL AGES WELCOME — PreK through Postsecondary

WHAT MAKES THIS CAMP SPECIAL?

✨ Black Deaf Led
✨ BASL/ASL Immersion
✨ Deaf Coaches Available
✨ Inclusive + Sensory Friendly
✨ Breakfast & Lunch Included
✨ Camp T-Shirt Included

Each family will be paired with a Black Deaf coach to support cultural learning and connection through an immersive B/ASL experience. Coaches will guide families in language development, Black Deaf culture, and community engagement. Non-BIPOC coaches may serve in secondary roles as Deaf culture mentors and role models.

CAMP ACTIVITIES

🎭 ASL Storytelling
🎶 Signing to Music
🎨 Art Therapy
🏀 Indoor & Outdoor Games
🖤 Black Deaf History
🎤 Guest Speakers
⭐ Talent Show

OUR PURPOSE

We celebrate Black Deaf Joy, family engagement, language access, and community unity through an immersive ASL-centered experience.

We aim to:
• Strengthen Black Deaf identity & representation
• Encourage mentorship & leadership
• Build lasting community connections
• Support younger generations through Deaf role models

SLIDING SCALE

💵 $60–$120 per family / per weekend

REGISTER + SUPPORT

🌐 Steps by KeiChe

📧 stepsbykeiche@gmail.com
📱 CashApp: $StepsByKeiChe
💜 Venmo: @StepsByKeiChe
💳 Zelle: 650-276-8869

GET INVOLVED

Deaf Coaches

Stipends available for Black Deaf coaches.

Volunteers

Earn community service hours while supporting Black Deaf families.

Sponsors

Help strengthen community wellness, representation, and accessibility.

📞 Contact: Kei-Che Randle — 650-276-8869

Summer Day Camp Registration

Many people have been asking if this camp is only for BlackDeaf people or community? The answer is no.

However, it's important to acknowledge, honor, and uplift BlackDeaf communities.

Therefore, we will have BlackDeaf coaches and prioritize BASL/ASL.

(Click REGISTER to sign up for camp!)

join our movement!

Your support and contributions will defray the cost for youth to learn American Sign Language, in any community, offered as an after school program. Your generous donation will fund our mission and vision.

Our mission is to showcase the evolution and enhancement of people learning American Sign language through music, storytelling, and dance.

Our vision is to bridge the gap between the Deaf and hearing communities by bringing Black ASL to the world through music enjoyment. We provide education (Deaf Education consultation) to all. Our focus areas are: layers of being marginalized, navigating microaggressions, miscommunication and stereotypes, and BlackDeaf education. We aspire to break barriers by learning, encouraging, rebuilding confidence, and celebrating each other’s languages.

S.T.E.P.S Stories & Songs

ASL Storytelling

STEPS by Kei-Che collaborates with San Francisco Deaf Services Center to provide bilingual storytime and craft days for Deaf children. Huge shoutout to Rachel and Jerry for helping create spaces where language, culture, and community can truly thrive.

Come join me, Ms. Kei-Che, for a beautiful day of connection in San Francisco at ASL Family Storytime.

This space is for families of Deaf and Hard of Hearing children, CODAs, and signers of all levels to gather, learn, laugh, and experience the power of storytelling through ASL. Representation matters, and it means so much to share joy, language, and connection with our next generation.

Come be in community with us as we celebrate BlackDeaf excellence, Deaf community presence, and the beauty of accessible spaces for all families.

📍 Main Library – Deaf Services Center

📅 Second Saturdays

🤟🏾 All ages welcome

See you there in San Francisco, where bilingual stories come alive and community grows. ✨

s.t.e.p.s lyrical song catalog (ASL to music)

Songs To Enhance People Signing (S.T.E.P.S by Kei-Che) presents their lyrical song catalog... Amplifying BlackDeaf Education and BlackDeaf Performers/Artists... "I Like That" by Janelle Monae inspired us to create an ASL Gloss version to provide access to Deaf consumers.

(Disclaimer: We do not own the rights to the audio. However, we do own some rights to the artistic expression of this video.)

Join S.T.E.P.S by Kei-Che as they remember feeling incredibly inspired by the representation of Black women on the screen for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella 1997, starring Brandy & Whitney Houston as Cinderella and her fairy Godmother. Now imagine if they were BlackDeaf?!! FIRRREEEE!!! Too often does things feel IMPOSIBLE! We love to SHOW you that IT'S POSSIBLE!!!

(Disclaimer: We do not own the rights to the audio. However, we do own some rights to the artistic expression of this video.)

s.t.e.p.s asl poetry

Songs To Enhance People Signing by Kei-Che vision is to bridge the gap between Deaf and hearing communities. Imagining America (Gather to Grow project) challenged Kei-Che to produce a form of art after sharing her experience of being a Deaf, Black woman and student. Kei-Che grew up in a hearing family that perfected slam poetry. This was my first SIMCOM poem to offer the world. Now transitioning on writing my poems in ASL first. :) (2019)

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If you have questions about the opportunities available to you in our programs, feel free to send us a message. We will get back to you as soon as possible.

Songs To Enhance People Signing (STEPS BY KEI-CHE)

stepsbykeiche@gmail.com

Hours

Open for bookings: ASL Mentoring Workshops, Speaking Engagements, ASL Performances, and Doula Services,

Saturday - Sunday: Reserved for STEPS Group WorkShops (virtual & in person)

steps by kei-che believes...

Black Deaf Students Matter