RIT/NTID’s ASL Lecture Series presents “Still Our Second Home? A History of the Rochester Recreation Club for the Deaf,” a lecture by Dr. Corinna Hill on Friday, February 6, 2026, from 12 to 1 p.m. in the NTID’s CSD Student Development Center 1300/1310.
For more than a century, Deaf clubs served as cherished spaces for Deaf communities across the United States. These spaces fostered language, identity, and culture. Yet today, many of these clubs are closing or have already disappeared. This presentation examines the historical significance and evolving role of Deaf clubs, with a focus on the Rochester Recreation Club for the Deaf (RRCD). Drawing on oral histories and archival research, it explores RRCD’s rich history, its transformation over time, and what its story reveals about broader trends in the Deaf community.
Dr. Corinna Hill is an assistant professor in the Department of Liberal Studies at RIT/NTID. She studies the history of deafness and disability in the United States with a focus on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She is particularly interested in how language access, medicine, technology, and social relationships have shaped deaf and disabled experiences in America.
If you plan to attend this event in-person or via Zoom, please
For more information, contact Jeanne Behm, RADSCC coordinator and ASL instructor, at jsbnss@rit.edu.
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