The Learning Center for the Deaf is located in the 14th most populous municipality in Massachusetts, Framingham, when will this municipality transition to status?
The Learning Center for the Deaf The Learning Center for the Deaf (TLC) is a school for deaf and hard-of-hearing children located on 14 acres in Framingham, Massachusetts. TLC offers a program for deaf and hard of hearing students from infancy through high school, while also serving students who have different mental and emotional challenges. The curriculum fosters knowledge and respect for both American Sign Language (ASL) and English, a bilingual education, and for deaf and hearing cultures, a bicultural education.
Multicultural BRIDGE Multicultural BRIDGE (Berkshire Resources for the Integration of Diverse Groups and Education, or BRIDGE Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Lee, Massachusetts. Co-founded by Gwendolyn Hampton VanSant and Marthe Bourdon, BRIDGE serves diverse groups in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Boston, and other regions in Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York City. Services include workforce cultural literacy and cultural competency training, youth leadership and multicultural education, community-based civil rights and social justice forums and conferences, and multicultural advocacy. In 2015, BRIDGE received the Berkshire Trendsetter Award for Nonprofit Impact from 1Berkshire. BRIDGE is a minority and women-run nonprofit and is certified by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Program Provider.