We, the undersigned, promise to support the rights of equal access to the courts and equal protections within our prison and other detention facilities for those are deaf or hard of hearing and whose language may include sign language. We pledge to support equal opportunities to those whose language may include sign language, and whether we are part of the Deaf Community or the Hearing Community, we promise not to stand idly by while others are denied the right to communicate in their own language when faced with legal challenges, incarceration, or barriers to government and community access.

Men and women, our fellow citizens, are denied equal access and the availability of sign language interpreters every day within our courts, prisons, detention facilities, and government offices. We stand united to end this practice of exclusion and discrimination.