Deaf’s delight: A café for the deaf and hard of hearing
Deaf’s Delight Cafe, the first deaf and hard of hearing cafe in Newark, New Jersey, has finally opened its doors. “I’m trying to bring two worlds together. I want the hearing community to realize that the deaf community is here,” said Sandra Rivers, owner of Deaf’s Delight Cafe.Opened as a tribute to her parents, Rivers is now welcoming the deaf and hard of hearing community to a safe space created specifically to address their needs. The pandemic and a robbery may have stalled the grand opening of Deaf’s Delight, but those obstacles only strengthened Rivers and her commitment to serve a community that oftentimes feels isolated and overseen. Rivers recalls watching her mom, who was deaf, live out a life...
01.22.21 | 01:54 | CC