Founder @SavedByTheSign | @GaisceAwards board & @NWCI Women's Forum Member | @EUDYouth former President |đAnthropology & Intâl Development
Joined January 2014
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21 Apr 2021
I think weâre beyond the âraise awarenessâ stage of practically every major social issue.
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Lydia retweeted
28 Jul 2025
You canât create inclusive spaces without asking people what they actually need.
Lydia Gratis is doing what whole institutions wonât, listening to communities first.
đŹ Watch on Youtube.com/gormmedia
#DeafAdvocacyIreland #Accessibility #DeafVoices #CommunityLedInclusion
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2 Oct 2025
Sending best wishes to Dead Centre and the company of Deaf Republic ahead of their opening night at Dublin Theatre Festival this evening âš
đž Johan Persson
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22 May 2025
Don't miss the BSL Conference 2025 with amazing speakers like: âšLydia Gratis, âšPeter Brown, âšHelene Jarmer, âšMhairi Simpson & Gem Fountain! đ
17â18 July 2025 | đ The Queens Hotel, Leeds. Get tickets now: bslconference.org.uk #BSLConference2025
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Lydia retweeted
17 Jul 2025
We had a fascinating presentation by Lydia Gratis - Saved by the Sign - Strength in Diversity: Securing the future of diverse identities in the UK Signing Community.
#BDAConference2025 #Thefuturestartswithus
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1 Oct 2025
Honouring the Deaf Black community! Check out Lydia's great presentation at the BSL conference in Leeds: vimeo.com/1123557751/6c1eb6b⊠#BlackHistoryMonth #DeafCommunityUK #SignLanguage #UKDeafCommunity #Britishdeafassociation #BSL #DeafBlackExcellence #DeafCulture
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Lydia retweeted
3 Oct 2025
A powerful production exploring deafness & resilience, told through Irish Sign Language, British Sign Language, & spoken English @ZainabBoladale meets the creative team to discover how deaf & hearing artists are bringing it to life on #RTENationwide Friday 3rd October @RTEOne 7pm
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Lydia retweeted
30 Jul 2025
Inclusion starts with a question: âHow can I communicate with you?â
@LydiaGratis reminds us that access isnât always high-tech, it can be a gesture, a note, a message.
đŹ Watch full episode: youtube.com/gormmedia
#InclusiveCommunication #DeafAccessibility #Intersectional
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19 Mar 2025
Organisations love the illusion of inclusion, posting statements, commemorating days, and staging diversity campaigns, while doing nothing to dismantle the structures that keep people excluded in the first place.
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19 Mar 2025
When the illusion wears thin, they donât course correct, they retreat, waiting for the next moment to resurface with the same empty promises.
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19 Mar 2025
And when the illusion is challenged, they respond not with change, but with replacements, ensuring there are always willing voices to uphold the performance and maintain the illusion.
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18 Dec 2024
Photo album update, had to let this one sink in 1stâ„ïž
Thank you to @Black_andirish for honouring me with the 2024 Educator of the Year award. Being recognised by my community for the social justice and social inclusion work we do at @SavedByTheSign means everything.
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Lydia retweeted
28 Nov 2024
Teach your kids about Thomas Sankara, Samora Machel, Julius Nyerere, Amilcar Cabral. Teach your kids about Africans who achieved great things.
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15 Nov 2024
Congratulations Dr Sandrine đ„đâ„ïž
15 Nov 2024
Today I successfully defended my PhD thesis where I passed with minor corrections đđđ Thank you to my amazing examiners and chair. Thank you @EnglishAtUL for incredible 10 years. Officially Dr. Ndahiro đ„
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9 Mar 2021
Thereâs something to be said about the way Black people are continuously brought on to TV debates about racism but lack opportunities in the TV industry...
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24 Oct 2024
A big part of my life involves discussing public safetyâattending panels, giving/viewing presentations. Yet, during every Q&A, itâs often the same privileged voices dominating the conversation, focusing on âstreet people,â property, and âcrime.â
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24 Oct 2023
6million women, children & men have been killed in Congo over the span of 25 years. 6 million. Thatâs 240,000 a year, 20,000 a month, 5000 a week, 714 a day. Half of these numbers have been children. All so that the west can make phones, tablets, electric cars, planes for cheap.
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24 Oct 2024
My grandma really just said on a call, "When you come home đżđŠ, bring me your old hearing aids!đ€đ" Maâam! It donât work like that! đđđ Then she goes, âSometimes I donât hear anything, I just nod and say yes to people. This your world?â
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Lydia retweeted
23 Oct 2024
My lifelong obsession w/ anthropology is why I canât believe in âForgive & forgetâ rhetoric. All the solid research shows a mistake that is not acknowledged⊠is almost destined to be repeated.
Thatâs why 15yrs ago I started teaching my clients to say âEvolve or stay goneâ instead. And the shift Iâve watched it cause in how they re-engage w/ people is top tier. đ€đŸâš
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