About CAN
The Communication Advocacy Network Corporation (CAN) was incorporated on April 29, 2005 in Connecticut as a non-profit charitable organization to address the rights and needs of Deaf, Hard-of Hearing, Deaf-Blind, and Late Deafened children and adults from all walks of life. CAN's primary purpose is to advocate for the D/deaf and ensure those services most citizens take for granted are accessible to all citizens.
Mission Statement
"To provide a centralized statewide agency with auxiliary support services for deaf, hard-of-hearing, deaf-blind, and persons with hearing losses, regardless of race, age, and gender such that they can be provided opportunities to succeed in areas of employment; education; housing; economics; and independence; and also, be provided legal and fair judicial representation which are seldom provided. Such opportunities and legal rights are currently not obtainable or are being denied."
CAN Board of Directors
CAN Corporation have up to 9 directors in accordance with the bylaws. The qualifications of the Board of the Directors have an interest in the rights, advocacy and quality of life in the deaf community; must be proficient with American Sign Language, and must be deaf and hard of hearing in order to maintain a majority of the board's authority.
| Cassandra Boryslawskyj, Chair |
| Michael Fiorino, Vice-Chair |
| Juan Guzman, Treasurer |
| Mary Mester, Secretary |
| Dr. Harvey Corson, Board Director |
CAN's Initial Goals
To provide a satellite after school program for deaf children in order to interact with deaf peers, to provide role models, and instructors. Statistics confirmed that Deaf, hard of hearing and oral people are dramatically lagging in language skills; reading and writing, and that their ambitions fail mostly due to the absence of their skills. Deaf people largely are isolated from the rest of school system, deaf community, society and their peers.
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