Stephanie Robins and Erick Posner from California State University, Northridge (CSUN), Clarisse Plosk and Larisa Aranbayeva of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., Regina Kiperman, president of Wolk Center on Jewish Enrichment and Melinda Weinrib, director of Wolk Center at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) in Rochester, NY have co-founded a new group for college students who are Jewish Deaf. This historic meeting took place at the home of Jewish Deaf Congress treasurer Steve Brenner and JDC board member, Dorothy Brenner over the first weekend in March. This new group is being called “Collegiate Jewish Deaf Congress” (CJDC), with the mission to “advocate Jewish traditions, ideals, education, religion and havurah for college students who are Jewish and Deaf”. It shall be funded through grants, contributions and membership dues. The initial goals set for the first year shall be: outreach and public relations, leadership training, and resource development.