ThinkSelf Deaf Adult Education & Advocacy

Minnesota, Stitched: Help ThinkSelf Mend the Frays

Minnesota is made of many threads: neighbors, families, learners, survivors, and communities. When someone is shut out of education, safety, healthcare, or connection, the whole fabric feels it.

This Give to the Max Day, help ThinkSelf strengthen those connections for Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, and hard-of-hearing adults across Minnesota. Since 2017, we’ve stood alongside learners and survivors as they build skills, find support, and decide what comes next.

Our work is woven through four connected pillars:

🧵 Access & Independence
Education, communication tools, and practical support that help people build skills and make their own choices.

🪡 Safety & Justice
Advocacy for people navigating violence, discrimination, and systems that can be hard to access.

🧶 Health & Wellbeing
Connections and resources that support health, stability, and wellbeing.

🧷 Community & Organizational Power
Community education, connection, and opportunities for Deaf people to shape the systems around them.

These threads belong together. Someone may come to ThinkSelf for English class, then need help finding safety, getting healthcare, or speaking up for themselves. We work alongside the whole person, because stronger support comes from seeing how the pieces fit.

Your gift helps mend the gaps with transportation, learning materials, basic needs, advocacy, and community programs. Our Give to the Max Day goal is $15,000. Every gift adds another strong thread.

Let’s stitch a Minnesota where Deaf people are seen, connected, and supported.