ACB Events

20220501 Bay State Council of the Blind 20220501 Morning Session Overview of Recent Perkins Library Activities - Kim Charlson Exercise: You Thought it Was Boring? Look Again! o Leslie Spoon o Jeanette Kutash Chapter Reports o Boston, Frank Ventura o Central Mass, Sharon Strzalkowski o Charles River, David Morrison o South Shore, Chris Devin o GDUM, Carl Richardson o Students, Nick Claudio Committe...

20220501-2 Illinois Council of the Blind 20220502-1 Business Meeting Day 3 ICB Business o Elections o Treasurer’s Update o Resolutions o Affiliate Reports o Reading and Vote on Convention Bids o Old Business & New Business Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

20220501-1 Illinois Council of the Blind 20220501-1 Business Meeting Day 3 ICB Business o Elections o Treasurer’s Update o Resolutions o Affiliate Reports o Reading and Vote on Convention Bids o Old Business & New Business Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

20220430 Evening Auction Annual Auction Brian Charlson Tim Cumings Jeanette Kutash Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

20220430 Afternoon Session Announcement of Election Results - David Kingsbury Short comments by newly elected officers Debate and Adoption of Proposed Constitutional Amendments - Chris Devin Debate and Adoption of Proposed Resolutions - Brian Charlson Announcement of BSCB Awards - Kim Charlson Accessible Voting with Democracy Live o Brian Finney, CEO/ Founder o Charlie Kinnune, Director of Educati...

20220430 Bay State Council of the Blind 20220430 Morning Session Welcome and Conference Logistics - David Kingsbury BSCB President’s Update - David Kingsbury Participant Introductions Overview of Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB) Activities - David D’Arcangelo, MCB Commissioner BSCB Participation in Rehabilitation Council and Statutory Advisory Board o Jennifer Harnish o DeAnn Elliott,...

20220430-3 Illinois Council of the Blind 20220430-3 Evening Session - Banquet Day 2 ICB Banquet o Banquet Speaker – Kerry Miller & John Meehan, Alton Historian Presentation of Awards & 50/50 Raffle Winner Presented Memorial Service – Remembering ICB members, friends and guide dogs who have passed on over since our last convention. Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

20220430-2 Illinois Council of the Blind 20220430-2 Afternoon Session Day 2 Keeping Track of Mental Health – Lis Phillips You’re Blind or Visually Impaired and Want to Buy a Home, what is Involved? –Ray and Karyn Campbell Democracy Live & Advocacy stateside, what issues are important to us in Illinois? A FUN and INTERACTIVE Approach to Advocacy 101 –Role Play Find out more at https://acb-event...

20220430-1 Illinois Council of the Blind 20220430-1 Morning Session Day 2 ACB Update and Hitting it Hard in 2022 – David Trott, ACB Representative Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

20220429-2 Afternoon Session Day 1 ICB Business o Credentials Report o Nominating Committee Report o First Reading of Constitution and Bylaws Amendments What is the REAL ID, and do I need to have one? Protecting yourself against SCAMS! – Ann Ashby, Representative from Illinois Secretary of State’s Office BBS Update Library Update – Joe Natale, State Interim Librarian ICB Candidates Forum Find out...

20220429-1 Illinois Council of the Blind 20220429-1 Morning Session Day 1 High Tech Talk - Ray Campbell o Discussing favorite apps and websites o answering technology questions Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

The Hawaii Association of the Blind Celebrates its 55th Annual Virtual State Convention Theme: “Traveling Thru Barriers” Saturday, March 5, 2022 General Business Lead by Art Cabanilla Electing of Ifficers and new board members Alaska Airlines-How Alaska Air has made travel accessible for the Blind- Ray Prentice Door prizes Tribute to Landa Phelan New Landa Phelan Award introduced by Art Cabanilla...

The Hawaii Association of the Blind Celebrates its 55th Annual Virtual State Convention Theme: “Traveling Thru Barriers” Saturday, March 5, 2022 I can connect Leah Neumann “Tips and Tricks” Presentation Amy Downard, Chloe Rose & Leah Neumann HAB Blind Travelers panel Discussion Panelist: Natalie Barrett, Onkar Nerurkar, Vickie Kennedy, Dr. Onder Islek, Crata Mizutani, and Skayboy Sonis. Questi...

The Hawaii Association of the Blind Celebrates its 55th Annual Virtual State Convention Theme: “Traveling Thru Barriers” Saturday, March 5, 2022 National Anthem: “Star Spangled Banner” State Anthem: “Hawaii Pono’i”, Sung by: Kamehameha School students Morning Invocation by Myles Tamashiro Wwlcoming remarks by President Art Cabanilla Mustress of Ceremony for the day Kyle Lacansay Maureen Sheedy HAB...

2022 Annual Conference and Convention February 25-26, 2022 A mighty little state with a wealth of history and resources Virtual banquet Everyone will have a chance to tell us what they’re having for their virtual banquet dinner, and there’ll be time for more door prizes! Banquet speaker: Tamara Rorie, Arlington, VA, attorneyrorie@gmail.com, traversing the trichotomy between race, disability and ge...

2022 Annual Conference and Convention February 25-26, 2022 A mighty little state with a wealth of history and resources Tracey Neikirk, Museum Operations Coordinator, Annapolis Maritime Museum, Annapolis, MD, museum@amaritime.org Linda Harris, Director of Events, Harriet Tubman Museum, Cambridge, MD, campharriet1913@gmail.com Panel: low vision technology and daily life Jerry Marindin, Freedom Scie...

American Council of the Blind of Maryland 2022 Annual Conference and Convention February 25-26, 2022 A mighty little state with a wealth of history and resources Panel: Mobility and beyond MaryBeth Cleveland, certified orientation and mobility specialist, A to B and Back, Derwood, MD, mbcleveland@fastmail.net and Cecelia Rose, certified orientation and mobility specialist, cyrose@verizon.net Diane...

American Council of the Blind of Maryland 2022 Annual Conference and Convention February 25-26, 2022 A mighty little state with a wealth of history and resources Welcome and opening remarks, ACB of MD president Jo Ann Kucic, Parkville, MD, akiva1203@gmail.com Updates from our state library John Owen, Director, Maryland State Library for the Blind and Print Disabled, Baltimore MD, john.owen@marylan...

2022 Annual Conference and Convention February 25-26, 2022 A mighty little state with a wealth of history and resources Sean Curry and Caren Forsten, CEO, Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington cforsten@youreyes.org Mia Richardson, Glamorous Gems - Paparazzi Jewelry chemia624@outlook.com Joel Snyder, Audio Description Associates, Takoma Park MD jsnyder@audiodescribe.com Find ou...

American Council of the Blind of Maryland 2022 Annual Conference and Convention February 25-26, 2022 A mighty little state with a wealth of history and resources Friday, February 25 - Exhibitors: Pat Zawasky, Vice president Accessibility Solutions Group, and Greg Hooks, assistive technology specialist, Integration Technology Group, Alexandria, VA, pat@itgonline.com and gregory.hooks@itgonline.com...

2022 Legislative Seminar Breakout Day 2 Originally Aired March 15, 2022, on ACB Media Channels 6, 7, and 8 3 Concurrent Breakouts • Breakout #1: The Intersection of Accessibility, Privacy, Security, & Safety (Originally Aired on ACB Media 6) Panel Lead: Clark Rachfal, Director of Advocacy & Governmental Affairs Presenters: Troy Otillio, CEO, AIRA Bryan Finney, CEO, Democracy Live Monica De...

2022 Legislative Seminar Day 2 Originally Aired March 15, 2022 on ACB Media 6 Closing General Session Leads: Clark Rachfal Swatha Nandhakumar Meet Charles Cooper: ACB Advisory Board Member and Managing Director, Signal Group Political Landscape: Presenters: Charles Cooper, Managing Director, Signal Group Spanish Language Connect Show Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

2022 Legislative Seminar Day 2 Originally Aired March 15, 2022 on ACB Media 6 Welcome and Opening General Session Leads: Clark Rachfal, Director of Advocacy & Governmental Affairs, American Council of the Blind Swatha Nandhakumar, Advocacy & Outreach Specialist, American Council of the Blind Alison Barkoff, Principal Deputy Administrator, Administration for Community Living, U.S. Departmen...

2022 Legislative Seminar Breakouts Day 1 Originally Aired March 14, 2022, on ACB Media 6, 7, and 8 • Breakout #1: How May Affiliates Assist the ACB National Office and Staff with the Implementation of ACB Resolutions? (Originally Aired on ACB Media 6) Panel: Chris Hunsinger, President, Pennsylvania Council of the Blind Jeff Thom, Chair, ACB Advocacy Steering Committee & Board Member, American...

2022 Legislative Seminar Day 1 Originally Aired March 14, 2022, on ACB Media 6 Federal Communications Commission: Broadband Adoption and Disability Rights Leads: Clark Rachfal Swatha Nandhakumar Presenters: Lyle Ishida, Chief, Consumer Affairs and Outreach Division, Consumer and Government Affairs Bureau Michael Scurato, Assistant Chief, Policy Division, Media Bureau Darryl Cooper, Attorney, Disab...