ACB Events

Debbie Hazelton, ACB Radio Program Director answers questions about what ACB radio and ACB media is; How to volunteer with ACB Media; And how to enjoy the multiple forms of content ACB media provides. Episode Notes Notes go here Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast .

The GDUF business meeting followed by a panel discussion moderated by Doug Hall and featuring Marisa Blanco and Susan Wilburn from Southeastern Guide Dogs, Eric Loori (founder and GDMI) from Freedom Guide Dogs, and Keith McGregor from Leader Dogs. Topics include: Providing training at school facilities or at your home; what skills of a student will best match the traits of specific dogs; and what...

this session features a  panel sharing perspective and insight for finding viable employment. Explore enhanced use of technology, remote learning to attain beneficial skills, numerous telework options available, and further resources supporting job seekers. Episode Notes Notes go here Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast .

The annual breakfast meeting of the Braille Revival League of Florida. This session includes the BRLF annual business meeting and presentation from Deborah Kendrick. Deborah is an accomplished writer who is blind and who has successfully written and published over the past 4 decades. Episode Notes Notes go here Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast .

• Call to Order: Dan Spoone, President • Roll Call and Introduction of Guests: Katie Frederick Substituting for Denise Colley, Secretary • Review and Approval of Agenda: Dan Spoone, President • Review and Approval of Minutes: February 20 (DC Leadership) Katie Frederick • Mission Moment: Dan Spoone and Eric Bridges • Advocacy Steering Committee Support for DC Legislative Seminar: Wonderful collabor...

The Alliance on Aging and Vision Loss (AAVL), a special interest affiliate of the American Council of the Blind (ACB) is developing a project to learn more about the Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) — how they are the same, and how they are different across the country.  Since very few of us know what AAAs are and what they do, it is quite possible that many, if not most,  AAA’s know very little abou...

Day 4 of the 2021 Randolph Shepard Venders of America (RSVA) convention. Listeners note: Due to technical issues, the episode picks up with the first presenter already in progress Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

Day 3 of the 2021 Randolph Shepard Venders of America (RSVA) convention.

# Day 2 of the 2021 Randolph Shepard Venders of America (RSVA) convention.

Day 1 of the 2021 Randolph Shepard Venders of America (RSVA) convention.

The ACB of Maryland Banquet including pre-banquet social time. Speaker: Chris Baugh, Reminiscences from a beloved teacher and mentor to many blind Marylanders. Convention wrap-up.

presentations include: Capitol area guide dogs, Microsoft and apple panel, Chesapeake Bay, TCS associates, Transportation hazards, services to visually impaired Marylanders.

Included in this podcast: Welcoming ceremonies, Maryland State Library for the Blind and Print Disabled, How are ACB and Maryland dealing with the pandemic, Online food shopping Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Report on MARCH.

Exhibitors to the 2021 ACB of Maryland state convention: Guide lights and gadgets, A. T. Guys, Harbolt company, Pampered Chef, Youngevity, Mitsy crafts, Maryland adaptive technology program. Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

Tony Stephens, ACB Director of Development, Baltimore, MD (Moderator); Jeff Bishop, ACB Board Member, Kirkland, WA; Brian Charlson, President, Baystate Council of the Blind, Watertown, MA Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

Kim Charlson, Immediate Past President, ACB, Watertown, MA (Moderator); Blake Reid, Director of the Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic, Boulder, CO; Carl Richardson, co-Chair, Audio Description Project, Brighton, MA; & Karen Peltz Strauss, National Disability Advocate, Washington, DC Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

Jeff Thom, ACB Advocacy Steering Committee Chair (Moderator); & Joseph Nahra, Director of Government Relations, Powers Law Firm and Coordinator, Independence Through Enhancement of Medicare and Medicaid (ITEM) Coalition, Washington, DC Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

Clark Rachfal, ACB Director of Advocacy & Governmental Affairs, Alexandria, VA (Moderator); Cindy Hollis, ACB Membership Services Coordinator, Flat Rock, MI; Zachary Bastian, Manager, Strategic Alliances, Verizon Communications, Washington DC; Jacquelyn “Jackie” Puente, Executive Director, External Affairs, Comcast NBCUniversal, Washington, DC; & Troy Otillio, CEO, Aira, San Diego, CA Find...

Pat Sheehan, ACB Board Member, Silver Spring, MD (Moderator); & Badar Tareen, Civil rights Analyst, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

Clark Rachfal, ACB Director of Advocacy & Governmental Affairs, Alexandria, VA (Moderator); Diane Burstein, Deputy Bureau Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC; Will Schell, Attorney Advisor, Disability Rights Office, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

Clark Rachfal, ACB Director of Advocacy & Governmental Affairs finishes up the Legislative seminar with a chat of several ACB Blindness Partners, followed by a  Wrap up of the Leadership conference with ACB president Dan Spoone and feedback from attendees of the virtual event. Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

Clark Rachfal, ACB Director of Advocacy & Governmental Affairs, Alexandria, VA (Moderator); & Sachin Pavithran, Executive Director, U.S. Access Board,  Providence, UT Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

Jeff Thom, President, Alliance on Aging and Vision Loss, Sacramento, CA (Moderator); Mark Richert, ACB First Vice President, Falls Church, VA; Pris Rogers, co-Chair, Funding & Policy Goal Committee, National Coalition on Aging and Vision Loss, Rogersville, TN Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

Ron Brooks, ACB Member, Phoenix, AZ (Moderator); Eric Danko, Director of Federal Affairs, Cruise, Washington, DC;, George Ivanov, Head of International Policy & government Affairs, Waymo, San Carlos, CA; & Dave Furukawa, co-Founder, Foresight Augmented Reality, Atlanta, GA. Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co

Doug Powell, Chair, ACB Rehab Issues Task Force, Falls Church, VA (Moderator); Lee Nasehi, President & CEO, VisionServe Alliance, Winter Park, FL; Kelly Buckland, Executive Director, National Council on Independent Living, Washington, DC; & Bill Robinson, President, National Council of State Agencies for the Blind, Lansing MI Find out more at https://acb-events.pinecast.co