Sunday Edition with Anthony Corona

Episode Notes This week Sunday Edition has all the backstage Gala info. Anthony and Crew welcome Tabitha, Kim and Carl who will preview the action, take us behind the scenes of producing this fast moving event and answer all our questions.

Episode Notes Anthony and the Sunday Edition crew welcome Patty Fletcher and Abbey Taylor to talk all things books and being a published author; Marketing and other projects and maybe we can convince Abbey to grace us with an cappella verse and chorus with her angelic voice. Patty Fletcher lives in Tennessee, has one daughter and six grandchildren. She is the creator of Tell-It-To-The-World market...

Episode Notes Anthony and crew with special Guest co-host Mike Tindell, welcome Dave Schleppenbach the founder and C.E.O. of Tactile Graphics. Dave will be in Miami with Anthony LIVE AND IN-PERSON allowing for Anthony to get a hands on Demo. He will share his journey through the world of accessibility and introduce us to The revolutionary, Cadence tablet; the first tactile device able to display t...

Episode Notes This week Anthony and Crew will hear some updates from the Employment Committee and hear about their survey Then in our second hour we will be joined by Judy P. A long time mobility instructor. We will get to know her and explore what white cane day means from another perspective. Bring your questions for these folks. Please fill this survey out to assist the Employment Committee fro...

Episode Notes This week, the Sunday Edition crew welcomes Mike Tindell. He will talk to us about his journey through life as an access technology specialist and trainer. He has worked for all US based manufacturers of note takers and braille displays. He is now a partner with the company Dream Vision Group. He will tell us about their latest offerings. Mike has also been singing and playing piano...

Episode Notes Tim And Cheryl Cumings will continue their discussion about religion and disability with an expert panel, based on the book My Body Is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church by by Amy Kenny, available from NLS under the book number DB110776.

Episode Notes Its all about the TECH! This week Anthony turns the show over to Friend of Sunday Edition Jose Cintron of Florida Vision Tech. He will demo some cool products including; Braille-note devises, Hable One, Wearables and will share his impressions on the eagerly anticipated Monarch. Jose is an incredible resource for Assistive Tech

Episode Notes This Sunday Anthony and the Sunday Edition Crew welcomes Everette Bacon the new Vice President of Blindness Initiatives, AIRA. Everette who is a prominent Board member of the National Federation of the Blind and passionate Advocator will share his journey with us and give us a look into the realm of advocating for Visual Interpretation.

Episode Notes This Sunday Anthony and the Sunday Edition Crew welcomes back to the show Newly elected Board Member and President of Georgia Cecily Nipper. She will catch us up on her leadership journey, working with ACB Media and answer our questions. Then Jenine returns with her trip to Hawaii and traveling with a guide dog there; Taking, interpreting and sharing great photo’s and knowing our fri...

Episode Notes Sunday Edition: Fall Into Community This Sunday Anthony and the Sunday Edition Crew will feature a panel of ACB Community Facilitators including; Herbie Allen, Dr. Lynn Coral, Kayla Allen and Host Sheila will weigh in on recipe’s and more! The panel will tell us about the calls they present, favorite calls and events We offer an invitation to Facilitators and/or committees and affili...

Episode Notes Anthony and Crew welcome Katie Frederick and Lori Scharf from career connect to talk about CareerConnect, the tools offered and trends in Job-seeking. We will also hear from Michael Babcock and Lynn Schneider who will enlighten us with their knowledge of AI (Artificial Intellegence) and how it is currently being applied to the Job seeking market and their predictions of where its all...

Episode Notes This week, we will have an exclusive interview with Martine Able-Wiliams,  the president of the World Blind Union. Martine was elected in September of 2021 and we look forward to hearing all that will be discussed.

Episode Notes Kenneth Semien returns to share some information and dates on the next generation of the mentoring program and then we will get to know this years DKM First Timers and JP Morgan Chase Fellows. This years dynamic class will inspire us all and we will get to know their journeys so far, future plans and ambitions and of course have some time to congratulate them.

Episode Notes Anthony, Brynn, and the rest of the usual Sunday Edition Crew are taking a well-deserved Post Convention Break, but will return next week. In this week's episode, Ron and Lisa Brooks dive into the fascinating world of autonomous vehicles (AVs). They explore the work being done to address safety and accessibility concerns while engaging in thought-provoking conversations about the imp...

Episode Notes This week Anthony, Brynn and the crew are all taking much needed breaks but your in good hands with Tim And Cheryl Cumings      Tim And Cheryl Cumings  will moderate a discussion about religion and disability with an expert panel: Michael Garrett, Mark ricart, Lynne Koral, and doug hansard.  based on the book My body is not a prayer request: disability justice in the church, availabl...

Episode Notes This week Anthony, Brynn and the crew are all taking much needed breaks but you're in good hands with Debbie Grubb and her team. The series, Allies of the Civil Rights Movement, will debut on Sunday Edition. Cheryl and Tim Cumings, Pam Shaw, Kenneth Semien, Jeff Thom, Anthony Corona and I, Debbie Grubb, are pleased to bring this series to you. Our first guest, Ira Grupper, a civil ri...

Episode Notes The highly anticipated 62nd Annual ACB National Convention is on the horizon, and the excitement within the blind community is palpable. This pivotal event signifies unity, mutual learning, and empowerment, and this year, it's taking place at the renowned Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel in Schaumburg, Illinois. Our community members are fervently preparing, registering...

Episode Notes As we approach convention there has been a lot of information about the proposed Constitution Amendments, Resolutions and the process and of course our elections so we have invited some folks from the Voting Task Force, Resolutions and Constitution/Bylaws Committees to give us the rundown and answer our questions. We will get to the heart of what the membership is being asked to cons...

Episode Notes This week Anthony turns the show over to Lucy Edmonds who will be presenting an hour on Be My Eyes. She will speak to one of the company officers and has an one on one interview with a Be My Eyes volunteer. Join her with your questions about this awesome visual; interpretation service and share with the Sunday Edition audience some of your unique uses for the service. Then in our sec...

Episode Notes During the first hour, we visit with Natalie Couch who is the new Member Services Administrative with the American Council of the Blind. During the second hour, we welcome back Stacey from the Visioncast podcast to discuss her love of audio production.

Episode Notes This week we will catch up with Janet Dickelman about convention, the Minn Convention and that popcorn and she will answer our queries about all things Schaumburg. Then we will catch up with Peter Alttschul; From the dizzying planning of the return of the FIA Showcase, his great work with the Employment committee and lets see how his Riding Elephants is going.

Episode Notes This week Anthony and crew welcome a panel of Sunday Edition regulars to tackle the subject and identify our strengths and weaknesses in this area. “Sight-lings” and “Blinkers” are terms I have heard too often in our community are they and other terms and opinions actually counter-productive to the goal of making the world at large more inclusive of our community. We will also examin...

Episode Notes This week Anthony, Brynn and crew welcome Tristan and Richard of Imagination Storybooks to discuss their mission, vision and passion for making great stories as rich and robust as possible for the kids of our community.  Richard Rieman and Tristan Snyder are part of the team behind Imagination Storybooks, a multi-award-winning non-profit that creates fully accessible children’s books...

Episode Notes This week in our first hour Kony Simms and friends join Anthony and the Sunday Edition crew to fill us in on voting changes and procedures for this coming convention.    Then in our second hour new team member Tabitha shares her journey to the new ADP Coordinator as we get to know her a little. Kolby and Jo Lynn will fill us in on their changing roles in ACB and how the new structure...

Episode Notes In the first segment Anthony welcomes Dan Spoone to share some details of how Interim Directorship will work for our beloved organization. There will be time for your questions and Shout-outs of congrats. Then we Segway to OKO the revolutionary new Pedestrian Crossing App Michael is founder and CEO of AYES. He holds a Master degree in Computer Science. Two years ago a blind family fr...