[CABS-Talk] Vista Center Youth events

Mon Feb 8 22:54:20 UTC 2021

Image: Vista Center logo

Welcome new and longtime members to a new year with Vista Center’s Youth
Programs! Vista Voyagers and Youth of Tomorrow is a community of students,
families, educators, and vision experts dedicated to enhancing the
independence and confidence of youth living with vision loss.

*Table of Contents*

1.  Voyagers Learn Safety with Kidpower

2.  YoT Let's Talk Resources

3.  YoT: A Day in the Life

4.  Sight Tech Global Success!

1.

*Voyagers Learn Safety with Kidpower*

Voyagers are partnering with Kidpower to teach youth the valuable safety
skills! We will learn skills and strategies to build healthy relationships
and proactive safety techniques for bullying, harassment, and assault. This
kid friendly workshop can be applied to any environment including at
school, online, the community, or work.

Kidpower
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is the global leader in personal safety education for all ages, teaching
skills for strong relationships and the prevention of harm. Kidpower has
been providing safety training to Vista Center adults for several years and
their workshop is taught in a fun, engaging, and accessible format. Vista
Voyagers are very excited to partner with Kidpower for Vista Centers first
youth safety workshop!

*When*: Saturday, February 20th, 2021 at 10:00 - 11:30am

*Where*: Zoom link

*Who*: Youth living with vision loss ages 12 - 22

*RSVP*: By February 12th to Bethany Small, bsmall at vistacenter.org
<bsmall at vistacenter.org>

*Click here to check out the flier*
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2.

*Youth of Tomorrow: Let’s Talk Resources*

Ever wondered where you can find additional stories about independent
living as a person with a visual impairment? In this session we will
discuss resources for volunteering, career exploration, accessible
technology apps, and podcasts to help young adults transition into
independent and successful adults. Perhaps you will discover something new
you haven’t thought about before and make new friends at the same time.
Let’s share ideas and help each other grow!

*When*: February 13th from 1pm-2pm PST

*Where*: Zoom

*Who*: Youth living with vision loss ages 14 - 24

*RVSP*: Amy Jine at ajine at vistacenter.org  <ajine at vistacenter.org>

3.

*Youth of Tomorrow: A Day in the Life*

Youth of Tomorrow will build on their informational interview skills by
meeting three experts who are making a difference in the field of blindness
education.

Richard Rueda is the creator of Careers Plus, a program at Society for the
Blind
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that presents information and workshops on anything related to goal
setting, technology and careers for adults and youth who are visually
impaired.

Rob Schulenburg is the owner of Disability Solutions International
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a nonprofit dedicated to creating equity for people with disabilities.

Cory Walker is a recent graduate with a Master’s in Special Education from
San Francisco State. He also works at Disability Solutions and was
previously employed by Wayfinder Family Services
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.

When: February 27th from 1pm - 3pm PST

Where: Zoom

Who: Youth living with vision loss ages 14 - 24

RVSP: Amy Jine at ajine at vistacenter.org

4.

*Sight Tech Global Success! *

Vista Center is proud to share the outstanding success of Sight Tech Global
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the first global, virtual conference dedicated to bringing together the
technology pioneers who are creating new approaches to barrier-free
navigation, human interaction, and low-friction access to information. The
100% virtual and free event was attended by over 4,100 individuals from
over 20 countries! Sight Tech Global’s founder is TechCrunch’s Ned Desmond,
and was sponsored by TechCrunch and Verizon Media. The 14 Main Stage
sessions and 11 breakout sessions included top CEOs, technologists,
founders, researchers, advocates, and scholars. I invite you to browse
through the recorded sessions by visiting the event agenda page at: agenda
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sighttechglobal.com_agenda_&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=HGbdohrsHCIr5npL7hX3D86nZsAmYmwr_s-DHL2sZYE&m=-4LYF9pT827dlSMNc8asXZ8ro59h3akhKBjniwPHUvU&s=dgme6WZHfoMJwRICTCLWi9_ru4VNQTU7SfMvAPJNXsQ&e=>
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*Amy Jine*

*Transition Program Specialist*

*Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired*

*101 N. Bascom Avenue*

*San Jose, CA 95128*

ajine at vistacenter.org

Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
<http://www.vistacenter.org/>

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