[Community-service] 2015 National Federation of the Blind Community Service Division Seminar and Business Meeing Agenda

[Darian Smith]

Finding Our Diamond: Cutting through the Clutter and Raising Expectations
First Annual National Federation of the Blind Community Service Division Seminar

6:15 - 10:00 pm, Salon 7, level 2 (registration begins at 6:15 pm)

6:35: Call to Order and Opening Remarks

6:40: The Community Service Division: Our Role in Reflecting the Flame
Dr. Marc Maurer, Immediate Past President, National Federation of the Blind;
Baltimore, Maryland

6:55: Empowering and Impacting: Chapters and Affiliates in Action
	Brooke Anderson, Secretary, T Town Chapter, National Federation of the Blind of
Oklahoma; Tulsa, Oklahoma

Derek Manners, Board Member, National Association of Blind Students;
Cambridge, Massachusetts

7:10: 75 Days of Service Report
	Libra Robinson, President, National Federation of the Blind of Washington, D.C.
Community Service Division; Washington, District of Columbia

7:15: Who are We? Why are We?: Discovering the Purpose of the Community Service
Division (open discussion)

7:30: How to Get Involved in Eight Simple Steps: Creating Your New Comfort Zone
Hindley Williams, Board Member, National Federation of the Blind Community
Service Division; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

7:40: Study, Service, Scholarship Part 1
Annika Ariel, 2015 Scholarship Winner; Santa Rosa, California

Chris Stewart, 2015 Scholarship Winner; Lexington, Kentucky

Kelsi Watters, 2015 Scholarship Winner; Wynona, Minnesota

7:55: Federationism Led Me to Volunteerism and Living the Life I Want
Jeannie Massay, Board Member, National Federation of the Blind; President,
National Federation of the Blind of Oklahoma; Edmond, Oklahoma

8:10: Taking Charge with Quality Training: How to be of Service, not the Service Project
	Moderator: Conchita Hernandez; Washington, District of Columbia

Jessie Kitchens, Student, BLIND, Incorporated; Minneapolis, Minnesota

Haylee Holland, Student, Colorado Center for the Blind; Littleton, Colorado

Yadiel Sotomayor, Student, Louisiana Center for the Blind; Ruston, Louisiana

8:25: The Guide Dog Team, the Service Team
Julie McGinnity, President, Missouri Association of Guide Dog Users; Columbia,
Missouri

8:30: Study, Service, Scholarship Part 2
Nefertiti Matos, 2015 Scholarship Winner; New York, New York

Bryan Duarte, 2015 Scholarship Winner; Tempe, Arizona

Hannah Werbel, 2015 Scholarship Winner; Sammamish, Washington

8:45: From Military Service to Volunteer Community Service
Vern Humphrey, Columbus Chapter, National Federation of the Blind of Georgia;
Columbus, Georgia

8:55: Our Division, Our Direction, Our Work: Membership Discussion 

9:10: Building towards the Same Goal: Welcoming our State Divisions

9:15: Presidential Report
	Darian Smith, President, National Federation of the Blind Community Service
Division; San Francisco, California

9:20: Elections

10:00: Adjournment

Darian Smith
President, National Federation  of the Blind Community Service Division

president at nfbcommunityservice.org <mailto:president at nfbcommunityservice.org>
 
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The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.
 “We need your service, right now, at this moment - our moment - in history. I'm not going to tell you what your role should be; that's for you to discover. But I am going to ask you to play your part; ask you to stand up; ask you to put your foot firmly into the current of history” — Barack Obama 
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