[NFB-HI] Fwd: Announcing the 2021 Holman Prize Semifinalists

[Dianna G. Jones]

The Lighthouse for the Blind has announced the winners of the Holman
Prize.  See their email below for details.
Dianna
Dianna G. Jones, Ph.D.
Phone: 808-989-8431
Email  diannagjonesNFB at gmail.com
Secretary, National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii

President, W. Hawaii Chapter of the NFB of Hawaii






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Date: Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 1:31 PM
Subject: Announcing the 2021 Holman Prize Semifinalists
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This year, we have 37 semifinalists

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*Congratulations to the 2021 Semifinalists for the Holman Prize for Blind
Ambition*
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in San Francisco is thrilled to announce the 37 semifinalists for the
2021 Holman
Prize for Blind Ambition
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Now in its fifth year, the Holman Prize is an international competition for
people who are blind or legally blind to push themselves out of their
comfort zone and challenge perceptions of blindness worldwide. The prize is
named for James Holman
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a nineteenth century blind explorer, who was the most prolific private
traveler before the era of modern transportation. Each year the winners
receive up to $25,000 to carry out their adventure over the course of a
year.

It all starts with a 90-second YouTube pitch where each applicant explains
what they would do if they win the Holman Prize. Ideas range from improving
accessibility, to providing educational opportunities, to increasing roles
for blind people in the Creative Arts and more.

This year’s semifinalists hail from 17 countries on five continents and
range in age from 18 to 61. They include a People’s Choice Semifinalist,
who is the person who received the most likes on their pitch video. Below
you will find each semifinalist’s name, age, country and Holman Prize idea.
Click on their name to watch their pitch videos. Or, watch the entire
YouTube playlist of the 2021 Holman Prize Semifinalists.
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If you are not one of the semifinalists this year, thank you for taking
part and we urge you to apply again next year. It is the breadth and depth
of everybody’s ideas and individual experience that makes the Holman Prize
so unique.

*Congratulations again to the 2021 Holman Prize Semifinalists. *

*Opeolu Akinola
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(50) Nigeria: Provide Orientation & Mobility training for blind Nigerians.

*Jackie Anderson
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(46) United States: Launch a mobile classroom to teach blindness skills to
children and adults.

*Sonya Rene Benavides
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(36) United States: Offer accessible outdoor experiences for blind people.

*Aaron Cannon
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(40) United States: Create an accessible website to teach math concepts to
blind students.

*Jesse Dufton
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(35) United Kingdom: Design a course for mountain climbing instructors to
learn how to train blind people to climb.

*Dave Epstein
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(57) United States: Train blind people to use a mobility cane he created
for off-road hiking and feature participants in a hiking documentary.

*Anthony Ferraro
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(26) United States: Embark on a cross-country music tour and livestream the
concerts.

*Ben Fox
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*(38) United States: Produce 25 short films profiling 25 blind and
DeafBlind changemakers.

*Maricarmen Graue
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(58) Mexico: Establish an online art and culture center for blind people in
the Creative and Performing Arts.

*Lucy Greco
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(52) United States: Produce a YouTube channel and blog to review the
accessibility of appliances for blind people.

*Andrew Hesser
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(61) United Kingdom: Write and produce a musical about James Holman, who
the Holman Prize is named for.

*Charles Hiser
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(27) United States: Found a company to build digital accessibility
awareness.

*Salisu Ibrahim
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(41) Nigeria: Provide Orientation & Mobility training for blind people in
Nigeria.

*Maxwell Ivey
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(54) United States: Utilize his podcasting skills to help 12 blind people
launch their own podcasts.

*Musuleng Jacksons
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(19) Liberia: Initiate training in catering, arts & crafts and cosmetology
to blind Liberians to increase employment opportunities.

*Timothy H. Jones
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(59) United States: Teach online music classes to blind people.

*Dev Datta Joshi
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*(43) Nepal: Promote educational opportunities for blind Dalit women in
Nepal.

*Ambrose Kiplangat Lasoy
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*(35) Kenya: Use the funds to run for political office in Kenya.

*Showharda Koirala
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(27) Nepal: Produce accessible books for blind people in the Nepali
language.

*Isaac Kwong
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(40) China: Train blind people to coach parents about raising children with
special needs.

*Denna Lambert
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(39) United States: Through first-person interviews, coalesce an oral
history of state-funded segregated schools for the blind.

*Lukerya Lonshakova
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(39) Kazakhstan: Create materials in braille and other accessible formats
for English language learners in Kazakhstan.

*Emiliano Lule
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(40) Albania: Unify the Braille code of Albanian-speaking regions.

*Robert Malunda
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(32) Zimbabwe: Teach blindness skills training for blind Zimbabweans.

*Daniel Mancina
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(33) United States: Design an accessible skateboarding park.

*Hertz Nazaire
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(47) United States: Is the People’s Choice Semifinalist. Build,
hand-painted waiting chairs to raise Sickle Cell Anemia awareness in
hospitals.

*Silver Francis Oonyu
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(51) Uganda: Offer accessible technology training to blind Ugandans.

*Luke Parker
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(20) United States: Develop a 3D/haptic device blind people could use for
Orientation & Mobility.

*Jeanetta Price
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(43) United States: Host seminars to help blind people learn how to be
advocates.

*Maud Rowell
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(25) United Kingdom: Travel across Japan by foot and on public transit, and
write a book chronicling the experience.

*Jana Schroeder
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(57) United States: Establish an online resource for blind coders.

*Andrey Tikhonov
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(35) Poland: Create a gym with accessible equipment for the blind.

*Emily Trepanier
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*(34) Canada: Build awareness and increase participation in the sport of
Para Snowboarding.

*Aishwarya T.V
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(31) India: Teach blind people to create 3D tactile paintings.

*Anja Uršič
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*(28) Slovenia: Produce an academic network of researchers studying
blindness related topics.

*Samuel Valavanis
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(18) Australia: Invite a few other blind people to  travel with him across
the Camino Frances, a 800-kilometer pilgrimage across northern Spain.

*Parkhat Yussupjanov
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(37) Kazakhstan: Create a travel blog to encourage people with disabilities
to
travel.
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