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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Hello Federation family,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">I would greatly appreciate it if you take the
time and read through Gary\u2019s message pasted below. The NFB Diabetes Action
Network Division is striving to refine our annual seminar and to draw in more attendance.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">If you are not subscribed to the list serv you
can send your comments to me at: <a href="mailto:mafeliz0641@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">mafeliz0641@gmail.com</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Thank you.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Mark Feliz, Board member, NFB Diabetes Action
Network Division</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">On behalf of the Diabetes Action Network Board
of Directors, I've been asked to send along the two agendas we have used in the
2024 and 2025 seminars. Please look these over and tell us what you want to see
that would be enough to get your attendance.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Please be creative. What vital presentations are
we missing? What should we be asking to inform our community? Are you more
interested in an in-person event or one that is done virtually? Will the time
of year influence whether or not you will attend?</span><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Please reply to the list with the subject</span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Knowledge is Sweet.</span><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Thank you.</span><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Gary Wunder</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Seminar one:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>AGENDA</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>National Federation of the Blind</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Diabetes Action Network</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>First Annual</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Knowledge is Sweet Seminar</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>St. Louis, Missouri</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>April 26 and 27, 2024</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Welcome. We are delighted you are here to learn about how
better to control your diabetes and to contribute to the learning of others by
sharing what you know. We believe our experience and encouragement are valuable
tools to share. We know that growth comes from taking in new ideas,
synthesizing them into the knowledge we have about this disease, factoring in
what we know about our bodies, and then being active participants in our health
care. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Your registration gets you four plated meals, meaning you
are already coming out ahead for the $99 you have paid. You get breakfast and
lunch on both Friday and Saturday. The lunch break will be long enough to eat
leisurely, make new friends, and renew old ones. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Friday, April 26</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Morning Session</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">7:00 Breakfast</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">8:30 Time for an
after Breakfast Stretch</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">9:00 Welcome:
Debbie Wunder, President, Diabetes Action Network</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">9:10 Strategies
for Living Your Best Life: David De Notaris, Chief Innovations Officer at Sky's
the Limit Communications </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">9:40 The
Importance of Sleep in Diabetes Control and so Much More: Jennifer Lyman, RN,
BS, Non-24 Nurse Educator, Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">10:10 The Difference
Between Medicare and Medicare Advantage: Marc Mantiaa, Independent Agent,
Review Medicare Benefits</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">10:30 The Medical
Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act: Anil Lewis, Director of Blindness
Initiatives, National Federation of the Blind </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">10:50 Better
Management of our Diabetes that Should be Available to Everyone: Mary Davis,
Contractor and Consultant with the Nebraska Commission for the Blind and
Visually Impaired working in Alternative Techniques with Diabetics in the
Management of Their Diabetes; and Melanie Torrance, RN Retired and the Head of
the Diabetes Action Network of South Carolina </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">11:25 Strategies for
Effective Finger Sticks When You are
Blind: Danielle McCann, Treasurer, National Federation of the Blind Diabetes
Action Network</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">11:40 Recognizing
the Doctor as the Expert but I'm Still in Charge of My Body: Mark Feliz,
Retired School Teacher and a Member of the Board of Directors of the Diabetes
Action Network</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">12:00 Lunch</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Friday Afternoon</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">2:00 Rethinking
Diabetes: Gary Taubes, Journalist and Author</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">3:00 Questions
from the Floor</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">3:15 I'm Not a
Diabetic but I am an Advocate for you as You are an Advocate for Me: Ever Lee
Hairston, Former Member of the National Board of Directors and Former President
of the National Federation of the Blind of California </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">3:30 When Diabetes
Takes Your Sight, Your Sense of Touch, and You Still Can Function: Curtis
Chong, retired computer programmer, technology center director, and technology
teacher </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">4:10 Being a
Kidney Donor and Taking Care of Your Kidneys: Tim McGue, National Kidney
Foundation</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">5:00 Recess for
the Evening</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Saturday, April 27</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Morning Session</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">7:00 Breakfast</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">8:30 Time for an
after Breakfast Stretch</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">9:00 The
Psychology of Blindness and Diabetes: Gary Wunder, Practicing Diabetic and the
Editor of the <i>Braille Monitor</i> magazine</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">9:30 Yes I'm
Diabetic but Living my Best Life: Amber Woods, Mark Feliz, and Curtis Chong</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">10:15 All Things
Diabetes from the Perspective of a Endocrinologist: Michael Gardner, Associate
Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine; Medial
Director of the Cosmopolitan International Endocrinology and Diabetes Center</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> 11:15 Identifying Gaps and Strengths:
Characterizing Diabetes Technology Use and Self-management Education in Blind
Adults: Dr. Naz Heydarian, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of
Social Work; and Dr. Ally Hughes, Ohio University Heritage School of Osteopathic
Medicine</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">12:00 Lunch</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Afternoon Session</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">2:00 : What is
Accessible Pharmacy\u2014Medication Management, Seminars, and Diabetes Programs:
Lynn Heightz, Director of Business Engagement and Certified Diabetes Lifestyle
Coach</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">3:00 How to
Control the Sound of your CGM in Meetings: A Group Discussion</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">3:25 All About our
Listserv: What is it, How to Join, and Ways you can Help and be Helped</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">3:35 Summing Up
the Seminar: What Did you Like, What Could We have Done Differently, and Should
We do This again: </p>
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<div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1.5pt solid windowtext;padding:0in 0in 1pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">5:00 Adjourn</p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">National Federation of the Blind</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Diabetes Action Network</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Second Annual Knowledge is Sweet Seminar</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NFB Jernigan Institute</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Baltimore, Maryland</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">May 16\u201317, 2025</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Agenda</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Times listed are in Eastern Daylight Time</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">All meetings will take place in Members Hall. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Friday, May 16, 2025</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>7:00 a.m. </b>Breakfast</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>8:30 a.m. </b>Welcome
to the Knowledge is Sweet Seminar and Some
Logistics, Debbie Wunder, President, Diabetes Action Network, Columbia,
Missouri</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>9:00 a.m. </b>Collective
Collaboration is the Answer, Mark Riccobono, President, National Federation of
the Blind, Baltimore, Maryland</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>9:30 a.m. </b>Tandem
Mobi: Bringing Accessible Insulin Pump Technology to the Blind, Kerry Harrison,
MS, RDN, CDCES, Tandem Diabetes Care, Baltimore Territory Manager</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>10:30 a.m. </b>Break</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>10:45 a.m. </b>I'm a
Type 2 Diabetic Living an A1 Life, Mark Feliz, Board Member, Diabetes Action
Network, Mesa, Arizona</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>11:00 a.m. </b>We\u2019re
in This Together: Being a Supportive Partner Emotionally and Financially, Jesse
Shirek, Governmental Affairs Specialist, National Federation of the Blind, <br>
Baltimore, Maryland</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>11:45 a.m. Questions and getting ready for lunch</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>12:00 p.m. </b>Lunch
and Exhibits</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>2:00 p.m. </b>Dialysis:
My Part in Needing It and What I\u2019ve Learned While Giving My Kidneys a Rest,
John Tebockhorst, Secretary, Diabetes Action Network, Minneapolis, Minnesota</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>2:15 p.m. </b>Hearing
the Words \u201cYou Are a Diabetic\u201d: My Reaction and Then Taking Control, Jean
Brown, First Vice President, Diabetes Action Network, Indianapolis, Indiana</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>2:30 p.m. </b>Life
After Pancreas Rejection and Returning to the Insulin Pump, Sherry Shirek,
Member, Diabetes Action Network, Baltimore, Maryland</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>2:55 p.m. </b>Break</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>3:10 p.m. </b>Diabetes
on the Move: Accessories, Emergency Kits, Snacks, and More, Anil Lewis, Second
Vice President, Diabetes Action Network, Atlanta, Georgia</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>3:25 p.m. Snack
Packing and Socializing</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>3:50 p.m.</b>
Exhibitors Presentations from Top Level Sponsors</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>4:</b>05 p.m. Special Fit Break</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>4:</b>10 p.m. Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults:
When Type 1 is Diagnosed as Type 2, Debbie Wunder, Columbia, Missouri</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>5:00 p.m. </b>Break</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>6:00 p.m. </b>Dinner</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Saturday, May 17, 2025</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>7:00 a.m. </b>Breakfast</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>8:30 a.m. </b>Welcome
to Day Two, Debbie Wunder</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>9:00 a.m. </b>The
Importance of Exercise to the Blind Person with Diabetes, Gary Scheiner, MS,
CDCES, Owner and Clinical Director, Integrated Diabetes Services, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>10:00 a.m. </b>Pushing
the Bounds of Accessibility through the Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility
Act and Taking Action, John Paré, Executive Director of Advocacy and Policy,
National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore, Maryland</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>10:45 a.m. </b>Break</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>11:00 a.m. </b>The
Carb Count Challenge, Liz Moyer, Teaching Assistant, Chimes, and Board Member,
Diabetes Action Network, Baltimore, Maryland</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>11:30 a.m. </b>Sugar
Sugar, Danielle McCann, Membership Building Coordinator, National Federation of
the Blind, and Treasurer, Diabetes Action Network, Baltimore, Maryland</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>12:00 p.m. </b>Lunch
and Exhibits</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>2:00 p.m. </b>New
Medications, Dietary Guidelines, and the Future of Blind People Using Insulin
Pumps for Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, Kiya Rivera, RD, CDCES, CPT, Certified
Diabetes Educator, UM Midtown Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Baltimore,
Maryland</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>3:00 p.m. </b>My
Baby, Me, and Gestational Diabetes: The Shock, My Baby\u2019s Health, My Health, and
the Future for Us Both, Julie Orozco, JD, Brown, Goldstein & Levy,
Baltimore, Maryland</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>3:25 p.m. </b>Strategies
for Combating Fatigue, Neuropathy, and Other Complications of Diabetes, Panel
Discussion, Debbie Wunder, President, Diabetes Action Network, Columbia,
Missouri, Danielle McCann, Treasurer, Diabetes Action Network, Baltimore,
Maryland, Gary Wunder, Board Member, Diabetes Action Network, Columbia,
Missouri</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>3:55 p.m. </b>After
the Seminar: Ways to Get and Stay Involved with the National Federation of the
Blind and the Diabetes Action Network, Danielle McCann and Mark Feliz</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>4:15 p.m.</b> Summing Up the Seminar: What Did You Like,
What Could We Have Done Differently, and Should We Do This Again?<br>
Debbie Wunder and Other Members of the Board</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>5:00 p.m. Adjourn</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Mark Feliz<br>NFBA. East Valley Chapter President<br>NFBA. Affiliate Board member<br>Cell: 480-560-0641<br>LIVE THE LIFE YOU WANT</div></div>