[NFBF-L] NFBF State Convention Agenda for Saturday

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Saturday, October 3, 2020 12pm -1pm, 

Saturday, October 3, 2020


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Saturday, October 3, 2020 12pm -1pm, 
Meeting ID: 973 6589 4900


8:00 am​Communities of Faith
Marilyn Baldwin Co Chairman Communities of Faith Committee 
Pastor Russel Zimmerman, LCMS Pastor, Bay City, Michigan
​​​​​Meeting ID:  998 0233 1842
 
8:30 am ​​​​Tailgate with Russ and Paul
Meeting ID:  818 257 2901
Join early and hear different interviews and commentary with Russell Davis and Paul Martinez.
General Session
9:00 am to 12:00 Noon
Meeting ID:  818 257 2901
 
9:00 am ​​​​Call to Order 
​Denise Valkema, President, NFB of Florida 
 
9:05 am ​​​​Invocation
​Pastor Kenneth Dew 
Every Nation Tallahassee 
Tallahassee, Florida
 
9:10 am ​​​​NFB Pledge and the Pledge of Allegiance
​Donald Christie, Treasurer, Tallah
 
9:15 am ​​​​Greeting from Mayor’s Office
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9:20 am ​​​​Opening Ceremonies
 
9:30 am​​​​Report from our National Movement
National Rep, Ever Lee Hairston, NFB Board of Directors
 
9:50 am​​Honoring Congressman Darren Soto, Florida District 9
 
10:00 am​​​​Transplants Save Lives 
Ashley Moore, Life Link
 
10:10 am ​​​​Staying Fit During the Pandemic 
​​Jessica Beachem, President, 
​​NFB Sports and Rec Division  
 
10:20 am ​​The Joys of owning your own business Gloria Mills Hicks, Board Member, Tampa Chapter
 
10:30 am ​​​​Rehabilitation Center Update
Ed Hudson, Bureau Chief, Florida Division of Blind Services Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
 
10:40 am ​​​​Veterans Administration Services
Bruce Davis, Visual Impairment Services Team Coordinator, Gainesville VA Medical Services
​​​​​
 
10:55 am ​​​​What’s new with Spectrum
Petr Kucheryavyy, SeniorManager, Accessibility Center of excellence
 
11:10 am ​​​​The Evolution of the Guide Dog ​​​​​​Movement
​​​​​John Byfield, Guide Dog Trainer ​​​​​​Extraordinaire​​​​​
 
11:20 am​​​​Building Bridges Through Collaboration ​​​​​​Andrew Warren, State Attorney
​​​​​13th Judicial Circuit Hillsborough ​​​​​​​County
​​​​​
11:30 am​Carlton Walker, president National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
 
11:40 am​​​​Announcements & Adjournment
 
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm​​Lunch Break – On your own




Saturday General Interest Seminars
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
 
1:00 pm - 2:50 pm​​NFB of Florida Deaf-Blind Division​​​​​​​Meeting
​Meeting ID:  947 3866 6133
We will introduce and listen to Mark Armstrong, Senior Adult Specialist at the Helen Keller National Center.  He will discuss free services, equipment assistance and other services available to deaf blind Floridians from the Helen Keller Institute. There will be time for Mark Armstrong toanswer relevant questions.  NFBF Deaf Blind Division will conduct a business meeting and elect new officers.
 
1:00 pm - 1:50 pm​​Technology Seminar
                                            Rafael Fernandez, NFB of Florida Board of Directors
​Meeting ID:  963 8663 3123
Want to learn how to make your home smart? Join us at our seminar to learn about the awesome new technology available to make your life a little easier.
 
1:00 pm - 2:50 pm​​Health Seminar
Yolanda Candelaria, TTS, Outreach Coordinator of Big Bend Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Tallahassee, Florida
Meeting ID: 884 2830 1064
Passcode: 2020
Come hear how you can live a healthy and fit life.  Ms. Candelaria will share with us about diabetes, high blood pressure and much more.
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm​​Blind Parents’ Group
​​​​​​Nicole Fincham-Shehan, Chair 
​​​​​​Meeting ID:  917 4606 3660
We invite and encourage all blind parents, grandparents or any blind individual who care for children or perspective blind parents to join us for this exciting hour for sharing tips and tricks to navigating life as a blind caregiver.  Lisa Maria Martinez, Coordinator of the NFB Blind Parents Connect Group and a mother of three children will join us.  We will discuss relevant topics for our members and what we will focus on next year.  Please invite anyone who would like to learn and share information.  I look forward to seeing you all at our Blind Parents Connect meeting!!!
 
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm​​FLAGDU Seminar and Business Meeting
​​​​​Merry Schoch, President
​​​​​Meeting ID: 869 0354 5242
Passcode: 50
Meet the new president of the National Association of Guide Dog Users. Come hear from the most experienced guide dog trainer in the world, John Byfield.  Blind people can raise puppies to become guide dogs. General health information for your guide dog during a pandemic. Hear from guide dog training programs and how they work with the needs of seniors and other disabilities for those who are blind.  
 
 
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm​​Book Club, Camille Tate Chair, NFB of Florida Board of Directors
​​​​​Debra Kent-Stein, Editor of Future ​​​​​​​Reflections Magazine
​​​​​​Meeting ID:  957 0575 3885
We will be discussing Building the Lives We Want, a comprehensive history of the National Federation of the Blind. Debra Kent-Stein chiefly edited this work, along with contributions from members of the National Federation of the Blind, including past President, Dr. Marc Maurer. We will talk about the first three chapters of this book, but feel free to read it in its entirety!
 
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm​​NFB of Florida Seniors Group
​​​​​​Gloria Mills-Hicks, Chair
​​​​​​Meeting ID:  968 7007 9712
We will have a panel discussion on crime prevention including scam calls and how to look like you know where you are going. 
 
 
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm​​History Project
​​​​​​Dan Hicks, Coordinator
Meeting ID:  818 257 290

Stay tuned on the general session zoom call to hear 50 years of history for the NFB Florida State Affiliate.  
 
 
Dinner - On your own
 
 
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm ​​Comedy Show with Moody McCarthy
​By Reservation Only
Link to purchase tickets:
Comedian Moody McCarthy Fundraiser
Moody is an American stand-up comedian who has made multiple network TV appearances.   Come and laugh out loud.

Denise Valkema, President  National Federation of the Blind of Florida 
(305)972-8529
president at nfbflorida.org
www.nfbflorida.org
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You can live the life you want.
The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.
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