[NFBNJ] Fwd: April Commission Connection Conference Call - 4/21/21

[Linda Melendez]

From: Gaston, Pamela
Date: Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 2:29 PM
Subject: April Commission Connection Conference Call - 4/21/21

*The Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired **invites you to
call-in to our*

*April 2021 Commission Connection Conference Call  *

*“NJCBVI Success Stories: April Showers Bring CBVI Scholars” *

*Wednesday, April 21, 2021 *

*10:30 a.m. to 12 Noon *

*Would you like to know… *

   - How CBVI helps prepare high school students for college?
   - How to minimize the necessity to rely upon expensive student loans?
   - The history and background of the CBVI Board of Trustees (BOT)
   scholarships?
   - How some CBVI students self-advocated for accommodations in college?
   - What campus-life is like for a CBVI student who has never lived away
   from home? and
   - If there is a standard definition for “SUCCESS”?


Join us and hear the answers to these questions and listen to a group of
people who will share their own unique stories of their experiences as CBVI
students and their individual journeys towards achieving their academic and
career goals.

*Call in number: 1-888-808-6929 / Access Code: 6486149# *

*Relay Captioning Link for individuals who are Deaf or Hearing Impaired:  *

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*Host: Krystle Allen*, CBVI Community Outreach Specialist

*Guest Speakers:   *

*Joy Atin-Shark*, Supervisor; CBVI High School Transition Services/ Former
CBVI Student

*Edward Kawalec*, CBVI VR Counselor / BOT Scholarship Committee Member

*Titus Massey*, Fiscal Manager, NY/NJ Port Authority / Former CBVI Student

*Evangelia Stone*, Chair, CBVI State Rehabilitation Council / Former CBVI
Student

*Sena Pottackal*, BOT Scholarship Awardee / Public Relations Strategist

*Jonathan Zobek*, BOT Scholarship Awardee / President NFBNJ Students’
Division

If you have any questions, or would like to suggest topics for future
Commission Connection Calls, please don’t hesitate to email:
Krystle.Allen at dhs.nj.gov  or call: 973-943-2209.




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hand hovering over the letter "N" with the finger pointed to read; to the
right and directly under the Braille cells is NJCBVI in large, bold, blue
block letters under which in all caps is New Jersey Commission for the
Blind and Visually Impaired in gray letters.*

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​Warmly,
Linda Melendez, President
National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
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