[NFBNJ] FW: March Community Connection Conference Call - 3/23/22

[Linda Melendez]

*From:* Gaston, Pamela <Pamela.Gaston at dhs.nj.gov>

*Sent:* Thursday, March 10, 2022 1:20 PM
*To:* CBVI-ALL-Users <CBVI.AllUsers at dhs.nj.gov>
*Subject:* March Community Connection Conference Call - 3/23/22



*CBVI: Please share this information with your consumers and contacts.*



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

*March 2022 Commission Community Connection Conference Call  *

*“Women’s History Month 2022: Celebrating Women Who Have Ignited Change”  *



*Wednesday, March 23, 2022 *

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

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

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The theme for Women's History Month 2022 is “Providing Healing and
Promoting Hope”.



Appropriately, this month’s call will feature guest speakers who will share
stories about pioneers, leaders, trailblazers, advocates and activists who
happen to be blind. Join us to hear from and about “Change Makers” - people
who identified an issue, concern or problem, and, with a deep-rooted sense
of responsibility and empathy for others, they did something about it.



*Host: Krystle Allen*, CBVI Community Outreach Specialist



*Keynote:  *



*Everlee Hairston, Human Rights Activist, Author and NFB National Board
Member*

Will share her journey from being raised on the Coolamee plantation in the
segregated south, to marching with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; how from
there she came to be the  Director of an Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Program here in NJ and now, the President of the California Chapter of the
National Federation of the Blind (NFB).



*Other Guest Panelists: *



*Margaret Winchester-Graw, Executive Director, Margaret Winchester
Enrichment Center for the Blind *

Will discuss the rich legacy of her Mother, the late Margaret Battle
Winchester and how she came to be the Founder of a center for people who
are blind, deaf-blind and visually impaired.



*Jessica Daye, Equal Opportunity Compliance Investigator and Parenting
Rights Activist  *

Will discuss her experience as a parent who is blind and her work
advocating for parenting and reproductive rights.



*Yadira Torres-Thabata, Co-Founder and COO, Islam By Touch *

Will discuss her experience as the founder of an organization dedicated to
ensuring access to Islamic reading materials for Muslims who are blind.



*Kaleigh Brendle, College Student, Musician and Disability Rights Activist
 *

Will talk about her victorious challenge of the College Board which became
a win for blind students across the country and her plans to become a
disability rights attorney.



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: 973-648-4497.







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Warmly,
Linda Melendez, President
National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
732-421-7063
president at nfbnj.org
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