<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">---------- Forwarded message ----------</span><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="msg-8131355458757090817">From: Elsa Zavoda <<a href="mailto:EZavoda@vlanj.org" target="_blank">EZavoda@vlanj.org</a>><br>To: Beyond Sight <<a href="mailto:beyondsight@vlanj.org" target="_blank">beyondsight@vlanj.org</a>><br>Cc: <br>Bcc: <br>Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 19:37:26 +0000<br>Subject: Free Event: Please Share: Upcoming VLANJ ARISE Speaker Series- Daniel Kish, COMS- November 30, 2022<br>





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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are pleased to announce the next edition of our ARISE Speaker Series on Wednesday, November 30^th, at 7pm. 
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#660066">VLANJ ARISE Speaker Series- "Achieving Resilience, Inspiration, & Self-Empowerment"</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232333">This speaker series will include a variety of topics to motivate and inspire you to achieve your best self. You will engage with
 speakers who bring a wide perspective in sharing their stories, life experiences, and expertise to achieve a more positive mindset. Topics are inspirational and educational, balancing practical life tasks, to pursuing creative arts and encourage you to move
 towards your personal and professional goals, and a feeling of greater self-empowerment.</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are excited to welcome our next guest speaker, Daniel Kish, who became the first completely blind Certified Orientation & Mobility Specialist in 1996, and has operated
 as a Developmental Psychologist, child advocate, and Social Change Agent.  Daniel has learned to harness the power of human echolocation, has published several scholarly articles, and has been featured on the TED Talks stage, sharing this powerful skill.</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A brief description of the event has been provided to us by Daniel Kish….<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">When the world seems fraught with chaos, when people seem unreachable and unfathomable, when darkness falls, how do we SEE our way toward Security, Efficacy, and Equality?
 I offer my framework for finding self-determined freedom of life and livelihood through the strategic applications of Adaptations, Capacity, Technology, and Supportive social engagement, with emphasis on the role of Flash Sonar in supporting this framework.
 Come with questions!</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Daniel has also offered some supportive materials in preparation for his presentation below.</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">TED Talks Presentation<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Flash Sonar: Understanding and Applying Sonar Imaging to Mobility</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Time: Wednesday, November 30, 2022, at 7pm<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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