[NFBofAlaska] FW: Listen to 2022 NFB National convention board meeting, six sessions, and banquet via Zoom Conference.

Sat Jun 18 04:52:13 UTC 2022

Bonnie Lucas
President
National Federation of the Blind of Alaska
Cell: 907-301-6808
Email: lucas.bonnie at gmail.com

Web: alaskanfb.org
The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.

[Delegate-BML]

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To: Bonnie Lucas <lucas.bonnie at gmail.com>
Subject: Listen to 2022 NFB National convention board meeting, six sessions, and banquet via Zoom Conference.

For those who can not attend the 2022 NFB National convention in person, persons can listen to the board meeting, six sessions and banquet via Zoom Conference. The zoom link and 1CapApp captioning links are the same for all meetings.

All eight events available to the public are listed below:

Thursday, July 7
Board Meeting and Division Day
9:00 - 11:30 a.m. NFB Board Meeting
Zoom meeting ID:
https://zoom.us/j/96287762142
1CapApp captioning link:
https://ECS.1capapp.com/event/nfb

Friday, July 8
Opening Session Day

9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Opening General Session (Friday) Zoom meeting ID:
https://zoom.us/j/96287762142
1CapApp:
https://ECS.1capapp.com/event/nfb

Call to Order and Invocation
Welcoming Ceremonies: Back Together on the Bayou
2022 National Convention Host Committee: National Federation of the Blind of Louisiana Celebration of Freedom: Veterans Recognized Vernon Humphrey, President, National Association of Blind Veterans, a Division of the National Federation of the Blind; Mauk, Georgia Roll Call of States and Appointment of Nominating Committee Reports and Resolutions Adjourn

2:00 - 5:00 p.m. General Session II (Friday) Zoom meeting ID:
https://zoom.us/j/96287762142
1CapApp:
https://ECS.1capapp.com/event/nfb

Call to Order
Presidential Report
Mark Riccobono, President, National Federation of the Blind; Baltimore, Maryland Giving Wings to Transformation: The Magic of Partnership with the Blind Movement Craig Meador, President, American Printing House; Louisville, Kentucky Bruce Miles, Chief Executive Officer, HumanWare; Drummondville, Québec, Canada Accelerating Our Blind Driver Challenge: Raising Expectations at 211.43 mph Dan Parker, Blind Machinist and Racecar Driver; Columbus, Georgia Owning Our Future: Continuous Revolution in Training through the Organized Blind Movement Joanne Wilson, Founder, Louisiana Center for the Blind; Ruston, Louisiana Pam Allen, Executive Director, Louisiana Center for the Blind; Ruston, Louisiana Julie Deden, Executive Director, Colorado Center for the Blind; Littleton, Colorado Jennifer Kennedy, Executive Director, Blindness: Learning in New Dimensions (BLIND), Inc.; Minneapolis, Minnesota Federation SAFE: Blind Survivors, Leadership, and Our Shared Commitment Kathryn Webster, Co-chair, Blind Survivors Group; Boston, Massachusetts Danielle Montour, Co-chair, Blind Survivors Group; Brooklyn, New York Reports and Resolutions Adjourn

Saturday, July 9
Business Session Day

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. General Session III (Saturday) Zoom meeting ID:
https://zoom.us/j/96287762142
1CapApp:
https://ECS.1capapp.com/event/nfb

Call to Order and Invocation
Financial Report, Including the Honor Roll Call Elections Living the Life She Wants: Staying Grounded and Shooting for the Moon with Federation Philosophy Denna Lambert, Lead for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility, Early Stage Innovations and Partnerships (ESIP), Technology Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Greenbelt, Maryland Living the Life He Wants: Stoking Employment Opportunities through Movies, Sports, and Achievement Jack Chen, Assistant General Counsel, Meta (Facebook); New York, New York Reports and Resolutions Adjourn

2:00 - 5:00 p.m. General Session IV (Saturday) Zoom meeting ID:
https://zoom.us/j/96287762142
1CapApp:
https://ECS.1capapp.com/event/nfb

Call to Order
A Champion for Equal Opportunities: Making a Difference from Louisiana’s Second Congressional District The Honorable Troy Carter, United States House of Representatives, Second Congressional District; New Orleans, Louisiana Who Owns This Story: Audio Description as Art Not Charity
Moderator: Everette Bacon, President, National Federation of the Blind of Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah Elisa Beniero, Dubbing Title Manager, Netflix; Los Angeles, California Rick Boggs, CEO and Founder, Audio Eyes; Los Angeles, California Roy Samuelson, Founder, The Audio Description Network Alliance, and Kevin’s Way; Los Angeles, California Owning the Change We Want: A Report from the Federation's Advocacy and Policy Department John Paré, Jr., Executive Director for Advocacy and Policy, National Federation of the Blind; Baltimore, Maryland Jeff Kaloc, NFB Government Affairs Specialist; Baltimore, Maryland Justin Young, NFB Government Affairs Specialist; Baltimore, Maryland Reports, Resolutions, and Other Business Adjourn

Sunday, July 10
Banquet Day and Adjournment

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. General Session V (Sunday) Zoom meeting ID:
https://zoom.us/j/96287762142
1CapApp:
https://ECS.1capapp.com/event/nfb

Call to Order and Invocation
Owning Your Creative Content: Cryptocurrency, Accessibility, and the Organized Blind Movement Suman Kanuganti, CEO, Personal.ai; San Diego, California Building the Future Together: A Report from Our Jernigan Institute Anil Lewis, Executive Director for Blindness Initiatives, National Federation of the Blind; Baltimore, Maryland Stretching the Dimensions of Nonvisual Learning: Blind-Led Youth Programming and Engineering Natalie Shaheen, SABER: NFB EQ Program Director and Assistant Professor, Illinois State University; Normal, Illinois Madeline Mau, Student, NFB EQ Online 2021; Princeton Junction, New Jersey Robert Eggleston, Student, NFB EQ 2021; Virginia Beach, Virginia Maura Loberg, Student, NFB EQ 2019; Lincoln, Nebraska Gabriel Mendez-Frances, Student, NFB EQ 2019; Birmingham, Alabama Andrea Cataquiz, Student, NFB EQ 2021; Glendale Heights, Illinois Abby Duffy, Student, NFB EQ 2019 and NFB EQ Online 2020; Concord, New Hampshire Accessibility Awareness on a Global Scale: Bringing Tech Professionals to Our Movement of Equality Jennison Asuncion, Co-founder, Global Accessibility Awareness Day, and Vice Chair, GAAD Foundation; City, State Creating Content with Accessibility as the Default: Celebrating Drupal's Olivero Theme and Calling for More Blind Contributors Mike Gifford, Senior Strategist, CivicActions, and Drupal Core Accessibility Maintainer; Lafayette, California The Right to Participate Fully in Twenty-First Century America: Civil Rights Advancement at the United States Department of Justice Anne Raish, Principal Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Section, United States Department of Justice; Washington, District of Columbia Leading through Literacy: A New Library Director Committed to Partnership with the Organized Blind Movement Jason Broughton, Director, National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled; Washington, District of Columbia Reports and Resolutions Adjourn

2:00 - 5:00 p.m. General Session VI (Sunday) Zoom meeting ID:
https://zoom.us/j/96287762142
1CapApp:
https://ECS.1capapp.com/event/nfb

Call to Order
The Fifteenth Annual Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards Everette Bacon, Chairperson, Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award Committee, and Board Member, National Federation of the Blind; Salt Lake City, Utah Transformation in Employment: Smart Partnership to Build the Future Together Regina Kline, CEO and Founder, SmartJob, LLC; Alexandria, Virginia Diversity at Kellogg: A Commitment that Raises Expectations for Blind Empowerment Wilson Ray, Sr., Director, Retail Sales Operations, Kellogg Company; Kalamazoo, Michigan Engineering a New Response: Transforming At-Home Testing through Partnership with the Blind Jill Heemskerk, Deputy Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health; Bethesda, Maryland Going My Way: Driving Accessibility through Innovative Autonomous Transportation Michelle Peacock, Global Public Policy Director, Waymo; Mountain View, California Supreme Action to Shatter Low Expectations: Living Blind and Serving on the Bench Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein, Michigan Supreme Court; Lansing, Michigan Owning Our Stories: Raising the Impact of Individuals by Sharing the History of Our Movement Peggy Chong, The Blind History Lady; Aurora, Colorado Reports and Resolutions Adjourn

7:30 p.m. Banquet (Sunday)
Zoom meeting ID:
https://zoom.us/j/96287762142
1CapApp:
https://ECS.1capapp.com/event/nfb

• Invocation
• Master of Ceremonies: Pam Allen
• Introductions and Presentations
• Banquet Address: Mark Riccobono
• Scholarship Awards