[Nfbv-announce] NFBV Student Track Agenda

[potomac NFB]

2011 NFBV Youth Track . November 4-6, 2011

Wyndham Virginia Beach Oceanfront . Virginia Beach, Virginia

 

Coordinators:

Tracy Soforenko, (703) 635-2085, tracy.soforenko at verizon.net

Corbb O'Connor, (703) 309-4884, corbbo at gmail.com

 

 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011

7:00-10:00pm     Youth Hospitality & NFB Apprentice

Buffet dinner to be served, York Room

Jennifer Kennedy and Tracy Soforenko, facilitators

Make new friends and enjoy some tasty food! Learn how to make a positive
first impression as you meet blind adult professionals and ask them about
how they succeed in a sighted world.

 

 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2011

9:00am Opening Ceremony of General Session

Rappahannock & James Rooms

 

10:30am               Youth Gather for Morning Activity

      York Room

 

10:40am-12:00pm            Concurrent Sessions

 

10:40am-11:10am            Round 1

Group 1: Arming Yourself with the Skills to Succeed: A Summer Experience

Briley Pollard, facilitator

York Room

 

Group 2: Accessing Materials in the Classroom

Michael Fish, facilitator

False Cape room

 

11:10-11:20am   Re-group & Switch

                                                

11:20am-12:00pm            Round 2

Group 2: Arming Yourself with the Skills to Succeed: Adult Training Centers

Briley Pollard, facilitator

York Room

 

Group 1: Accessing Materials in High School, College, and Beyond

Michael Fish, facilitator

False Cape Room

 

12:00-12:15pm  Boxed Lunch Pick Up

Atlantic Foyer

 

12:15 -1:45pm    NFBV Students Division Luncheon

                York Room

                Brittany Savage, President

*	Student Division Elections
*	What You Should Expect from the Department for the Blind & Vision
Impaired 
*	"Did I Do That?" (Embarrassing Stories on Blindness)

 

Special guests: Sean Whalen, President of the National Association of Blind
Students; Briley Pollard, Board Member of the National Association of Blind
Students

 

2:00-3:00pm       General Session

Rappahannock & James Rooms

                

3:00-4:15pm       What's The Big Idea?

      with Mark Riccobono, Executive Director, NFB Jernigan Institute

      Corbb O'Connor and Tracy Soforenko, facilitators

      York Room 

 

4:15-5:00pm       General Session

Rappahannock & James Rooms

 

7:00-10:00pm     53rd Annual NFBV Banquet

                Rappahannock & James Rooms

 

 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2010

9:00am General Session

                Rappahannock Room

 

9:40-10:00am     Youth Present at General Session

                Rappahannock Room

Corbb O'Connor, facilitator

 

10:00-11:15am   Hit The Beach!                  Meet at York Room

Steve Hastalis; Amy Phelps, NOMC; Ashly Wells, COMS

                York Room & the Beach

We will be outdoors for this activity so please dress accordingly. We want
you to be warm and ready to get a little sandy. Mentors, please meet outside
the York Room.

 

11:15-11:45am   Wrap Up

York Room

 

11:45am               Adjourn

 

 

The NFBV wishes to thank the facilitators, mentors, and guests whose work,
dedication, and time made this event possible!

 

Tracy Soforenko

Prsident, Potomac Chapter, National Federation of the Blind

PotomacNFB at verizon.net

703 635-2085