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Pat

> On Oct 21, 2020, at 7:59 AM, Richard Payne via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Colleagues,
> 
> 
> 
> Please find our convention agenda below. We are closing registration
> tomorrow at 5:00.  
> 
> 
> 
> The National Federation of the Blind of Alaska
> 
> 2020 State Convention
> 
> Friday & Saturday,
> 
> October 23 & 24, 2020
> 
> 
> 
> Calling all blind and visually impaired Alaskans from cities, towns, and
> villages in the great State of Alaska to come, join, and learn to...
> 
> "Live the Life You Want. Blindness is not what holds you back!"
> 
> 
> 
> THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND PLEDGE
> 
> I pledge to participate actively in the efforts of the National Federation
> of the Blind to achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the blind;
> to support the programs and policies of the Federation and to abide by its
> constitution.
> 
> 
> 
> CONVENTION INFORMATION
> 
> *        Click here to attend all convention events using Zoom Conference
> <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820> 
> 
> *        Meeting ID: 225 140 8820
> 
> *        All times are Alaska time, four hours earlier than Eastern time.
> 
> *        We will have our even year number election as required by our State
> Affiliate Constitution, to be conducted using the raising of hands on Zoom.
> You must be a dues-paying member to vote. Unsure about your membership
> status? Call 907-301-6808. 
> 
> *        You do not have to be a member to win a door prize, but you must be
> registered.
> 
> *        Contact information for exhibitors may be found immediately
> following program agenda.
> 
> 
> 
> Special thanks to our exhibitors and sponsors:
> 
> 
> 
> *        Vanda Pharmaceuticals: $500 to begin our scholarship fund
> 
> *        Way Around: Door prizes
> 
> *        Elegant Insights: Door prizes
> 
> *        AIRA: Door prizes
> 
> *        Guiding Eyes: Door Prize - Michael Goehring 
> 
> *        Our Technology Team: Michael Lauf, web master (and owner of
> Laufware), Abby Fleenor, Brian Blair, Nate Kile, Candy Powell, Tony Gebhard
> 
> *        Most importantly, you -- our attendees and program presenters, for
> joining us as we come together to grow and learn how to "live the life we
> want."
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> AGENDA
> 
> 
> 
> Friday, October 23:
> 
> 
> 
> 9:00   Welcome <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820> , NFB Pledge, What is
> the NFB?
> 
> 9:10   Anil Lewis <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820> , Executive
> Director for Blindness Initiative, National Federation of the Blind
> 
> 9:40   Update on State of Alaska Website
> <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820> 's Accessibility
> David Newman, Alaska State ADA Coordinator
> 
> 10:00: National Library Service <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820> ,
> Talking Book Library, continually evolving to meet the needs of the print
> disabled
> Freya Anderson, Alaska State Librarian 
> 
> 10:20 Update from Alaska <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820> 's Division
> of Vocational Rehabilitation
> Duane Mayes, Director, DVR of Alaska
> 
> 10:40 Words from Alaska <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820> 's blind DVR
> counselor
> Megan Schiele, Director of Blind Services, Alaska DVR
> 
> 11:10 NFB NEWS-LINE  <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820> R, What is it
> and how does it work? Demonstration, Q&A, personal experiences with the
> service.  
> Scott White, Director of NFB NEWS-LINE
> 
> 12:00 Lunch Break, Enjoy!
> 
> 
> 
> EXHIBITOR's FORUM
> 
> 1:00:  Vanda Pharmaceuticals <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820>  -
> Information about non-24 condition
> Shauna Jatho, Nurse Educator 
> 
> 1:30   Way Around <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820>  - Learn how to tag
> anything so you "won't be in the dark"
> Jessica Hipp, 
> 
> 1:50   AIRA <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820>  - Use your phone and an
> agent to do more
> Ryan Bishop, AIRA Customer Care Manager 
> 
> 2:10   Elegant Insights <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820>  - Braille
> Jewelry for Everyone
> Laura Legendary, Blind Entrepreneur for 10 years 
> 
> 2:30   Guiding Eyes <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820>  - Serving
> several Alaskan Guide Dog teams
> Michael Goehring
> 
> 2:50   Break
> 
> 3:10   Technology <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820>  tips, tricks,
> questions answered and more
> Panel to be announced
> 
> 
> 
> Saturday, October 24
> 
> 
> 
> 9:00   Parents of Blind Children <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820>  in
> Alaska, information for Alaska Parents of Blind Children (NOPBC), Q&A
> Carlton Walker, President NOPBC, Division of the National Federation of the
> Blind
> 
> 
> 
> MAIN SESSION
> 
> 
> 
> 10:00 Welcome <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820>  - Bonnie Lucas 
> Invocation - Brian Blair; 
> Musical number "Beautiful Soul" - Tony Gebhard
> 
> 10:10 National Presidential Report <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820> 
> Anil Lewis, National Representative, Baltimore, Maryland 
> 
> 10:45 Annual Affiliate Report <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820> 
> Bonnie Lucas, President, NFB of Alaska
> 
> 11:15 Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
> <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820>  - latest operations during a
> Pandemic, latest staff changes
> Nate Kile, Program Director, Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually
> Impaired
> 
> 12:00 Lunch break
> 
> 1:00   Making Voting Accessible <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820> 
> Lou Ann Blake, Director of Research Programs, National Federation of the
> Blind
> 
> 1:20   National Association of Blind Students
> <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820> 
> Robert Parsons
> 
> 1:40   NFB Centers <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820>  and how they work
> Jennifer Wenzel, Director of Admissions, Blind Inc. 
> 
> 2:00   Treasurer <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820> 's report - Carmen
> Jameson
> 
> 2:05   Elections <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820> 
> 
> 3:00   Banquet Address <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820>  by National
> Representative, Anil Lewis
> 
> 3:45   Wrap-up <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820>  - Bonnie Lucas
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Meet Anil Lewis, NFB National Representative: 
> 
> 
> 
> Anil is currently employed as the executive director for Blindness
> Initiatives for the National Federation of the Blind, located in Baltimore,
> Maryland. He coordinates outreach, marketing, and fundraising activities for
> a national nonprofit organization. He leads a dynamic team of individuals
> responsible for the creation, development, implementation, and replication
> of innovative projects and programs throughout a nationwide network of
> affiliates that work to positively affect the education, employment, and
> quality of life of all blind people.
> 
> 
> 
> Lewis has dedicated his leadership skills to the development and growth of
> disability rights organizations that promote independence and improve
> quality of life. Lewis additionally volunteers as a teacher and mentor for
> blind kids, working with promising blind students who, because of limited
> resources and lack of trained professionals to teach them, are
> inappropriately encouraged to pursue special education diplomas. He wants
> blind students to set higher goals for themselves and to receive the
> training and tools they need to acquire the skills to reach their full
> potential.
> 
> 
> 
> Speaking of his personal life, Anil Lewis says that his proudest
> accomplishment is his bright, ambitious son Amari, born in 1997. Balancing
> his many civic responsibilities with his personal life as a father is
> undoubtedly his greatest challenge. His greatest success, he thinks, has
> been overcoming the temptation to subside into becoming an unmotivated,
> self-pitying person with a disability. He thinks his greatest contribution
> so far has been to encourage other people with disabilities to believe in
> themselves and to understand that they can make a difference.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Bonnie Lucas
> 
> President
> 
> National Federation of the Blind of Alaska
> 
> 907-301-6808
> 
> <mailto:nfbofalaska at gmail.com> nfbofalaska at gmail.com
> 
> <mailto:nfbofalaska at gmail.com> nfbalaska.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.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Richard Payne,  President
> 
> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
> 
> 937/829/3368
> 
> <mailto:Rchpay7 at gmail.com> Rchpay7 at gmail.com
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
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