[Nfbf-l] Fw: Training on Service Animals and Public Transportation

[Marion & Martin]

Kirk,
    Thanks for sending this on to us! I will definitely take part!

Marion


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kirk" <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
To: "sheila" <sayoung125 at att.net>; "Shelley Justice" <seabelle913 at att.net>; 
"Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 8:51 PM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] Fw: Training on Service Animals and Public Transportation


> Hello all, I am just passing this along for anyone that might be 
> interested in this topic!  I have been trying to get people involved with 
> this crucial conference call meeting that will be going on for the next 2 
> weeks for us to be able to interact with government officials from our 
> National levels as well as State, and local to discuss how we can improve 
> transportation for Seniors, low income users, ETC! This is the first time 
> ever that our government officials that are leading our national programs 
> will listen to us, the users, to try to formulate a program to 
> specifically utilize what we tell them during the next 2 weeks about how 
> we, the users, feel should be done to make our transportation work not for 
> them, but for us! I am truly excited about this interaction with us and 
> them! Please try to sign up and be a part of what is being discussed and 
> let them here your thoughts on this important topic! I am also asking you 
> to forward this to all of your blind and disabled friends so
> they, too, may participate in this exciting conference  meeting! Your 
> friend in the cause, KirkP.S. I am following this e-mail with another that 
> has the direct information about the confeerence for anyone that would 
> like to check it out further!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Joann Hutchinson
> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 5:07 PM
> Subject: Training on Service Animals and Public Transportation
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> Project ACTION audio conference will address service animals and public 
> transportation
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> Easter Seals Project ACTION is pleased to announce a Nov. 18 distance 
> learning event, "Promising Practices and Solutions in Accessible 
> Transportation: Service Animals and Public Transportation." This one-hour 
> program will begin at 2 p.m. EST and is an audio conference, meaning 
> access requires only a telephone line. The program is part of ESPA's new 
> Promising Practices and Solutions in Accessible Transportation (PPSAT) 
> series and will feature Donna Smith, Project ACTION training manager, who 
> will discuss current requirements under the Americans with Disabilities 
> Act and promising practices from the transportation industry for 
> accommodating customers with service animals on public transportation.
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> For more information, see the ESPA Web site at www.projectaction.org and 
> find the event on its Calendar:
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> http://projectaction.easterseals.com/site/Calendar/1098549204?view=Detail&id=29601
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> Jo Ann Hutchinson
> Coordination-UWR Ambassador Region 4
> National Resource Center for Human
>  Service Transportation Coordination
> Community Transportation Association
>  of America
> Email:  hutchinson at ctaa.org
> Web:  www.ctaa.org/nrc/region4
> Web:  www.nrctransportation.org
> Web:  www.unitedweride.gov
> Phone: 1.800.891.0590, Ext. 730
> Fax:     1.850.627-7664
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