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

[Kirk]

I am really glad to here this Marion! I believe you  will be a great asset 
to these discussions! Your friend in the cause, KH
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> Kirk,
>    Thanks for sending this on to us! I will definitely take part!
>
> Marion
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> ----- 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
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>> 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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