20220430-3 Illinois Council of the Blind 20220430-3 Evening Session - Banquet Day 2

• ICB Banquet o Banquet Speaker – Kerry Miller & John Meehan, Alton Historian

• Presentation of Awards & 50/50 Raffle Winner Presented

• Memorial Service – Remembering ICB members, friends and guide dogs who have passed on over since our last convention.

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20220430-2 Illinois Council of the Blind 20220430-2 Afternoon Session Day 2

• Keeping Track of Mental Health – Lis Phillips
• You’re Blind or Visually Impaired and Want to Buy a Home, what is Involved? –Ray and Karyn Campbell
• Democracy Live & Advocacy stateside, what issues are important to us in Illinois?
• A FUN and INTERACTIVE Approach to Advocacy 101 –Role Play

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20220430-1 Illinois Council of the Blind 20220430-1 Morning Session Day 2

• ACB Update and Hitting it Hard in 2022 – David Trott, ACB Representative

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20220429-2 Afternoon Session Day 1

• ICB Business o Credentials Report o Nominating Committee Report o First Reading of Constitution and Bylaws Amendments

• What is the REAL ID, and do I need to have one? Protecting yourself against SCAMS! – Ann Ashby, Representative from Illinois Secretary of State’s Office

• BBS Update
• Library Update – Joe Natale, State Interim Librarian
• ICB Candidates Forum

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20220429-1 Illinois Council of the Blind 20220429-1 Morning Session Day 1

• High Tech Talk - Ray Campbell o Discussing favorite apps and websites o answering technology questions

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The Hawaii Association of the Blind Celebrates its 55th Annual Virtual State Convention Theme: “Traveling Thru Barriers” Saturday, March 5, 2022

• General Business Lead by Art Cabanilla
• Electing of Ifficers and new board members
• Alaska Airlines-How Alaska Air has made travel accessible for the Blind- Ray Prentice
• Door prizes
• Tribute to Landa Phelan
• New Landa Phelan Award introduced by Art Cabanilla
• In Memory of Landa Phelan
• Letters of proclamation.
• US senator - Mazie Hirono
• Senator Donald Kouchi
• Mayor - Rick Blangiardi
• Door Prizes
• Award Ceremony - Art Cabanilla
  • Library for the Blind and Print Disabled
  • Ho’opono Services for the Blind
  • DOE By Districts
• Keynote address given by David Trott, ACB treasurer
• Special Awards/Recognition-Lead by Art Cabanilla
  • HAB Sighted Support Member Volunteer award, will be read by Mona Yamada. Art Cabanilla will present this Award to Beth Flormata
  • Eva Smyth Award will be read by Mona Yamada. Art Cabanilla will present this Award to Natalie Barrett.
  • Thank you gift: Art Cabanilla presents Ukulele to David Trott
• Closing Remarks - Art Cabanilla
• “Hawaii Aloha” Sung by: Kamehameha School students
• Meeting Adjourned

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The Hawaii Association of the Blind Celebrates its 55th Annual Virtual State Convention Theme: “Traveling Thru Barriers” Saturday, March 5, 2022

• I can connect Leah Neumann
• “Tips and Tricks” Presentation Amy Downard, Chloe Rose & Leah Neumann

• HAB Blind Travelers panel Discussion Panelist: Natalie Barrett, Onkar Nerurkar, Vickie Kennedy, Dr. Onder Islek, Crata Mizutani, and Skayboy Sonis. Questions to Adults on Panel: When traveling what obstacles did you have to overcome in order to get from point A to point B? How did you overcome those obstacles? What resolutions did you come to? What advocacy issues do you currently face? What stage of resolution are you currently in? Questions for our Youths on the Panel: Other than going from classroom to classroom, do you use your cane when you’re outside of your school or home? If yes, what types of obstacles have you faced when navigating outside of your school or home? In school have you faced any barriers when using technology? If yes, what are they? Are you the only blind student in your school? When covid-19 hit Hawai’i shortly after spring break were you given access to assistive technology that you were currently using in school? If not what steps if any have you taken to request for access to assistive technology?

• ACB National Report, ACB Convention treasurer, David Trott

• Door prizes
• HAB Commercial Love is Blind
• HAB Who We Are Commercial
• HAB radio PSA
• HAB Blind Youth Commercial

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The Hawaii Association of the Blind Celebrates its 55th Annual Virtual State Convention Theme: “Traveling Thru Barriers” Saturday, March 5, 2022

• National Anthem: “Star Spangled Banner”
• State Anthem: “Hawaii Pono’i”, Sung by: Kamehameha School students
• Morning Invocation by Myles Tamashiro
• Wwlcoming remarks by President Art Cabanilla
• Mustress of Ceremony for the day Kyle Lacansay
• Maureen Sheedy HAB Secretary, who will read the ACB Welcoming Resolution.
• Hawaii State Librarian Baron Baroza and Library for the Blind and Print Disabled, Managing director, Matthew Brown
• Ho’opono Center for the Blind, Orientation Center and Field-Services, Supervisor Lea Dias
• DVR Administrator, Maureen Bates
• D.O.E. Report given by Michelle Arakawa, D.O.E. office of Student Support &Services
• Associate Professor University of Hawaii Dr. Brett Oppegaard Update on the Uni Description Project
• Traveling Research Professor sharing his research project of gathering ideas of meeting the needs of Blind Youth in Turkey Dr. Onder Islek
• Door prizes.

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2022 Annual Conference and Convention February 25-26, 2022

A mighty little state with a wealth of history and resources

• Virtual banquet Everyone will have a chance to tell us what they’re having for their virtual banquet dinner, and there’ll be time for more door prizes! Banquet speaker: Tamara Rorie, Arlington, VA, [email protected], traversing the trichotomy between race, disability and gender

• ACB of Maryland annual auction Featuring local radio personality Reverend Ray Raysor as our auctioneer extraordinaire, ably assisted by Jane Carona who will describe the over 36 exciting auction items

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2022 Annual Conference and Convention February 25-26, 2022

A mighty little state with a wealth of history and resources

• Tracey Neikirk, Museum Operations Coordinator, Annapolis Maritime Museum, Annapolis, MD, [email protected]

• Linda Harris, Director of Events, Harriet Tubman Museum, Cambridge, MD, [email protected]

• Panel: low vision technology and daily life Jerry Marindin, Freedom Scientific, Clearwater, FL, [email protected] and Larry, Cohen, Leader, Leisure World Vision support group and alumnus of the Hines VA blindness center, Silver Spring, MD, [email protected] and Denise Wyatt, COMS, Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind, Silver Spring, MD, [email protected]

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