20230225-4 American Council of the Blind of Maryland-2023 Annual Convention Originally Broadcasted February 25, 2023, on ACB Media 8-Keynote Speaker

No Confusion, Just Inclusion

• Our banquet speaker is Gabriel Lopez-Kafati, Access Resource Advisor, Miami Dade College, Miami, FL, and newly elected director on the ACB board: How I Multiplied my Stars

• Door prize!

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20230225-3.2 American Council of the Blind of Maryland-2023 Annual Convention Originally Broadcasted February 25, 2023, on ACB Media 8- ADP, Native American

No Confusion, Just Inclusion

• Panel: audio-describing the universe o Clark Rachfal, Director of Advocacy and Government Affairs, American Council of the Blind, Alexandria, VA o Claire Blome, Principal Science writer o Dr. Kelly Lepo, Education and Outreach Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD

• Door Prize!

• Panel: Blindness and the native American experience in Maryland and around the country o Sondra Burchette, Pasadena, Maryland o DeAnna Quiet water Noriega, Columbia, Missouri

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20230225-3 American Council of the Blind of Maryland-2023 Annual Convention Originally Broadcasted February 25, 2023, on ACB Media 8-Braille, Games

No Confusion, Just Inclusion

• Panel: Braille: Touching the World o Dorlyn Catron, Facilitator, ACB community's Weekend Braille Together and Braille Room, Laurel MD o Vileen Shah, Facilitator, I Love Braille, East ?Bay Center for the Blind, Berkeley, CA o Frank Welte, San Francisco Lighthouse, San Francisco, CA

• Panel: It's game time! o Lucy Edmonds, facilitator, ACB community's Games to Play with Lady A, Lansing MI o Herbie Allen, Houston, TX, to tell us about Dice World o Andy Borka-Entrepreneur o gamer" and Jason Fayre, Assistive Technology Specialist, to show us an accessible flight simulator.

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20230225-2 American Council of the Blind of Maryland-2023 Annual Convention Originally Broadcasted February 25, 2023, on ACB Media 8-Appliances, Paratransit, Origami

No Confusion, Just Inclusion

• Panel: Making your appliances work for you o Jeannie Johnson, Facilitator, It's Electric, Nashville, TN o Terri Nettles, kitchen guru extraordinaire, Silver Spring, MD o Jane Carona, Silver Spring, MD, who keeps buying kitchen appliances in hopes that cooking will become fun!

• Door prize!

• Panel: paratransit and ridesharing o Christiaan Blake, Managing Director, Access Services, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority o Cindy LaBon, President, Capital Area Guide Dog Users, Inc." Gaithersburg, MD

• Fun with Origami-Kaila Allen, Assistive Technology/Activity Facilitator, Future Insights, Mesa, AZ, will show us how to make a sailboat and a house from paper. Please have a few sheets of printer paper ready and get ready for fun with paper folding!

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20230225-1 American Council of the Blind of Maryland-2023 Annual Convention Originally Broadcasted February 25, 2023, on ACB Media 8-Braille-Mental Health

No Confusion, Just Inclusion

• Pre-convention patter by our convention emcees talking about what to expect for the day and recognizing convention sponsors.
• Invocation, Cherokee prayer - Dr. Dennis Seymour, Eastern band Cherokee, Baltimore American Indian Center, Baltimore, MD
• Welcome, Jo Ann Kucic, President, American Council of the Blind of Maryland, Parkville, MD
• Matthew Horspool, General Manager, Braillists Foundation, Teaching Braille to the world
• Door prize!
• Panel: Blindness and Mental health o Miranda Borka, Crisis Lines Clinical Supervisor o Ann Brust, clinical manager, Mobile Crisis Team, Baltimore County Crisis Response Services, Baltimore MD o Pam Shaw, Chair, Mental Health and Wellness Committee, American Council of the Blind, Jenkintown, PA

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20220214-2 RSVA® Welcome to Sagebrush Networking Opportunity!!!

RANDOLPH-SHEPPARD VENDORS OF AMERICA® Celebrating Over fifty years of achievement and advocacy

RSVA® SAGEBRUSH 2022 NATIONAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM TRAINING CONFERENCE Sagebrush 2022: The future Unmasked and Reset

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20220214 RSVA Board of Directors Meeting

RANDOLPH-SHEPPARD VENDORS OF AMERICA® Celebrating Over fifty years of achievement and advocacy

RSVA® SAGEBRUSH 2022 NATIONAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM TRAINING CONFERENCE Sagebrush 2022: The future Unmasked and Reset

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20230209-2 SAGEBRUSH 2024 20230209-2 Awards Luncheon and Afternoon Session Day 4

SAGEBRUSH 2023 CELEBRATING OVER FIFTY YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENT AND ADVOCACY

BETTING ON A BETTER Future RSVA® Sagebrush Awards luncheon:

Moderator: Scott Eggen (MN), RSVA® President

• Motivational speaker: Michael Byington (KS), Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist and President Kansas Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired

  • Presenting "Terry Camardelle and Charlie Carroll Advocacy Scholarship Award and Warren Toyama and George Arsnow Scholarship Award o Herbert Reado (LA), RSVA® Awards Chair

• American Council of the Blind Updates and activities o Eric Bridges (VA), Executive Director, American Council of the Blind Eric shared programs and services provided by the ACB and conference information for upcoming conferences and explained educational opportunities.

• Questions and Answers

• How to advocate about the Randolph-Sheppard Program with political officials and others? o Jeff Thom (CA), RSVA® Advocate and retired attorney o Randall Crosby (FL), FL vendor Participants learned the best ways to share experiences about the importance of the program, the necessity of working together to foster change, and when and how to move issues forward. Attendees also learned one way to make outsiders aware of the program.

• Questions and Answers

• Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. Presentation o Shauna Jatho RN BSN, Clinical Nurse Educator Participants learned how Non24 could affect them and what resources are available.

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20230209-1 SAGEBRUSH 2024 20230209-1 Morning Session Day 4

SAGEBRUSH 2023 CELEBRATING OVER FIFTY YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENT AND ADVOCACY

BETTING ON A BETTER Future

Moderator: Linda Alison (TN), A+ Vending, Sagebrush Committee Member

• How to Move Past the Bureaucracy to get Things Moving o Alan Risk (FL), Compliance Officer, Division of Blind Services, Bureau of Business Enterprise, Florida Department of Education o Karen A Blachowicz (NY), Karen’s Express Vending This panel cited instances where BEP managers and staff have worked together to move things forward quickly and responsibly.

• Questions and Answers

• Food Trucks- Beat Them or Join Them? o Patrick Martin (FL), Live Better, Inc. o Jim Hemmen (WA), Business Enterprise Program Manager, WA State Department of Services for the Blind Speakers described the problems with food trucks running into or near RS facilities and how they have worked to make the situation better.

• Questions and Answers

• United States Blind Golf Association “You don’t have to see it to tee it o Curt Jones (MN), USBGA Curt shared how he became involved in the US Blind Golfers Association and how being involved has helped him. He explained the Friday Golf outing opportunity to learn while interacting with others.

• Questions and Answers

• How Military Dining Lawsuits have prevailed on the side of the RS Program o Jeff Thom (CA), Retired attorney and advocate for Randolph-Sheppard This session highlighted the recent wins by the RS Program in Texas and Hawaii.

• Questions and Answers

• Toastmasters- How it can assist you in Leadership o Sandra Bensen (NV), Summerlin Toastmasters Club Toastmasters has training levels which help people feel more comfortable communicating to others and speaking to audiences.

• Questions and Answers

• Social Security and Medicare Questions Answered o Annie Walters, SSA Public Affairs Specialist Participants learned about the latest updates and changes in Social Security and Medicare. Attendees learned how vendors can use deductions differently for SSA. They received information on retirement.

• Questions and Answers

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20230208-2 SAGEBRUSH 2023 20230208-2 Auction Day 3

SAGEBRUSH 2023 CELEBRATING OVER FIFTY YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENT AND ADVOCACY

BETTING ON A BETTER Future

Sagebrush Auction

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