ACB Conference and Convention
ACB Conference and Convention

20200709 090 ACBF Summer Camp Stories

American Council of the Blind (ACB) 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention

July 10, 2020

20200709 090 ACBF Summer Camp Stories American Council of the Blind (ACB) 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention

20200709 100 Bookshare Office Hours

American Council of the Blind (ACB) 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention

July 10, 2020

20200709 100 Bookshare Office Hours American Council of the Blind (ACB) 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention

20200709 130 An Evening with ACB: Advocacy Bootcamp

American Council of the Blind (ACB) 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention

July 10, 2020

American Council of the Blind (ACB) 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention 20200709 130 An Evening with ACB: Advocacy Bootcamp

20200708 002 Digital Daily

American Council of the Blind (ACB) 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention

July 9, 2020

20200708 002 Digital Daily American Council of the Blind (ACB) 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention

20200708 005 Convention Connect before Morning General Session

American Council of the Blind (ACB) 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention

July 9, 2020

20200708 005 Convention Connect before Morning General Session American Council of the Blind (ACB) 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention

20200708 010 Morning General Session

American Council of the Blind (ACB) 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention

July 9, 2020

Wednesday, July 8 9:30a.m.: ACB Welcome Show 10:00a.m.: Invocation: Mary Haupt, Baton Rouge, LA Pledge of Allegiance: DKM First Timers', Merisa Musemic, Sterling Heights, MI; and Sara Freeman Smith, Houston, TX 10:10a.m.: ACB Business: ACB Sponsor Recognitions: Margarine Beaman, Advertising and Sponsorship Coordinator, Austin, TX Diamond Sponsor Presentation: Vanda Pharmaceuticals: Leslie McNeil, Nurse Educator, Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Scottsdale AZ ACB Angel Presentations: Dick Seifert (1948 – 2020) Arkansas Presiding Officer: Denise Colley, Secretary, Lacey, WA 10:45a.m.: Convention Report: Janet Dickelman, Convention Coordinator, St. Paul, MN 11:00a.m.: CCLVI Scholarship Presentations: David Trott, Chair, Talladega, AL 11:15a.m.: ACB Scholarship Presentations: Meghan Downing, Santa Barbara, CA, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA (Floyd Qualls Scholarship) Veronica Hyatt, Fruitland Park, FL, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Floyd Qualls Scholarship) Amanda Lannan, Maitland, FL, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (Floyd Qualls Scholarship) Maria Sanders, Bartonville, IL, Bradley University, Peoria, IL (Floyd Qualls Scholarship) Edward Shaham, Hartford, CT, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (Floyd Qualls Scholarship) 11:30a.m.: Break 11:45a.m.: "You Say Puh-Tay-Toe…I Say Whatever NLS Tells Me to Say." Erin Jones, Talking Book Narrator, American Printing House for the Blind, Louisville, KY 12:15p.m.: Julie Tye, President, Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Winnetka, IL 12:30p.m.: 30th Anniversary of the ADA: Paul Edwards, Miami, FL; and Christopher Bell, Pittsboro, NC 12:45p.m.: 20th Anniversary Presentation: Gabriel Lopez Kafati, President, Blind Pride International, Miami, FL 12:50p.m.: Door Prizes and Announcements

20200708 015 Convention Connect after Morning General Session

American Council of the Blind (ACB) 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention

July 9, 2020

20200708 015 Convention Connect after Morning General Session American Council of the Blind (ACB) 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention

20200708 020 CCLVI Hadley 2.0

American Council of the Blind (ACB) 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention

July 9, 2020

20200708 020 CCLVI Hadley 2.0 American Council of the Blind (ACB) 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention

20200708 030 LUA/BRL/FIA Program: BARD and BARD Express

American Council of the Blind (ACB) 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention

July 9, 2020

20200708 030 LUA/BRL/FIA Program: BARD and BARD Express American Council of the Blind (ACB) 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention

20200708 040 ACB Women: Sister Power Presentation

American Council of the Blind (ACB) 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention

July 9, 2020

20200708 040 ACB Women: Sister Power Presentation American Council of the Blind (ACB) 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention