20230305-2 ACB Presidents’ Meeting, Day Two Originally Broadcasted in English on ACB Media 6, and in Spanish on ACB Media 7

• Affiliate Highlights - The State Convention of the Future, What Will It Look Like? o Moderator:

• Ray Campbell, President, Illinois Council of the Blind, Springfield, IL. o Panelists:

• Casey Dutmer, President, Michigan Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired, Wyoming, MI

• Cecily Laney Nipper, President, Georgia Council of the Blind, Covington, GA

• Jeanne Johnson, President, Tennessee Council of the Blind, Nashville, TN.

• What’s New with ACB Media: Introducing the ACB Media Support Committee – Expanding ACB Media In 2023 o Rachel Schroeder, ACB Media Support Committee Chair, Springfield, IL o Rick Morin, ACB Media and IT Manager, Waltham, MA o Larry Gassman, ACB Media Coordinator, Fullerton, CA

• Connection Show #6 o Cindy Hollis, ACB Membership Services Director, Flat Rock, MI o Lucy Edmonds, Community Support Committee Chair, Lansing, MI

• Introducing the New ACB Board Members Elected In 2021 And 2022 o Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL o Meet Gabriel Lopez Kafati - ACB Board of Director Elected In 2022: Access Resource Advisor, Miami Lakes, FL

• Update on ACB 2023 Conference and Convention o Janet Dickelman, ACB Convention Committee Chair, Saint Paul, MN • 2023 Voting, Resolutions and Constitution and Bylaws Convention Approach o Report from the Resolutions Task Force (3.0) Committee:

• Ray Campbell, ACB Second Vice President, Springfield, IL

• Deb Cook Lewis, ACB First Vice President, Clarkston, WA

• Gabe Griffith, Resolutions Committee Chair, Concord, CA o Report from Voting Task Force (3.0) Committee:

• Patrick Sheehan, Silver Spring, MD

• Jeff Thom, Sacramento, CA
• Koni Sims, Sioux Falls, SD o Report from Constitution and Bylaws Committee: o John McCann, Tucson, AZ • Get Up and Get Moving Presentation: Connecting with Affiliates to Promote Good Health and Fitness o Koni Sims, ACB Board of Director, Sioux Falls, SD o Dan Dillon, Get Up and Get Moving Committee, Hermitage, TN o Mary Lee Turner, Portland, OR

• What’s New with Audio Description: Meet New ADP Coordinator Tabitha Kenlon o Joel Snyder, ADP Founder and Senior Consultant, Takoma Park, MD o Tabitha Kenlon, ADP Coordinator, Fredericksburg, VA • Wrap-Up o Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL

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20230305-1 ACB Presidents’ Meeting, Day Two Originally Broadcasted in English on ACB Media 6, and in Spanish on ACB Media 7

• Connection Show #4 o Cindy Hollis, ACB Membership Services Director, Flat Rock, MI o Lucy Edmonds, Community Support Committee Chair, Lansing, MI

• Welcome Back for Day Two o Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL o Eric Bridges, ACB Executive Director, Alexandria, VA

• Introducing the New ACB Board Members Elected In 2021 And 2022 o Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL o Meet Terry Pacheco - ACB Board of Director Elected In 2022, Alternate and Accessibility Format Specialist, Silver Spring, MD

• MAPSP Pilot Mentoring Program in Full Swing! Who Moved My Cheese? Dealing With Change o MAPSP Panelists:

• Kenneth Semien Sr., DKM Committee Chair, Beaumont, TX

• Cheryl Cumings, MCAC Chair, Seattle, WA

• Donna Brown, Berl Colley Leadership Institute Chair, Romney, WV; And Donna Browning, Membership Services Committee, Alexandria, VA o Guides & Explorers:

• Ray Campbell, Springfield, IL, Kelsey Nicolay, Medina, OH

• Jeff Thom, Sacramento, CA And Lisa Sled, Detroit, MI

• Introducing the New ACB Board Members Elected In 2021 And 2022 o Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL o Meet Rachel Schroeder - ACB Board of Director Elected In 2022, Assistive Technology Specialist, Springfield, IL

• Connection Show #5 o Cindy Hollis, ACB Membership Services Director, Flat Rock, MI o Lucy Edmonds, Community Support Committee Chair, Lansing, MI

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20230304-2 Presidents’ Meeting - Day One Originally Broadcasted in English on ACB Media 6, and in Spanish on ACB Media 7

• The Fine Art of Delegation: Presented by the Berl Colley Leadership Training Committee o Facilitator:

• Matt Selm, President, Kentucky Council of the Blind, Louisville KY

• Doug Powell, President, American Council of the Blind of Virginia, Falls Church, VA o Panelists:

• Julie Brannon, President, Washington Council of the Blind, Puyallup, WA

• Ardis Bazyn, Chair, ACB Membership Committee, Burbank, CA

• Earlene Hughes, President, Blind Information Technology Specialists, West Lafayette, IN.

• Introducing the New ACB Board Members Elected In 2021 And 2022 o Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL o Meet Koni Sims - ACB Board of Director Elected In 2021, Medical Massage Practitioner, Sioux Falls, SD

• Connection Show #3 o Cindy Hollis, ACB Membership Services Director, Flat Rock, MI o Lucy Edmonds, Community Support Committee Chair, Lansing, MI 

* Sponsor Presentations o Eric Bridges, ACB Executive Director, Arlington, VA

• Keynote Speaker o Sharon Giovinazzo, CEO, San Francisco Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, San Francisco, CA

• ACB 2022 “A Year to Remember” Highlight Video

• DKM First-Timers Program and Leadership Fellows Awards for 2023 o Kenneth Semien Sr., DKM Fund Committee Chair, Beaumont, TX o Zelda Gebhard, DKM Fund Committee Vice Chair, Edgeley, ND; And Amanda Selm, DKM Fund Committee, Louisville, KY

• Updates from the ACB Board of Publications (BOP) o Katie Frederick, ACB Board of Publications Chair, Columbus, OH o Penny Reeder, ACB Board of Publications member, Montgomery Village, MD o Cachet Wells, ACB Board of Publications member, Jacksonville, FL

• What’s New with the ACB Community o Cindy Hollis, ACB Membership Services Director, Flat Rock, MI o Lucy Edmonds, Community Support Committee Chair, Lansing, MI

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20230304-1 Presidents’ Meeting - Day One Originally Broadcasted in English on ACB Media 6, and in Spanish on ACB Media 7

• Connection Show #1 o Cindy Hollis, ACB Membership Services Director, Flat Rock, MI o Lucy Edmonds, Community Support Committee Chair, Lansing, MI

• Opening Remarks o Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL o Eric Bridges, ACB Executive Director, Alexandria, VA

• Introducing the New ACB Board Members Elected In 2021 And 2022 o Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL o Meet Chris Bell ACB Board of Director and Retired Attorney, Pittsboro, NC

• Multicultural Affairs Committee Presentation: Disability Rights and Civil Rights Are Human Rights – Understanding the Synergies in the Battle for Human Rights o Kim Forde-Mazrui, Mortimer M. Caplin Professor of Law Director, Center for the Study of Race and Law, University of Virginia o Cheryl Cumings, MCAC Chair, Seattle, WA

• Introducing the New ACB Board Members Elected In 2021 And 2022 o Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL o Meet Kenneth Semien Sr - ACB Board of Director Elected In 2021, Retired AT&T Manager, Beaumont, TX

• Connection Show #2 o Cindy Hollis, ACB Membership Services Director, Flat Rock, MI o Lucy Edmonds, Community Support Committee Chair, Lansing, MI 

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20230225-5 American Council of the Blind of Maryland-2023 Annual Convention Originally Broadcasted February 25, 2023, on ACB Media 8-Auction

No Confusion, Just Inclusion

• ACB of Maryland annual live Auction-If you've ever attended an ACB of Maryland auction, you know it can get a bit rowdy, but it's all in a spirit of fun and camaraderie. Come and join us and bid on one or more of our amazing lists of items.

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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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