20200707 010 Morning General Session - a podcast by American Council of the Blind

Tuesday, July 7
9:30a.m.: ACB Welcome Show
10:00a.m.: Invocation: Deb Trevino, Newark, DE
Pledge of Allegiance: JPMorgan Chase Fellows: Koni Sims, Sioux Falls, SD; and Wanda Denise Williford, Trenton, NJ
10:10a.m.: ACB Business:
ACB Sponsor Recognitions: Margarine Beaman, Advertising and Sponsorship Coordinator, Austin, TX
Diamond Sponsor Presentation: JPMorgan Chase
Emerald Sponsor Presentation: Charter Communications, Petr Kucheryavyy, Sr. Manager Accessibility Center of Excellence, Denver, CO
ACB Angel Presentations:
Joel Bauer (1943 – 2018), Missouri
Dee Wilmot Youngblut Clayton (1937 – 2020), North Carolina
Presiding Officer: Ray Campbell, Second Vice President, Glen Ellyn, IL
10:45a.m.: Information, Referral and Peer Support Program: Claire Stanley, Advocacy and Outreach Specialist, Alexandria, VA
11:10a.m.: Scholarship Presentations:
Carmen Guzman, Celebration, FL, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL (R. I. Gillette, Gladys C. Anderson and Karen D. Carsel Scholarship)
Nicolas Spohn, Manheim, PA, Penn State, Harrisburg, Middletown, PA (Kelly Cannon and Paul and Ellen Ruckes Scholarship)
Traci Jones, Longmont CO, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Washington, DC (Norma Schecter and Doctor Duane Buckley Scholarship)
Thandra Ritchie, Muskatine, IA, Saint Ambrose University, Davenport, IA (John Hebner Scholarship)
11:30a.m.: Break
11:45a.m.: American Foundation for the Blind: Kirk Adams, President and CEO, Arlington, VA
12:05p.m.: Audio/Video Presentation: Ten Years of the CVAA, What’s Next for People Who are Blind, Deaf, and Deafblind for Accessing Telecommunications and Audio Description: U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Audio Description Project Achievement Awards and Update: Kim Charlson, ADP Co-Chair, Watertown, MA; Carl Richardson, ADP Co-Chair, Boston, MA; Jeff Thom, ADP Awards Committee Chair, Sacramento, CA; and Joel Snyder, Director, Audio Description Project, Takoma Park, MD
12:35p.m.: Foundation Fighting Blindness: Benjamin Shaberman, Senior Director of Scientific Outreach, Columbia, MD
12:50p.m.: Door Prizes and Announcements

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