2022 NFB of Alaska State Convention Audio
Friday, November 4, 2022
- Listen to Treasurers Report by Carmen Jameson
- Listen to David Newman, Alaska State ADA Coordinator
- Website for Alaska ADA Coordinator
- Listen to Jesse Shirek, Making NFB-NEWSLINE® a reality for all print disabled Alaskans
- Web page for NFB Newsline
- Listen to Robert Corvisier, Alaska Human Rights Commission
- Alaska Human Rights
- Listen to Jocelyn Bucaro discuss Accessible ballots from your home
- Website for Tusk Philanthropies
- Listen to Freya Anderson discuss what’s new with the National Library Service
- Website for Talking Books of Alaska
- Listen to Jeff Dick with Challenge alaska discuss Community recreation for Alaskans with disabilities
- Website for Challenge Alaska
- View Video with Tyler Merren discuss making exercise accessible for all
- Listen to Tyler Merren discuss making exercise accessible for all
- Website: ReVisionFitnessApp.com
- Listen to Kevin Whitley
- Listen to Nate Kile
- Listen to Tom Class
- Listen to Charlie Rogge
- Listen to CB Brady, Executive Director, Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Listen to Jeff Yan, Co-Founder of Digication.com
- Digication.com
Blind Alaskans Living the Fit Life They Want!
Saturday November 5
- Listen to Patti Chang with President’s report with initiatives of the National Federation of the Blind
- Listen to Bonnie Lucas, Alaska NFB Affiliate presidential annual report and future projections
- Listen to Michael Lauf discuss Accessible Windows Software and iPhone Apps, All in One Place
- Website for LaufWare Accessible Software and iPhone Apps
- Listen to Raul Gallegos, President of National Association of Guide dog Users
- Website for National Association of Guide Dog users
- Listen to Debbie Wunder, President of diabetes Action Network
- Website for NFB Diabetes Action- Network
- Listen to Glenn Crosby, President of NFB Seniors division
- Website for NFB Seniors Division
- Listen to Chancey Fleet, cutting edge free training and resources from the New York Public Library
- Website for New York Public Library Accessibility
- Listen to Gary Wunder, editor of the NFB Braille Monitor
- Website for NFB Braille Monitor, (flagship publication of the National Federation of the Blind
- Listen to Emily Schlenker, the first blind pharmacology student
- Listen to Tom Class, blind Alaskan living his life as a home owner and fulltime employee
- Listen to Dan Bigley, author of Beyond the Bear, husband, father and director of social service agency
- Listen to Katie Lester, winner of $8,000 NFB national Scholarship
- Listen to Kevin Whitley, Manual skills instructor at the Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Listen to 2022 Elections
- Listen to Banquet Guest speaker, Patti Chang
2021 NFB alaska State Convention Audio and Video
Listen to Alaska State ADA Coordinator David Newman
Listen to Challenge Alaska, (Community recreation for Alaskans with disabilities), Jeff Dick
Listen to Jessica Beecham, President, NFB Sports and Recreation Division, including a fit break
Listen to Tribute to October 15, White Cane Awareness and safety Day
Listen to 2021 Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Nate Kile
Listen to Alaska Human Rights Commission, Robert Corbisier, Executive Director
Listen to Assistive Technology of Alaska-ATLA, Tori Gingras
Listen to Author round table featuring Deborah Kendrick and Judy Dixon
Listen to Guiding Eyes, Mike Goehring, Regional Guide Dog Mobility Instructor
Listen to Way Around tags for labeling virtually anything
Listen to New products from A T Guys, “Your Access Technology Experts
Listen to Katie Lester, TRAILS, ILC, Kenai Peninsula, how it works
Listen to Welcome, Invocation, and annual report by Alaska NFb President bonnie Lucas
Listen to National Report by Terri Rupp, President of Nevada Affiliate and National Board member
Listen to Choosing Training, Kay Robinson
Listen to My blindness Story, Kristine Bradley
Listen to National Association of Blind Students, (NABS), an NFB Division, Nina Marranca, treasurer
Listen to Community Service Division, Jeanetta Price
Listen to Katie Lester summarize resolutions adopted at the 2021 NFB national convention
2020 Convention Audio Highlights
Friday, October 23
- Welcome, NFB Pledge, What is the NFB?
- Update on Alaska Website Accessibility, David Newman, Alaska State ADA Coordinator
- National Library Service Talking Book Library, Freya Anderson
- “>Alaska Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; Duane Mayes, State Director; and Megan Schiele, Director of Blind Services
- NFB NEWS-LINE ®, What is it and how does it work?
Exhibitor Presentations
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals – Information about non-24 condition
- Way Around; Label anything, Jessica Hipp
- AIRA – Use your phone and an agent to do more, Ryan Bishop
- Elegant Insights Braille Creations
- Guiding Eyes; Guide Dogs During a Pandemic, Michael Goehring
Tech Presentations
Saturday, October 24
- Alaska Parents of Blind Children (NOPBC), Q&A
- Invocation by Brian Blair
- National Presidential Report, Anil Lewis; National Representative, Baltimore Maryland
- Song: Beautiful Soul, by Tony Gebhard
- Annual Affiliate Report, Bonnie Lucas, President
- Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Nate Kile, Program Director
- Making Voting Accessible, Lou Ann Blake
- National Association of Blind Students, Robert Parsons
- NFB Centers: Jennifer Wenzel, Director of Admissions, Blind Inc
- 2020 Treasurer’s report
- 2020 Elections
- PAC Plan, How is the Money Used?
- Banquet Address, National Representative, Anil Lewis