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