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20230304-1 Presidents’ Meeting - Day One - Spanish

Originally Broadcasted in English on ACB Media 6, and in Spanish on ACB Media 7

April 6, 2023

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 

  • 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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