Convention Agenda for Saturday, November 7, 2020
Convention Agenda for Saturday, November 7, 2020
Closed captions will be provided for all General Session events. You can view them in the Zoom interface or via the StreamText website.
to : Resolutions Committee, Part 2
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This is a continuation of Friday's meeting. Jennifer Dunnam, Chairperson
to : Saturday Morning General Session
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- 9:00 AM—Welcome and Call to Order
- 9:05 AM—It Takes a Nation: A Report from Our National Representative; Mark Riccobono, President, National Federation of the Blind
- 9:45 AM—Celebrating 100 Years of History in Sound, Part 2
- 10:00 AM—Building our Future at BLIND Inc. and Beyond; Jennifer Kennedy, Executive Director, Blindness: Learning in New Dimensions (BLIND), Inc.
- 10:30 AM—100 Years of Rehabilitation and Counting; Natasha Jerde, Director, State Services for the Blind
- 10:45 AM—Q&A
- 10:50 AM—Fit Break; Kyle Hanneman, Fitness Consultant
- 10:55 AM—My Life and My Journeys; Michele Gittens, Member, NFBMN Metro Chapter
- 11:10 AM—Teaching Minnesota's Blind Students in a Pandemic; Aaron Barnes, Supervisor for Workforce and Low Incidence Disabilities, Minnesota Department of Education
- 11:20 AM—Q&A
- 11:25 AM—Education and Perspective from the Minnesota State Academy for the Blind; John Davis, Director and Terry Wilding, Superintendent,
Minnesota State Academy for the Blind - 11:40 AM—The Lessons of Saturday School; The NFBMN Players
- 11:45 AM—An Update from the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library; Catherine Durivage, Library Program Director
- 11:55 AM—Q&A
- 12:00 PM—Adjourn
to : BLIND, Inc. Virtual Luncheon
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Please join the students and staff of Blindness: Learning in New Dimensions (BLIND), Inc. as we celebrate the progress and accomplishments of our consumer-directed training center rooted in Federation philosophy. Jennifer Kennedy, Executive Director
to : Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Association of Blind Students
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Samantha Flax, President
to : Annual Meeting of the National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota Seniors Division
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Judy Sanders, President
to : Blind Parents Discussion Group
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Briley O'Connor, Facilitator
to : Minnesota Chat
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to : Saturday Afternoon General Session
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- 3:45 PM—Call to Order
- 3:50 PM—Raising the White Cane; The NFBMN Players
- 3:55 PM—A Conversation with Long-time Leaders: Decades of Accomplishments; Joyce Scanlan, NFBMN Past President and Tom Scanlan, NFBMN Past Treasurer
- 4:20 PM—Celebrating 100 Years of History in Sound, Part 3
- 4:35 PM—Presidential Report; Ryan Strunk, NFBMN President
- 4:50 PM—Voices of Federationists
- 5:00 PM—Adjourn
to : Keynote Address
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- Corbb O'Connor and Judy Sanders, Emcees
- Invocation: Lisa Larges
- Voices of Federationists
- Presentation of Awards
- Scholarship Class: Steve Jacobson
- Essay Contest: Kathy McGillivray, Minnesota Bulletin Editor
- The Lessons of Saturday School; The NFBMN Players
- Keynote Address: Mark Riccobono, President, National Federation of the Blind