Details & Info: NFB Community Service Seminar at National Convention.

Community Service Seminar Agenda

Attitude

Monday July 1, 2013

Salon 16, Second Level

8pm-10pm

Registration begins at 7:45pm

8:00 - 10:00 pm, Salon 16, level 2 (registration begins at 7:45 pm)

8:00: Welcome

Darian Smith, chairperson, Community Service Group

8:05: Service: From Requirement to Passion

Kaiti Shelton, secretary, Ohio Association of Blind Students, Cincinnati, Ohio

8:15: Championing Service: The Streams of Service and the Doors They Open

Hue Jacobs, State Program Specialist, Corporation for National and Community

Service, Florida State Office

John (Jack) Jordan, Private Attorney and Former AmeriCorps Member 

8:35: Group Gain and Give Back (pick a group and be ready to share your findings)

1. How to get your chapter involved in service projects via buy-in and teamwork

Mary Ann Mendez, board member, North Central Chapter, National Federation of

the Blind of Louisiana, Ruston, Louisiana

2. Working with difficult agencies/being turned away

Arielle Silverman, board member, Boulder Valley chapter, National Federation of

the Blind of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

            3. Further discussion on national service programs

            Hue Jacobs

8:55: Fostering a Culture of Service: How a Blindness Agency Involves the Blind in

Serving the Community

Jamey Gump, Youth Service Coordinator, Lighthouse for the blind and visually impaired, San Francisco, California

9:05: Equal Rights, Equal Responsibility, Equal Service

Anil Lewis, Director of Advocacy and Policy, National Federation of the Blind,

Baltimore, Maryland

9:15: From Roofs to Reception Desks: How Self-advocacy’s the Key

            Kathryn Webster, Greenwich, Connecticut

Somaya Tarin, secretary, Arizona Association of Blind Students, Mesa, Arizona

9:30: Success in AmeriCorps, Success in the Federation

            Sam Gleese, board member, National Federation of the Blind; president, National

Federation of the Blind of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi

9:40: The Skills Get Me Ready, the Desire Makes Me Willing, the Philosophy Says I’m

Able

            Tony Olivero, Chair, Research and Development Committee, National Federation

of the Blind; legislative coordinator, National Federation of the Blind of

Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska

9:50: Wrap up 

Darian Smith, chairperson, Community Service Group