Individual Voting for Resolutions, Constitution, and ByLaws (virtual) (Online Only)
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
July 1, 2024
ACB members can vote on proposed Resolutions, Constitution, and By-laws. Members will use their unique voter code to vote.
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
July 1, 2024
ACB members can vote on proposed Resolutions, Constitution, and By-laws. Members will use their unique voter code to vote.
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
July 1, 2024
Delegates will report in Zoom, membership will listen on ACB Media
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
July 5, 2024
8:00 am – 9:30 am
July 6, 2024
Discover the Flight to Freedom story of men, women and children who risked their lives to secure freedom for themselves and their families as they traveled the “southbound underground railway” to St. Augustine in Spanish Florida. Hear the story of the first legally sanctioned free African settlement in what would become the United States. Colonial Fort Mose is brought to life with hands-on artifacts depicting textiles, foods, tools, and toys that Freedom Seekers would have utilized in 1738. DD Stein, Social Studies Teacher, Florida School For The Deaf And The Blind, St. Augustine, FL.
10:00 am – 11:15 am
July 6, 2024
Several ACB leaders will stir up necessary ingredients to spice up your meetings and affiliate activities. Come to the table with a hearty appetite for strategies to deal with ingredients that might not always mix well together. Audience participation will be plentiful during this session.
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
July 6, 2024
Motivational Speaker: Tricia Waechter, CEO, Blind Girl Designs
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
July 6, 2024
Meet Lions from the Knights of the Blind in Washington State as they explain how they teach third-graders about blindness through activities and use of the book “Grandpa’s White Cane.” Active Lions, former Lions, and anyone interested in learning more about becoming a Lion is welcome.
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
July 6, 2024
Do you feel like you’re stretched too thin? Are things falling through the cracks and you don’t know where to turn? Join us as we learn from the experiences of Greg Lindberg, Koni Sims, and John McCann how they manage and balance their personal and professional responsibilities.
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
July 6, 2024
Learn iPhone and Android tips for entrepreneurs, hear about various apps and how to use them effectively.
8:30 am – 9:30 am
July 7, 2024
From high school to full-time Internet radio – how The Radio Storm, a free-form home-based radio station, came to be. Presenters: Michael and Angela McCarty, Kentucky School for the Blind Alumni and life members of the Kentucky Council of the Blind, Louisville, KY.
10:00 am – 11:15 am
July 7, 2024
ACB leaders will stir up more activities to guide session participants in running productive meetings and planning activities to include all members.
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
July 7, 2024
Learn what it’s like to live and work in Pakistan through one man’s recent journey to become an attorney. Learn about the role of culture and family, challenges and successes, and more. Presenter: Syed Waqas Ali Shah, Peshawar P.K.K., Pakistan. Co-sponsored by AAVIA and IRC
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
July 7, 2024
What is an advance medical directive? How can you get prepared and have those hard discussions with family and friends? Have you adequately planned for the disposition of your estate and for your own wishes? We will discuss these and other important issues involved in making final arrangements.
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
July 7, 2024
Find out from St. Mary’s University Law School professor about the significant decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court in its 2023-24 term and its work generally. Presenter: Prof. Bill Piatt, San Antonio, TX
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
July 7, 2024
9:00 am – 10:15 am
July 8, 2024
It is always a roller coaster ride when it comes to the world of federal legislation, and this year is no exception. Join ACB advocacy staff as they whirl us through the topsy-turvy landscape of federal legislation in 2024 as it relates to blindness and low vision. In addition, be ready to share any accomplishments that your affiliate had this year in working on state legislation.
9:00 am – 10:15 am
July 8, 2024
Intergenerational collaboration can lead to more inclusive and sustainable solutions by incorporating diverse perspectives and experiences. Join us as a generation-inclusive panel talks about their involvement with ACB, today’s cultural/political climate, and how advocacy efforts might be adapted to incorporate these changes. During this session, NextGen leader Amanda selm and long-time ACB member Peter Altschul will engage in live conversations with ACB members who come from diverse backgrounds to gain a better understanding of their advocacy-related experiences and perspectives.
10:30 am – 11:45 am
July 8, 2024
Join a panel of disability rights attorneys as they discuss an array of issues from current case law that directly impacts the lives of people who are blind or have low vision. Be ready with questions about legal topics that relate specifically to people with vision loss.
10:30 am – 11:45 am
July 8, 2024
This panel will focus on how to insure state agencies administering the Randolph-Sheppard vending facility program work to ensure that blind vendors will be awarded military dining facility sites and keep their programs moving forward. The panel will discuss how state agency staff can be more entrepreneurial in their efforts to get new vending facility locations and help blind vendors to be more entrepreneurial, as well. The panel will also discuss what steps can be taken for elected committees of blind vendors and state agencies to work together for the best interests of the program and the vendors within it.
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
July 8, 2024
Join us for a roundtable session where we share how we radiate confidence in everyday situations. We’ll discuss techniques for shopping to find the products that help you best project your image, exploring your personal style, and navigating social outings. Together we will embrace looking how we feel as people with low vision.
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
July 8, 2024
Emotional intelligence is the capacity to be aware of and express one’s emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically. This session is a discussion about what emotional intelligence is, how we apply it, and how it influences our communication styles.
9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
July 8, 2024
Share some of your original work or just come listen. Family-friendly, please. Moderated by: Carla Hayes, McMurray, PA.
7:30 am – 8:15 am
July 9, 2024
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
July 9, 2024
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
July 9, 2024
As in years past, we will once again get to listen to and ask questions of a wonderful talking book narrator, Mare Trevathan, who records at both Books to Life and Talking Book Publishers Inc. She is a perennial favorite and is likely to read a bit from a couple of her long list of NLS titles. Come early because this is frequently standing room only.
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
July 9, 2024
Discussion of the new standards of care for diabetes for 2024. This session will focus on updates in diabetes care and management. We will highlight new drugs to market and delve into navigating the ongoing shortages of GLP1 medications. Updates will be provided on continuous glucose monitor technology, including the newly approved Stelo Glucose Biosensor system by Dexcom, available OTC, without a prescription. Insulin pumps and automated insulin delivery system advances will also be presented. There will be ample time for open discussion and questions and answers.
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
July 9, 2024
Lisa Murdock, ADA’s Chief Advocacy Officer, and Lynn Starr, JDRF’s Chief Global Advocacy Officer, will share their respective organizations legislative priorities for 2024, inclusive of what is being done to make durable medical equipment (DME) fully accessible. Join ACB Diabetics in Action for what promises to be a stimulating conversation about advocating for the rights of individuals living with diabetes and vision loss!
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
July 9, 2024
Come and speak with the Director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Jason Broughton. He will update us on changes at the National Library Service and answer our questions on what we can expect in the years to come.
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
July 9, 2024
This year, we feature both type 1 and type 2 diabetics, plus a spouse who discusses supporting someone who is diabetic.
5:30 pm – 6:45 pm
July 9, 2024
There’s the occasional Mental Health Day, but if you really want to experience what it’s like to live in Mental Health and well being, come to this event.
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
July 10, 2024
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
July 10, 2024
Jacksonville, Florida, has a rich and diverse history. The experience of African-Americans in Jacksonville was unique, home of the renowned poet James Weldon Johnson and his brother, John Rosamund Johnson, who together wrote the Black National Anthem (Lift Every Voice and Sing), and home of one of the few free Black communities established under Spanish rule and maintained until its relocation to Oklahoma. Come and learn about the stories and events you may never have heard before. The Multi-Cultural Affairs Committee invites you to join us on this journey.
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
July 10, 2024
This session will explore how a person can advocate for themselves individually, or how a larger group can advocate at a local or national level to bring about widespread change. Advocacy can occur at an individual level, work to advance change in legislation, bring legal action, or bring together a whole community to amplify an issue. This session will explore the numerous tactics and venues that can be used to advocate for change.
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
July 10, 2024
Continue with us on our odyssey through the history of Jacksonville. Come interact with a panel of diverse voices shaping the community of Jacksonville today, “the new, bold city of the south.”
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
July 10, 2024
8:30 am – 1:00 pm
July 11, 2024
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
July 11, 2024
Keynote Speaker: Judge David S. Tatel Author of Vision A Memoir of Blindness and Justice, one of America’s most accomplished public servants and legal thinkers – who spent years denying and working around his blindness, before finally embracing it as an essential part of his identity. Judge David Tatel served on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1994 to earlier this year. After graduating from the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago Law School, he served as the founding director of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and then director of the National Lawyers Committee. He headed the Office for Civil Rights of the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare during the Carter administration and then founded and led the education practice at Hogan Lovells, where he is now Senior Counsel. Judge Tatel is a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In the past, he co-chaired the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Science, Technology and Law, and chaired the boards of The Spencer Foundation and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
8:15 pm – 8:55 pm
July 11, 2024
Keynote Speaker: Judge David S. Tatel Author of Vision A Memoir of Blindness and Justice, one of America’s most accomplished public servants and legal thinkers – who spent years denying and working around his blindness, before finally embracing it as an essential part of his identity. Judge David Tatel served on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1994 to earlier this year. After graduating from the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago Law School, he served as the founding director of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and then director of the National Lawyers Committee. He headed the Office for Civil Rights of the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare during the Carter administration and then founded and led the education practice at Hogan Lovells, where he is now Senior Counsel. Judge Tatel is a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In the past, he co-chaired the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Science, Technology and Law, and chaired the boards of The Spencer Foundation and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.