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July 11, 2024
Kids Explorers Club – Surge (City Terrace 6)
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July 11, 2024
Wall to wall trampolines, flying trapeze, foam pit, dodgeball, battle beam, rock climbing wall, and basketball dunking lanes. A fun place to jump and burn energy!
MCAC Afternoon Mixer – You Can Dance (Clearwater)
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July 11, 2024
Maybe you’ve been told people who are blind or have low vision cannot dance. Come learn some easy steps, get moving and celebrate diversity with us in a safe space where everyone is a star! The Multi-Cultural Affairs Committee brings you an afternoon dance party to meet each other, have some fun, and burn a few calories along the way!
Kids Explorers Club – Dinner (City Terrace 6)
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July 11, 2024
Have a final dinner with our kids club leaders and your new friends.
ACB Banquet (virtual, Grand Ballroom)
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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.
Keynote Speaker – Judge David Tatel (virtual, Grand Ballroom)
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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.
Bon Voyage Party (Grand Ballroom)
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July 11, 2024
With the setting of the sun and the closing of the last session, we reflect on the days and moments well spent with each of you at this year’s convention. Bidding you safe travels back to your home destination until we meet again. As we bend the corner to another great occasion and set sail to embark on the next journey, join us for a “Bon Voyage Party” that is sure to have you cruising along for some well-needed fun, hugs and laughter to carry throughout your trip’s return.