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2023 Legislative Seminar Agenda

Legislative Seminar: Day One

Monday, March 6, 2023: 12:30 pm to 6:00 pm ET

Broadcast in English on ACB Media 6, and in Spanish on ACB Media 7

12:30 pm: Connection Show #7

Cindy Hollis, ACB Membership Services Director, Flat Rock, MI; and Lucy Edmonds, Community Support Committee Chair, Lansing, MI 

1:00 pm: Opening Remarks

Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL; Clark Rachfal, ACB Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs, Alexandria, VA; and Swatha Nandhakumar, ACB Advocacy and Outreach Specialist, Alexandria, VA

1:15 pm: Introducing the 2023 Legislative Imperatives and Special Guest Speaker

2:00 pm: DeafBlind Advocacy

Kim Charlson, ACB Immediate Past President, Watertown, MA; Megan Conway, PH.D., Director, Information, Research and Professional Development, Helen Keller National Center, Healdsburg, CA; Carl Richardson, ACB sight and Sound Impaired Committee Chair, Boston, MA; and Koni Sims, ACB Board Member, Soux Falls, SD

2:45 pm: Connection Show #8

3:00 pm: Self Advocacy for Older Americans with Vision Loss

Anisio Correia, Alliance on Aging and Vision Loss (AAVL) Vice President, Palm Coast, FL; and Jeff Thom, ACB Board Member, Sacramento, CA

3:45 pm: Accessible At-Home Testing

Dr. Jill Heemskerk, National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC; and Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL

4:45 pm: Connection Show #9

5:00 pm: Accessible Health and Wellness

Tom Tobin, ACB Diabetics in Action President, Cleaveland Heights, OH; Koni Sims, ACB Board Member, Soux Falls, SD; Veronica Elsea, Accessible Insulin Pump Task ForceChair, Santa Cruz, CA; and Sue Boyd, Sue Boyd Law, Kirkland, WA

 

ACB Legislative Seminar: Day Two

Tuesday, March 7, 2023: 12:30 pm to 6:00 pm ET

Broadcast in English on ACB Media 6, and in Spanish on ACB Media 7

12:30 pm: Connection Show #10

Cindy Hollis, ACB Membership Services Director, Flat Rock, MI; and Lucy Edmonds, Community Support Committee Chair, Lansing, MI 

1:00 pm: Welcome Back for Day Two

Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL; Clark Rachfal, ACB Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs, Alexandria, VA; Swatha Nandhakumar, ACB Advocacy and Outreach Specialist, Alexandria, VA

1:15 pm: Legislative Imperative Overview and Special Guest

Charles Cooper, Brumidi Group Founder, Washington, DC; Paul Burden, Vice President U.S., Waymap; the honorable Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06)

2:00 pm: How to File Federal Complaints

Chris Bell, ACB Board Member, Pittsboro, NC; Timothy Wynn, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC; Jessica Hunt, Department of Justice, Washington, DC; and Suzanne Kotrosa, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC

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3:00 – 3:15 pm: Connection Show #11

3:15 – 4:00 pm: Hill Etiquette 

Swatha Nandhakumar, ACB Advocacy and Outreach Specialist, Alexandria, VA; Claire Stanley, ACB Transportation Committee Chair, Rockville, MD; Becky Davidson, ACB Pedestrian Environmental Access Committee Chair, Charlotte, NC; and Jeff Thom, ACB Board Member, Sacramento,CA

4:00 pm: Issues Related to Housing Advocacy

Claire Stanley, ACB Transportation Committee Chair, Rockville, MD; Sue Crawford, ACB Member, Silver Spring, MD; Swatha Nandhakumar, ACB Advocacy and Outreach Specialist, Alexandria, VA; Jeanine Worden, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC; and Billy Lynch, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC

4:45 PM: Connection Show #12

5:00 pm: Remote Accessible Voting

Karyn Campbell, Illinois Council of the Blind Education and Welfare Committee Chair, Springfield, IL; Dee Ann Hart, ACB of Indiana Legislative and Advocacy Committee Chair, Muncie, IN; Martin Cahill, ACB of New York Legislative Chair, West Chester County, NY; Ian Foley, ACB of New York Immediate Past Legislative Chair, Buffalo, NY; Aaron Wilson, Enhanced Voting CEO, Jacksonville, FL; and Douglas George Town, Access Ready CEO, Pinellas Park FL

5:55 pm: Wrap-Up: Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL