Volume LXII February 2024 No. 8
Published by the American Council of the Blind
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© 2024 American Council of the Blind
Dan Spoone, Interim Executive Director
Sharon Lovering, Editor
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Table of Contents
- Registration Is Now Open for the 2024 ACB Leadership Conference!
- Collaboration at Our 2024 Conference and Convention, by Janet Dickelman
- Get Curious, Explore, Become Engaged, and Focus on Making Impactful Contributions, by Kenneth Semien Sr.
- Summary of the November and December Board Meetings: Resolutions, New Hires, D.C. Leadership Conference, the Budget, and More, by Penny Reeder
- Free to Be Free: Why Human Rights Matter, by Daveed Mandell
- My Right to Vision through Books, by Cheryl Cumings
- Four ACB Members Win the Right to Accessible, Electronic Absentee Ballots in Maine, by Lynn Merrill, with Pauline Lamontagne, Nicholas Giudice, and Cheryl Peabody
- Washington Council of the Blind’s Work on Accessible Voting 2023, by Judy Brown
- Equipping the Blind – Saving Lives Around the World, by James Boehm
- Progress Over Perfection, by Hayley Agers
- Are You a Thermometer or Thermostat Leader?, by Randy Conley
- Affiliate News
- Special-Interest Affiliate Spotlight: Turn a New Page – Join LUA in 2024, by Carla Ruschival, President
- Here and There, edited by Cynthia G. Hawkins
- High Tech Swap Shop
- ACB Officers, ACB Board of Directors, ACB Board of Publications
- Accessing Your ACB Braille and E-Forums
Upcoming Forum Themes and Deadlines
April 2024: Multicultural Affairs Committee; deadline: February 23, 2024
May 2024: theme TBA; deadline: March 25, 2024
How to Submit Articles to the Forum
If you wish to submit an article to "The ACB Braille Forum," please send it via email to [email protected] as part of the message, or attached as a Word or ASCII text file. Articles should be between 500 and 800 words. Language should be family friendly. Longer articles may be divided into two or more parts.
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