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Tuesday Topics will feature Rick and Larry as my guests. We will explore who these two fine gentlemen are and, later in the program, we will explore some new ideas for ACB RADIO with your help! Both Rick and Larry have interesting pasts. Rick has survived in the world of business as a partially sighted executive. Larry has done a variety of jobs, I think, and has just retired! Both are active with ACB RADIO.

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Tuesday Topics:

We will be discussing life after a year of the pandemic. What kinds of disadvantages have people who are blind experienced? What do we need to ask local, state and national entities to do to make the next major emergency easier to handle? As the pandemic eases, what can we expect as people who are blind? Will jobs be easier or harder to find? Will services be easier or harder to access? Our second topic is more directly related to ACB. What is the difference between a state affiliate and a special interest affiliate? We are holding thirteen ACB elections during the convention. How should affiliates try to see how their members want them to vote? We will see how you feel about the state of our affiliates and what their future might look like!

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Tuesday Topics:

Over the past several months the American Council of the Blind Has made a number of changes to its email system. This week we have invited many of the key players in the email changes to come and explain what was done and why. Deb Cook Lewis, Katie Frederick, and Jason Castonguay are just a few that will join us in a narrative of the transition process. Folks will also offer tips about some appropriate ways to handle some everyday email tasks.

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Tuesday Topics:

On this week’s call, the roles are reversed, as Paul Edwards will put himself under the microscope to be interviewed by Deborah Kendrick. Among the topics that will be discussed will be Paul’s travels and work in advocacy for those with disabilities. Others will have an opportunity to ask questions as well.

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Tuesday Topics:

Join Paul this week as he speaks with Scott Marshall, a personal mentor and friend.  They will spend two hours talking about Scott's experience in law school as a blind person, his work for ACB in the 80's, and other jobs he has done over the years.

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Tuesday Topics:

This week Janet Dickelman, Chair of the Convention Committee for ACB, will stop by to give us an update on this summer’s convention and talk a bit about future conventions that have been scheduled. We will also have an opportunity to learn a bit more about Janet herself, maybe find out some of her likes and dislikes and some of her life experiences.

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As things stand, it is the intention of ACB to hold elections during our virtual ACB convention! How will it work! Who gets to vote! How will nominations from the floor be handled? How will votes be tallied? What if there are more than two candidates and nobody gets a majority? These are just a few of the many questions that surround the issue of voting at our 2021 convention. Dan Spoone will be with us along with Voting Task Force co-chairs Jeff Thom and Patrick Sheehan and many others to talk about the voting process. What a way for Tuesday Topics to return!

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Tuesday Topics:

Paul’s guest this week is a former President of ACB, an expert on the ADA, Vice-President of the North American and Caribbean section of the World Blind Union and a former President of our California affiliate. Mitch Pomerantz did not grow up as an ACB member. We will explore how he came to ACB and what his arrival along with many others meant to our organization. If you would like to raise questions with Mitch or just discuss some of the areas he has expertise, join us.

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Tuesday Topics:

Paul welcomes the Director of the Division of Blind Services of the state of Florida, Robert Doyle. How does an agency that is doing well adapt when the pandemic essentially shuts it down? How are counselors retrained to do jobs from home and on line? Florida has more than fifteen local programs that deliver services to people who are blind. How do you measure their success or failure in a new and unfamiliar environment. And what about the Business Enterprise program many of whose facilities have been forced to close? These are just some of the questions we will explore. We will also look beyond the pandemic. Mr. Doyle is active on both national organizations of rehab leaders. We will see what role he sees them playing with the new administration. Of course we will also talk about WIOA. You will get a chance to ask your questions as well.

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Tuesday Topics:

What has a person who has worked with people who are blind all over the world gleaned about their job readiness. What are some of the characteristics that make success at work likely? Our guest this week on Tuesday Topics is in a unique position to answer these questions. She has devoted much of her career to working on transition and employment. Karen Wolffe has worked with the American Foundation for the Blind and has consulted with many countries and states. We will talk specifically about some work she has done for Florida over the past three to four years on the development of a new vocational evaluation tool specifically designed to measure the job readiness of people who have vision loss, and talk about work she is doing with the World Blind Union on employment.

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