[Nfbnet-members-list] Fwd: 2012 National Federation of The Blind Community Service Seminar and Organizing Meeting Agendas

[David Andrews]

>
>How do you feel about community service? Do you volunteer your time
>once in a while in the community or with your local church and want to
>find other blind
>individuals to connect with? Do you find community service interesting
>but are not sure that you as a blind person can get involved or don’t
>know how to
>begin?
>Here's your opportunity!
>Come join us for our inaugural seminar, featuring topics ranging from
>mentorship to family involvement in service to how community service
>can help you get a job.
>
>
>Let’s Get Involved!: The How, Why, and Where
>
>5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Milan Room, Tower Mezzanine
>
>5:05: Opening Remarks
>
>Darian Smith, Chairperson, Community Service Group
>
>5:10 - 5:20: An Educator’s Perspective on Community Service
>
>Mary Willows, President, National Federation of the Blind of California
>
>5:20 - 5:35: How Getting Involved Can Get You That Job
>
>Dick Davis, Chairperson, Employment Committee
>
>5:35 - 5:50: Strengthening the Family, Serving the Community
>
>Marianne Dunn, Elizabeth “Lizzie” and Michael Kazmierski, Grand Rapids,
>
>Michigan
>
>5:50 - 5:55: Break
>
>5:55 - 6:05: Service Abroad, a Cultural and Personal Learning
>Experience
>
>Conchita Hernandez, Lincoln, Nebraska
>
>6:05 - 6:15: Mentorship: What is Given and Gained
>
>Jose Marquez, First Vice President, National Federation of the Blind of Texas
>
>6:15 - 6:25: In College and in the Thick of it
>
>Cindy Bennett, Secretary, National Association of Blind Students
>
>6:25 - 6:35: The Impact of Paying it Forward
>
>Dennis Sumlin, President, Performing Arts Division
>
>6:35 - 6:45: Knowing it and Showing it; Service in High School
>
>Hindley Williams, Towson, Maryland
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>6:45 - 6:55: Whosit That Serves
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>Chris Parsons, Secretary, Community Service Group
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>6:55 - 7:00: Closing Remarks and Wrap Up
>
>
>Immediately following the seminar and in the same place, we will have
>an organizing meeting from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Come join other
>service-minded Federationists
>as we discuss how to spread the message of service throughout our
>chapters, divisions, and affiliates and recap our first-ever national
>service project,
>held earlier that day.
>
>Together We Serve, Building Our Strength
>
>
>7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Milan Room, Tower Mezzanine
>
>7:00 - 7:05: Welcome and Opening Remarks
>
>Darian Smith, Chairperson, Community Service Group
>
>7:05 - 7:20: Why Service? Why Not? ­ How Service Furthers Our Movement
>
>Dr. Fredric Schroeder, First Vice President, National Federation of the Blind
>
>7:20 - 7:30: An Affiliate President’s Take on Community Service
>
>Kimberly Flores, President, National Federation of the Blind of Texas
>
>7:30 - 7:40: A Chapter President’s Experience ­ How the Chapter Gets Involved
>
>Joshua Boudreaux, President, National Federation of the Blind of Louisiana,
>
>Ruston Chapter
>
>7:40 - 7:50: Reflections on Our First Service Project
>
>Julie Salih, Outreach Chair, Community Service Group
>
>7:50 - 8:00: Sustaining the Momentum: Attaining and Maintaining Our
>Goals; We Have to do it Together!
>
>
>
>
>--
>Darian Smith
>
>"To dream what is possible and to put oneself in service of that dream is the
>formula
>for a life well lived."
>
>- Dr. Peter Benson
>
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