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American Foundation for the Blind Announces Women in Leadership Panel Discussion
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WASHINGTON, March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), in observance of 100 years of creating a more inclusive world for people who are blind or visually impaired, is launching a series of Centennial Conversations curated webinars focused on the most pressing issues and topics affecting the blind and low vision communities, pairing prominent speakers with younger voices. First up is Women in Leadership: A Conversation About the Intersection of Gender and Visual Impairment on
March 18 at 2 p.m. EST.
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Driven by optimism and guided by caution, the Sedona International Film Festival is ramping up preparations for the scaled down 27th annual event now scheduled June 12-20.
Subscribe Everything related to the coronavirus pandemic is moving in the right direction and we re seeing more people returning to the types of activities, though still on a limited basis, that we all considered normal before COVID-19 became part of our lexicon, said Executive Director Pat Schweiss. We certainly made the right decision to postpone and we re excited about new opportunities and features we can incorporate into the Festival because the weather will be perfect. We re also adding a virtual component for film lovers who would prefer to watch films from the comfort of their homes.
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When Alexa Jovanovic stepped into Ryerson University’s School of Fashion on her first day, she was determined to learn to become an editor-in-chief of a high-end fashion magazine.
But a life-changing course steered her to an entrepreneurial path where she supports a demographic those magazines have neglected for decades: the blind and visually impaired community.
National Braille Press, LightHouse of San Francisco, University of Alabama Huntsville Launch the Accessible Graphics Consortium
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This new consortium of researchers, teachers, and non-profits in the blindness community will work to provide a new standard of tactile graphic equity for the blind and visually impaired.
“The consortium of organizations, universities, and talented individuals will work together to bring a unified approach to producing, teaching, and learning how to read tactile graphics for the blind and visually impaired which will immensely improve access to tactile graphics for this community. BOSTON (PRWEB) March 04, 2021 National Braille Press (Boston), LightHouse of San Francisco, and University of Alabama, Huntsville have launched the Accessible Graphics Consortium (AGC), creating a collaboration of a community of university researchers, teachers and organizations united to aid i