31st Annual State Convention

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BROADCAST AGENDA
SATURDAY, NOV. 10, 2007

9:00 am         Welcome, Call to Order
                   Joseph Ruffalo, President, NFB of NJ

9:10 am         Invocation
Paul Grenier, NJ Assoc. of Blind Students

9:15 am     Greetings
Ed Godfrey, President, Garden State Chapter
Quintina Singleton, President, NJ Assoc. of Blind Students
Proclamation from Carl W. Block, Mayor, Township of Stafford

9:20 am        Convention Announcements
Joseph Ruffalo, President, NFB of NJ

9:30 am        Meet the Vendors

9:40 am        Roll Call of Chapters and Divisions
NFB of NJ Scholarship Class of 2007
Recognition of Past Scholarship Recipients
Jerilyn Higgins, Chair, Scholarship Committee

10:00 am        Presidential Report
        Joseph Ruffalo, President, NFB of NJ

10:30 am         Working Together: What We CAN DO
        Jennifer Velez, Commissioner, NJ Dept. of Human Services
        Vito DeSantis, Executive Director, NJ Comm. for the Blind and VI

10:55 am        National Update: The NFB Moving Ahead
        Charlie Brown, NFB of VA

11:45 am        Imagine a Future Full of Possibilities
                Evelyn Valdez, March for Independence Coordinator, NFB of NJ

11:55 am         Announcements

12:00 pm        Adjourn

LUNCH

AFTERNOON SESSION
2:00 pm        Call to Order

2:05 pm        Federationists CAN DO!

Serena Cucco, Life Skills Advocate, Public Defender, Newark; Vinnie Chaney, Business Tech Analyst, JP Morgan Chase; Beatrice Oliveti, Asst. to Project Coordinator/Engineer; DPW, West New York; Mary Jo Partyka, Field Services Supervisor, Div. of Family Development, DHS

2:30 pm        What NJLBH and RFB&D CAN DO for You
        Adam Szczepaniak, NJ Library for the Blind and Handicapped
        Anne Marie Cooke, Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

2:50 pm        What the Kids CAN DO
                Carol Castellano, President, POBC-NJ

3:10 pm        Independent Movement & Travel
                Joe Cutter, O&M Specialist; Sumara Shakeel, Graduate, LA Tech O&M                 Program

3:30 pm        My First National Convention
Mary Fernandez, Student

3:40 pm        Seniors: Moving from Dependence to Independence
Rebecca Irvin, Jane Degenshein, Trish Ebel, Patricia Harmon, SCILS clients and volunteers

4:00 pm        NFB: The Historical Perspective
Charlie Brown, NFB of VA; Ed Lewinson, Professor Emeritus, Seton Hall University

4:20 pm        What the E-Bay Project CAN DO for Us
                Michele Chaney, Project Chair

4:30 pm        Straight Talk on Blindness
Carl Jacobson; Vincent Chaney; Charlie Brown, Sumara Shakeel, Sandy Halverson

4:55 pm        Announcements

5:00 pm        Adjournment

Banquet-Scholarship Awards

7:00-11:00 pm Banquet-Scholarship Awards

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