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Events in March 2026
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Tuesday Topics Tuesday Topics
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March 3, 2026ACB convention deadlines are coming up soon, and we want to hear about what is on offer. Join us as the Durward K. McDaniel First Timers Committee shares opportunities to attend the convention free, highlights their leadership program, and recent winners talk about the impact these awards have had on their lives. Come learn how this committee honors Durward K. McDaniel, one of ACB’s founding fathers, by helping foster the next generation of leaders.
BOP Monthly Meeting BOP Monthly Meeting
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March 3, 2026Board of Publications welcomes ACB members to attend our monthly meeting.
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Let’s Talk Low Vision Let’s Talk Low Vision
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March 5, 2026Is your inbox overflowing and you wish you could reply to the sender of a Groups IO message without sending to the whole group? Join assistive technology instructors Cecily Nipper and John Farina for a practical presentation on decluttering and organizing your inbox, changing a topic in a Groups IO thread, replying to just the sender of a message, and more, with time for your questions.
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Board Meeting Board Meeting
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March 7, 2026Community Karaoke Community Karaoke
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March 7, 2026Meka and Cindy invite you for another night of karaoke with your community friends. Performances are all pre-recorded. Those wishing to perform should email KaraokeUnite@gmail.com to be included in the weekly communication.Note: Please remain muted throughout the evening with only a brief unmuting to provide verbal applause at the end of each performance. Hosts will mute as needed and remove repeat offenders if necessary.
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Presidents’ Meeting Presidents’ Meeting
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March 8, 2026IVIE Entrepreneur Exchange: Growing Your Business Through Contracting IVIE Entrepreneur Exchange: Growing Your Business Through Contracting
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March 8, 2026Learn how to use contracting or subcontracting to grow your new business. When you start your business, you can offer your services to other like-minded businesses or businesses needing additional employees without having them hire you as a part-time or full-time employee. Join Carla Hayes as she shares her experiences in contracting and subcontracting and add your own. Also, if you wish to pay IVIE dues, check our website.
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Legislative Seminar Legislative Seminar
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Living Better with Diabetes: Diabetes Medications Living Better with Diabetes: Diabetes Medications
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March 11, 2026Kim Ladd will provide an update on diabetes medications, with a focus on Type 2 diabetes and additional insights for Type 1 diabetics.
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Visabilities – Revitalization Visabilities – Revitalization
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March 13, 2026Description to folllow upon Guests confirmation
Author Collective Author Collective
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March 13, 2026write your own birthday poem
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Presenting the 2026 DKM Leadership Opportunity Presenting the 2026 DKM Leadership Opportunity
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March 14, 2026Discover how you can grow as a leader through the DKM First Timer and Leadership Fellow programs and attend the 2026 ACB Convention in St. Louis this July. Join the DKM Committee for an informational overview and Q&A session.
Community Karaoke Community Karaoke
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March 14, 2026Meka and Cindy invite you for another night of karaoke with your community friends. Performances are all pre-recorded. Those wishing to perform should email KaraokeUnite@gmail.com to be included in the weekly communication.Note: Please remain muted throughout the evening with only a brief unmuting to provide verbal applause at the end of each performance. Hosts will mute as needed and remove repeat offenders if necessary.
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ACB Membership Focus Call ACB Membership Focus Call
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March 22, 2026Our next ACB Membership focus call is on : “Why affiliates should consider adding special interest chapters”. We have the following speakers committed thus far Tim Breitenfeldt, President of Next Gen from WA; Judy August President, Guide Dog Users of FL; and Christy Crespin, VP for California’s Alliance on Aging & Vision Loss. We’ll hear the benefits of having a state chapter of a special interest affiliate.
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AAVL Presents: ACB Media and the ACB Community AAVL Presents: ACB Media and the ACB Community
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March 23, 2026How did ACB Media and the ACB Community get started?
PCB Peer Engagement Presents PCB Peer Engagement Presents
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March 23, 2026You are invited to join Pam Shaw and her team while we have a conversation discussing the intersection of blindness and low vision with mental health and wellness. You will leave with a better understanding of mental health and strategies to protect your well-being.
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Tuesday Topics Tuesday Topics
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March 24, 2026Is a blind person who only reads by listening fully literate or not? Is a person who listens actually reading? What role does braille play in determining whether an individual is literate? What about large print? If a person can only read at one hundred words a minute using either large print or Braille is he or she literate? Do we as people who are blind need to espouse a whole new definition of literacy to cover our situation?
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ACB Women in History ACB Women in History
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March 25, 2026The ACB Women committee is pleased to present 2 women who have influenced the blind and low vision community for years. We are pleased to be hosting Carla Ruschival of KY and Sue Crawford of MD. Join us to learn ACB history from their prospective and get to know 2 fine ladies.
What’s New in Avoiding Scams? What’s New in Avoiding Scams?
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March 25, 2026The California Alliance on Aging and Vision Loss will feature MS. Mayra Williams, who teaches seniors how to avoid scams and who works in the insurance industry. She will provide practical information on the latest scams and how to avoid becoming a victim.
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Employment QNA Corner Employment QNA Corner
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March 26, 2026If you have questions about your job search or your employment issues come join us for some answers to your questions. We’re here to help.
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Visabilities – Bird-a-thon Visabilities – Bird-a-thon
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March 27, 2026Our annual birding session is tonight wwith famous blind birder, Jerry Berrier! He will tell us all about the Global Blind Bird-a-thon taking place in early May. And, of course he will have bird calls to identify. So join the fun!
Author Collective Author Collective
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March 27, 2026Writing about Nature and outdoor themes
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Community Karaoke Community Karaoke
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March 28, 2026Meka and Cindy invite you for another night of karaoke with your community friends. Performances are all pre-recorded. Those wishing to perform should email KaraokeUnite@gmail.com to be included in the weekly communication.Note: Please remain muted throughout the evening with only a brief unmuting to provide verbal applause at the end of each performance. Hosts will mute as needed and remove repeat offenders if necessary.