Welcome to the California connection for May 6.
Executive Director Recruitment
The California Council of the Blind is seeking applicants for the position of executive director.
You may read or download a copy of the recruitment announcement at:
http://www.ccbnet.org/execdirtr.htm
or find a link to the material on the CCB home page at: http://www.ccbnet.org.
In addition, you may obtain a copy of the recruitment announcement by calling the CCB office at 800-221-6359 or by email ccotb@ccbnet.org
Save The Date.
All Members Are Welcome
Continuation of the Friday night Conference and Convention Town Hall Discussion.
Conference call on May 23rd from 7 PM to 9 PM.
Call In Number is 712.432.3066 and the code is 840878.
Stay tuned to future CA Connections for further details.
Scholarships
The California Council of the Blind is offering scholarships to college, university, and vocational school students who are legally blind and are either residents of California, regardless of where they attend school, or non-residents of California attending school in this state.
Scholarships are for entering freshman, undergraduates, and graduate students.
Applications must be submitted by July 1, 2016.
The application can be found online at www.ccbnet.org/scholar_intro.htm
Bay View Chapter Meeting
Welcome to the Bay View Chapter luncheon and business meetingSaturday May 14 from 12 noon until 4:p.m.
Meal choices are: chicken salad or egg salad on a sandwich or on greens with other sides and deserts and beverage.
Cost per meal is: 10 dollars.
For meal reservations call Catherine Skivers by Wednesday May 11, at: (510) 357-1986.
Our business meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m.
"NHTSA's Automated Vehicle Research Activities." Presentation will be featured.
Location: East Bay Center for the Blind 2928 Adeline Street Berkeley CA 94703
From the CCB Hearing and Vision Loss Committee
Auditory Anatomy, Again
Our audiologist friend was not able to attend the April meeting due to concerns over flooding. He's OK and we'll do it again at our May meeting.
Tom Brennan will review the anatomy of the ear. Then continue on to What does your audiogram mean? Auditory tests and specifically what they are and what they measure.
Join CCB's Hearing and Vision Impaired Committee as we explore this and more!
This is the seventh of a series of monthly open interactive resource conferences to help you deal with your hearing loss.
Date: Sunday, May 15; time: 5 PM pacific/ 8 PM Eastern; Phone: 832-551-5900 id: 368611.
We encourage you to sign up for our email list where we will be posting resources we have discussed and where you can share your resources and experiences with us.
Go to ccbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/hvi-l_ccbnet.org
In addition, you can get links to previous audio recordings by emailing mlkeithley@comcast.net
Glendale Burbank Area Fund Raiser
Please join the members and friends of the Glendale Burbank Area Chapter of CCB for their fund raiser being held at the CPk at 601 N. San Fernando Road Burbank on May 16.
In order to show your support you must present a flier.
To obtain the flier contact Anthony Signoriello, fund raising chair at blinddude1@gmail.com or Ardis Bazyn, president at abazyn@bazyncommunications.com.
Fliers can be used for dine in or take out on this day.
Thank you for your support.
Chapter Event
Please take note, that the Active Blind Inland Valleys social at Sammy's Cafe 9030 Foothill Blvd, Rancho Cucamonga has been rescheduled to June 4th from 11 am to 1 PM.
Live Theatre
Join Theatre by the Blind for it's upcoming original production of Second Chance" starring some SoCal CCB members.
Written and directed by Pelita Dasalla.
When: May 13-22
Where: Los Angeles Performing Arts Center, formerly The Promenade Playhouse, 1404 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica CA Cross Streets 3rd and Santa Monica.
Time: Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM, Sunday Matinees, 3:00 PM.
SYNOPSIS: On the eve of her wedding, Morgan Williams is both excited and nervous about her big day. But an unspoken emptiness has been troubling her for quite some time. When she was young, her father sat her down to tell her that her real mother had been killed in a car accident. Despite her inquiries, he had always been vague about the details and avoided her when she pressed him on it.
But her father soon realizes that the marriage of his daughter has triggered a series of events that will force him to confront the truth about her mother and the secret he has been keeping for all of these years.
"Second Chance" is a heartwarming comedy. that questions just how honest we are with our family.
Tickets for this event are $15.
For ticketing info, visit www.creoutreach.org.
We hope to see you there.
ACB Roommate Request
Joe Lopez is looking for a roommate for the ACB convention.
He will be arriving on July 1 and leaving on July 10.
He can be reached at (805) 706-0133 cell or (805) 683-0007 home.
Open House
Valley Center for the Blind is hosting an Open House to welcome our valued community members to join us as we kick off our exciting new location.
The Valley Center for the Blind (previously known as Friendship Center for the Blind) began in February of 1972 through the efforts of Dr. Andrea Schwartz who saw a great need for social and recreational services for blind individuals living in Fresno.
Due to the growing need we have recently moved locations in order to increase our ability to serve our valued blind and visually impaired clients.
Please join us for our Open House event Friday, May 20th at our new location, 3417 W. Shaw Avenue Fresno, CA 93710, between 4pm-8pm. We are on track to have a strong media presence and hope that this event will give your office a chance to learn more about The Valley Center for the Blind and the work that we do at our facility. It would be an honor to have you in attendance and show your support for the disabled individuals of Fresno.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at (559) 222-4447 ext. 107 or SHeber@vcbfresno.org
IHSS Agreement
DREDF and Disability Rights California have been working for three individuals who receive IHSS to come to an agreement with the California Department of Social Services and the Department of Health Care Services to make the IHSS program more accessible to blind and visually-impaired individuals.
Here is the link to the notice about the changes made to the program that the Department of Social Services will also send to individual IHSS beneficiaries sometime over the coming months."
If You are Blind or Visually Impaired, You Can Get Information from In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) in Different Ways.
If you like how you currently receive information and approve timesheets, you don't need to do anything.
Your choices for getting different NOTICES by mail are:
- Braille notice and a standard print notice;
- CD with an accessible text and audio file, and a standard print notice;
- Large print (18-point size bold) notice with a standard print notice;
- Standard print notice, and a county worker to read the notice for you over the phone.
Your choices for how to approve your provider's timesheets are:
- You can use the telephone timesheet system (TTS) to approve your provider's timesheet over the phone.
TTS also will store your approved timesheets.
You won't have to sign your timesheet anymore. - If you are visually impaired, you can receive a large print, 18-point font, timesheet that you can read and sign for yourself.
If You Wish to Request a Certain Format or Change How You Receive Notices or Approve Timesheets: Ask your county IHSS worker.
You can request your preferred format when you file an application, have an initial assessment, or a reassessment.
You can also call your county IHSS worker.
Some other IHSS information and documents may be available in alternative formats.
You may ask your county IHSS worker for something you need. If it can be provided in your desired format, it will be. If not, your county IHSS worker will work with you to find an alternative that will work for you.
Filing a Complaint:
You have the right to make a complaint with your County's Civil Rights Coordinator. Ask your county office for the name, address and phone number of its Civil Rights Coordinator.
He/she can independently investigate your complaint.
You also can contact the State Department of Social Services Civil Rights Bureau, at:
California Department of Social Services
744 P Street, MS 8-16-70
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 654-2107
(866) 741-6241 (Toll-Free)
crb@dss.ca.gov
You also can call Disability Rights California or DREDF for assistance.
You can call Disability Rights California Toll Free at 800.776.5746 / TTY 800.719.5798.
You can call DREDF at 510.644.2555 / TTY 510.841.8645.
LightHouse Grand Opening
LightHouse for the Blind is planning a Grand Opening celebration and we'd like for you to join us.
We have spent the last few years and much creative energy to construct our new, innovative headquarters at 1155 Market Street. We are excited to welcome our community to experience the unique design features and the expanded potential of this new facility specifically created by the blind for the blind and low vision community.
To kick off the day of celebration, we are starting on the steps of the San Francisco City Hall with some special guests who would like to honor the LightHouse and our big move.
Then we will take to the streets with a parade full of fanfare on our way to the new building!
March with us at the "Blind & Proud" Parade!
Please save the date and plan to be a part of the Parade! We would be honored to have you or your organization, along with other allies and supporters from all over the state, as a strong contingent in the grand march along Van Ness and Market Streets in the center of San Francisco.
We welcome banners and other festive ways to show your support of and partnership with the LightHouse. Our marching band will lead the way so we hope you are there alongside us for the excitement!
Grand Opening Celebration Schedule:
June 10 San Francisco Civic Center
11:00 AM: Welcome Remarks at City Hall
12:00 PM: "Blind & Proud" Parade from City Hall to 1155 Market
1:00 - 3:00 PM: LightHouse Open House
Questions?
To RSVP and get more information about participating in the Blind & Proud Parade and attending the LightHouse Open House, please contact Megara Vogl at mvogl@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7335.
From The office Of The CA Secretary of State
The audio version of the Official California Voter Information Guide for the June 7, 2016, Presidential Primary Election is now available.
To obtain copies of cassettes or compact discs (CDs) free of charge, please call the Secretary of State's Elections Division at (916) 657-2166.
For a downloadable version of the Voter Information Guide please visit www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/audio
Library Conference
On August 11-12, in conjunction with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) 2016 World Library Information Congress (WLIC), the Section on Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities (LPD) is sponsoring a pre-Congress satellite conference in Louisville, Kentucky: Tailoring the Reading Experience to Meet Individual Needs.
The satellite conference is co-sponsored by the American Printing House for the Blind and will feature an international array of speakers on topics including: facilitating the book selection process, accessible audio book technologies, serving the full spectrum of print disabilities, creating inclusive communities for people with disabilities through programming and events, the added value of an analog service in the heart of the digital era, and promoting Braille literacy.
This conference offers a rare opportunity for professionals from a variety of disciplines to discuss the challenges and solutions to providing timely accessible materials in appropriate formats to the people we serve.
Librarians from special libraries for people who are blind and visually impaired, as well as from public libraries serving blind and print-disabled patrons; educators, accessible instructional materials providers; professionals from university disability offices, and others with an interest in these topics have been invited to come together to learn, to share, and to discuss.
I invite you to join the conversation.
When: Thursday, August 11, 2016 - Friday, August 12, 2016
Where: Galt House Hotel, 140 N 4th St, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, USA
For agenda, hotel and conference registration information please visit:
http://www.aph.org/tailoring-the-reading-experience/
or contact Mike Marlin, Director, Braille and Talking Book Library at mike.marlin@library.ca.gov
or (800) 952-5666
Thank you for reading, Have a nice day
