Field Trip to the 2012 International Disability Rights Affirmation
Conference at Virtual Ability, Inc. Island for August 3 Nonprofit
Commons Weekly Meeting

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting – Field Trip to VAI
August 3, 2012, Presentations Start at 7:00 AM SLT / PST
The Sojourner Auditorium on Virtual Ability Island

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Ability/53/172/23

On Friday August 3, we are going on a special field trip to attend the
Second Annual International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference
at The Sojourner Auditorium on Virtual Ability Island. Please join our
Nonprofit Commons partner Virtual Ability, Inc. for this event and
receive valuable information about accessibility and building
community from their many IDRAC presentations. Meet us any time during
the scheduled IDRAC Presentations -
http://www.virtualability.org/idrac2012 Virtual Ability, Inc. is a US
non-profit corporation with a mission to enable people with a wide
range of disabilities by providing a supporting environment for them
to enter and thrive in online virtual worlds. The 2012 International
Disability Rights Affirmation Conference will examine different
perspectives about communities that are of interest to persons with
disabilities. Presentations drawing from the history of the disability
movement will provide background to an exploration of philosophical
and technical considerations related to community formation.
http://www.virtualability.org

Schedule of Presentations for August 3, 2012

The Sojourner Auditorium on Virtual Ability Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Ability/53/172/23

7:00-8:00 AM SLT Documenting and Evaluating Impacts of Community
Programs with Chad Gobert, and Melissa Rowan

8:00-9:00 AM SLT Interpreting Disability Rights Across Cultures: A
Study of International Reporting on the United Nations Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with Kimberly O'Haver

9:30-10:30 AM SLT The Atlantis Community with Nola Nash

11:00-12:00 AM SLT A Discussion about Virtual Communities of Persons
with Disabilities with Tom Boellstorff

12:30-1:30 PM SLT A Conversation about Virtual Communities with Philip
Rosedale and Gentle Heron

2:00-3:00 PM SLT Useful and Happy: Politics, Experts, and Special
Education at the Massachusetts School for Idiotic Children with
Kathryn Irving

3:30-4:30 PM SLT Community Interaction of Families of Children with
Developmental Disabilities with Preethy Samuel

5:00-6:00 PM SLT Welcoming New Members into a Community of Practice
with Caren Levine

http://www.virtualability.org/idrac2012


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Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond

artist - instructor - superhero

uniqueasyou.com


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