Pride Connection
121 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCome as you are. Pride Connection is a space where everyone is welcome, no matter how you identify or where your life is taking you. Each week, we explore topics such as advocacy, education, sexuality, entertainment, and more. Our core mission is to learn and mingle while we have fun. So join the Pride Connection party!
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Pride Connection Presents: Pride Connection: The Words of our Rainbow, Identifying or Insults
February 23, 2022 04:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBEpisode Notes Language is the cornerstone of the human experience and as we all know words have power. However, what kind of power have the words we use to identify ourselves been appropriated, corrupted and used to bully or belittle? How have we taken back these words and used them in our own advocacy and identity? As the rainbow expands how important is it for our community to educate and advocate for proper language usage This is the third in a series of powerful conversations surro...
Pride Connection Presents: How did the things we heard about the LGBTQ Community effect our growing up and coming out, Self Esteem
February 09, 2022 04:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MBEpisode Notes Join a fantastic BPI panel as we discuss what we were told, what we overheard and what we were taught about the LGBTQ community across multiple generations. How did it effect our perceptions of the community and of ourselves? How did it impact when and how we came out? What advice does our panel have for the world? All these questions and more will be answered tonight on Pride Connection! Don't miss part 1 of this incredible, meaningful discussion. New episodes of Pride Conne...
Pride Connection Presents: Gender Identity, Gender Expression
January 26, 2022 04:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBEpisode Notes Blind LGBT Pride International discusses gender. How we see ourselves, how we express our gender and how our bodies can be our best friend or biggest obstacle in expressing ourselves. This incredibly deep and vulnerable conversation draws back the curtain on the feelings behind gender identity and expression. Fluid, Trans, Cis-gendered, and transitioning; are all represented in this first of an on-going series of conversations. We are inviting our members and allies to join t...
Pride Connection Presents: Celebrating The Holidays With BPI
January 05, 2022 03:42 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBEpisode Notes This week several BPI members got together to discuss the unique obstacles we face as blind LGBTQ+ people during the holidays. We discuss everything from dealing with how our families react to our sexuality and gender identity when we get together for the festive season, to overcoming challenges with depression when everyone else seems so jolly. This episode was extremely cathartic to be a part of and we encourage you to write in with your comments at membership@blindlgbtpride...
Pride Connection Presents: Awakening The Senses with Bold Blind Beauty
December 15, 2021 04:00 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBEpisode Notes Over the past few months Blind pride international has partnered with Bold Blind Beauty for the awakening the senses conversations. With the holidays approaching, we spoke about different ways of celebrating, opening up and being vulnerable, and some misconceptions about dating Blind/sighted people, and of course sensuality and sexuality. Join us tonight on ACB Media 1… or wherever you get your podcasts soon after. And look for more of these amazing conversations in the new ...
Pride Connection Presents: Getting to Know Our New Board Members
December 01, 2021 05:00 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MBEpisode Notes Join Anthony Corona as he welcomes; John Denning, Vita Zaboli and Byron Lee to talk about the affiliate they love and were just voted onto the board of Drumroll Please Blind LGBT Pride International. We talk about their history, interests and the plans they have to help BPI grow and flourish in the coming year. New episodes of Pride Connection drop on ACB Media 1 every other Tuesday and can be found wherever you listen to your podcasts.
Pride Connection Presents: Denver Fall Social Recap
November 10, 2021 04:00 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBEpisode Notes After nearly two years of dealing with a global pandemic, BPI members were finally able to get together in person at our Fall Social in Denver. Join us for a recap of our journey to the Rocky Mountains and the Mile High City.
Pride Connection Presents: reVision - Sculptures You Can Touch
October 27, 2021 03:00 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBEpisode Notes This week on Pride Connection, Anthony Corona and Tom Babcock sit down with Susan and Arlene from the Florida Sculptors Guild to talk about reVision, an art gallery designed for blind and visually impaired people. Where: Casselberry Art House - 127 Quail Pond Circle, Casselberry, FL - Winter Park Area When: Saturdays, 4-9 p.m., Sundays, 1-4 p.m. and Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Continues through Dec. 30 Phone: 407-262-7700 ext 1122 Email: [email protected] Price:...
Pride Connection Presents: Jessica Tomlinson and Gabriel Lopez Kafati on Activism
October 13, 2021 03:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBEpisode Notes This week on ACB Media 1 at 10 PM, Pride Connection talks with the President of BPI and Jessica who is a new President of a new Disability Democratic Caucus about marching, canvassing and herding members. They give us their insights to being Blind or Low Vision and participating in the Democratic process as well as inspiring others into activism. Pride Connection is Blind LGBT Pride’s weekly ACB Media show and is available wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions and comme...
Pride Connection Presents: A Collab Between BPI and Bold Blind Beauty - Into Fall, Into The Senses
October 06, 2021 03:00 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBEpisode Notes Tonight, we present another collaboration with Bold Blind Beauty. In this conversation we discuss sexuality, sensuality, vulnerability and consent. Check out www.boldblindbeauty.com for more information about our guests. Also take a look at www.blindlgbtpride.org for more information about our organization.
Pride Connection Presents: A Collab Between BPI and Penny Forward - Leena Ann Solusar
September 29, 2021 03:00 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBEpisode Notes This week we are collaborating with The Penny Forward Podcast to bring you a great interview with Leena Ann Solusar. She is starting her own business helping people with energy healing. What is the hardest part of starting a business? For Leena Ann Solusar, it was the fear that it was wrong to charge for her services. We wanted to learn how Leena overcame that fear, so we invited her on to tell us how surviving a sexual assault, coming to terms with her sexual orientation, an...
Pride Connection Presents: Sounds Fake But Okay
September 21, 2021 21:23 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBEpisode Notes Our very own Randy Reed is guest hosting Pride Connection with an awesome dynamic duo from Sounds Fake But Okay, a podcast where an aromantic asexual girl and a demisexual-straight girl talk about all things to do with love, relationships, sexuality, and pretty much anything else that they just don't understand. Visit their website at https://www.soundsfakepod.com/ Sarah Costello Co-Host & Editor After 18 years of assuming she was straight (thanks, society), Sarah realized s...
Pride Connection Presents: BPI's In-person Fall Social in Denver
September 15, 2021 02:00 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBWe are all craving that In-person connection and after careful deliberation Blind Pride International will be holding our Fall Social Networking event. Join us tonight to share memories of Socials past and have all your questions about this years event answered. BPI’s yearly tradition of the Fall Social Networking Event is back and poised to be the best of the bunch. Our membership voted to return to Denver the site of our last in-person FSN event The weekend of October 22nd we will ...
Pride Connection Presents: Online Dating
August 24, 2021 03:00 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBEpisode Notes Greetings family, I first and foremost want to thank Jessica Tomlinson and Byron Lee for helming and putting together an amazing Pride Connection! As always our editor Tim is fantastic! We are currently looking for more blind pride member voices for shows… If you have an idea… If you want to participate… If you want to add your voice to the growing shows please contact Anthony Corona. Here is tonight‘s subject; On this special edition of Pride Connection, we discussed many...
Pride Connection Presents: Changing Attitudes Towards the LGBTQ Community
August 18, 2021 03:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBEpisode Notes Tonight, Blind LGBT Pride International partners with Bold Blind Beauty to present this fascinating topic. Bold Blind Beauty is a group that strives to find the beauty of living with low or no vision. This discussion surrounds ideas and attitudes towards LGBTQ, gender non-binary, gender fluidity and other aspects of our community. We discuss the differences in generations on having grown up with messaging around LGBTQ community and topics. We also talked about how growing up...
Pride Connection Presents: Wayne Pearcy
July 14, 2021 17:20 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBEpisode Notes Mr. Estes is one of BPI’s founding members and Pride Connection is thrilled to have him helming another musically themed show. Part 2 of this fascinating interview will air on Pride Connection after Convention. Wayne has also given us some recordings of his talented playing that you will hear during this and the second half of the interview. Questions or comments for Pride Connection can be sent to [email protected] A message from Dwayne Estes This weeks Prid...
Pride Connection Presents: Closing Pride Month with AIRA and the amazing Stonewall presentation
June 30, 2021 03:00 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBEpisode Notes Stonewall sparked the Pride Month celebrations…. However Stonewall wasn’t the prologue or even the first chapter. Join BPI and AIRA as we celebrate, experience and describe Stonewalll and the Historic NYC West Village in telling the story of Pride Before, during and after Stonewall. Tonight on ACB Radio Mainstream and on all podcast catchers shortly after. AIRA describes slices of my life in Pride and Beyond. By Anthony Corona The Iconic Stonewall in NYC’s historic West ...
Pride Connection Presents: TJ Klune
June 23, 2021 03:00 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBEpisode Notes Please join us tonight at 10PM Eastern, 7PM Pacific on Pride Connection where guest host Chris Snyder brings you an exclusive, in-depth interview with queer author TJ Klune! TJ Klune is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, The Extraordinaries, and more. Being queer himself, TJ believes it’s important—now more than ever—to have accurate, positive, queer representation in stories. Visit Klune onlin...
Pride Connection Presents: Might As Well Jump!
June 16, 2021 03:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBEpisode Notes Van Halen expressed it best. "Might as well jump!" Sometimes,it's a gradual jump over time; in some cases, it's a dive from 14,000 feet above the ground. Whatever the height or intensity, this show is about making a leap in to the unknown. Listen to some BPI board members share stories of coming out and gaining pride in themselves as well as community in BPI. And Celebrate Pride month with Sarah Chung, Leah Gardner and Byron Lee as they take the leap of a lifetime.
Pride Connection Presents: Exploring Gay History with Eric Marcus
June 08, 2021 18:51 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBEpisode Notes On this week’s show, Anthony Corona and Scott Marshall had the great opportunity to virtually sit down with Eric Marcus, journalist, network television producer, and author of the acclaimed book and podcast Making Gay History. We first met Eric last January when he shared with us and our listeners audio clips from his collection of over one hundred interviews of LGBQ pioneers and allies. A link to that presentation is in the show notes. In today’s episode, we talked with Eric...
Pride Connection Presents: 21 Years of Pride
June 02, 2021 03:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBEpisode Notes As Blind Pride opens the month long celebration of LGBTQ Pride we host long-time allies Terry Pacheco, Penny Reader, Paul Edwards along with ACB Leaders Ray Campbell, Jim Kracht and President Dan Spoon. 21 years of Pride, Advocacy, education, wine events and all our social events not to mention the great social changing discussions we have brought to the table is celebrated tonight. Let's hear what BPI means for ACB, the LGBT community and the world at large from the leade...
Pride Connection Presents: Devin Fernandez
May 26, 2021 03:34 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MBEpisode Notes Pride Connection was happy to chat with Devin Fernandez founder of Third Eye Insight Fitness for the Blind. Where they offer a world of different fitness activities. Not only do they offer Marshall Arts, self-defense, mediation classes but they also set up plenty of fun activities such as horse-back riding, kayaking, fishing charters, etc. If you live near Long Island and are interested please visit them at: http://www.thirdeyeinsight.org/text-only/home-text-only.html His bio...
Pride Connection Presents: Love is Patient, Love is Kind
May 19, 2021 03:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBEpisode Notes Pride Connection invites you to take a journey with Byron Lee and Chris Snyder. Tonight, they will speak of their self-discovery, their coming out experiences, and the truth that love is patient and enduring. Also, get a taste of what’s to come at our spectacular convention this summer! Questions or comments for the show can be sent to: [email protected] Please Visit BlindLGBTPride.org for more information and/or to join the only organization that celebrates the ...
Pride Connection Presents: Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May 12, 2021 04:13 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBEpisode Notes Pride Connection presents a celebratory discussion about Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month **Content warning: gun violence, hate crimes/violence against AAPI, racism, xenophobia, homophobia, ableism, other topics that may be sensitive to some listeners ** May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month! This week on Pride Connection, please join Sarah Chung (moderator,) Minh Ha, Miso Kwak, Tyanne Wilmath, and Anthony Corona for a conversation explo...
Pride Connection Presents: Imperfect Imperfection
May 05, 2021 04:09 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBEpisode Notes Pride Connection was happy to chat with Elise Tabor about intersectionality issues as it relates to not only the LGBTQIA+ and blind communities but relating to us all. When Kimberle Crenshaw coined the term, “intersectionality,” 30 years ago, it was an obscure legal concept. Read more about this on VOX. Did you recognize the instrumental music played in this episode? Tell us your guesses by visiting our Facebook and Twitter so we know you listened! Blind LGBT Pride Intern...
Pride Connection Presents: The Year of COVID-19 a Success…Say What?!?!
April 28, 2021 03:58 - 57 minutes - 53 MBEpisode Notes Pride Connection was happy to chat with Dustin Rynders, the Supervising Attorney of the Education team at Disability Rights Texas, (DRTX). If you are a student with a disability in the State of Texas and need assistance, check out the advocacy services you can get help with by visiting https://disabilityrightstx.org. Do you live in one of the other US states and territories and need advocacy services or just have questions about your rights? Find your Protection & Advocacy, (...
Pride Connection Presents - Harvey Miller Part 2
April 14, 2021 03:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBEpisode Notes Wasn’t I right? How can you not be motivated by hearing Harvey Miller's story Listen to Pride Connection this Tuesday April, 12 at 10 pm. EST on ACB Radio Mainstream and hear the rest of the story. In this part of our conversation hear to whom and how Harvey came out. Learn how a road trip with a friend lead him to a once in a lifetime find. You will be totally impressed hearing how Harvey made it around every obstacle put in his way to get started on the work he was committ...
Pride Connection Presents - Harvey Miller Part 1
April 07, 2021 04:48 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBEpisode Notes Do you need a hit of motivation during this relentless time of pandemic? Maybe a little nudge to get you out of that recliner and do something productive? I can get it for you on the cheap. All you have to do is listen to Pride Connection Tuesday April 6 at 10 p.m. EST on ACB Radio Mainstream. Tune in and listen to the first part of an interview of Harvey Miller done by Dwayne Estes. Harvey was born with low vision and was told he would not lose the sight he had and relied on....
Pride Connection Presents: What Does It Mean To Identify As Asian American Today?
March 30, 2021 14:46 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBEpisode Notes Pride Connection presents a roundtable discussion about what it means to identify as Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) in today's racially charged climate. Content warning: gun violence, hate crimes/violence against AAPI, racism, xenophobia, homophobia, ableism, other topics that may be sensitive to some listeners Join Sarah Chung (moderator,) Tyanne Wilmath, Mark Hanohano, Anthony Corona, and Byron Lee as they examine their thoughts on the aftermath of the Atlanta S...
Pride Connection Presents: a Discussion on Gender Roles in Younger Generations Part 2
March 17, 2021 03:59 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBEpisode Notes New statistics show that 1 out of 6 adults identifies as belonging to the LGBTQ spectrum. The immediate access to information, and ease to connect with others who share similar life experiences, have made it safer for younger generations to openly embrace their identity. We will discuss how gender roles have changed amongst members of Generations X and Z. How much ponderance are younger generations now giving to the roles that have been assigned to each gender in the past? Are...
Pride Connection Presents: A Discussion on Gender Roles in Younger Generations
March 10, 2021 04:30 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBEpisode Notes Last week, Pride Connection hosted a discussion around how new statistics show that 1 out of 6 adults identifies as belonging to the LGBTQ spectrum. The immediate access to information, and the ease to connect with others who share similar life experiences, have made it safer for younger generations to openly embrace their identity. Please join us this week, as we discuss how gender roles have changed amongst members of Generations X and Z. How much ponderance are younger gene...
Pride Connection Presents: 1 in 6 Gen-Z Identifies as LGBTQ, A Discussion
March 03, 2021 04:25 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBEpisode Notes Do you Identify as LGBTQ, Love someone LGBTQ, respect the LGBTQ community?? Tonight we ask LGBTQ members, those who are ALLIES and those who may have the second opinion to join this important discussion. Below you will find 2 fascinating articles of varying opinion. Is it easier to identify as LGBTQ today or, is Gen-Z being socially brainwashed into this identification? BPI dives into this topic this week and next as we invite all ACB Members (especially Next Gen and Stude...
Pride Connection Presents: Celebrating Black History Month
February 24, 2021 04:09 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBEpisode Notes Black History Month: where do we go from here? Join Will Burley and Cheryl Cumings as they talk about the background of Black History Month, and share their perspective of the importance of black History Month, current psycho-social impact of racism on the lives of Black Americans, and the future.
Pride Connection Presents: LGBTQ+ Figures in Politics
February 10, 2021 04:06 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBEpisode Notes Please join Pride Connection, as we discuss the current role of some LGBTQ+ figures in politics. In 2018, Jared Polis was elected as Colorado’s Governor. Most recently, President Biden has appointed Pete Buttigieg as Secretary of Transportation and Rachel Levine as Assistant Secretary of Health. Polis and Buttigieg are both openly gay men, and Levine is a trans-gender woman. These roles represent not only a celebration of diversity, but also a powerful shift in focus. LGBTQ p...
Pride Connection Presents: Sharing Expectations for the Following 4 Years
January 27, 2021 04:17 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBEpisode Notes After a much contended election, a new Administration was sworn into office this past week in our Nation. We know the entire World has been following the US Democratic process, as it effects everyone inside and outside our borders. We are so privileged to be part of this great Nation, and to be the protagonists of US Democracy. Whichever is your political affiliation if any, we invite you to share your thoughts, feelings and, most importantly, your expectations for the follow...
Pride Connection Presents: Celebrating the Life and work of Michael Slade and the award winning series After Forever
January 20, 2021 04:58 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBEpisode Notes EMMY-Award-winning, friend to the show, Kevin Spirtas returns to Pride Connection this week to celebrate the life of his creative partner, Michael Slade and the release of their new special, Riley’s Unforgettable School Project. Listeners will remember Kevin and Michael joined our show and our subsequent discussion call after the release of the critically-aclaimed and multiple—award-winning Second Season of After Forever. The show speaks of love and loss and the human spirit....
Pride Connection Presents: A Candid Conversation with Gerald Hirschtritt
January 13, 2021 04:49 - 58 minutes - 54 MBEpisode Notes BPI serves the intersectionality of the LGBTQ+ and Visually Impaired communities but has a robust number of ALLIES who bring so much support to our affiliate. We pride ourselves for the “Come as you are” inclusiveness of our group. We have so many varied life journeys and so many stories to share. This Tuesday evening at 10pm eastern on ACB Radio Mainstream Pride Connection welcomes Gerald Hirschtritt as we talk with him about his incredible life so far. From NYC to Florid...
Pride Connection Presents: Ringing in 21 with LGBT Romantic Comedy
January 06, 2021 04:41 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBEpisode Notes Tonight on Pride Connection Gabriel and Anthony along with master engineer Byron welcome Chris Snyder as we discuss LGBT romantic literature, films and shows! We wanted to ring in the new year with some fun and suggestions on how to warm up the cold winter nights ahead.
Pride Connection Presents: Sexual Wellness With Desiree and BPI’s Virtual Convention
December 16, 2020 04:42 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBEpisode Notes Blind Pride International and Pride Connection have brought our community many deeply meaningful conversations in the last year, and this Tuesday we want to celebrate our newest Community Call. Every other Wednesday night new BPI member Desiree hosts our Sexual Health Community Call. Let’s get to know her and the Journey to bring this fascinating series of conversations to the BPI and ACB Members. Flirting, Consent and Body Language have been topics so far but this energetic ...
Pride Connection Presents: World AIDS Day
December 02, 2020 05:02 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBEpisode Notes In 1987, the United Nations declared December 1 as World AIDS Day, a day to unite in the fight to end the HIV epidemic, support people living with HIV, and honor those who have lost their life. Join Gabriel, Leah, Anthony, and special guest, Tom Babcock in a discussion about the history and significance of the HIV epidemic. The LGBT community was and continues to be strongly impacted by HIV and AIDS. We will also talk about the socio-political impact on the LGBT community in ...
Pride Connection Presents: Friendsgiving
November 25, 2020 04:50 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBEpisode Notes Blind LGBT Pride Int. Launched Pride Connection just a month before the plague known as COVID-19 ravaged its way into America and changed life as we all knew it. Over these 10 months we have presented many informative, introspective and forward thinking conversations and this week is no exception. Is there room at the table this year for sides of joy and gratitude? Has the fatigue of the election and the massive efforts drained us all?? There have been so many moments of sa...
Pride Connection Presents: To Vaccinate Or Not To Vaccinate?
November 18, 2020 04:36 - 54.8 MBEpisode Notes Please join us on Pride Connection this evening. We will engage in a lively discussion surrounding the news concerning 2 COVID-19 vaccinations that apparently, if press releases can be believed, have an over 90% rate of protection against virus infection. If you had the opportunity to participate in final testing trials, would you do so? Is the risk worth it? We will open a Zoom line for audience participation in this provocative topic. We hope you will share your insight...
Pride Connection; The 2020 Election a Celebration and Analysis
November 11, 2020 04:23 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBEpisode Notes The Election is over and the ballots have been counted (or at least most of them have) leaving us with a clear winner. Pride Connection wants to hear from all BPI members on their voting experiences and election feelings. Join Gabriel, Leah and Anthony as they share their opinions on the outcomes, what’s next and what this change in power means for our community. The lines will be open for all BPI mwmbers to join the call and share with us.
Pride Connection Presents: Crisis Quality of Care Guidelines
October 28, 2020 03:25 - 57 minutes - 53 MBEpisode Notes Our exceptional ally and affiliate member Cheryl Cumings interviews Brandie Sendziak, supervising attorney at the Independent Living Resource Center of San Francisco. As the Covid 19 pandemic continues to adversely affect all facets of our society, the discussion revolves around "standard of care" guidelines for hospitals and other medical facilities. Early on in the pandemic, much fear surrounded the possibility that those with disabilities, seniors and those with underlyin...
Pride Connection Presents: Remembering Matthew Shepard
October 21, 2020 03:30 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBWith the participation of special co-hosts Richard Marion (British Columbia, Canada) and Tom Babcock (Orlando, Florida)! Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was a gay American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie on the night of October 6, 1998. He was taken by rescuers to Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he died from severe head injuries six days later. Suspects Aaron McKinney and Russell...
Pride Connection Presents: Terry Gorman
October 07, 2020 03:41 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBMany of you may remember a historic resolution presented by Blind LGBT Pride International (BPI) this past Summer to the Resolutions Committee and to the Advocacy Team of the American Council of the Blind. Drafted in a collaboration between BPI and Kim Charlson and Paul Edwards, this resolution gained immediate action thanks to the tireless efforts of BPI LifeTime Member, Terry Gorman. BPI’s original resolution consisted on urging National Library Services (NLS) to include an LGBTQ category...
Employment During the Pandemic: Part 2
September 29, 2020 21:23 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBJoin Pride Connection this evening at 10 PM EST, 7 PM Pst on ACB Radio Mainstream. We continue our discussion of COVID-19 and its effect on employment in the visually impaired community. This week, we speak with 4 women who were gainfully employed as the COVID storm hit but found themselves abruptly uprooted early on in the crisis. How does one cope with such sudden life changes that were unanticipated. Kerri Regan, Hannah Mae Aldeza, Jessica Kell and Victoria Herrera share their challenging...
Employment During the Pandemic: Part 1
September 24, 2020 19:10 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBEpisode Notes Pride Connection Presents: Working through the Pandemic Join Gabriel, Leah and Anthony as they welcome Tim Cummings, Mark Hanohano andByron Lee to discuss the changing landscape of the workplace since the beginning of this pandemic. Working from home, furloughed and subsequently laid off, work from home to returning to the office and a ACB intern are a few of the perspectives we will explore. What measures are in place to help the transition and what was not. It is chall...
Work During the Pandemic
September 24, 2020 19:10 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBEpisode Notes Pride Connection Presents: Working through the Pandemic Join Gabriel, Leah and Anthony as they welcome Tim Cummings, Mark Hanohano andByron Lee to discuss the changing landscape of the workplace since the beginning of this pandemic. Working from home, furloughed and subsequently laid off, work from home to returning to the office and a ACB intern are a few of the perspectives we will explore. What measures are in place to help the transition and what was not. It is chall...
Pride Connection for September 8, 2020 - Our Racial/Social Justice Conversation Continues
September 12, 2020 20:08 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBAs President of Blind LGBT Pride International (BPI), I would like to invite you to be a part of our on-going conversations around Racial Justice. Pride Connection has had the honor of conducting 2 in-depth conversations with Will Burley, a Black activist and Cultural Humility leader, and Cheryl Cummings, a member of ACB’s Multicultural Affairs Committee. We’ve held conversations around the history of racial inequities injustice in our country; facts and statistics; societal responses to r...