November 20, 2024 at 3 pm ET: Coalition Building for Non-Driver Transportation Access and Equity
Nearly one-third of people in the U.S. are non drivers, due to disability, age, by choice, or other factors. Many people who don’t drive depend on family, friends, transit programs, or additional options to get to work, medical appointments, social events, and other activities. Most Americans, particularly in less populated areas, have limited transportation programs if they are available at all. This webinar will provide information addressing how to resolve these issues. “Transportation equity requires significant system change that goes beyond a patchwork of programs. One tool for moving us forward is interdisciplinary coalition building, where people with lived experience, policymakers, advocates, state and local agencies, regional planners, and transportation providers” work together to effect large-scale change. Participants in this webinar will learn about two coalitions “that can serve as models” for implementation in other regions and states, the Wisconsin Nondriver Advisory Committee and the Washington Nondriver Report. Presenters will speak about how their groups are structured, their membership, and accomplishments. More information is available on the VisionServe Alliance webpage on Coalition Building for Non-Driver Transportation Access and Equity and the registration link.
November 20, 2024 at 7 pm ET: AI-Powered Vision: Exploring the Cutting-Edge of Seeing AI
The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) webinar team will “explore and demonstrate several powerful feature updates to Microsoft’s Seeing AI, one of the first AI-powered apps for iOS and Android.” Improvements have been made consistently over its seven-year history, with a number of new features released in the past month. Participants will learn how to use the app to “describe videos scene by scene, ask questions about images, scan products and QR codes, and use “turn-by-turn indoor navigation.” Learn more and register here for AI-Powered Vision: Exploring the Cutting-Edge of Seeing AI.
November 26, 2024 from 1 to 2:30 pm ET: Best Practices Webinar: Essential Strategies for Creating Accessible Social Media Content
Americans are using social media increasingly to “engage with their favorite brand and influencers.” This webinar will be offered by the Great Lakes ADA Center. Presenters will provide “Best Practices” for ensuring that federal agencies and other entities craft social media posts, write effective alternative (alt) text, check color contrast, use hashtags and emojis “thoughtfully,” and provide proper captioning for video content, and more. Speakers include U.S. Access Board staff members Amy Nieves, public affairs specialist, and David O’Keefe, events and communications specialists; Alex Lindeman, IT specialist, Section 508 Program Coordinator with the National Park Service; and Bryson Jones, national social media manager with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For details and a registration link, visit the Great Lakes ADA Center webpage on Essential Strategies for Creating Accessible Social Media Content.
