CCB Happenings 2024

Editor’s Note: There will be no edition of the Happenings for December 27, 2024. Wishing everyone the most blessed of holidays and great things in the upcoming year. From the Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles. Julian Vargas submitted his last Breaking...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for December 20, 2024. Editor’s Note: There will be no edition of the Happenings for December 27, 2024. Wishing everyone the most blessed of holidays and great things in the upcoming year. From the Audio Internet Reading Service of Los...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for December 13, 2024. From California Alliance on Aging and Vision Loss AAVL has been going strong for 25 years, begun in part with the involvement of California’s own Teddie-Joy Remhild. In CA we saw the good that AAVL was doing and...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for December 8, 2023. From the Orange County Chapter: We will be holding our holiday party on Saturday December 9 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Keno Sports Bar, 2661 West La Palma in Anaheim. All are welcome to join us to celebrate the...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for December 8, 2023. From the Orange County Chapter: We will be holding our holiday party on Saturday December 9 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Keno Sports Bar, 2661 West La Palma in Anaheim. All are welcome to join us to celebrate the...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for December 6, 2024. From California Alliance on Aging and Vision Loss AAVL has been going strong for 25 years, begun in part with the involvement of California’s own Teddie-Joy Remhild. In CA we saw the good that AAVL was doing and...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for November 29, 2024. From California Alliance on Aging and Vision Loss AAVL has been going strong for 25 years, begun in part with the involvement of California’s own Teddie-Joy Remhild. In CA we saw the good that AAVL was doing and...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for November 22, 2024. From California Alliance on Aging and Vision Loss AAVL has been going strong for 25 years, begun in part with the involvement of California’s own Teddie-Joy Remhild. In CA we saw the good that AAVL was doing and...

From California Alliance on Aging and Vision Loss AAVL has been going strong for 25 years, begun in part with the involvement of California’s own Teddie-Joy Remhild. In CA we saw the good that AAVL was doing and strongly believed that bringing advocacy, education and...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for November 15, 2024. From the Membership Committee: The California Council of the Blind is facing a number of challenges, from recruiting new members and retaining current ones to getting our 501(3)(c) status back. A few months ago we...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for November 8, 2024. From the Membership Committee: The California Council of the Blind is facing a number of challenges, from recruiting new members and retaining current ones to getting our 501(3)(c) status back. A few months ago we...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for November 1, 2024. From the Membership Committee: The California Council of the Blind is facing a number of challenges, from recruiting new members and retaining current ones to getting our 501(3)(c) status back. A few months ago we...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for October 25, 2024. From the Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles: Southern Californians may know of Kegel Canyon and its environs, but have you heard of strangeness going on there? Join Roger Baker as he reads about Gravity...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for October 18, 2024. From the Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles: Southern Californians may know of Kegel Canyon and its environs, but have you heard of strangeness going on there? Join Roger Baker as he reads about Gravity...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for October 11, 2024. From the Membership Committee: Join us for Friday Night Live with the CCB Membership Committee! Friday, OCT 11, 5:30PM PT Relax and connect with CCB friends on the second Friday of each month from 5:30–7:30 PM PT....

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for October 4, 2024. From the Membership Committee: Join us for Friday Night Live with the CCB Membership Committee! Friday, OCT 11, 5:30PM PT Relax and connect with CCB friends on the second Friday of each month from 5:30–7:30 PM PT....

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for September 27, 2024. From the Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles. Finance is back on Wednesday’s Daily Airs podcast. In this episode Roger Baker reads an article on Mastercard upping their game through the use of Artificial...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for September 20, 2024. From the Greater LA Chapter CCB: The Greater LA chapter invites you to its monthly meeting taking place on Zoom from 10:00 to 12:00 on Saturday, September 21st. This month we will hear from the League of Women...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for September 13, 2024. From the Convention Planning committee: Hello CCB family: The convention planning committee will hold a listening session on Monday, September 16 at 7:30 p.m. This session is intended specifically to discuss...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for September 6, 2024. Legislative Update: I am pleased to report that both of our bills, AB3193, to reform the system under which the Department of Rehabilitation purchases assistive technology for its consumers, and AB1902, which...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for August 30, 2024. From the Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles: Many of you know Julian Vargas from Tech Talk, and Breaking Blindness Barriers. His latest podcast is available at,...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for August 23, 2024. From the Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles: You have a signature, so do your proteins! They can be used to detect or predict over 60 diseases. Find out more, in Daily Airs read by Roger Baker....

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for August 16, 2024. From the Silicon Valley Council of the Blind: This month, we dedicate our entire SVCB meeting to remembering our dear friend and colleague Noel Runyan, who passed away on Wednesday July 31. We'll officially begin our...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for August 9, 2024. From the Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles: “Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.” -Sir Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion. What action, or inaction, has had unintended consequences? In this...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for August 2, 2024. From the Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles: are you over-heated? Joyce Davis reads a recipe for a frozen, no-bake dessert from Southern Living magazine. Can you say, yummy, lemony-licious?...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for July 26, 2024. From the Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles, are you over-heated? Joyce Davis reads a recipe for a frozen, no-bake dessert from Southern Living magazine. Can you say, yummy, lemony-licious?...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for July 19, 2024. From the Membership Committee: Our goal in the CCB Membership committee is to reach out to the community and endeavor to attract new members while, at the same time, nurturing and maintaining the members we already...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for June 28, 2024. From the Editor: Due to the ACB convention, there will be no issue of the Happenings on July 5. From the Membership Committee: Our goal in the CCB Membership committee is to reach out to the community and endeavor to...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for June 21, 2024. From the Membership Committee: Our goal in the CCB Membership committee is to reach out to the community and endeavor to attract new members while, at the same time, nurturing and maintaining the members we already...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for June 14, 2024. From the CCB Membership Committee: Join us for Evening Tea with the CCB Membership Committee! Relax and connect with CCB friends on the second Friday of each month from 5:30–7:30 PM PST. Enjoy casual conversations,...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for June 7, 2024. From the Convention Committee: We will hold a convention feedback session on Tuesday, June 11, at 7:30 p.m. to give members a chance to share constructive feedback about our recent virtual convention. Zoom information to...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for May31, 2024. Remembering Christine Bailey On June 1 at 3:00 pm, join our CCB family in remembering and celebrating the life of Christine Bailey, President of the Inland Empire Chapter of CCB. Zoom information to be distributed soon....

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for May 24, 2024. Remembering Christine Bailey On June 1 at 3:00 pm, join our CCB family in remembering and celebrating the life of Christine Bailey, President of the Inland Empire Chapter of CCB. Zoom information to be distributed soon....

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for May 17, 2024. Remembering Christine Bailey On June 1 at 3:00 pm, join our CCB family in remembering and celebrating the life of Christine Bailey, President of the Inland Empire Chapter of CCB. Zoom information to be distributed soon....

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for May 10, 2024. From: Jeff Thom, Director of Governmental Affairs Both of our bills, AB3193, (Calderon, which would exempt assistive technology-related purchases made for clients of the Department of Rehabilitation from state...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for May 3, 2024. Hello Speaking Out for the Blind listeners, I will be interviewing CCB’s Jeff Thom, NFBCAL’s Tim Elder, and DRA Staff Attorney Rosa Lee Bichell to talk about a recent lawsuit regarding voting rights for blind and visually...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for April 19, 2024. From ACB Next Generation: Dear ACB community, On behalf of the entire ACB Next Generation Auction Committee, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to each and every one of you who attended and participated in...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for April 12, 2024. From Blind Information Technology Specialists: BITS (Blind Information Technology Specialists) is an ACB affiliate. We want to give back to the ACB community by offering a twice-monthly training of technology basics...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for April 5, 2024. From Governmental Affairs Chair, Jeff Thom CCB is sponsoring AB3193, which would make it far easier for the Department of Rehabilitation to purchase assistive technology-related goods and services by exempting these...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for March 29, 2024. From the CCB Nominating Committee: 2024 Nominating Committee Report The committee chose the following list of nominees for CCB offices. President: Sarah Harris Second Vice President: Rob Turner Treasurer: Lisa Presley...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for March22, 2024. CCB office move: The CCB office has now moved. The new address is: 8880 Cal Center Dr. Suite 400 Sacramento, CA 95826 The phone numbers will remain the same. Reminder from the Convention Committee: The deadline to...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for March 15, 2024. CCB office move: The CCB office has now moved. The new address is: 8880 Cal Center Dr. Suite 400 Sacramento, CA 95826 The phone numbers will remain the same. Everything should be up and running as of Monday March 4th...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for March 8, 2024. CCB office move: The CCB office has now moved. The new address is: 8880 Cal Center Dr. Suite 400 Sacramento, CA 95826 The phone numbers will remain the same. Everything should be up and running as of Monday March 4th...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for February 23, 2024. Bylaws Committee Any needed changes to our CCB Bylaws will be considered by the membership at our upcoming state convention in April. Proposed amendments should be submitted to the bylaws committee by March 1st....

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for February 16, 2024. Primary Election Discussed at Greater LA Chapter Meeting With the March 5th primary election just weeks away, the greater LA chapter has invited Penny Sommers from the League of Women Voters to our February meeting....

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for February 9, 2024. Primary Election Discussed at Greater LA Chapter Meeting With the March 5th primary election just weeks away, the greater LA chapter has invited Penny Sommers from the League of Women Voters to our February meeting....

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for February 02, 2024. From the California Council of Citizens with Low Vision: Blind-isms, and other social faux pas - as a blind person, what awkward social situations have you found yourself in? How did you get out of it? Please join...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for January 26, 2024. From Blind Information Technology Specialists: BITS, the technology affiliate of the American Council of the Blind, is offering a free year of membership for up to 400 individuals, either new or renewing BITS...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for January 19, 2024. From Blind Information Technology Specialists: BITS, the technology affiliate of the American Council of the Blind, is offering a free year of membership for up to 400 individuals, either new or renewing BITS...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for January 12, 2024. From IDC and the CCB Membership Committee: A Time for Sharing CCB chapters and affiliates are now asking for dues and certain demographic information. The Inclusive Diversity of California and the state CCB...

From IDC and the CCB Membership Committee: A Time for Sharing CCB chapters and affiliates are now asking for dues and certain demographic information. The Inclusive Diversity of California and the state CCB membership committees invite you to an...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for January 5, 2024. From IDC and the CCB Membership Committee: A Time for Sharing CCB chapters and affiliates are now asking for dues and certain demographic information. The Inclusive Diversity of California and the state CCB membership...

Welcome to the CCB Happenings for January 5, 2024. From IDC and the CCB Membership Committee: A Time for Sharing CCB chapters and affiliates are now asking for dues and certain demographic information. The Inclusive Diversity of California and the state CCB membership...