Episode 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 challenging for our community to find employment that is fully accessible and during Covid-19 a lot of the established access and routines were shifted rapidly. However, much has been learned about working from home that will apply to work opportunities in the future.

Join us Tuesday night at 10pm eastern on ACB Radio as we discuss all this and more.

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As 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 racial injustice, including the true role of the BLM movement; and, most importantly, the personal experiences of our panelists and their families.

This week, our conversations continue. First, join Pride Connection on Tuesday, September 8 at 10:00 PM on ACB Radio Mainstream. BPI has invited ACB President, Dan Spoone to open our program with his thoughts and feelings. Will and Cheryl will then lead a dialog about racial justice by exploring the emotional impact of having this necessary conversation on the human experience. This will be a considerate heart-to-heart conversation, as they discuss how 24-hour and social media as well as these hard talks of change are affecting relationships.

We then invite you to join a listening session on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 7:30 PM EDT. The purpose is to allow each of us to get past the social media clutter and television commentary to understand how this time in our country’s history is shaping us.

BPI Listening Session will give people an opportunity to listen, share and consider with empathy and love. This session, while allowing for everyone to share their thoughts and feelings, is intended to be a safe space, where we will listen to each other without debate or comments. The truest way form of listening is by doing exactly that; listening and taking what we’ve heard away for our own contemplation and understanding. Additionally, we have decided not to broadcast this session to ensure the privacy of such a sensitive conversation.

As we strive to work together to make this a more perfect union of our human existence, join Will Burley and BPI in a heart-to-heart with ACB family and friends as we come together for this necessary first step in strengthening, rebuilding and reconciling relationships, one person at a time.

Pride Connection is always bringing informative, community-building conversations as well as fun experiences. During the last few weeks we have been focusing on racial justice, and decided to take a week of entertainment before we continue that series of conversations.

So, we reached out to Ian who has been working the entertainment industry in various capacities for decades. You may know him from his modeling days with Ford, Elite and as Giorgio Armani’s personal fitting Model

He transitioned and exploded into acting in the mid-80s at the hight of the Soap Opera Golden Age as Duke Lavery. The Anna-Duke Super couple is still one of General Hospitals most beloved pairings!

He spent 17 years on the Bold & Beautiful as well as Time on All My Children and Days of our Lives.

He took Prime-time by storm in David Lynch’s Twin Peaks as well as so many memorable guest spots, animation and video gaming voice over work.

In Marilyn and Bobby he made his name in feature films. There is a lot to talk about career wise but we will also dip into the life of working as a quietly out actor.

Questions for Ian can be sent to [email protected]

Pride Connection airs on ACB Radio Mainstream Tuesday night at 10:00 PM, with replays on Wednesdays at 10:00 AM, and Sundays at 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM.

Blind Pride, being the diverse organization that we are, began an on-going conversation with our Past President, Will Burley, and member Cheryl Cummings last week on pride connection focusing around the ever widening national conversation regarding the state of Social Justice and where BPI fits in this important dialogue. The idea that one can be either a ALLY OR CO-CONSPIRITOR or both was raised and decided that this weeks show will address and ask this query.

Blind Pride has so many intelligent, dynamic and passionate voices who we call on to answer the call-to-action not only for this week's conversation but in standing with our members of color who live the conversation every day.

This evening on Pride Connection, we emphasize that black lives matter.
Will Burley, who has recently been appointed to co-facilitate the Cultural Humility workgroup at Disability Rights Texas will join in on the conversation and share history and personal stories from a Black activist perspective. We will also be joined by other black members of our community who will share their realities and stories with us in a world where racial injustice and oppression pervade society. Please join us for this crucial conversation.

Pride Connection airs on Acb Radio mainstream at 10 PM EST and 7 PM PST this evening. This show also runs at 10 AM EST and 7 AM PST tomorrow morning.

You can also find Pride Connection in podcast form at
acbradio.org.
Visit the podcasts link on the front page and select Pride Connection.

This evening on ACB Radio Mainstream, Pride Connection goes a little
bit gray. Byron Lee is no stranger to ACB. Over the years, he has
helped with live streaming at national conventions. His weekly
comedy music program, The Fun Zone, kept the ACB Radio audience
laughing. In June, BPI benefitted from his brilliance when he
produced and edited our Pride month music celebration. But who is the
guy behind the comedy and the mixing board? We enter the gray zone
with Byron Lee this week as he explores the shades of coming out on
his own terms with us. You will want to hear Byron's journey of self
discovery and pride in his own words.

Listen to Pride Connection on ACB Radio Mainstream at 10 PM Est, 7 PM
PST this evening, or catch the rebroadcast Wednesday morning at 10 AM
EST, 7 AM PST.

Our podcast can also be downloaded from the Acbradio.org web site.
Just visit the home page and click on the pride Connection podcast
link.

Please join Pride Connection tonight as we hear the voice of one of BPI’s newest members, Randy Reed.

Randy invites us into his journey of self-discovery. He shares the confusion and misunderstanding he went through until he was able to find a word that described his sexual orientation- Asexual.

This candid and open conversation educates us on the term “asexual.” we hear from this real-life expert; his struggles; his experiences; and most importantly, the life-transforming moment in which he found and understood himself.

Join us tonight, Tuesday July 28 at 10:00 PM on ACB Radio Mainstream, as we learn and share. You can also find this edition of Pride Connection during any of our replays this week- Tomorrow, Wednesday at 10:00 AM or this up-coming Sunday at 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM, all on ACB Radio Mainstream.

As always, we welcome your feedback and/or suggestions. You can reach Pride Connection at:

[email protected]

The ACB 2020 virtual convention burned brightly along with all the 4th
of July fireworks, and now it is behind us. We've had a week to
recover from the magic, the momentum and lightning speed of workshops,
presentations and discussions. BPI successfully hosted an array of
events as part of the ACB 2020 conference. Let's discuss perceptions,
observations and thoughts. What were your favorite moments, and what
would you like to see for next year?

Join us live at 10 PM EST, 7 PM PST on Tuesday, July 21st for this
recap and celebration. All Bpi members are welcome to join the Zoom
call and share.

You won’t want to miss this candid and compelling conversation with Rosemary Ketchum, the first trans woman to become an elected official. Rosemary is the Councilwoman for Ward 3 in the city of Wheeling, WV.

Rosemary opened up her life to us. From growing up in Ohio; realizing she had to transition; the role of her family during her transition process; her thoughts on inclusive language and pronouns; and how she feels now that she is a successful woman. We also talk politics; her decision to run for a Council Seat; the issues she cares for; and her work ethics.

Rosemary has been a community organizer in the state of West Virginia for a long time. Some of the issues she tackles from her Council Seat include homelessness and poverty. As a Mental Health professional, she focuses on insuring availability of mental health resources in her community.

Please join us in this historic interview, as we close our special Pride Month programing. Tonight Tuesday, June 30 at 10:00 PM on ACB Radio Mainstream.

You can also listen to Pride Connection’s replay tomorrow Wednesday at 10:00 AM. We will not have our Sunday replays this week as ACB Radio will be focused on Convention; but we will surely replay this interview in the near future.

For comments and questions regarding Pride Connection, please contact us at:

[email protected]