Pac Rim Special Events
Pacific Rim Mini Film Festival on Diversity
April 29 & 30, 2013
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Self-Advocacy Leadership Institute: Say It, Voice It, Draw It, Play It, Be It, Be Empowered
Monday, April 29, 2013: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm, Hawai‘i Convention Center
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Conversation Central: Let’s Talk Story!
Tuesday, April 30, 2013: 8:30am-3:30pm, Hawai‘i Convention Center (Ni‘ihau Room 312)
Emergency Preparedness
and Employment for Self-Advocates
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Able Eyes Presents—Audio Description: The Visual Made Verbal Making Visual Images Accessible to People Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision
Monday, April 29, 2013: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, Hawai‘i Convention Center
At this one-day interactive, multi-media
session, participants will experience how Audio Description (AD) makes visual images accessible for people who are blind or have low vision—the visual
is made verbal. Using words that are succinct, vivid, and imaginative, describers convey the visual image that is not fully
accessible to a significant segment of the population and not fully realized by the rest of us—people who see but who may not observe. AD is
offered—in a wide range of human endeavor. Learn more about this special event
Employable: Using Virtual Worlds to Expand Employment Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities
April 29, 2013: Hawai‘i Convention Center
This three-hour workshop will explore the application of interactive
virtual environments to employment success for people with disabilities, with particular emphasis on Veterans and individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury.
The workshop will offer participants hands-on training and interaction with a virtual employment center, EmployAble: World Without Barriers, which uses the
Second Life multi-user virtual environment to provide employment skill development, access to resources, and networking opportunities.
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The Power of the Indigenous: Native Success in Education and in Life
April 29, 2013: Hawai‘i Convention Center
This one day Professional Development Institute for
Native educators offers pioneering international information and training regarding four highly successful facets of Indigenous/Hawaiian education, and
provides practical advice on how to create and maintain quality Native-based public school options.
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Three R’s Institute @ Pac Rim: Relax, Renewal, Recharge
Feeling a bit dragged down by work or the vices of everyday life? This year, the Pac Rim team is proud to announce the Three R’s Institute @ Pac Rim, the newest addition to the Pacific Rim Conference. The Recharge Institute will cater to your health and personal wellbeing, so that you are reinvigorated to carry on the important work you do. The institute will take place during both days of the conference, where there will be events scheduled throughout the day. Learn more about this institute
Healing Our People, Healing Our Streets: Prison is Not the Answer
May 1: 2013: Church of the Crossroads
A Dialogue and Idea Forum of Major Importance with Extraordinary People
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