WEBVTT 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:08.000 >> Isaac, you can press star 6 to 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:11.000 unmute if you'd like. 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:16.000 Go ahead, you're live. >> Hi, one second. 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:22.000 I've got to move to a place that's a little bit 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:45.000 more, little bit more bright. Hang on one sec. 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:48.000 >> Hi, everyone. I just want to thank 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.000 APRIL and the committee who for 00:00:51.000 --> 00:01:01.000 a wonderful conference this year and I'm very honored 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:05.000 to -- and I wish and I'm hoping that everyone had 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:08.000 a fabulous 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:11.000 time. You know, winning awards is great enough 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:15.000 , but I really want to thank, you know, 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:18.000 Nelly who brought me into the 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:23.000 world of IL and for really introducing me to 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:26.000 the fantastic members at A 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:31.000 rizona and across the country. I think it's important 00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:34.000 that our youth and my colleagues and I 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:38.000 take up, pick up where you guys are leaving off because 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:41.000 there's so much work that we need to do 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:44.000 . And we can't just -- we can't stop what 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:48.000 we're doing. I think we've made 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:51.000 tremendous progress in the years. And I think 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:55.000 we need to be able to keep this momentum if we feel, if 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:58.000 we wish to 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:02.000 continue fighting and receiving the same access 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:06.000 to the basic necessities of life. And 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:09.000 I think that, you know, it's important 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:13.000 that we come together like this whether it's in a virtual platform 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:16.000 or a physical platform 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:20.000 . And we've, 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:25.000 we connect, we share our ideas. 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:28.000 Human beings are social. We love to socialize. Whether you're an introvert, 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:31.000 or not. We still love to socialize. We love to 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:34.000 get, you know, mix and Ming and 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:37.000 mingle and that is perfectly fine, and 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:41.000 that is why we work, that's why we do better when we work together 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:44.000 . So, again, thank you for 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:48.000 the committee and I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend and 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:52.000 let's continue doing the work 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:57.000 that we've set out to finish. 00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:00.000 >> Yes. Thank you, Isaac. I appreciate 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:04.000 that. A man after my own heart. We are all 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:07.000 social animals. So thank you. One 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:10.000 other person I'd like to recognize, too, is 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:16.000 like to recognize Sarah 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:19.000 Menton 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:22.000 . So thank you for all of your service on our 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:25.000 board. We appreciate it. And certainly, a heart 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:29.000 felt thank you. And oh, wait what is this? 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:32.000 This just in. 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:35.000 Oh, this just in from the academy. This is the 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:38.000 award for best staff and board of a membership 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:42.000 organization dedicated to advancing the rights of 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:45.000 people with disabilities in rural America goes to APRIL 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:49.000 . Oh, my gosh! Thank you, thank you, academy 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:52.000 . Thank you. Gosh, you know, 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:55.000 I want to thank everyone, thank the lord, thank 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:58.000 my mom and dad, thank all of the people that made this possible 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:02.000 . Such an honor, thank you. 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:05.000 But seriously, there wouldn't be an April conference 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:09.000 if it wasn't 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:12.000 . So let's see what's up next. I'm sorry about 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:16.000 that Maria, I'm going to lead into you with a terrible, terrible bit of 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:19.000 comedy. But 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:22.000 I'd like to introduce next good 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:25.000 friend of mine, I've known her for a couple 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:28.000 of days. Maria Town. Maria is the 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:32.000 president and CEO of the American Association 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:35.000 of People with Disability 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:38.000 ies and she has had quite a distinguished career. Just a 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:41.000 couple of other things, she's been the director of 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:45.000 the mayor's off for people with disabilities 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:48.000 office in Texas 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:53.000 . And she's been a senior associate director 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:56.000 of public engagement in 00:04:56.000 --> 00:05:01.000 the Balme White House. 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:05.000 Certainly proud she was in that role and did a fabulous job 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:09.000 . Fantastic. So without 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:12.000 any further fanfare, Maria 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:16.000 , let me turn the floor over to you and thank you so much 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:19.000 for being here with us 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:22.000 this afternoon and helping us close our conference. >> Thank you 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:28.000 so much, Billy. And thank you for that really kind introduction 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:32.000 . So I will say this, I have learned so much 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:35.000 from Billy Altom 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:39.000 and APRIL that I try to 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:42.000 share every time I can 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:47.000 . One of the things 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:50.000 that Billy did not share with you all that is a huge part of my 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:55.000 bio and what motivates me is that I'm originally from 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:58.000 Southeast Louisiana in a town, from a town call 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:02.000 ed Hammond, which while 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:05.000 for our Parrish, it is 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:08.000 the biggest city in the Parrish 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:11.000 parish, I grew up in 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:14.000 a rural area. And I have so much respect for 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:18.000 what rural independent living 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:21.000 centers and organizers do. 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:26.000 So thank you so much everybody for being 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:29.000 here. Congratulations to all of the awardees. I'm 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:32.000 so excited to talk to you about one of my favorite subjects 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:35.000 and that's voting. But before we 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:38.000 dig into that, I want to make sure we're all on the same page, OK 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:41.000 . I'm going to be asking a 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:44.000 lot of questions. I might ask y'all to share some 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:47.000 stories if you are ready for that, can 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:56.000 you give me a signal in the chat? 00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:01.000 I see lots of people are ready. OK. Great. 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:04.000 All right. So again, my name is 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:08.000 Maria, as Billy said, I'm the 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:11.000 President and CEO of the American Association 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:14.000 of People with Disabilities 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:18.000 . A cross-disability civil rights organization 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:21.000 and we focus on building the economic and political power of the disability 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:26.000 community across the United States. And 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:29.000 one of the main ways that we do that is by building the power 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:32.000 of the disability vote. Now, 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:36.000 y'all may be seeing a lot of stories 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:40.000 about voting right now. Because what's happening? What's happening 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:44.000 right now as we speak? 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:49.000 Anybody? 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:52.000 The election. We are all voting. Yes. So a 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:55.000 lot of times, you'll hear people 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:59.000 say that the election is 17 days away. 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:04.000 That's wrong. The end of the election is 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:07.000 in 17 days. Election day is 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:10.000 just one day of the election. As 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:14.000 of right now, more than 20 million 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:17.000 people have already voted. And they voted 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:20.000 in person, they voted by 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:23.000 mail. They have voted in their cars. 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:26.000 They may have even voted on an iPad. It's 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:30.000 incredible to see how many people are 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:33.000 voting, especially considering how many 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:36.000 barriers to voting people are experience 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:39.000 ing this year. Now, I'm seeing a 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:42.000 lot of people in the chat saying 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:45.000 that they've already voted 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:48.000 . And I'm going to pick on some people I know. Kim 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:51.000 Gibson in Georgia, you already voted, 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:55.000 how did you vote? 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:58.000 Let's see what she says. 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:04.000 Kim voted in person. 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:07.000 How about others? I'll ask you the question, have you 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:10.000 voted? Are you among the more than 20 million who 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:14.000 have already voted? 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:18.000 She has her ballot in her hands 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:21.000 . ALisa with APRIL says that early voting 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:24.000 in Arkansas starts Monday. Billy mentioned 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:27.000 that I used to live in Houston, Texas, which is one of the largest cities 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:30.000 in the country. In Houston, which started 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:33.000 early voting three days 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:36.000 ago, more than 300,000 people have already voted over the past 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:40.000 three days. 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:43.000 And Mary lives in Montana 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:46.000 . Scott says that he is dropping his ballot 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:49.000 off at a ballot drop box this weekend. 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:52.000 Great, y'all are really taking advantage of 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:55.000 the different ways you have to vote. I see 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:59.000 that Tom, Tom says that now that you have 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:02.000 voted early, find someone who hasn't voted and 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:05.000 ask if you could help them to vote. Tom, you read my mind 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:08.000 . That is a great suggestion. I want to 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:12.000 tell you all my story about voting recently. 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:15.000 I live in Washington, D.C., not a rural area at 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:18.000 all. DC does a lot 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:22.000 of things right. 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:25.000 Washington, DC, mailed me my 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:28.000 ballot, I didn't have to request it. That's one of the barriers to 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:32.000 voting people are experiencing. Some states try to limit people's ability 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:35.000 to vote by mail by making them request a 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:39.000 ballot. And other states, like my home state, 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:43.000 Louisiana, requires that you have a reason to vote absentee 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:46.000 . So you have to say, I have a disability, I can't 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:50.000 go to the polling place, I need my ballot, I have 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:53.000 to request my ballot absentee 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:56.000 . I have to have a reason, request and then get my ballot. 00:10:56.000 --> 00:11:00.000 But a lot of states call out as a good 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:03.000 example. And DC, they mail you 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:09.000 your ballot. So for me, 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:13.000 I got my ballot, they provided me with postage so I didn't 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:28.000 have to buy stamps. That's another barrier. 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:31.000 I did my research, made a whole plan to vote. Found the 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:35.000 ballot box that was closest to my apartment. I go 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:38.000 to the ballot box with a member of my vote 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:42.000 ing squad and guess what happened? 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:46.000 I have a mobility disability, I have 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:57.000 cerebral palsy. So when I get to the ballot box, what happened? 00:11:57.000 --> 00:12:00.000 Place wasn't accessible. The ballot box was completely 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:04.000 cut off by street construction. And if I hadn't 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:07.000 had someone 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:14.000 else with me, someone to help me vote. 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:17.000 I would have had to make a completely different plan. But instead 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:20.000 , I could give my ballot to a member of 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:24.000 the voting squad and vote. And then I could 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:35.000 report that the drop box was inaccessible. 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:38.000 One of the things we do at APD is make sure people are 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:41.000 aware of their rights and the rules related to 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:44.000 voting. And it's so great to see all of you talking in 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:47.000 the chat because even in the chat, you can all see 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:50.000 how different voting is across states. 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:55.000 So I wanted to share some resources with everybody 00:12:55.000 --> 00:13:01.000 . And I'm going to share 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:04.000 my my screen, if I can 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:10.000 figure out how to do that. OK. 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:13.000 Share. So 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:16.000 this is APD's website for voting in 2020 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:21.000 . Patricia said she asked a friend to 00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:24.000 fill out her ballot and take it and drop it off. And that is awesome 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:27.000 . So we've developed voting 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:35.000 guides for each and every 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:39.000 state that we are updating in realtime. 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:42.000 As states change various deadlines and rules. For example 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:45.000 , in A 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:48.000 rizona, we posted this on the 5 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:52.000 th. And that same day, 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:55.000 Arizona extended their 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:58.000 voter registration deadline 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:01.000 . On these state guides, 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:05.000 we go through when you need to register by. If you would 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:08.000 live in Arizona, anybody from 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:13.000 Arizona on today's chat? 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:18.000 I can't see the chat box. 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:21.000 >> Yep, Mel 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:25.000 lie was saying she was here. >> Fantastic 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:28.000 . She's definitely making sure that a Arizonians 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:31.000 are registered to vote 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:35.000 by October 23rd. In 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:38.000 Arizona, they do not allow people to 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:41.000 register on election 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:46.000 day. So anyway, for each state, we 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:49.000 can go through -- when you need 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:54.000 to register, how you can vote, where you can vote, and 00:14:54.000 --> 00:15:03.000 other rules 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:07.000 -- some may face restriction because they're under 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:11.000 guardianship or because they've been 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:14.000 incarcerated previously. There's a giant spreadsheet for 00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:17.000 anyone that loves spreadsheets which goes through all of the various 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:20.000 election rules in each state. So 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:25.000 we look at things like if curb side voting is available 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:28.000 , if an idea's required, it's so much 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:32.000 information. So if you are a voting nerd like me, 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:35.000 you can have a ball going 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:40.000 through this spread sheet 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:43.000 and checking out how each state structures voting a little 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:49.000 bit differently. I'm GOIMG to check out the chat. 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:56.000 She's mailing in her ballot today. That's awesome. 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:59.000 going to check out the chat. She's mailing in her ballot today. That's awesome. Hannah says her drop 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:03.000 box is not accessible for those using wheelchairs. 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:06.000 Hannah, follow up with me after this talk because we actually 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:09.000 try to gather information on that. Since we are talking about 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:14.000 azoand Mellie is on the 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:17.000 chat, AAPD and the 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:20.000 Arizona State Independent Living Council are 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:23.000 working together to build the power of the disability vote 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:27.000 . Do you want to share some of the things you're doing to motivate 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:35.000 voters in Arizona? 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:39.000 While we're waiting for her to respond, again, I want 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:42.000 to emphasize, if you have questions about 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:46.000 what voting looks like in your state, please check out these 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:49.000 resources. And if we got something wrong, 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:52.000 let us know so we can update them. 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:55.000 If you have friends in other states who don't know if they can vote, where they can 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:59.000 vote, how they can vote, you can use either 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:02.000 these voting, these state voting guides or 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:07.000 this spreadsheet to help answer their questions. 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:10.000 I'm going to check on. >> Maria, it's M 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:13.000 ellie, I speak faster than I type. So thank you 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:16.000 so much. We're very excited, thank you for mentioning 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:20.000 this wonderful opportunity for us 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:24.000 here in Arizona. We are partnering with a Center 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:28.000 for Disability Live and Diversity 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:31.000 Incorporated. And we're making more accessible formats 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:35.000 out of a variety of materials we have going out in the state. Also, 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:38.000 improving our ability to translate to Spanish language 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:42.000 . And we're going to be doing some webinars and 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:45.000 youth social media campaigns and that sort of thing to really reach out 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:48.000 to our young voters. So we're super 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:51.000 excited and grateful. >> That's awesome. And 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:55.000 we're really excited to be working with you all and can't wait to 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:59.000 just help amplify everything you're doing. Patricia 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:02.000 in Nevada raises a really good point. And this is something else 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:05.000 we've been working on at AAPD. A lot of you 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:08.000 mentioned you're voting by mail. I received my 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:12.000 ballot in the mail, which is awesome. And one of the reasons that voting by 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:15.000 mail is so important this year is because of the risks of COVID 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:19.000 exposure. More and more people are choosing to vote absentee 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:23.000 or to vote by 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:27.000 mail because they want to make sure they don't, 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:30.000 they aren't exposed to the virus or don't come down with the 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:33.000 virus when they're trying to exercise their most sake 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:37.000 cred right to vote. But one of the big concerns about 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:43.000 vote by mail is that it's also not accessible to many 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:46.000 people. For people with print disabilities, those who are 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:49.000 blind or have a learning disability, how are they going to 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:52.000 read their ballot if it's just sitting there 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:55.000 on a piece of paper? For people with dexterity 00:18:55.000 --> 00:19:00.000 disabilities or even myself. If I spasm 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:03.000 , my signature may not look the same all the time. And 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:06.000 often, when you vote by mail, they require something call 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:10.000 ed a signature verification. Your signature has to 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:13.000 match what's on your ID. So AAP 00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:18.000 D and a number of other disability rights organizations 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:21.000 have been advocating 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:24.000 for greater investment in electronic voting resources 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:27.000 . So one of the things that you will 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:30.000 find on this spreadsheet 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:35.000 is whether or not 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:38.000 states provide electronic ballot delivery for voters with disability 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:41.000 ies. So in some states, Arizona does 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:44.000 not do this and neither does Arkansas, California 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:48.000 does. California will send ballots 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:52.000 to voters electronically so they can use 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:57.000 assistive tech, like screen readers to read their ballots 00:19:57.000 --> 00:20:00.000 at 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:03.000 home. There are still some major accessibility issues 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:07.000 with that because then you still have to print out your 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:10.000 ballot, a lot of people don't have printers. And sign it 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:15.000 . 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:20.000 There's another system that members 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:23.000 overseas could vote online. And one 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:26.000 of the things we're championing 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:29.000 ing are 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:32.000 expansions of systems like that. A lot of people like disabilities this year are 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:36.000 still going to choose to vote in 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:39.000 person because they can use a ballot, an accessible 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:43.000 ballot marking device at the polls which will allow 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:47.000 them to cast an in 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:53.000 dependent, anonymous, accessible ballot. 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:56.000 I'm seeing a lot of questions. 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:59.000 Sarah is trying to help a client sign up to 00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:02.000 vote. She changed her address and 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:05.000 haven't received anything. She can't find her registration online 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:08.000 . She's in Colorado, what does she do? And I'm not sure. But 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:12.000 I'm trying to keep track of these questions. 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:15.000 Now, we've talked a lot about the process of voting itself, 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:19.000 but what are you actually voting for? 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:23.000 So I want to show you another example. This is a website called 00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:27.000 vote 411. It's create 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:30.000 d by an organization called the League of 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:33.000 Women Voters. And chapters are everywhere 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:36.000 . They do great work. It's all nonpartisan and 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:40.000 they partner frequently with our 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:43.000 rev up coalitions, voting initiative. So when 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:47.000 you look at this ballot, you can put in your address on 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:50.000 Vote 411. And it shows you full ballot. What 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:53.000 I did for this ballot is I 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:56.000 put in APRIL 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:59.000 APRIL 00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:03.000 's address. In Arkansas, people can vote for 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:06.000 President, second US House District 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:10.000 . I found this one issue 3 changing Arkansas 00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:14.000 citizen initiative process, votes required for issue proposals and 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:17.000 publication requirements. Really interesting. Now, that's a lot of words 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:20.000 and maybe Billy can correct me if I'm wrong, but what I think 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:24.000 this has to do with is how many signatures 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:28.000 a citizen needs to get on a petition 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:31.000 in order for an issue to be introduced or maybe 00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:35.000 it's a representative in order for an issue to be introduce 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:38.000 d as a legislative proposal. And they want to 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:41.000 increase the requirement for signatures from 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:45.000 15 counties to 45. To me, 00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:48.000 that's a huge increase. And that could really 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:52.000 prevent a lot of important issues from being on the ballot. Again, I'm 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:55.000 not an Arizona voter. Maybe more KINT 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:59.000 kind of nuanced to this than I'm seeing. 00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:02.000 But I might vote no on this measure because it seems like it's trying 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:05.000 to limit the voice of the people. 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:10.000 Now, this is an issue tied to the 2020 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:15.000 election, but in reality, every single 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:19.000 year is some kind of election year. Every year people 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:22.000 vote on elected officials and 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:26.000 issues that have direct impact on their lives. 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:29.000 Billy mentioned that I used to work for the City of Houston 00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:33.000 in the mayor's office. And so, it was there where I 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:37.000 really understand that what was on the ballot, again, direct 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:40.000 ly shaped my life and the lives of the 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:47.000 people that I serve 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:50.000 d so this issue, for example, may limit, like, 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:54.000 the way that issues get on the agenda 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:57.000 for your state legislature. I don't know. Some of 00:23:57.000 --> 00:24:04.000 you may be voting on issues 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:07.000 like how the state spends money to 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:11.000 recover from a disaster 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:14.000 or how standardized testing for schools 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:18.000 . I want to emphasize, you know, 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:21.000 voting is not just something that we 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:24.000 do every four years, it's something that we do at least every year, 00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:27.000 if not more frequently. And it's important to 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:32.000 vote in both primaries and general elections 00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:35.000 . For candidates that understand and make sure 00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:38.000 that candidates have an opportunity to 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:41.000 understand disability issues. So, 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:45.000 again, this was Vote 411. It's 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:48.000 something from the league of women voters, 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:51.000 but there are lots of other sites that will help you understand the 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:54.000 ballots in every election that you're going to be voting on 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:57.000 . Another one is ballot PDF. 00:24:57.000 --> 00:25:01.000 So this is AAPD's general voting website 00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:04.000 not tied to the 2020 election. One 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:07.000 of the things that we do is 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:13.000 put together 00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:17.000 , put together issue guides. So when you 00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:22.000 think about, again, your local area 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:27.000 , whether it's Idaho, California, 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:30.000 Georgia, what issues are the most pressing issues for the disability 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:33.000 community in your state, 00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:36.000 in your county, in Louisiana, 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:40.000 your parish, your city and town. Do you have the tools 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:44.000 to make sure that every candidate running for election 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:47.000 no matter what party understands that they need to take those 00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:51.000 issues seriously? 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:54.000 In the recent presidential primary, we 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:58.000 saw 12 candidates for president create disability 00:25:58.000 --> 00:26:03.000 policy platforms. That's really exciting. 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:06.000 What I want to see is every candidate running for local office have 00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:09.000 an understanding of disability issues of access 00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:12.000 issues and have inclusion so that we don't 00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:15.000 only understand our power from a kind of 00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:18.000 big picture level, but we really feel our power 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:21.000 at a local level. And I hope that the 00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:25.000 rev up issues 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:29.000 guide can be a tool that everyone uses to get that conversation going 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:33.000 at a local level. I think we have 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:38.000 five minutes left of my presentation, and so I want to 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:41.000 end on this note and open it up for questions really 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:44.000 quick. As of this year, 00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:48.000 there are at least 38 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:51.000 million eligible voters with disabilities. 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:55.000 I have seen elections at the local level 00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:58.000 decided by 12 votes by five 00:26:58.000 --> 00:27:01.000 votes. And if people with disabilities 00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:05.000 voted at the same rate as people without disabilities 00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:08.000 , we would see 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:11.000 2 million more voters annually than we current 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:14.000 ly do. That's a huge 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:17.000 number. In some states, the last 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:20.000 presidential election was decided by, you know, tens 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:23.000 of thousands of votes. So, you know, 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:26.000 no matter how many barriers there are to voting right 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:29.000 now, 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:33.000 or potentially how disillusioned and disEN 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:36.000 enfranchised you might feel with today's current elevenths, 00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:39.000 events, your vote matter 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:42.000 s. Your vote is a way to get your voice, your priorities out 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:45.000 there and no matter which election is occurring, 00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:49.000 it is important, it is critical, it is crial to building our 00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:52.000 power. And I'm going to end 00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:55.000 with Justin Dart's 00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:59.000 quote, vote like your life depends on it because 00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:02.000 it does. And with that, I'll open it up 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:07.000 to questions. 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:10.000 A lot of people are using 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:17.000 Vote 411. Great. Awesome. 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:23.000 Mark says in Nevada, they have accessible 00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:26.000 in person machines. I was probably talking too fast for the interpreter. 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:29.000 I'm so sorry. Cindy looked up 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:33.000 her ballot on vote 411 and there's also debate 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:36.000 videos. You can do your research before voting 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:39.000 . And Kenneth, thank you so much for support 00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:42.000 ing Rev Up on your social media. And 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:48.000 I hope everybody 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:53.000 can support on your social media. Are there any questions? 00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:56.000 >> I don't see anybody's hand raised at this point. 00:28:56.000 --> 00:29:03.000 >> Your vote matters and must be counted. 00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:07.000 Any of you who haven't voted, are you now going 00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:27.000 to vote? 00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:31.000 I apologize if I mispronounced your name, 00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:34.000 also says yes. 00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:39.000 Cindy says yes, in person on election day. 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:46.000 Yes, in person, masked and gloved. 00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:53.000 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:56.000 Well, one thing I 00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:59.000 will ask of all of you 00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:02.000 . As soon as we finish with this conference, I'll be taking my 00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:06.000 ballot to drop it off. And someone 00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:10.000 Kay said, a few weeks ago, 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:13.000 encourage someone who would not vote to do so 00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:17.000 . And Mary says, I plan 00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:20.000 on mailing my ballot after this session. 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:23.000 If folks are using social media. If you vote, whether it's in person 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:26.000 or by mail, or, again, from your 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:30.000 car, you know, and you're posting your 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:33.000 "I voted 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:36.000 " selfie, tag me in it. I put my twit 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:39.000 Twitter in the chat and maybe AAP 00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:43.000 D could reTWOOET 00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:46.000 Tweet you, as well. Danny 00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:49.000 says they'll be in person and loaded with 00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:52.000 hand sanitizer and mask. 00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:55.000 Mark already voted with digital ballot 00:30:55.000 --> 00:31:07.000 delivery. What state do you live in? 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:11.000 Nevada. Mm-hmm. 00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:14.000 All right. My time is up, thank you 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:18.000 all, again. 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:21.000 Youth Lead NC says what are your suggestion 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:25.000 s for getting youth with disabilities involved 00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:28.000 . I'm going to answer that really quick. One suggestion is making sure 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:32.000 that any youth who is either 00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:35.000 18 and over or will be 18 by election 00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:38.000 day is registered to vote. And 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:42.000 making sure that youth understand, 00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:46.000 again, even if they don't 00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:49.000 like President Trump 00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:53.000 or Biden, they can vote for many 00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:56.000 other issues that will direct 00:31:56.000 --> 00:32:01.000 ly affect their lives. When you vote, it's not just about the presidency 00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:04.000 . Making sure that youth understand, again, 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:08.000 that voting has a direct connection 00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:12.000 to what they experience day-to-day and what kinds 00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:16.000 of local issues get action is 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:21.000 really important 00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:24.000 organizations like when we all vote have focused on building 00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:27.000 the youth vote. There's an initiative right now 00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:30.000 focused on getting youth to register to vote 00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:34.000 at school dances. I also, again, think about going 00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:37.000 to where youth are and making sure they can get registered in a 00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:40.000 way that fits with their lives as opposed to make 00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:44.000 ing them show up to a seminar 00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:47.000 might be good. I see that APRIL has shared my contact information. 00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:50.000 I'm going to put all of these links in the chat and also send 00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:54.000 them to the APRIL office to send out to all of the conference 00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:57.000 attendees. Again, thank you all for your time. And I 00:32:57.000 --> 00:33:00.000 will turn it back over 00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:04.000 to Billy? >> OK. 00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:08.000 >> Yeah, thank you. 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:14.000 >> And if you would unshare your screen, please. 00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:17.000 Perfect. Thank you. So 00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:20.000 up next, we want to hear from, we call 00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:23.000 it the Youth Final Word. Get a 00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:27.000 little wrap-up from the youth. And hear about 00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:30.000 how they either enjoyed the conference, what they learn 00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:34.000 ed. So who is my first speaker from 00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:41.000 --? >> No, you can go ahead. 00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:45.000 >> Thank you. Hello, my name 00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:48.000 is Noah. And I would like to say thank you 00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:51.000 to everyone at APRIL for making this conference a great 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:55.000 one. Even though we're not in person, this is 00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:59.000 still the best conference I've been to in many years. 00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:03.000 And I would just like to say that 00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:06.000 everyone has come so far in this conference and some 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:09.000 who have just begun are going to be able to do more 00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:13.000 things than any of us have in the future. 00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:16.000 And I think to finish my thing off, I have 00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:20.000 a quote from a musical I like. 00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:23.000 To being an us for once instead 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:30.000 of a them. Thank you. 00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:33.000 >> Marcia you can go ahead. 00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:36.000 >> OK. Hi, everybody. My name is 00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:41.000 Masha 00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:44.000 Flynn. I was your youth outreach for this year. This conference 00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:48.000 has been great. I know that we've had a lot 00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:53.000 of barriers this year. 00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:58.000 I learned so much especially from getting to be on the 00:34:58.000 --> 00:35:02.000 youth committee. I've learned so much from this organization 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:05.000 and from my own that I currently 00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:09.000 work for. 00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:12.000 That I 00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:15.000 just learned so much from the different backgrounds and the different cultures we all 00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:19.000 come from. And it's helped me to really get to understanding disability 00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:22.000 in a more broad way. 00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:26.000 Before I leave, I just want to say thank you 00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:29.000 to APRIL for allowing me to be a part of this organization 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:32.000 as well as thank my 00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:35.000 other committee members. I've had such a wonderful time 00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:39.000 getting to know you girls, you people, 00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:43.000 I should say. And getting to work with 00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:46.000 you these past few months. I want 00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:50.000 ed to thank my 00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:53.000 CIL Wyoming Independent Living office for SPONer sore 00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:56.000 sponsoring me this year and support 00:35:56.000 --> 00:36:03.000 ing all of my endeavors. 00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:11.000 >> Go ahead, Andy. You're good. 00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:14.000 >> Hi, guys, I don't know if you can hear 00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:19.000 me. >> Yep. You're good to go. >> OK. 00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:22.000 I really loved the APRIL Conference. 00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:26.000 I love meeting new people and learn 00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:29.000 ing some stuff that will help me in the 00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:35.000 future. And 00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:39.000 the thing I really liked today was talking with other 00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:45.000 people my 00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:48.000 age some stuff they're going through and see how we 00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:52.000 can 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:56.000 figuring out how to help in such a 00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:59.000 way. And this conference is 00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:02.000 has been the best year. And I'm hoping that I'll 00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:05.000 be able to come again 00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:09.000 next year. 00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:12.000 Billy, I love your 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:16.000 singing, you did great. >> Thank you. 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:19.000 >> You're welcome. >> And you 00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:22.000 can go ahead. Thanks, Andy. 00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:26.000 >> Hey, everyone, this is Shika, I 00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:31.000 enjoyed the conference and 00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:35.000 I love being on the 00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:38.000 youth steering committee. It was fun plan 00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:41.000 ning this conference and I learned a lot from all of the presenters 00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:45.000 . And thank you for all you guys 00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:54.000 do. It was a lot of fun. 00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:57.000 >> Awesome. We've got one more . 00:37:57.000 --> 00:38:00.000 Opal, do 00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:05.000 you want to go ahead? >> Yes, please. 00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:09.000 I would just like to say thank you 00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:12.000 to everybody at APRIL 00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:16.000 . Particularly, the Youth Steer 00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:19.000 ing Committee for paying for me 00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:25.000 to come this year and 00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:28.000 I think actually to everybody else, 00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:33.000 thanks because even though the world is 00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:36.000 crazy and COVID is happening, 00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:39.000 you're still out there in 00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:42.000 the world doing all sorts 00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:45.000 of wonderful advocacy things. 00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:49.000 And 00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:57.000 so, I'm just thankful that you guys are still work 00:38:57.000 --> 00:39:04.000 ing, even though the world is kind of going insane. 00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:08.000 >> Awesome. Thank you 00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:11.000 all. This was great. Billy? >> Awesome. 00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:14.000 Indeed. Thank you all. And thank you, Maria 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:18.000 . I appreciate that. Great words and 00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:21.000 one of the things I always talk to folks about, too, when we're hang 00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:24.000 ing out invariably, 00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:27.000 conversations always go to politics 00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:31.000 . And my first thing is, did you vote? And if you didn't 00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:34.000 vote, I don't want to hear anything you have to say. 00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:37.000 So move on down the road. So remember that. When you're talking to 00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:41.000 me, if you didn't vote, I'm not talking politics with you. 00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:45.000 So let's keep this up. 00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:49.000 One of the final things we want to do every year is 00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:53.000 thank all of the folks that make this possible 00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:58.000 . Our main conference sponsors, 00:39:58.000 --> 00:40:01.000 Anthem, the ADA National Network and 00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:06.000 Ability 360. Thank you, thank you. Also, our 00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:09.000 in kind sponsors. The Arizona SI 00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:12.000 LC, ad sponsors, the Rural Health 00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:16.000 Information Hub and Disability Link 00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:19.000 . Thank you for your support. Also, a tremendous 00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:22.000 thanks to Mary, Cy'erra 00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:25.000 Sierra and Melissa for 00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:29.000 the work they put in. And to Bill Cochran 00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:32.000 wherever you are, thank you so much for your technical 00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:35.000 support. But mostly, thank you 00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:39.000 to you. For being part of our family, 00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:43.000 for making our conferences a 00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:46.000 success every year. Couldn't do it without you. So we certainly appreciate 00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:49.000 you. That is all that I have for 00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:52.000 folks today. I would like to offer 00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:55.000 Mary and/or Sierra to say 00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:58.000 anything if they've got any words of wisdom to part with us. 00:40:58.000 --> 00:41:01.000 >> This is Mary and I just dropped the 00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:04.000 evaluation in the chat as always. 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:08.000 We can't get better if we don't know what we're doing wrong and 00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:11.000 what we're doing right. So if you could fill 00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:14.000 that out on the way out. And just know 00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:18.000 that, so you guys will have all of 00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:21.000 the recordings up by Monday. The first part of the week is already 00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:24.000 up. And those will be at your fingertips 00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:27.000 and access until January. 00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:31.000 So happy recording watching. >> Oh, 00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:34.000 and the Discord will still be up after 00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:37.000 the conference. Continue joining in and connecting with others after the conference 00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:41.000 . 00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:45.000 >> Fantastic. Having 00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:48.000 said that, it is exactly 5:00 on the hour. And that's what 00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:51.000 time we said we would be through. So 00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:55.000 that is a 00:41:55.000 --> 00:42:03.000 be safe going from your computer to your sofa. 00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:13.000 Adios, folks. It's been great. Thank you very much.