This month we’re proud to feature special guest Sevana Massih, Inclusion and Diversity Program Manager with Starbucks Coffee Company. She’ll tell us how the partnership with Aira came about as well as the history and unique customer base for the Signing Store in Washington DC. 

What did you do in your kitchen for the March challenge? We’ll find out. Plus we’ll talk exercise equipment and give you a challenge for April. 

We are very proud to share this week’s show with the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference virtual audience. A cavalry of agents show how Aira can enrich your navigation and on-line experience with zoos and animal-related information as we travel through the world-famous San Diego Zoo’s live cams. We’ll even answer the age-old question “What does the fox say?” 

Join us to explore this new addition to the Nashville music scene tracing the history of music from spirituals to jazz and beyond. 

Peggy Chong is known as The Blind History Lady. We’ll find out why and learn about some blind people of color in this episode. Check out her page and sign up for her newsletter at http://theblindhistorylady.com. 

This month we catch up after the holidays to hear about what people did with aira on vacation. Emily introduces the Active Zone with a vegetarian meal challenge. 

This month is jam packed with info. We learn about how to text our Customer Care Team. Aira will be at CSUN and Emily gives us tips on interacting with agents. Plus we take your questions. 

Every month before our Explorer call we’ll enter the Aira Active Zone where our Active Program coaches talk with an agent about ways to use those minutes each month. This time around we’re talking kitchen appliances, gadgets and recipes. We’ve also got a challenge for you. 

This week we take a look at Black History from another perspective, that of the Aborigines in Australia. Although they are the native people of that country, they have undergone many struggles for basic human and civil rights and take inspiration from the Civil Rights movement in the US. Jennifer Perry, an Aira Explorer from Sydney, Australia, joins us for some local viewpoints as we visit the National Museum of Australia’s Civil Rights exhibit. 

We begin our journey through Black History Month with a visit to the Buffalo Soldiers Museum. What role did these soldiers play in the american West and why were they called “Buffalo Soldiers”? Find out as we visit https://www.buffalosoldiermuseum.com.