In this episode I speak with Carrissa Ammons. Carrissa is a psychology major as well as a content creator on TikTok and Instagram. Carissa shares her thoughts on connecting with others in the Blind and Low Vision community and how that has impacted her. Thank you for listening and please share...

In this episode, recorded early December 2020,  I speak with Elizabeth Campos. Liz is a certified orientation and mobility instructor at Society for the Blind. During our conversation she shares some of her insight into overcoming barriers, building confidence, the importance of lessons learned from failure and the balance of service to others and self.

Welcome to 2021.

In this episode I speak with Aser Tolentino. Aser is an attorney, former AT instructor at SFTB and content creator.  He talks about “knowing your worth”, his experience at Society for the Blind and shares about accessibility and content creation.

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In this episode I speak with former student Elizabeth Lam as she talks  about her life experiences and how they have helped her become the person she is today. Liz shares about life changing events and how important patience, practice and perseverance have been in her life. During our talk, I welcome Liz on board as a collaborator and co creator of upcoming episodes. We introduce a new segment to the podcast and talk about our hopes for the next season in 2021. Ms. Lam was also featured earlier this year in a PBS documentary that can be viewed at the following link: https://youtu.be/q3Xjd1Up79k?t=670

In this episode I speak with local artist Dawn Green as she shares  her process of painting as a person with low vision. Dawn was recently a contributing artist to the KVIE Art auction held on October 3 2020 and talks about her inspiration and process. This episode was recorded on October 3 2020.

 

Beyond Barriers Unscripted (aka BBU) is a series of conversations with people in the blind and low vision community.

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In this episode I meet Anjal Jain. She is the host of the See Beyond Podcast and creator of the Eye-Matter.org website. Anjal speaks about her inspirations and how the See Beyond Podcast came to be. 

See Beyond can be enjoyed on the following platforms:

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This Beyond Barriers Unscripted podcast features a short conversation with former student Joe Germino. Joe is a returning college student and multi instrumentalist He is the drummer for the band Toxic Banana and a founding member of what would become the Music Support Group at Society for the Blind. We talk about Joe's experience in college and what got him into music.Please check out the podcast on our YouTube channel at:  https://youtu.be/XH_I77GI4yg BBU can also be heard on Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, TuneIn, Spotify and on the Victor Stream. Please feel free to email any questions or comments to: [email protected] Please check out the latest from Toxic Banana https://youtu.be/ttftD3UW5UY You can find the Toxic Banana YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTDVa8Sz6LNfkpm6woREOTg The TB live playlist is a set of clips from December 2019 recorded during an impromptu jam session at Society. Please check it out and don’t forget to hit play. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCfZ5lPSDn57KttqnwQPtJhOCwD13RF5A Toxic Banana can also be heard on Apple Music, Spotify and Amazon Music. Thank you very much for listening. Please share with your friends. The YouTube channels we have set up are in desperate need of subscribers. So please, hit that subscribe button because it makes a big difference. You will have the option to receive notifications when new content is uploaded. just for clarification... The Beyond Barriers Unscripted YouTube channel has been created to support the podcast and can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBFTTsn5WB6KphGwKRmv-_g The Beyond Barriers Project YouTube channel is where you can find all of the music related stuff from our music support group and members. Please follow this link:  https://www.youtube.com/user/randylowen70

In this episode of Unscripted, I speak with Samantha Adams. Samantha teaches assistive technology at the Society for the Blind as well as an online yoga class for the visually impaired. Sam talks about her experiences teaching yoga in person and online, and shares about what makes yoga so special to her.

In this episode I speak with the Program Manger for CareersPLUS and editor of the SFB Connection, Richard Rueda. He tells us about the How and the Why the CareersPLUS program and the SFB Connection Newsletter came to be...

In this episode I speak with James Kubel. James is an electrical engineer, parent and member of the Music Support Group at Society for the Blind . James shares about his experience with many of the challenges faced in the community. He also talks about his successes and feelings as a father.

This episode was recorded via Zoom on July 19, 2020

Background music: Bass Practice Intro Bass Practice Outro https://youtu.be/BIFV8q97mbI

Bass Practice Intro and Outro performed by Omar Torres, Attila Gulyas and Randy Owen

Background guitar music performed by James Kubel

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2020 Beyond Barriers Unscripted 2020

Produced by Randy Owen Sr.