tzippy@dasys1.uucp (Tzipporah BenAvraham) (06/04/90)
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COMPUTERS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
May 1, 1990
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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CONFERENCE EMPHASIZES USE OF COMPUTERS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
Can computers be used to improve neighborhoods and help meet the
social, political and cultural needs of working people, women,
the disabled, ethnic and cultural minorities and the poor ?
Community and political organizers concerned with these questions
will meet in New York City on June 8 and 9, 1990 at Hunter
College, 68th Street at Park Avenue (in Manhattan) for the Fifth
Annual "COMPUTERS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CONFERENCE". A panel
discussion of particular interest will be held Saturday June 10,
2:30-4:30 pm, on "COMPUTERS AND THE DISABLED", which will discuss
the innovative uses of computers and electronic devices to
empower the physically disabled. Come hear how computers are
being used to increase the participation and autonomy of the
physically disabled in organizations and in society at large.
Speakers: Toks Akpata, Garmen Associates
Tzipporah BenAvraham, Brooklyn College
John Halko, Jr. Marist College
Amy Spaulding, St. John's University
Also, a demonstration of Sign Friends, software that
teaches American Sign Language and MAG HERC a shareware
text-magnification program
Registration Fees:
$ 35 for either or both days if registration received
by 5 June 1990; $ 45 if received after 5 June 1990.
Limited Scholarships are available.
Call Krista at 212-666-4245 or Terry at 212-452-7112 for more
information.