HLAA-TC has updated our website to include all of the Fall 2024 board meetings, chapter meetings and book clubs. We will be having in person only meetings for chapter meetings at Courage Kenny (3915 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, MN 55422) and will continue to meet on Zoom for book clubs. Please visit our Meeting page on our website and see the graphic below for a list of 2024 meetings. We will be adding the 2025 meetings soon.

As always, if you have any questions, please reach out to one of our board members, such as Interim President Byrdie Coninx at president@hlaatc.org And if you would like to see something on our website or social media or have a question or suggestion for the HLAA-TC Book Club, please contact HLAA-TC Social Media Specialist (and book club organizer) Laura Hagemann at social@hlaatc.org and for more information about the book club you can visit our Book Club Page.

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FALL 2024 MEETINGS

SEPTEMBER Chapter Meeting: Saturday, September 21 9:30 am – 12:00 pm “Equipment demos from state phone loan program and favorite app demos from our members.” By Kirk Anderson, TED Specialist, Minnesota Department of Human Services and YOU (HLAA-TC Members). In Person ONLY at Courage Kenny in Golden Valley.

SEPTEMBER Book Club: “The unheard: a memoir of deafness and Africa” by Josh Swiller (nonfiction/memoir) WITH GUEST AUTHOR JOSH SWILLER. BARD/NLS: BARD only: DB 67060. Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 24, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. [ZOOM-Register Here]. Zoom Meeting

OCTOBER Board Meeting: Wednesday, OCTOBER 2, 2024, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm. open to members to attend. Email president@hlaatc.org for link. Zoom Meeting

OCTOBER Chapter Meeting: Saturday, October 19, 9:30 am – 12:00 pm “Disaster Preparedness as it pertains to people with hearing and/or vision loss” By Kelly Scherf and TJay Middlebrook from Department of Health and Human Services, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Division. In Person ONLY at Courage Kenny in Golden Valley.

OCTOBER Book Club: “Resurrection Bay” By Emma Viskic BARD/NLS: DB 110305. WITH SPECIAL GUEST AUTHOR EMMA VISKIC. Tuesday, OCTOBER 22, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. [ZOOM-Register Here]. Zoom Meeting

NOVEMBER Board Meeting: Wednesday, NOVEMBER 6, 2024, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm. open to members to attend. Email president@hlaatc.org for link. Zoom Meeting

NOVEMBER Chapter Meeting: Saturday, NOVEMBER 16, 9:30 am – 12:00 pm “A discussion of a life lived, and a memoir written about hearing loss” By author Claudia Marseille (author of the recently published memoir “But You Look So Normal”- an earlier book club selection). In Person ONLY at Courage Kenny in Golden Valley.

NOVEMBER Book Club: “Deaf Republic” by Ilya Kaminsky (Poems). BARD/NLS: Yes, Braille: BR 22694, BARD: DB 94920. Tuesday, NOVEMBER 26, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. [ZOOM-Registration Link to Come]. Zoom Meeting

DECEMBER Board Meeting: Wednesday, DECEMBER 4, 2024, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm. open to members to attend. Email president@hlaatc.org for link. Zoom Meeting

DECEMBER Chapter Meeting: Saturday, DECEMBER 21, 9:30 am – 12:00 pm “Accessibility options at the Guthrie Theater” By Robyn DeCourcy, The Guthrie Theater. In Person ONLY at Courage Kenny in Golden Valley.

DECEMBER Book Club: “Sitting pretty: the view from my ordinary, resilient, disabled body” by Rebekah Taussig (nonfiction), BARD: DB 101063. Tuesday, DECEMBER 24* (date will change), 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. [ZOOM-Registration Link to Come]. Zoom Meeting