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2017 TASH Conference

Each year, the TASH Conference brings together a diverse community of stakeholders who gain information, learn about resources, and connect with others across the country to strengthen the disability field. This year’s conference theme, “Still We Rise for Equity, Opportunity, and Inclusion,” shows the resilience of individuals with disabilities and their families across the lifespan. Conference attendees will celebrate their passion for disability rights, civil rights, and human rights while exploring inclusive communities, schools, and workplaces that support people with disabilities, including those with complex support needs. Return to TASH website.

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9:30am

Pre-Board Meeting Hospitality Suite - Room 4029

11:45am

TASH Board of Directors Meeting M301

5:00pm

Menorah Lighting Ceremony Hospitality Suite - Room 4029

6:30pm

Registration Open Registration Desk, Marquis Level

7:00am

Registration Open Registration Desk, Marquis Level

7:59am

About Wednesday Workshops TBA

8:00am

Employment Track: Opening Remarks Imperial Ballroom, Salon BLIMITED Preserving Autonomy: Rethinking Guardianship L401LIMITED Access for All: Curricular Accommodations and Modifications M302LIMITED Behavior Change is a Family Affair: Empowering Family Partnerships in PBIS Implementation L402LIMITED Community Building for Inclusion L403LIMITED Partnering With Family Leaders Across Cultures: More Than Just an Invitation and Translation L404LIMITED TASH Doctoral Students and Beginning Special Education Faculty Workshop M303LIMITED Quiet Room L502

8:30am

EFSLMP and PIE: Increasing Competitive Integrated Employment for People with Disabilities Imperial Ballroom, Salon BLIMITED Guided Group Discovery: Successful Employment through Partnerships M301LIMITED

10:15am

Seamless Transition: The Potential of WIOA Imperial Ballroom, Salon BLIMITED The Rural Routes to Employment Project - Lessons Learned M301LIMITED Everyone Communicates: TASH's Call to Action M304LIMITED Supported Decision Making in Action throughout the LifeSpan L401LIMITED

12:45pm

Project FOCUS: From College to Competitive Employment for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities M301LIMITED The ABLE Act and Employment Imperial Ballroom, Salon BLIMITED

1:00pm

International Workshop L508LIMITED Going to Scale--Research on Systems Change for People with Severe Disabilities: Education, Employment, Community Living, and Family Support L405-L406LIMITED A Roadmap for Partnering to Create Meaningful Self-Determined Lives M302LIMITED Living Life in Color: Tools for Support Teams to Promote Community Inclusion L503LIMITED The Power of Valued Social Roles: Accessing the Good Life L505LIMITED

1:15pm

Pennhurst: A Legacy of Equity, Opportunity and Inclusion in Disability Rights L401LIMITED

1:45pm

Promoting Transition-to-Employment Through Effective Partnerships Between Health Care and Supported Employment Providers M301LIMITED Tennessee's Transformation to Employment and Community First Services Imperial Ballroom, Salon BLIMITED

2:30pm

Chapter Leadership Workshop L506LIMITED

2:45pm

The Role of Informed Choice in Advancing Competitive Integrated Employment L508LIMITED

3:30pm

Collaborating for Change: Improving Policies, Relationships and Competitive Integrated Employment Outcomes Imperial Ballroom, Salon BLIMITED College and Career Readiness: What Are the Critical Dimensions for Youth with Severe Disabilities? M301LIMITED

4:00pm

Exhibit Hall Open Imperial Ballroom, Salon A

4:30pm

PIE State Meeting & Networking Imperial Ballroom, Salon B

5:00pm

Menorah Lighting Ceremony L502 North Carolina TASH Chapter Meeting L506

6:59pm

About the Film Festival Imperial Ballroom, Salon B

7:00pm

Mr. Connolly Has ALS Imperial Ballroom, Salon B

7:30pm

Unspoken Imperial Ballroom, Salon B

8:00pm

The Rainman Effect Imperial Ballroom, Salon B

9:00pm

i go home Imperial Ballroom, Salon B

7:00am

Registration Open Registration Desk, Marquis Level

7:30am

Communications Working Group Hospitality Suite - Room 4029

8:00am

Quiet Room L502 Exhibit Hall Open Imperial Ballroom, Salon A

8:15am

Opening General Session Imperial Ballroom, Salon B

9:44am

About Breakout Sessions TBA

9:45am

Addressing Equality in Person-Centered Planning L505FILLING Addressing Multiple Priorities in Academic Core Content Instruction L406FILLING Cancelled: Access to the General Education Curriculum within Inclusive Classrooms for Students with Complex Support Needs L404LIMITED Comparing the Instructional Days of Students in Inclusive Classrooms vs. Segregated Classrooms L405FULL Creating Pathways to Employment for Young People with IDD L508FILLING Diversity in Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities: Who's In, Who's Out? M302LIMITED Enacting Self-Determination: How Adults with IDD and their Siblings Make Decisions L504LIMITED Inclusion Outreach: Distance Consultancy to Schools Supporting Inclusive Education for Students with Complex Needs L403LIMITED Key Components Of High Quality Inclusive Post-Secondary Education L402LIMITED Opportunity to Learn: Providing a Free and Appropriate Education L401LIMITED Peer-delivered Strategies to Promote Communication of High School Students in Inclusive Classrooms L506LIMITED Sexuality: Risk, Rights, and Direct Support Professionals M303FILLING Work Incentive Planning Assistance (WIPA) M304LIMITED Virginia TASH Chapter Meeting L507 The Right to Education and the Endrew F. Decision M301LIMITED

10:55am

Autonomy in More Ways than One M303LIMITED Capacity Building for People Who Use Keyboards and Letter Boards to Communicate L508FILLING Co-Creating Individualized Supports with Families and Individuals L504LIMITED Effects of Interacting with College Students with Intellectual Disability on Natural Supports L403LIMITED Endrew F defines FAPE: Where do we go from here? M301LIMITED Engaging Diverse Communities in a Peer Support Program for Parents of Children with Disabilities M302LIMITED Families Supporting Social Inclusion for Their Adult Children: Lessons about Family Research L505FILLING Family Correlates of Transition to Employment for Students with Significant Disabilities L506LIMITED How Access to Social Capital Shape Special Education Teachers' Jobs L405LIMITED Inclusive Neighborhood Public School Benefit ALL in the Community - Gathering ALL Parents! L402LIMITED Lives in Classrooms. How Children and Teachers Navigate Learning in Inclusive Classrooms L404LIMITED Peer Supports: Let's Make it Happen! L406LIMITED Self-Determination: Making It Happen M304LIMITED Training Paraprofessionals to Work in Inclusive Classrooms L401LIMITED Cal-TASH Chapter Meeting & Introduction L507

11:00am

RPSD Associate Editors Meeting Hospitality Suite - Room 4029

12:00pm

Let's Connect Luncheons TBA

1:00pm

Advocating for Change: Working in Collaboration to Make a Difference M304LIMITED Curriculum Focus and Instructional Context: What Do Teachers Believe is Important for Secondary Students with Severe Disabilities? L402LIMITED Designing a Universal Design for Learning Lab, Lessons Learned for P-20 Inclusion L405LIMITED Empowering Family-Professional Partnerships Through Cultural Reciprocity M302LIMITED Firsthand College Experiences from Young Adults with Intellectual Disability and Natural Supports L406LIMITED Healthy Relationships and Abuse Prevention for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities L504LIMITED How does it all work?: A Framework for Supporting Access to the General Curriculum in General Education Classes L404FULL How to Navigate the Criminal Justice System L403LIMITED Pathways to Careers: Making the Case for Employment First L508LIMITED The NJC Communication Bill of Rights: Overcoming Myths That Limit Opportunity L505LIMITED The Voices of Parents: Integrated Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities L507LIMITED Together Including Every Student (TIES) M303LIMITED New England Chapter Meet and Greet M102 The IEP is a Living Document M301LIMITED Research Symposium L401FILLING

2:05pm

Access to Communication Brings Community, Comaraderie, Change and Curiosity M304LIMITED Count Me In! Overcoming Barriers to Inclusion for Students with Significant Disabilities L404FULL Creating a Virginia Center for Inclusive Practices at Radford University L405LIMITED Exploring Independent Living Through the Lens of Individuals With Disabilities L504FULL Fiduciary Ownership as the Foundation of Independent Living for Adults with ID/DD L505LIMITED Getting Communication Going with Partner Assisted Auditory Scanning L506LIMITED Inclusive Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Georgia through Collective Impact L402FILLING Partnering in Student Success L406LIMITED Preparing Professionals from Botswana, Africa to Teach Students with Significant Intellectual Disabilities M302LIMITED Self-Determination in Leisure Activities M303LIMITED Community Living Committee Meeting L507 Employment Committee Meeting L508 Supported Decision-Making M301LIMITED

3:20pm

COME TO LIFE: PRIORITIZING WHAT MATTERS MOST L406LIMITED Creating the Change We Need: Leadership Training for Self-Advocates M304LIMITED Cultural Brokers: Catalyst for System Change to Improve Service Access for Culturally Linguistically Diverse Families M303LIMITED Effects of Embedding Trials in a Shared Reading on the Behaviors of Students with Significant Cognitive Disability L405LIMITED Factors Associated with Successful Independent Community Living by Adults with Intellectual Disability L402LIMITED Five Strategies for Expanding and Generalizing Requesting Among Individuals With Disabilities L506LIMITED Outreach to Diverse Communities: How and Why M302LIMITED Resource Mapping: A Tool for Achieving Employment Outcomes and Financial Goals L508LIMITED Striving to Ensure Real Homes for People with Disabilities L505LIMITED Supporting Access to Science and Social Studies Using Content Modules L403LIMITED Using TED Talks to Empower Future Teachers to Become Advocates for Individuals with Emotional/Mental Health Challenges L404LIMITED What's the Story? - Listening Deeply to Measure the Value of What You Do L504LIMITED Early Career Research Network Meeting L507 Agency Transformation M301LIMITED

4:25pm

Easy as 1-2-3: Adapting Books for Students with Significant Support Needs including Visual Impairments L402LIMITED Groundtruthing Secondary Inclusion of Youth with Disabilities L405LIMITED Latino Community of Practice: Supporting Families with Children and Youth with Disabilities M302LIMITED Literary Arts Club: Creating Shared Experiences on a College Campus L504LIMITED Navigating Through Life with Positive Relationships L506LIMITED Simple PPT and Picture Adaptations for Engaged Inclusion in High School English Novel Units L403LIMITED Strategies for Successful Inclusive Education L404LIMITED Teen Jobseeker + School + Community + Family + VR + Employer + Medicaid = Kyle's Dream Job L508LIMITED The Emotional Classroom: The Importance of Teaching Kids to Manage their Emotions L406FILLING The Power of Peer Support M304LIMITED Self Advocacy Committee Meeting M301

4:29pm

About Poster Presentations Imperial Ballroom, Salon A

4:30pm

Networking Reception Imperial Ballroom, Salon A A Collaborative Approach to Supporting Preschool Children in Inclusive Settings Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED A Literature Review of Studies Involving Paraprofessional-Implemented Systematic Instruction Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Addressing Health Literacy and Health Advocacy in Transition Aged Youth with ASD and ID Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Affect of the ADA on Sports, Workplace, and Education Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED An Analysis of Parent/Guardian Components of Sex Ed Curriculums for Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED AT for People with Sensory Disabilities Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Availability and Quality of HIV Supports for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Better Workforce Means Better Outcomes: Supporting Employment Consultants Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Brain-Computer Interface Technology: Communication Usability for People with Autism and Cerebral Palsy Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Character Strengths as a Facilitator of Successful Employment Outcomes Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Community Perspectives: Advancing Post-Secondary Education for Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Comprehensive Reading Instruction: Evidence-based Practices to Support Literacy and Language in the Classroom Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Differentiated Instruction to Promote Equity, Opportunity, and Inclusion for All Learners Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Effects of AAC Intervention for Children with Disabilities at Perlocutionary Language Stage Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Effects of Positive Behavior Support for Class-Related Behaviors of Children with Cerebral Palsy Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Employment Skills in Motion: The Use of Video-Based Instruction to Promote Employment-Related Social Behaviors for High School Students with Severe Intellectual Disability Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Engaging Students with Disabilities through Robotics Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Evaluating Use of Skip Counting Number Lines and Dot Notation Math to Teach Multiplication to Students with ID Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED How to Make Teacher Created Computer-Assisted Instruction to Teach Academics Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED I'm at the Center Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED I.B.-long; Enhancing Meaningful Participation of Middle Grade Students with Disabilities in International Baccalaureate Programs Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Improving Homework Completion Using Self-Management Strategies Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Inclusive Education Practices for Adolescents With Intellectual Disability: A Systematic Review Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Involvement and Participation of Students with Severe Disabilities in SWPBS Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Involving Parents and Siblings: A Family Systems Approach to Increasing Communication Skills Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Key Components When Training Paraeducators to Ensure Student Success Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Korean Mothers of Children with Disabilities and their Experiences in the U.S. Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED My Meeting, My Future Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED My Voice. My Participation. My Board: Leadership Training for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Positive Behavior Support Parent Academies for Young Children with Challenging Behaviors Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Recent National Data on Inclusive Higher Education for Students with Intellectual Disability Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Seeking Best Ways to Document Whether and How Teacher Candidates Support Students Rising Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Self-determination in Health Care at School Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Service Dogs for 100 Please Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Steps that Lead to a Degree Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Strategies for Success for Dually Classified Students Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED The Comparison of the Characteristics between the Employed and the Unemployed... Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED The Effects of Positive Behavior Support on Yelling Behaviors and Social Interaction Behaviors of Toddler with Developmental Delay Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED The Life Experience of Adults who have a Sibling with Disabilities Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED The Use of Functional Communication Training for Elementary Aged Children in Schools Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Using an Apple Watch to Increase Daily Living Skills for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Using Computer-Assisted Instruction to Teach Grade Aligned Science to Students with ASD Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Using Long Road Home Activities to Encourage States to Comply with Olmstead Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Why Inclusive Education? Creating an Inclusive Culture Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Working Together: Cross-Cultural Collaboration between Mothers and Special Educators Imperial Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED

5:00pm

Menorah Lighting Ceremony L502

5:30pm

AAC Users Meet and Chat L500 Series Corridor, Lobby TASH Board of Directors Meeting M303

7:00pm

Sock Hop Dance Marquis Ballroom, Salon B

7:00am

Registration Open Registration Desk, Marquis Level

7:30am

Inclusive Education Committee Meeting L401

8:00am

Exhibit Hall Open Imperial Ballroom, Salon A Quiet Room L502

8:29am

About TASH Talks Marquis Ballroom, Salon A About Breakout Sessions TBA

8:30am

Creating a Vi$ion for Your Life M304LIMITED Discover, Show, Experience! Don't just ask and expect an answer... L508LIMITED Dreams, Goals & Graduation: Inclusive Postsecondary Education as a Path to Careers L404LIMITED Elevating Olmstead Advocacy: Lessons from Georgia's Olmstead Experience L505LIMITED Evaluating Communication Apps Based on Current Research and Critical Criteria L506FILLING Exploring Students' Perceived Messages of Self-Reliance by Three Entities Involved in Transition L406LIMITED HCBS, Community Living & Day/Employment Services: How to do it L504LIMITED State Continuum Regulations and Their Relationships to Inclusion for Students with Significant Disabilities L402LIMITED Tackling the Problem of Problem Solving L401LIMITED Using Participation Plans to Teach Social Studies Content in Inclusive Secondary Classrooms L403LIMITED We want to read too! Modifying shared reading for children with complex communication needs L405LIMITED What to Wear? A Closer Look at Some Wearable Technologies L507LIMITED What works? Stories of Successful Leadership in the Lives, Groups and Communities of People with Intellectual Disabilities M301LIMITED Human Rights Committee Meeting M303 New York Chapter Start-up Meeting M302 Access Community Marquis Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Don't Judge This Book by it's Cover Marquis Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Family Advocacy for the Education of Children with Autism Marquis Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Individual Stories of iPad Usage: What's Going on in Schools Marquis Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Parents with Disabilities Discriminated Against in Family Courts Marquis Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Supported Decision Making: A Family's Perspective Marquis Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED The Arc @ School: Redefining Inclusive Education Advocacy through Accessibility Marquis Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED The Power of One: Becoming an Influencer for Equity, Opportunity, and Inclusion Marquis Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED

9:30am

Tell Us About It! M101

9:35am

AAC Modeling in Inclusive Classrooms: Practice makes perfect! L506FULL Advocating in Your Faith Community: Tips for Self-Advocates and Families M301LIMITED Expanding Boundaries and Erasing Boarders: Including Rural Students with Significant Disabilities L403LIMITED Helping Families Hold High Expectations for Employment and Postsecondary Education L406FILLING Implementing Emergent Literacy Instruction for Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms L402LIMITED Individual and Family Correlates of Living Options Among Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities L505LIMITED Managed Long-Term Services and Supports: Could it actually make things better for people with disabilities? L504FILLING Promoting Teacher Agency for Inclusive Education L401LIMITED Protecting Human Rights: Empowering Self-Advocates to Serve on Human Rights Committees M304LIMITED Student Participation in Extracurricular Activities: Does It Make Any Difference? L405LIMITED Ten Positive Behavior Strategies Parents (and Teachers!) Can Use on Monday M302FILLING Typing: From Research to Practice to Independence L508LIMITED Won't You Help Us: Organizational Features of Meaningful Support for Families M303LIMITED You Can't Do That! Lessons Learned from an Inclusive University Course L404LIMITED Alabama Chapter Meeting L507

10:45am

Advocates. Leaders. Friends. L504FILLING Bilingualism and Autism: Online Information Exchanges for Korean-American Parents of Children with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities M302LIMITED Changing Perspectives & Raising Expectations: Inclusive Higher Education for Students with Intellectual Disability L406LIMITED Doing It Right: Sexuality Education and Self-Determination M304LIMITED Equity and Opportunity: Leveling the Playing Field through Assessment, Instruction and Resources L404LIMITED Exceptional Lives: How We Can Flourish Under Positive Contingencies of Reinforcement M303LIMITED Lessons from the Field: Engaging Families in Research to Improve Outcomes and Services L505LIMITED Maximizing the Benefit of Storybook Reading to Increase Communication for Individuals with Complex Communication Needs with Severe Disabilities L506FILLING Peer Supports for Vocational and Social Success of Students with Severe Disabilities L508LIMITED Preparing Teachers to Provide Access to the General Curriculum: Navigating Barriers L405FILLING Self Advocacy and Resource Center (SARTAC): Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center M301LIMITED Students in the Margins: A Multi-State Analysis of Due Process Hearings Involving Students with Emotional-Behavioral Disabilities L402LIMITED Turning the Hearts of Parents to Children: How Pre-service Teachers Learn Advocacy L403LIMITED Florida Chapter Meeting L507 Research and Publication Committee Meeting L401

12:00pm

Membership Luncheon & Awards Ceremony Imperial Ballroom, Salon BLIMITED

1:00pm

Texas TASH Meet and Greet M102

1:10pm

Next Generation Scientists: Teaching Science to Everyone L402LIMITED Don't Stop Learning! Literacy Programs for Adults with Complex Support Needs L505LIMITED Encouraging People with Disabilities to Implement Supported-Decision Making in Health Care M301LIMITED Let's Talk Money! Why Discussing Finances Are Important to Employment Services L508LIMITED Making High School Proms Inclusive M302LIMITED Positive Youth Development: Building Capacity for Disability Inclusion in 4-H in Oregon L404LIMITED Seeking Employment in the Digital Age: Student Directed Websites M304LIMITED Self-Injurious Behaviors and Young Children With Disabilities: A Systematic Review L401LIMITED Separate and Unequal - What You Need to Know about Segregated Education for Students with Disabilities in Georgia L405LIMITED The Road to Communication Access Goes Through Training L506LIMITED The Teacher Failure Cycle in Special Education L403LIMITED The Unknown: Suicide and People with Disabilities M303LIMITED What Makes a Community: The Fact and Fiction of Neo-Institutions L504LIMITED Missouri TASH Chapter Meeting L507 RPSD Editorial Board Meeting L406

2:15pm

Advocacy: How Can We Better Communicate Our Message to the Public and Policy-Makers? L505FILLING ALL Behavior is Communication M303FILLING Best Practices to Support Inclusive Education for Students with Complex Health Care Needs L406LIMITED Building a Good Life is More Probable When You Have an Income! How to Secure Employment for All! L508LIMITED Cancelled: Recruitment and Retention of Beginning Special Educators L403LIMITED DeafBlind Interpreting: Aiming for Equal Access L506LIMITED Learning About One's Self: Experiences of Students with ASD in a University Intro to ASD Class L405LIMITED Music, Yoga, and Community: Pathways to Inclusion M302LIMITED Self Determination and Self Advocacy in Post Secondary Education: How to prepare students with disabilities in high school for college M301LIMITED Think, PPAIRR, Share! A Framework for Supporting Students with Complex Communication Needs in Text-Based Conversations L404LIMITED Wearable Technology and Improving Time Management L402LIMITED Welcome to My Celebration-My IEP Party M304LIMITED What Makes a Good DSP? L504LIMITED What Success Looks Like L401LIMITED Deej – The Movie L507

3:20pm

Building the Foundation for Financial Independence L504LIMITED Effects of Performance Feedback and Self-Monitoring on Implementation Fidelity of Systematic Instruction L405LIMITED Employment Exploration leads to Desire for Employment: New Supports for Community-Based Employment L508LIMITED Examining Access to Inclusive Settings and Practices through a Cultural Historical Activity Theory Lens L403LIMITED Friends Matter: Improving Social Interaction Opportunities between Students with and without IDD L402LIMITED Gen X & Millennials: Leaders of the Next Generation L406LIMITED Love Shouldn't Hurt M303LIMITED My Journey with Augmentative Alternative Communication L506LIMITED Student-Led IEPs M301LIMITED Teaching People with Intellectual Disability to Participate in Faith Communities L404LIMITED The Power of Inclusive Education Across Grade Levels: Damian Jr.'s Journey L401LIMITED Starting a New TASH Chapter M302

4:20pm

Closing General Session Imperial Ballroom, Salon B

5:15pm

Menorah Lighting Ceremony L502