Web Accessibility in Mind Conference: Free, Virtual Web Accessibility Conference on September 7-8, 2022

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The inaugural Web Accessibility in Mind Conference, a two-day virtual conference hosted by WebAIM in partnership with Pope Tech, launches September 7-8, 2022.

Held online using Zoom, the free conference runs from noon to 5:00pm Eastern Time zone, with a one-hour break at 2:00pm each day.

Live captioning and ASL interpretation will be provided. The schedule is not yet available, but is expected to be published soon.

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Photo of the Week: The Endangered Migratory Monarch Butterfly

Bright orange and black butterfly lights on a yellow dandelion flower, green blurred field in the background.

When I was growing up, seeing a Monarch butterfly was something I took for granted.

I would see the brilliant orange and black butterflies on a daily basis throughout the summer.

Monarchs were common in our yard, stopping on brightly-colored flowers to sip nectar. I remember chasing them with a butterfly net, rarely being to catch one.

Never in my mind would I have thought one day Monarchs would be considered endangered.

Yet, that’s what happened this month when the International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the migratory monarch butterfly to its Red List of threatened species.

The migratory Monarch butterfly is now considered an endangered species.

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