Announcement: Invitation to International Women’s Day Open Mic

 

🌿 Invitation: International Women’s Day Open Mic 🌿

🌿You are warmly invited to join us on March 8th at 11:00 AM SLT at The White House for a special International Women’s Day Open Mic, hosted by PA Hour. 🌿

🌿We’ll gather to celebrate the voices, stories, and creative power of women everywhere. You are welcome to share a poem, a story, a memory, or a piece written by or about women—honoring resilience, wisdom, struggle, joy, and the many ways women shape our world.🌿

🌿Whether you come to speak or simply to listen, your presence adds to the circle.🌿

🌿March 8th • 11:00 AM SLT • The White House🌿

🌿Hosted by PA Hour🌿

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Avonside%20Retreat/218/95/3000  

 

Announcement: Virtual Ability's 14th Annual International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference

 

You are invited to attend Virtual Ability's 14th annual International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference on Thursday, November 6, 2025.

Every year in the fall, our community hosts an international professional conference on topics related to disability rights. Not only is this an opportunity for our community members to learn more about important subjects from experts they probably would not have a chance to meet otherwise, it allows the general public to attend a professional conference at no cost. 

The theme of this year’s Conference is “No Health Without Peace.” This theme applies to everyone, not just to persons with disabilities. The broad topic allows our presenters and panelists from Canada, the UK, and the US to explore a variety of meanings of health and of peace. Presenters will also offer various strategies for achieving healthful peace.

The conference will take place in Virtual Ability’s Sojourner Auditorium, on Virtual Ability island. The SLURL for the auditorium is Virtual Ability (54/170/23)

You can view the conference schedule here: https://virtualability.org/idrac-2025/

The livestream will be here: https://www.youtube.com/@VirtualAbilityInc/live

All are welcome. We hope you can attend! 

 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Ability/54/170/23
 

Pictures From The PBC Women's Conference

 

One week ago on March 8 was International Women's Day. In Second Life, there was a conference at the Premier Business Center, organized by JardenAlexis. The Newser was there, and took pictures.

 

 Read the story in Events. 

Announcement: 5th International Womens' Day Concerence at PBC

 

 

 Saturday March 8th at 12 PM SL time

Two speakers, Changhigh Sisters Fire Show, and DJ after party meet and greet.

Come celebrate the women in your life!

Attire: formal, purple, green or white (optional)
Video invite: English:https://youtu.be/L2duNix0ZoY
French version: https://www.tiktok.com/@haven.bridge3/video/7477276725043383574

SURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/PBC/192/193/1127

Announcement: Virtual Ability Presents The International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference (IDRAC) on Friday, Nov 15

 

Virtual Ability, Inc.® presents the 13th Annual International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference (IDRAC) on Friday, Nov 15, 2024.

This annual professional conference will be held online, and is free and open to the public.

The conference will take place in Second Life® at The Sojourner Auditorium on Virtual Ability Island.Virtual Ability (54/170/23) 

The conference will also be Live Streamed on YouTube.

Our theme this year is “Disability & Health: Where will AI take us?” Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an area of current research interest and regulatory concern. It holds both promise and peril for people with disabilities and healthcare in general. The utility and problems of AI differ for people with different types of disabilities. This conference offers a quick look at this broad topic. We expect lively discussions and information sharing among presenters and our very interested and interactive audience.

 

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The events start at 7 AM SL time and end soon before 12 Noon. 

 

To see the schedule, Click Here. 

 

This Weekend at The Science Circle

 

Friday September 13

    At 11 AM PST   

    Science Circle Forum

    Organized by Chantal Jager

    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/sc-forum-2/

    At the Auditorium

    ~*~

 

Saturday September 14

    ~*~

 

    At 10 AM PST   

    International Observe the Moon Night

    Team Effort

    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/observethemoon/

    At the Auditorium

      

    ~*~

 

    

    NOTE: Non-members required to register once

    IM Jes Cobalt or Nymf Hathaway

╚══════════════════════════════ The Science Circle (72,129,30) ═╝

Announcement: PBC International Women's Day Luncheon, Sunday March 5

 

 

The Premier Business Center presents the International Women's Day Luncheon

Sunday March 5

1PM SL time

Semi-formal attire

Colors: Purple, Green, White

Men welcome

Guest Speakers: Desirecinquetti Dannunzio, DarkEbony Mocha, Dancerina Starlight

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/PBC/186/137/1129

 

This Weekend at The Science Circle: International Observe The Moon Night

 

Saturday, October 01

    ~*~

    

    At 10 AM PST   

    Howling At The Moon

    Dr. Philip Youngblood

    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/international-observe-the-moon-night-1/

 

The Science Circle (72,129,30) 

    ~*~

 

    At 11 AM PST   

    Live From The Moon!

    Star Kass

    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/international-observe-the-moon-night-2/

 

 The Science Circle (72,129,30) 

 

    ~*~

 

    At 8 PM PST   

    International Space Museum

    Julia Petunia

    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/international-observe-the-moon-night-3/

 

 Spaceport Bravo (65/76/18)

      

    ~*~

 

    At 9 PM PST   

    Luna: The Earth's Moon

    Dr. William Wall

    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/international-observe-the-moon-night-4/

 

 The Science Circle (72,129,30)

 

    ~*~ 

Sunday, October 02

    ~*~

    

    At 9 AM PST   

    The Sky Around Us: A Planetarium Show

    Dr. Philip Youngblood

    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/observe-the-moon-night-5/

 

The Science Circle (126,222,40) 

    

    NOTE: Non-members required to register once

    IM Jes Cobalt or Nymf Hathaway

╚══════════════════════════════ The Science Circle (72,129,30) ═╝

 

Announcement: PBC International Women's Day Luncheon

 

THE PREMIER BUSINESS CENTER(PBC)
FIRST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY LUNCHEON
'WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT-CHOOSE TO CHALLENGE'
BROUGHT TO YOU BY JARDENALEXIS

                                                                                            
                                                
                                                  SAVE THE DATE
                                                 
                              *SEATING FOR THIS EVENT WILL BE LIMITED*   

WHEN ................ SUNDAY MARCH 7, 2021
TIME .................. NOON-3:00 P.M. SLT
LOCATION ........ THE PREMIER BUSINESS CENTER
ATTIRE .............. SEMI FORMAL (Purple and White) 

*MISTRESS OF CEREMONY*
JARDENALEXIS (PBC OWNER)
                                              
*INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY HISTORY*
DESI ABONWOOD DANNUNZIO-MASSINO              
                                                                                                       
*THREE POWERFUL GUEST SPEAKERS*
with power packed motivational, educational, and inspirational messages!
DARKEBONY MOCHA (msdemocha)~ MAXESTONE~DANCERINA STARLIGHT
        
*DJ ENTERTAINMENT/MEET AND GREET*
 (Q and A during Entertainment)                      
DJ LOVEISLOVE MELANIN-ALTNEY (lovelastsalways)  
Dj INDIA-INDIA BELLAIRE SMOKE (india.umia)

                   PLEASE CONTACT JARDENALEXIS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION


                                         A PBC ENTERTAINMENT EVENT
                                           
                          * Please note the colors purple and white are optional                         
                                                  
                                                  
                                                       SAVE THE DATE
 SITA WRITER'S PBC INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY BLOG

https://sitawriter.blogspot.com/2021/03/save-date-for-pcb-international-womens.html   

 SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Land%20of%20Glory/90/172/3002

Press Release: 2019 IDRAC Schedule

This year’s annual IDRAC conference will be held on Friday and Saturday, November 1 and 2. It has the theme “We help each other, we help ourselves.”
Read about the conference here: https://virtualability.org/idrac-2019/

The conference is held in the Sojourner Auditorium on Virtual Ability island.
The SLURL is http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Ability/54/170/23

Here is the schedule.

NOTE All times are given as SLT or Second Life Time, which is the same as Pacific time in California. You should use a converter such as https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter-classic.html to confirm your local time.

FRIDAY
7 am SLT Mari Kimura (PCORI)
“The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI): Mission and Successes”
8:30 am SLT Arleen Ionescu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) and Anne-Marie Callus (University of Malta)
"Reading the Personal and the Social in Disability Studies and Trauma Studies"
10 am SLT Catalin Brylla (University of West London)
“Disability and Media Representation”
11:30 am SLT Frederic Fovet (Royal Roads University)
“UDL in Higher Ed: Shifting access from the remedial to the proactive”
1 pm SLT Nohemi Lugo, Maria Elena Melon, Maria Concepcion Castillo (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
“The representation of autism in the narratives of fanfiction.net: Affinity spaces as an opportunity for the negotiation of meaning”

SATURDAY
6:30 am SLT panel “Hearing Our Voices” with Alyssa Hillary (blogger and advocate), Rob Castellanos (Syndio Health) and Kirk Munsch (Rare Patient Voice)
8 am SLT showing and discussion of the video “The Bench”
9 am SLT Fleur Heleen Boot (Radboud University Medical Centre, the Netherlands)
"Which factors influence access to assistive products for people with intellectual disabilities?"
10:30 am SLT Sunil Deepak (AIFO, Italy)
"Challenges and Opportunities in Community-based Rehabilitation and Emancipatory Disability Research"
Noon SLT Katherine Breward (University of Winnipeg)
"Disability Accommodation and Intersectional Identities: Evidence for Differential Requesting and Accommodation Rates"
1:30 pm SLT Lydia X. Z. Brown (advocate)
"The Autistic People of Color Fund: Building Networks of Mutual Aid by/for Negatively Racialized Autistic People"

The International Spaceflight Museum

It was a week ago that the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing was celebrated. It was a day with much discussion about spaceflight. But it's not just events like those in which people can learn about space. At Spaceport Alpha and Spaceport Bravo is the International Spaceflight Museum, often called just the ISM. Having been in Second Life for well over the decade, it's one of the best-known science areas on the grid

Read the story in Places.

Press Release: Virtual Ability's Annual International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference, October 5 and 6

This year Virtual Ability will hold its annual International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5 and 6. The theme of this year's conference is "Taking Care of Us."

We are very excited about the presenters we will have this year.

One is from the United Nations (he will speak at 8:30am SLT on Friday). Another is an Emmy award winning filmmaker (he presents Friday at 11:30am SLT). And on Saturday at 11am SLT, we will interview a Section Editor for the New York Times.

Our presenters are from Hong Kong, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, the UK, Ghana and Mauritius as well as the US, so it's a truly international group of presenters. You can see the full schedule here: http://virtualability.org/idrac-2018/

Questions? You can email me (gentle@virtualability.org) or IM Gentle Heron.

Thank you kindly.

Announcement: Corsica International Air Show Today

Since 2016 the Blue Angels have had the unique privilege of demonstrating to the Second Life public the precision techniques of Naval Aviation, hoping to inspire a culture of excellence and service to country. We are honored to make a quick detour from our FIRST SECOND WORLD TOUR in progress and jump to Corsica from France where we currently are located for this unprecedented Blue Angels event (see here for the first stop of the BLUE ANGELS FIRST SECOND WORLD TOUR!). 

The CORSICA INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW is part of the Cannery Cove grand opening and this program is air show centered. For complete details of all that is happening at Cannery Cove for the grand opening please contact Tealcie Annibles! ( Profile here! )

CORSICA INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW ( CIAS )
Corsica International Airport (SLCI)
Xobite / Marlif - Corsica
July 21 and 22, 2018

Start 10:30 hours (10:00 am) - End 18:00 hours (06:00 pm)

Please arrive early and use the AUDIENCE assigned locations! 

Day Two Events:

10:30 hours (10:30 am)
U.S. Navy Blue Angels #7 VIP Ride
Centerpoint - Rooney w/ incursions into Xobite

11:00 hours (11:00 am)
Anemone Wing Walking Team
Centerpoint - Rooney w/ incursions into Xobite

11:45 hours (11:45 am)
U.S. Navy Blue Angels Fat Albert Airlines
Centerpoint - Rooney w/ incursions into Xobite

12:15 hours (12:15 pm)
U.S. Navy Blue Angels Jet Team
Centerpoint - Rooney

13:10 hours (01:10 pm)
Armée de l'Air Patrouille de France en SL
Centerpoint - Rooney

14:10 hours (02:10 pm)
Hawks Aerobatic Team
Centerpoint - Rooney

15:10 hours (03:10 pm)
Air show ends.

15:30 hours (03:30 pm)
After show party with LIVE concert.
16:00 hours (04:00 pm) Lexus Melodie sings live.

Concert location: Cannery Cove Town Square ( CLICK HERE FOR SLUR! )

AUDIENCE LOCATIONS FOR DAY TWO

MALRIF
( CLICK HERE FOR SLUR! )

XOBITE
( CLICK HERE FOR SLUR! )

McRITCHIE (off SLCI open water) - ONLY on DAY TWO
U.S.Navy Self-Sustained Platform U.S.S. Hoover
( CLICK HERE FOR SLUR! )

Press Release: Virtual Ability's International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference

The 6th annual International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference is a professional conference, free and open to the public, where we continue to celebrate progress in the disability rights movement and examine areas where we must continue to find ways to advance the rights of people with disabilities.

Below is the schedule for this year's conference, themed "Who Is Responsible?"

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FRIDAY December 1
8:00am
Mr. Louis Olander, Doctoral Candidate, Urban Education, CUNY Graduate Center
9:30am
Mr. John McArdle, Black Triangle, Scotland, UK
11:00am
Dr. David Wasserman, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health
12:30pm
Dr. Margaret Nosek, Baylor College of Medicine
2:00pm
Dr. Amie O'Shea, Deakin University, Australia
3:00pm
Social/Networking After Party
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SATURDAY December 2
8:00am
Dr. Christopher McMaster, New Zealand high school educator
9:30am
Ms Katie Tastrom, MSW, Esq., blogger and author
11:00am
Dr. Sonya Freeman-Loftis, Morehouse College
12:30pm
Dr. Carol Moeller, Moravian College
2:00pm
D. Anjali Forber-Pratt, Vanderbilt University
3:00pm
Social/Networking After Party

For additional information, please see:

http://www.virtualability.org/conferences/idrac/idrac-2017/

http://blog.virtualability.org

Press Release: International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference on Oct 3-4

You're invited to the Oct. 3-4, 2014 International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference (IDRAC), sponsored by Virtual Ability®,Inc. This international conference will be held in Second Life®.

The theme for 2014 is "Technically, we're accessible... right?" Exploring True Inclusion in the Digital World.

Join colleagues, friends, and community members for presentations on web accessibility, advances in assistive technology, creating an accessible user experience, accessible gaming, emerging standards for technology, and more! Presenters from Spain, U.K., U.S., and Australia will join us at The Sojourner Auditorium on Virtual Ability Island within Second Life.

Why don’t you join us, too?

Questions?
Contact sister@virtualability.org or Sister Abeyante
Keep your eyes on Virtual Ability's blog for more information as we get closer to this exciting event!

http://blog.virtualability.org/

Press Release: Disability Rights Conference at Virtual Ability

The 2013 session of the International Disability Rights Advocacy Conference will be held September 27/28 on Virtual Ability island in Second Life.

Confirmed presenters at this time include:

• an education professor speaking about inclusive education
• an executive from the Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange (CIRRIE) who will talk on World Report on Disability
• a physics teacher for Deaf students from the US
• an expert on inclusive emergency preparedness
• a facilities accessibility evaluator from the Netherlands
• a staffer from the Job Accommodation Network about facilitating employment
• a professor from Ghana who will talk about health care literacy among people with disabilities
• an expert on the training of community-based rehabilitation personnel in South Africa
• researchers on support systems for women living with chronic pain,

plus panels of people representing various countries around the world, providing facts and figures about disability rights where they live.

Come to learn, and stay to experience the world-wide community of disability rights affirmation.

Mark Friday and Saturday, September 27 and 28, on your calendar now.

Gentle Heron