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State Affiliate NEWS<br />
GEORGIA<br />
The Brain Injury Association of Georgia<br />
(BIAG) has been busy educating the<br />
public about brain injury. Staff attended<br />
the Atlanta Science Festival, which<br />
drew more than 10,000 attendees of<br />
all ages, to share information about<br />
brain injury. Visitors at BIAG’s booth<br />
learned about the various areas<br />
of the brain and were even able to<br />
touch a real sheep brain! BIAG also<br />
had speaking engagements and<br />
informational tables set up at the<br />
Emory Rehabilitation Center, LeasePlan<br />
USA, the Macon Vision Program, and<br />
WellStar Kennestone Hospital to teach<br />
professionals about brain injury. BIAG<br />
is busy planning for Camp BIAG, an<br />
overnight camp experience designed<br />
specifically for adults with brain<br />
injury, which will be happening in<br />
the fall. For more information, visit<br />
braininjurygeorgia.org.<br />
Curious student touches a real sheep’s brain at the Atlanta<br />
Science Festival BIAG booth.<br />
BIAG presents Emory Center staff with a cake to celebrate their dedication<br />
to their patients.<br />
KANSAS<br />
The Brain Injury Association of Kansas and<br />
Greater Kansas City (BIAKS) had an exciting March<br />
in honor of Brain Injury Awareness Month. Robin<br />
Abramowitz, executive director, was featured<br />
as a guest speaker on a radio show dedicated to<br />
telling the stories of nonprofit organizations in the<br />
Kansas City area. Awareness activities continued<br />
as elected officials, including Mayor Carl Gerlach<br />
of Overland Park and Governor Jeff Colyer, signed<br />
proclamations recognizing March as Brain Injury<br />
Awareness Month. A delegation of survivors, staff,<br />
and board members traveled to Topeka March 19<br />
to witness the signing of the proclamation. Two<br />
days later, BIAKS returned to Topeka for a Pie<br />
Rally, where each of the 165 representatives and<br />
senators were invited to have some pie and learn<br />
about brain injury. We distributed more than 165<br />
brain injury information packets as we doled out<br />
slices of pie, and survivors, family members, and<br />
rehabilitation professionals visited their elected<br />
officials to help raise awareness.<br />
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