<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">FYI, from Pat, some song suggestions</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">1/16/2025 happy hour theme: freedom, liberation, civil rights</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">easy to be hard, Three Dog Night</div><div dir="ltr">Waiting On the world to change, John Meyer</div><div dir="ltr">Philadelphia freedom, Elton John</div><div dir="ltr">Rockin in the free world, Neil Young</div><div dir="ltr">Wind of change, scorpions</div><div dir="ltr">Blowin' in the wind, Bob Dylan</div><div dir="ltr">We Shall overcome, Joan Baez </div><div dir="ltr">Freedom over spill, Steve Winwood</div><div dir="ltr">Freedom, Richie Havens,</div><div dir="ltr">Paul McCartney, or Aretha Franklin</div><div dir="ltr">God bless the USA, Lee Greenwood people got to be free, the Rascals</div><div dir="ltr">I am woman, Helen ready</div><div dir="ltr">Respect, Aretha Franklin</div><div dir="ltr">You don't own me, Leslie Gore</div><div dir="ltr">I will survive, Gloria Gaynor</div><div dir="ltr">Born to be me, Lady Gaga Redemption, Bob Marley and The Wailers </div><div dir="ltr">Battle cry of freedom, Ian Berwick</div><div dir="ltr">Pride, Johnny Crescendo</div><div dir="ltr">You've Got to Stand for Something, Aaron Tippin</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 15, 2025, at 9:01 PM, dbilpuch97@icloud.com wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; page: WordSection1;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Hello, Everyone! <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">We invite you all to come ring the Freedom Bell and Celebrate Liberation, and our Civil Rights in the NFB. Ohio Zoom Hall <span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: underline;">from 7-9 PM</span>. <span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: underline;">on 1/16/2025</span>! If you'd like to get the celebration started early, feel free to listen to these tunes!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Freedom by Aretha Franklin<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mSn4-szhus" style="color: purple;">Aretha Franklin - Think (Freedom) - official music version.mp4</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 19, 19); border: 1pt windowtext; padding: 0in;"><br></span>God Bless the U.S.A. by Lee Greenwood<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SazxYg-bjFM" style="color: purple;">God Bless The U.S.A. - YouTube</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 19, 19); border: 1pt windowtext; padding: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 19, 19); border: 1pt windowtext; padding: 0in;">Pride by Johnny Crescendo<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 19, 19); border: 1pt windowtext; padding: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uewp5S1Lus&list=PLk6n90VAXJUZQNQLVJHZSVXf0NlKqN-ei&index=14" style="color: purple;">Pride</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 19, 19); border: 1pt windowtext; padding: 0in;"><br><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color">Easy To Be Hard by Three Dog Night<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 19, 19); border: 1pt windowtext; padding: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tym5zLOBZs" style="color: purple;">Easy To Be Hard</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 19, 19); border: 1pt windowtext; padding: 0in;">You've Got to Stand for Something by Aaron Tippin<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 19, 19); border: 1pt windowtext; padding: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmUSDDc5lAs" style="color: purple;">You've Got to Stand for Something</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 19, 19);">Waiting On the World to Change by John Mayer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 19, 19);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pquX7Ya4-wE" style="color: purple;">Waiting On the World to Change</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">We Are The World by U.S.A. for Africa<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIqhl0rH0Wc" style="color: purple;">We Are The World</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 12pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(112, 117, 122);">Join us!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 12pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(112, 117, 122);">Tomorrow,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 12pt; background: white;"><u><span dir="ltr">January 16th</span></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 12pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(112, 117, 122);"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 12pt; background: white;"><u><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(112, 117, 122);"><span dir="ltr">7:00 P.M. Eastern</span></span></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 12pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(112, 117, 122);"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 12pt; background: white;"><u><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(112, 117, 122);"><span dir="ltr">6:00 P.M. Central</span></span></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 12pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(112, 117, 122);"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 12pt; background: white;"><u><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(112, 117, 122);"><span dir="ltr">5:00 P.M. Mountain</span></span></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 12pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(112, 117, 122);"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 12pt; background: white;"><u><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(112, 117, 122);"><span dir="ltr">4:00 P.M. Pacific</span></span></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 12pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(112, 117, 122);"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 12pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(112, 117, 122);"> <u> **All participants are encouraged to review selections to ensure that the song is available on an Amazon device. <o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 12pt; background: white;"><u><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(112, 117, 122);">In addition, be certain that song lyrics are respectful and honor our federation’s standards.**</span><o:p></o:p></u></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><u>**The Happy Hour Committee has the <b>responsibility </b>and the right to stop any song, that may be inappropriate, <b>no questions asked! </b>If you have a concern, please reach out to CSD. President Pat McPherson outside of <b> Happy Hour!**</b><o:p></o:p></u></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><u><o:p> </o:p></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 12pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(112, 117, 122);">NFB Ohio Zoom:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 12pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(112, 117, 122);"><a href="https://zoom.us/j/4081850851" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">https://zoom.us/j/4081850851</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 12pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; 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