<div dir="auto">Here’s a link to the Blind Gardening Group that Graham mentions below: <div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1306176639752726/?ref=share">https://www.facebook.com/groups/1306176639752726/?ref=share</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 9:10 PM Graham Mehl via Central-MD-Chapter <<a href="mailto:central-md-chapter@nfbnet.org">central-md-chapter@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
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I hope you are well and remaining healthy. <br>
<br>
Well it is June, so that means family vacations, cicadas are filling our<br>
trees, and our chapter will stop meeting until September 7 2021. <br>
Unfortunately, the June meeting guest speaker had an emergency and could not<br>
attend our meeting to present on Gardening. Until we can arrange for him to<br>
present at a different time, you can look him up on facebook: <br>
Facebook page called: Blind Family Gardening: From Dirt to Table<br>
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Below are a few general announcements followed by the 3 usual NFB<br>
publications that are so critical to checkout.<br>
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The 2021 national convention is coming...<br>
Is this your first convention or do you need a review of what to expect?<br>
Mark your calendar for the Rookie Roundup meeting scheduled for Tuesday,<br>
June 29 at 8:30 p.m. ET. <br>
Register Today ! (<br>
<a href="https://www.nfb.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=432" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nfb.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=432</a>)<br>
Registration is now open and free! Get access to the latest information as<br>
it is made available and more. While there is no registration fee to attend<br>
the National Federation of the Blind 2021 National Convention, please<br>
consider a donation if you are in a position to do so. There is a donation<br>
option available during the registration process. Your support is greatly<br>
appreciated.<br>
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For more information, please visit <a href="http://nfb.org/convention" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">nfb.org/convention</a>. We look forward to<br>
your participation in the biggest event of the year!!<br>
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We are offering several tours to pique your curiosity at the NFB national<br>
convention. The themes of these tours are ingenuity and infrastructure,<br>
which are the basic features of a system or organization. We have two tours<br>
that describe the infrastructure of important organizations: the National<br>
Federation of the Blind headquarters and the Goddard Space Flight Center. We<br>
also have two tours that will delight history buffs: the Harriet Tubman<br>
Museum tour describes the infrastructure of the Underground Railroad, which<br>
enabled enslaved people to flee to freedom. The B&O Railroad Museum tour<br>
describes the early infrastructure of rail transportation. All of these<br>
tours highlight American ingenuity.<br>
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Lounge wear is the uniform of the virtual meeting so be sure to order your<br>
comfortable NFB scrubs for national convention from the host affiliate, the<br>
National Federation of the Blind of Maryland. NFB Convention Scrubs are what<br>
all the cool members will be wearing at virtual banquet!<br>
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This set of scrubs contains both a short-sleeved scrub top and drawstring<br>
scrub pants, both with pockets. The set is navy blue and both the top and<br>
pants feature a charming red crab with the NFB logo in white as well as the<br>
words “It’s a Maryland thing” in white writing.<br>
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Scrubs are available via the link below in sizes 2X Small, X small, small,<br>
medium, large, X Large, 2X Large, 3X Large, and 4X Large. They are also<br>
available in limited supply in Tall sizes for Mediums and above. Those<br>
interested in tall sizes should email <a href="mailto:Convention@nfbmd.org" target="_blank">Convention@nfbmd.org</a> or call<br>
443-426-4110.<br>
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$45 per scrub set including shipping<br>
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In order to ensure delivery prior to Convention, orders must be received by<br>
June 25, 2021<br>
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Visit <a href="http://nfbmd.org/scrubs" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://nfbmd.org/scrubs</a><br>
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Survivor Taskforce June Calendar of Events<br>
• Saturday, June 19: Communications and Engagements Meeting 4pm<br>
Eastern<br>
• Sunday, June 20: Training and Culture meeting 3pm Eastern<br>
• Tuesday, June 22: Procedures and Oversight meeting 8pm Eastern<br>
• Monday, June 28: Monthly feature on Nation’s Blind Blog<br>
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Please check out the following NFB publications.<br>
• February / March 2021 Minute Message<br>
<a href="http://nfbmd.org/node/459" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://nfbmd.org/node/459</a><br>
In This Issue ...<br>
NFB BELL Academy In-Home Edition!<br>
Complete and Share the NFB Diversity and Inclusion Survey<br>
Do You Feel Lucky?<br>
NFBMD Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives<br>
Access to COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Resources<br>
NFBMD COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund<br>
Blind Cruising 2021<br>
Maryland Braille Readers Are Leaders!<br>
Important Upcoming Dates<br>
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• June 2021 presidential release<br>
President Riccobono delivers the presidential release before a live virtual<br>
audience. He provides details regarding the national convention, celebrates<br>
our LGBTQIA+ community for Pride, reviews legal and advocacy updates, and<br>
more.<br>
• Presidential Release #506, June 2021 (English Audio)<br>
<a href="https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/2021-06/pr506_short_version.mp3" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/2021-06/pr506_short_version.mp3</a><br>
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• BRAILLE MONITOR June 2021<br>
<a href="https://nfb.org//images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2106/bm2106tc.htm" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://nfb.org//images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2106/bm2106tc.htm</a><br>
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At our chapter meetings we do our best to listen to the latest NFB<br>
presidential Release. Due to the timing of our meetings and when the<br>
presidential release is made available, we do not get to listen to the<br>
latest release. Always. Please make time to listen to the Presidential<br>
release to hear what is happening within the NFB movement.<br>
The latest Presidential Release can be found at<br>
<a href="https://www.nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/presidential-releases" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/presidential-releases</a> <br>
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Maryland minute message<br>
The president of the NFB of Maryland sends out the Maryland minute message<br>
on the last weekend of the month. The minute message contains all sort of<br>
information about the NFB of Maryland happenings and movement. The minute<br>
message can be found on the NFB of Maryland mailing lists, newsline, and on<br>
the NFB of Maryland website under blog at <a href="http://nfbmd.org/blog" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://nfbmd.org/blog</a><br>
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• Braille Monitor<br>
<a href="https://www.nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/braille-monitor#main-co" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/braille-monitor#main-co</a><br>
ntent<br>
The Braille Monitor is the flagship publication of the National Federation<br>
of the Blind. It covers the events and activities of the NFB, addresses the<br>
issues we face as blind people, and highlights our members.<br>
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Save These Dates:<br>
– June 18, 2021 - NFB BELL Academy In-Home Edition - Session 1: June 7<br>
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- July 6, at 8:30 p.m. NFB convention Rookie Roundup<br>
- June 30, 2021 at 8pm eastern: Open House for perspective members.<br>
- July 6 – 10, 2021 NFB National Convention, virtual - host affiliate:<br>
Maryland<br>
- July 19 – July 30, 2021 – - NFB BELL Academy In-Home Edition -<br>
Session 2<br>
- August 7, 2021 – – NFBMD Crab Feast, Parkville, Maryland<br>
- August 9 – August 20, 2021 - NFB BELL Academy In-Home Edition -<br>
Session 3<br>
- September 7, 2021 - Central Maryland chapter meeting at 6:30 P.M.<br>
- September 10, 2021 – Basket and Bag Bingo, Catonsville, Maryland<br>
- September 18, 2021 - NFBMD Central Maryland chapter annual picnic<br>
- September 19 – 26, 2021 – Blind Cruising 2021, Carnival Pride,<br>
Departing from Port of Baltimore<br>
September 29, 2021 at 8pm eastern: Open House for perspective members.<br>
- October 5, 2021 - Central Maryland chapter meeting at 6:30 P.M.<br>
- November 2, 2021 - Central Maryland chapter meeting at 6:30 P.M.<br>
- November 12 – 14, 2021 – NFB of Maryland 55th Annual Convention,<br>
Baltimore, Maryland<br>
- December 7, 2021 - Central Maryland chapter meeting at 6:30 P.M. -<br>
holiday party and chapter elections<br>
- December 8 at 8pm eastern: Open House for perspective members. <br>
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Graham Mehl<br>
<a href="mailto:blind@trailstone.com" target="_blank">blind@trailstone.com</a><br>
NFB Central Maryland Chapter, President<br>
NFB of Maryland Website and Technology Committee member<br>
LCB graduate, 2016<br>
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