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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>From:</b> NFB-NEWSLINE <<a href="mailto:NFBNewsline@nfb.org">NFBNewsline@nfb.org</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> January 24, 2026 at 5:38:59<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">\u202f</span>PM EST<br>
<b>To:</b> Shemika Robinson <<a href="mailto:shemikarobinson33@gmail.com">shemikarobinson33@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>2026 Washington Seminar fact sheets now available</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>At our Washington Seminar, members of the National Federation of the Blind convene to learn about and advocate for legislative initiatives that will improve the lives of blind Americans.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first Washington Seminar took place in 1973. Today, more than five hundred people from the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico typically attend.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Approximately three legislative initiatives are chosen for priority attention each year. These initiatives, which form the Washington Seminar priorities, are based on the official positions of the NFB adopted at the national convention and can address concerns
related to civil rights, educational programs and services, rehabilitation of the blind for competitive employment, the operation of vending facilities by blind persons on public property, specialized library services for the blind, the organization and funding
of federal programs, Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income programs, and other timely topics.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have posted the NFB 2026 Washington Seminar Fact Sheets on NFB-NEWSLINE. To reach this information using the telephone access method, from the main menu, press one, one and three.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To reach this information using the free NFB-NEWSLINE Mobile app, choose All Publications from the Information Sources menu, and choose NFB 2026 Washington Seminar Fact Sheets.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you are interested in how you can get involved, contact your local state NFB affiliate. A list of these can be found on the NFB.org website at
<a href="https://www.nfb.org/about-us/state-affiliates">https://www.nfb.org/about-us/state-affiliates</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>National Federation of the Blind | nfb.org | 866-504-7300 | <a href="mailto:nfbnewsline@nfb.org">
nfbnewsline@nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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