<div dir="ltr">Thank you Jim.<div>Mary</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 8:21 AM Jim McCollum via CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Justin, Mary and all, <div>John Pare informed me that he anticipated the Federation will support this bill, but he needs to review it further to be sure there is nothing in it that will be a problem for us. So we do not yet have an official position. </div><div>I hope everyone is doing well. </div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Jim McCollum</div><div>860-581-0430</div><div><a href="mailto:j.mccollum64@comcast.net" target="_blank">j.mccollum64@comcast.net</a></div><div><br></div><div><div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 14, 2020, at 4:36 PM, Justin Salisbury via CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Mary,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As you might recall, I now live and work in Philadelphia, only a few blocks away from the organization that is promoting this initiative.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I haven’t heard that the NFB has taken a stance on this, but there may be something new that I don’t know. Have we taken a stance?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stay healthy, everyone!<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Justin<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Justin Mark Hideaki Salisbury<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">he/him/his<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 808.797.8606<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:President@Alumni.ECU.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">President@Alumni.ECU.edu</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury" target="_blank"><span lang="EN">https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury</span></a> <span lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ResearchGate: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Salisbury" target="_blank">
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Salisbury</a> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are
not afraid anymore.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">Cesar Chavez<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Mary Silverberg via CT-NFB<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 14, 2020 2:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NFB of Connecticut Mailing List <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Mary Silverberg <<a href="mailto:marysilverfox@gmail.com" target="_blank">marysilverfox@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CT-NFB] Fwd: Action Alert! Legislative Sign On & CMS Public Comment please distribute<u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">FYI Mary<u></u><u></u></p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>
From: <strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Melissa Marshall</span></strong> <<a href="mailto:melissamarshallada@gmail.com" target="_blank">melissamarshallada@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Thu, May 14, 2020 at 12:22 PM<br>
Subject: Fwd: Action Alert! Legislative Sign On & CMS Public Comment please distribute<br>
To: Melissa Marshall <<a href="mailto:melissa.marshall@snet.net" target="_blank">melissa.marshall@snet.net</a>><u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Please distribute to your networks. Note that organizational sign on for the Recovery for Seniors and People with Disabilities
Act and comments for <span style="color:rgb(32,32,32)">nursing home regulations called Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) are being requested. You can sign on organizations directly using the form below. Feel free to submit individual comments on
the proposed regulation. I will be drafting comments on behalf of the Alliance.-Melissa</span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,32,32)">Action Alert!</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<div>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal">
<b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,32,32)">Legislative Sign-on Today & CMS Public Comments Needed</span></u></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-stretch:normal;min-height:18.4px">
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,32,32)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-stretch:normal;min-height:18.4px">
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,32,32)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-stretch:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,32,32)">Senator Casey is introducing the Recovery for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act TOMORROW <u>Thursday, May
14, 2020</u></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-stretch:normal;min-height:18.4px">
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,32,32)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-stretch:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,32,32)">To add your organizational support, or for more information, on this bill contact: </span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-stretch:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,32,32)">Stacy Sanders at <a href="mailto:Stacy_Sanders@aging.senate.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,124,137)">Stacy_Sanders@aging.senate.gov</span></a>,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-stretch:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,32,32)">Michael Gamel-McCormick at <a href="mailto:Michael_Gamel-McCormick@aging.senate.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,124,137)">Michael_Gamel-McCormick@aging.senate.gov</span></a>,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-stretch:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,32,32)">Samantha Koehler at <a href="mailto:Samantha_Koehler@aging.senate.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,124,137)">Samantha_Koehler@aging.senate.gov</span></a>,
or</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-stretch:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,32,32)">Josh Dubenski at <a href="mailto:Josh_Dubenski@aging.senate.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,124,137)">Josh_Dubenski@aging.senate.gov</span></a>.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-stretch:normal;min-height:18.4px">
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,32,32)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-stretch:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,32,32)">You can read the one pager for the Recovery for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act
<a href="https://disasterstrategies.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ee4ede4e4b843b579fff1fd86&id=50acb9f5d9&e=56fcf91985" target="_blank">
<span style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal">here</span></a> [<a href="https://disasterstrategies.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ee4ede4e4b843b579fff1fd86&id=672c5b0999&e=56fcf91985" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal">Link</span></a>]<br>
<br>
____________________________________________________</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-stretch:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,32,32)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal">
<b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,32,32)">CMS Needs to Hear from Us!</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal">
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,32,32)">The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has put out for public comment, nursing home regulations called Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR). The Preadmission
Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) is a federal rule to help keep people with disabilities from being unnecessarily placed in Medicaid-funded nursing facilities, and to help people in these facilities transition back to the community.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Shareable link with this information.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/disasterstrategies/legislative-sign-on-cms-public-comment" target="_blank">https://mailchi.mp/disasterstrategies/legislative-sign-on-cms-public-comment</a><u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13pt">Be safe y en solidaridad</span></b><span style="font-size:13pt">, </span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Germán Luis Parodi</b> <u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Co-Executive Director | The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies<u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">UNDRR Focal Point for Persons with Disabilities in the Américas <u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone/WhatsApp: +1(215) 971-0660<u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Shaylin Sluzalis</b><u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Co-Executive Director | The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies<u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone/WhatsApp: +1(570) 777-0268<u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://disasterstrategies.org" target="_blank">disasterstrategies.org</a> |
<a href="http://portlight.org" target="_blank">portlight.org</a> | <a href="http://reaadi.com" target="_blank">
reaadi.com</a> <u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!<u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">112 N. 8th Street, Suite 600, Philadelphia PA 19107<u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>U.S. DISASTER HOTLINE</b> (800) 626-4959<u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WhatsApp DISABILITY HOTLINE
</b>+1 (253) 750-1244<u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies is the only national organization with a mission of equal access to emergency and disaster programs before, during, and after disasters
for people with disabilities, older adults, and people with access and functional needs. We are the nation’s experts on disability rights, accessibility and inclusion throughout all phases of emergency preparedness, disaster operations, and community wide
disaster resilience.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"> <u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>CT-NFB mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:CT-NFB@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">CT-NFB@nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for CT-NFB:</span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/j.mccollum64%40comcast.net" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/j.mccollum64%40comcast.net</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
CT-NFB mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:CT-NFB@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">CT-NFB@nfbnet.org</a><br>
<a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org</a><br>
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for CT-NFB:<br>
<a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/marysilverfox%40gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/marysilverfox%40gmail.com</a><br>
</blockquote></div>