<div dir="ltr">FYI,    Mary Silverberg<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Melissa Marshall</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:melissamarshallada@gmail.com">melissamarshallada@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 11:03 AM<br>Subject: Fwd: FW: Urgent Call for Stories: How Do Changes to the USPS Impact You?<br>To: Melissa Marshall <<a href="mailto:melissa.marshall@snet.net">melissa.marshall@snet.net</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><br><br><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Hi all—<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Please share this important email from NCIL with your contacts, lists, etc.  Thank you. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> The National Council on Independent Living <<a href="mailto:ncil@ncil.org" target="_blank">ncil@ncil.org</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 20, 2020 11:27 AM<br><b>To:</b> Daria F. Smith <<a href="mailto:daria@ctsilc.org" target="_blank">daria@ctsilc.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Urgent Call for Stories: How Do Changes to the USPS Impact You?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 11.25pt 0in"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="650" style="width:487.5pt"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Open this message in <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/7aczcm/n34kkp/fpsngfe" title="Open this message in Word" target="_blank">Word</a> or <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/7aczcm/n34kkp/vhtngfe" title="Open this message in plain text" target="_blank">plain text</a>.</span></span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/7aczcm/n34kkp/baungfe" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="220" height="186" style="width:2.2916in;height:1.9375in" id="m_-7218605663913969773m_4443428355490974910_x0000_i1034" src="https://d2im7mxv80psx1.cloudfront.net/1360001/images/templates/NCIL_logo_mh.jpg" alt="NCIL"></span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="640" style="width:480.0pt" id="m_-7218605663913969773m_4443428355490974910template_container"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%" id="m_-7218605663913969773m_4443428355490974910block_ucassrzp"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:15.0pt 30.0pt 15.0pt 30.0pt"><div><div style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Urgent Call for Stories: How Do Changes to the USPS Impact You?</span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The United States Postal Service (USPS) has been experiencing drastic changes that have led to major delays in mail service. People around the country are experiencing weeks of delays in receiving mail-order prescriptions, medical equipment, benefits checks, bills, notices, and other necessities they receive via mail. Delays in these critical items and information could result in utility shutoffs, homelessness, food insecurity, sickness, and other dire consequences for disabled people. USPS has also told 46 states and the District of Columbia that it may not be able to deliver mail-in ballots in time for the General Election in November.  <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Before the coronavirus pandemic, the USPS was instrumental in delivering necessities and information. As the country continues to struggle with the Coronavirus pandemic, many more people rely on the USPS to receive medications through mail-order pharmacies. Millions of Americans plan on voting by mail to exercise their right to vote while maintaining social distance.  <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) are asking for your help in collecting stories that we can use to illustrate how the changes to the USPS are impacting people with disabilities. We are looking for: <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">1. Stories from people who have experienced delays in receiving the following: <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Medications <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Medical supplies, including durable medical equipment <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Basic Necessities <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Paychecks or benefit checks <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bills and notices <u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><div style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">2. Stories from people who plan to vote by mail in the November election. How do you feel about the changes to the USPS so far, and how have these changes impacted your plans to vote in November? <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Our goal is to collect these stories and send them to the House of Representatives prior to the House Oversight Committee’s emergency hearing on mail delays taking place on August 24, 2020.  <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Please <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/7aczcm/n34kkp/r2ungfe" title="submit stories through the online form " target="_blank"><span style="color:#0645ad">submit stories through the online form</span></a> or by sending them to <a href="mailto:sarah@ncil.org?subject=USPS" title="Email sarah@ncil.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0645ad">sarah@ncil.org</span></a> by <b>Saturday, August 22 at Midnight</b>. Please include your first name (or initials), your city and state, and two to three paragraphs concisely telling your story.   <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;display:none"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0in"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"><tbody><tr><td width="130" style="width:97.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Support Our Work:<u></u><u></u></span></p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