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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">We are proud to announce the long awaited release of “</span><a href="http://bit.ly/1oaiAya"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">Kids Speak the Truth: Subminimum
Wages</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black;text-decoration:none">,</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">” made by this year's Jernigan Institute Summer
Interns: Catherine Jacobson, Sarah Patnaude, Justin Salisbury and Yadiel Sotomayor. This video portrays children’s views on our fair wages initiative.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">Please watch the video and encourage your friends and family to do the same. Additionally, we are designating tomorrow as a Twitter Wednesday! Please share this video with our Members
of Congress via Twitter. Here are the Twitter handles of our Members of Congress:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">Senator
<span style="color:#1F497D">Dick Blumenthal</span> <span style="color:#1F497D">
</span> @Sen<span style="color:#1F497D">Blumenthal</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">Senator
<span style="color:#1F497D">Chris Murphy </span> @<span style="color:#1F497D">ChrisMurphyCT</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">Congressman
<span style="color:#1F497D">John Larso</span>n @Rep<span style="color:#1F497D">JohnLarson</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">Congressman
<span style="color:#1F497D">Joe Courtney</span> @Rep<span style="color:#1F497D">JoeCourtney</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">Congressman
<span style="color:#1F497D">Jim Himes</span> @<span style="color:#1F497D">jahimes</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">Congresswoman
<span style="color:#1F497D">Rosa DeLauro</span> @<span style="color:#1F497D">rosadelauro</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">Congress<span style="color:#1F497D">woman Elizabeth Esty</span> @<span style="color:#1F497D">RepEsty</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">Congressman
<span style="color:#1F497D">Joe Courtney is already a cosponsor of HR 831. The others are not. We still need a Senate companion bill.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">For your convenience, here are some sample tweets. (Don’t forget to insert the handles of our Members of Congress into these tweets.)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://bit.ly/1oaiAya">http://bit.ly/1oaiAya</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">.
</span><a href="https://twitter.com/PeterRoskam"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:windowtext;background:#F5F8FA">@</span><span class="u-linkcomplex-target"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:windowtext;background:#F5F8FA;text-decoration:none">PeterRoskam</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">,
will you support #FairWages for Workers with Disabilities by cosponsoring HR 831?<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">It’s common sense: People with disabilities deserve #FairWages. Please watch
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://bit.ly/1oaiAya">http://bit.ly/1oaiAya</a></span>,
</span><a href="https://twitter.com/CongPalazzo"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:windowtext;background:#F5F8FA">@</span><span class="u-linkcomplex-target"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:windowtext;background:#F5F8FA;text-decoration:none">CongPalazzo</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">.
<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">Thank you,
</span><a href="https://twitter.com/cathymcmorris"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:windowtext;background:#F5F8FA">@</span><span class="u-linkcomplex-target"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:windowtext;background:#F5F8FA;text-decoration:none">cathymcmorris</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">
for cosponsoring HR 831. <span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://bit.ly/1oaiAya">http://bit.ly/1oaiAya</a></span> shows why PWD deserve #FairWages. 14c must be phased out.<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">PWD can only live the lives we want if we are ensured #FairWages. Please watch
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://bit.ly/1oaiAya">http://bit.ly/1oaiAya</a></span>,
</span><a href="https://twitter.com/RepMattSalmon"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:windowtext;background:#F5F8FA">@</span><span class="u-linkcomplex-target"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:windowtext;background:#F5F8FA;text-decoration:none">RepMattSalmon</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">If you have any questions about fair wages, feel free to reach out to
<span style="color:#1F497D">us</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">Yours in the fight for fair wages,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">Rose and Justin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Rose Sloan Justin Salisbury<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Government Affairs Specialist
<span style="color:#1F497D">President</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">National Federation of the Blind
<span style="color:#1F497D">Connecticut Association of Blind Students</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">200 East Wells Street<span style="color:#1F497D"> 477 Connecticut Boulevard, Suite 217</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Baltimore, MD 21230<span style="color:#1F497D"> East Hartford, CT 06108</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: (410) 659-9314, extension 2441 Twitter: @SalisburyJustin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:rsloan@nfb.org">rsloan@nfb.org</a> Email:
<a href="mailto:President@Alumni.ECU.edu">President@Alumni.ECU.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Eliminating Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities” <o:p>
</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages">http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#27023C">The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people because low expectations
create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#27023C"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#27023C">To make a donation to the National Federation of the Blind Imagination Fund, please visit
</span><span style="color:#0404CC"><a href="http://www.nfb.org/ImaginingOurFuture"><span style="color:#0404CC">www.nfb.org/ImaginingOurFuture</span></a></span><span style="color:#27023C">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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