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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello, I hope everyone is well.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>At our July meeting, we talked about National Convention, along with lots of other things.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I asked if anyone new what the NFB’s Core Values were. There were lots of good answers, but no one new. I was asked to pose them in an email.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Believe in blind people.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lead courageously.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Foster inclusion.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Take collective action.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dream big. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Think about those. They are pretty powerful.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Becky Young, President<br>Des Moines Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Iowa <br>Phone: 515-553-9270<br></span><a href="mailto:byoung@nfbi.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Email</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.nfbi.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Website</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <i><br>Live the life you want.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>The National Federation of the Blind of Iowa is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>