[Fabs] Fwd: [NFBF-L] NFB of Florida Your 2023 Washington Seminar Delegation is Working Hard for You

[Elijah Grant]

Students, we need to congratulate Z'Leah and Sewar. They are going to
represent Florida at the Washington Seminar this year! WOO HOO!

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From: Russ Davis via NFBF-L <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Date: Tue, Dec 13, 2022, 3:22 PM
Subject: [NFBF-L] NFB of Florida Your 2023 Washington Seminar Delegation is
Working Hard for You
To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>, NFB of
Florida List for Leaders <nfbf-leaders at nfbnet.org>
Cc: <russell at radiorusty.com>


Greetings Federation Family,



I wanted to bring everyone up to speed on some important announcements
concerning our upcoming Washington Seminar. Recently the National
Federation of the Blind of Florida Board of Directors selected the
individuals who will be traveling to Washington DC in late January to walk
the halls of Congress and begin the long and involved process of promoting
our newly announced legislative priorities.



After two years of virtual Washington Seminars, we are so excited that our
next round of meetings with Florida’s 28 House members and 2 Senators will
take place in person. The 12 members of your Affiliate chosen to travel to
our nations capitol will have their work cut out for them, but we are
confident that they are up for the challenge. These individuals have worked
extremely hard within the legislative process over the past several years
and we know they will make you proud.



Please join me in congratulating:



Z’leah Liburd

Sewar Quneibi

Tashara Cooper

Karolyn Campbell

Adriann Keve

Peggy Fleischer

Sherri Brun

Doug Ingram

Denise Valkema

Camille Tate

Russ Davis

Paul Martinez



You might have recognized that the first two names on the above list are
leaders in our incredible FABS Division, we are so pleased to have these
highly intelligent and energetic students with us, (I just hope the old
timers like me can keep up with them). You may not know that the first six
names on the list are all rookies to our in person Washington Seminar
experience.



There will be a great deal of work to do before The Great Gathering In on
Monday, January 30th and in fact the work has already begun. Travel plans
need to be completed by the entire team, sub-teams needed to be built,
issues have to be studied, training sessions and mock meetings need to take
place, 30 appointments have to be scheduled  and warm clothing and
comfortable shoes must be acquired, to list just a few items.



We received strong encouragement from our national office to hold as many
in person meetings as possible during this first round of meetings in early
2023, but pleas don’t think that our work as an Affiliate will end with the
conclusion of appointments during the first week of February, nothing could
be further from the truth. Florida has built a reputation as one of the
most active, hard working and successful Affiliates in the nation and we
don’t have any intention of letting up during the new 118th Congress.
Sometime in the early Spring we will reassess the support obtained from
each of our 30 Representatives and Senators with regards to the legislative
priorities presented to them and will begin new rounds of meetings. These
meetings may occur in local district offices or virtually on Zoom. Your
involvement in these meetings will be not only valuable but critical. In
2022, we held both Winter and Summer Washington Seminars, but next year
Florida’s first two events will take place closer together to maximize the
effectiveness of our efforts.



In order to keep you connected to the legislative process, more emails will
follow this one. I will be sending out an announcement containing the 2023
National Federation of the Blind legislative priorities soon. I’ll also let
you know, as we approach the kickoff of the 2023 Washington Seminar, just
how you can lend a hand a support your hard working delegation.



Thank you all so very much for all you have done and will continue to do to
move our critical legislative priorities forward and to improve the lives
of the blind in Florida and across the nation.



Very respectfully,


Russ Davis, Co-Legislative Director

National Federation of the Blind of Florida

Ph. 904-993-8433

Email: rssell at radiorusty.com
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