<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from My IPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> National Federation of the Blind <outreach@nfb.org><br><b>Date:</b> March 11, 2021 at 6:46:37 AM EST<br><b>To:</b> Denice Brown <dbrown8827@aol.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Celebrating the Women in the Organized Blind Movement</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> National Federation of the Blind <outreach@nfb.org><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><!--[if gte mso 9]>
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<h1><span style="font-size:24pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Celebrating Beautiful, Powerful, Wonderful Blind Women</strong></span></span></h1>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“<em>As those who identify as women who are blind, we live at this intersection that could be looked at from the outside as hard to navigate, but even though it gets tough at times, it’s never lonely.</em>” From </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“<a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2103/bm210309.htm">We are Women and Sisters Forever</a>” by Danielle McCann.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The National Federation of the Blind has a long history of exemplary leaders who happen to be blind and women. President Mark Riccobono spoke about many of these women who shaped the organized blind movement in his 2018 banquet speech “<a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/banquet-speech-2018-2.html">Authenticity, Diversity, and the Synergy of the Organized Blind</a>.” This month is Women’s History Month and we are celebrating our mentors and friends who support the next generation of blind women leaders. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“<em>Without the women in our movement, I do not know if I would have become as self-assured as I am today</em>,” said Jennifer Kennedy in the <em><a href="https://www.nfb.org/blog/gratitude-women-movement">Voice of the Nation’s Blind Blog</a></em>. “<em>Federation leaders like Barbara Pierce and Sharon Maneki left a huge impression on me as I watched them during my scholarship mentoring sessions in 2001. They were well-spoken, impeccably dressed, and carried themselves with the poise and confidence I craved since becoming blind.</em>”</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Please join our celebration by giving a gift in honor of a woman who has helped you live the life you want.</strong> Your support will help the federation reach more blind children, students, and seniors and raise the expectations of the nation’s blind. You can give an honorary gift online at <a href="https://nfb.org/donate">https://nfb.org/donate</a> or by calling 410-659-9314, extension 2282.</span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thank you for your support!</span></span></strong></p>
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