<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> "Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind" <IOF@nfb.org><br><b>Date:</b> May 17, 2021 at 5:15:31 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Denice Brown <dbrown8827@aol.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>How Do We Build Beneficial Collaborations?</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> "Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind" <IOF@nfb.org><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><p><br>
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<h1><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">IMAGINEERING OUR FUTURE</span></h1>
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<h2><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Message from our President</span></h2>
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<td style="vertical-align:top"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><img alt="Mark Riccobono discussing a project with a partner" src="https://nfb.org/sites/default/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/images/iof-mar-w-supporter.jpg" style="background-color:transparent; border-color:white; border-style:solid; border-width:0px; display:block; float:left; height:120px; margin:7px; width:240px" data-unique-identifier=""></span></td>
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:18px">As our nation overcomes the pandemic and everyone safely re-integrates into public spaces, many are thinking of new ways to collaborate–a value of ours for a long time. <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=21238&qid=5351683" rel="nofollow" style="color: #002f6d; font-size:18px">Read President Riccobono’s message</a>.</span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Authentic Relationships with Advocacy Organizations</span></h2>
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<td style="vertical-align:top"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><img alt="A diverse group of speakers discuss disability advocacy in front of the audience at the disability law symposium" src="https://nfb.org/sites/default/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/images/iof-law-symposium.jpg" style="background-color:transparent; border-color:white; border-style:solid; border-width:0px; display:block; float:left; height:120px; margin:7px; width:240px" data-unique-identifier=""></span></td>
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:18px">We have been long-term partners in our work to protect and expand voting access for people with disabilities. These innovations proved invaluable when voters cast their ballots during the COVID-19 pandemic. <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=21239&qid=5351683" rel="nofollow" style="color: #002f6d; font-size:18px">Read more about collaborative partnerships</a>.</span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Latest News at the NFB</span></h2>
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:18px">Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day with a matching gift, recent Biden-Harris executive order on wages for federal contractors, more kiosks become accessible to the blind, and Lyft partnership brings blind riders to vaccines. <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=21240&qid=5351683" rel="nofollow" style="color: #002f6d; font-size:18px">Read more news</a>.</span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Take Action This Month</span></h2>
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<td style="vertical-align:top"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><img alt="Two young girls with white canes meeting mickey mouse and minnie mouse" src="https://nfb.org/sites/default/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/images/iof-bell-girls-w-mickey-minnie.jpg" style="background-color:transparent; border-color:white; border-style:solid; border-width:0px; display:block; float:left; height:120px; margin:7px; width:240px" data-unique-identifier=""></span></td>
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:18px">Apply for a summer program for blind children, participate in the <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=21241&qid=5351683" rel="nofollow" style="color: #002f6d; font-size:18px">Give $20 Convention Drawing</a>, celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day, and read the <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=21242&qid=5351683" rel="nofollow" style="color: #002f6d; font-size:18px">Open Letter on Safety and Support Progress</a>. More <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=21243&qid=5351683" rel="nofollow" style="color: #002f6d; font-size:18px">actions you can take</a>.</span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Important Dates</span></h2>
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:18px">Learn about accessibility, share feedback on code of conduct FAQs, get the latest updates from President Riccobono, and attend the 2021 National Convention, the biggest event of the year! <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=21244&qid=5351683" rel="nofollow" style="color: #002f6d; font-size:18px">Participate in upcoming events</a>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=21238&qid=5351683" rel="nofollow" style="color: #002f6d; font-size: 18px; font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read the complete issue online</a>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:18px">The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines blind people or their future. Every day we raise the expectations of and for blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. We can live the lives we want; blindness is not what holds us back. Please join us in our work by becoming a member, attending an event, sharing this newsletter, or supporting our programs.</span></p>
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