[IABS-Talk] Fw: 2025 Washington Seminar Information now available

[David Meyer]

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From: Scott White <swhite at nfb.org>
to: David Meyer <datemeyer at mysero.net>
Subject: 2025 Washington Seminar Information now available
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:06:09 -0500 (EST)


At our Washington Seminar, members of the National Federation of the 
Blind convene to learn about and advocate for legislative initiatives 
that will improve the lives of blind Americans.

The first Washington Seminar took place in 1973. Today, more than five 
hundred people from the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and 
Puerto Rico typically attend.

Approximately three legislative initiatives are chosen for priority 
attention each year. These initiatives, which form the Washington 
Seminar priorities, are based on the official positions of the NFB 
adopted at the national convention and can address concerns related to 
civil rights, educational programs and services, rehabilitation of the 
blind for competitive employment, the operation of vending facilities 
by blind persons on public property, specialized library services for 
the blind, the organization and funding of federal programs, Social 
Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income programs, and 
other timely topics.

We have posted the NFB 2025 Washington Seminar Agenda and Fact Sheets 
on NFB-NEWSLINE. To reach this information using the telephone access 
method, from the main menu, press one and then one again for the 
national channel.

To reach this information using the free NFB-NEWSLINE Mobile app, 
choose All Publications off the Information Sources menu, and choose 
2025 NFB Washington Seminar.

If you are interested in how you can get involved, contact your local 
state NFB affiliate. A list of these can be found on the NFB.org 
website at https://www.nfb.org/about-us/state-affiliates

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