[IL-Talk] Back from Convention

Mon Jul 15 15:50:38 UTC 2019

It was great to hear some of the Convention on Newsline!  
Congrat's Denise for being re elected to the National Board, and to Marilyn for her speech too!
Also, glad all who went made it home safely.
Linda

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Subject: Re: [IL-Talk] Back from Convention

 Yes, Denise, I listened to a bit of the convention live stream.  It was nice to catch the general sessions and the banquet online.  President Riccoboo's presidential report and banquet speech were fine.  The banquet speech was worth staying up late for.  Ken Schad was able to listen to parts of the convention via Newsline.  
By the way, congratulations to you on your reelection to the national board and to Marilyn Green on her'speech.  I'm glad that you made it home OK.   Eileen Truschkd    On Sunday, July 14, 2019, 11:13:29 PM CDT, Denise Avant via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:  

 Hello all, 

Those of us who were able to attend national convention have made it safely back home. It was a wonderful convention. I hope those of you who could not attend had an opportunity to listen to the stream, and in particular hear President Riccobono' s great banquet speech.

I am grateful to have been elected by my federation family to serve on our national board for a second term. It is truly an honor and a privilege, and I am looking forward to the next two years, and helping President Riccobono build the National Federation of the Blind.

I want to thank Marilyn Green,  Debbie Stein, Francisco Chang, and Patti Chang for helping  me run the Sunday night social. I thought it was a great event. I hope those of you who attended had a great time. I certainly did.

The National Federation of the Blind is a diverse organization dedicated to improving the lives of all blind people.  To highlight our commitment to diversity, this year at our national convention, we had over 12 hours of programming specifically devoted to diversity and inclusion.

I serve on the Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Black Leaders Serving for Advancement. The first summit was this year, and the first keynote speaker was our own Marilyn Green. She gave a great speech, and she should be congratulated.

I hope to see all of you in 2020 at next year's national convention in Houston, and before that, Springfield from October 18-20.

Denise R. Avant, Esq.

President,

National Federation of the Blind of Illinois

773-991-8050

Live the life you want.

For more information about NFBI,

Go to www.nfbofillinois.org

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