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I wanted to share with you this awesome article about our chapter's upcoming virtual talent show, Believe You Can! This article was written by our chapter secretary, Lisa Andrews. Thank you so much Lisa! The article is featured on the online social news website,
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Please see the article at <a href="https://generocity.org/philly/2020/09/22/blind-and-visually-impaired-performers-to-be-showcased-in-local-virtual-talent-show/">https://generocity.org/philly/2020/09/22/blind-and-visually-impaired-performers-to-be-showcased-in-local-virtual-talent-show/</a> and
also copied below. Also, please spread the word to your family and friends and support our chapter's talent show. </div>
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<span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Blind and visually impaired performers to be showcased in local (virtual) talent Show</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">by Lisa Andrews</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center;">Mainstream talent shows are good for their occasional spotlight of artists from the differently abled community. The Special Olympics is a long-time platform dedicated to showcasing
the athletic prowess of the disabled. But in our new age of all things virtual, there’s a new player on the field.</span></div>
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You Can!</a></span></span><span style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Is
a virtual talent show sponsored by the</span><span style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; font-weight: 600;"><a target="_blank" href="http://nfbp.org/our-organization/chapters/keystone" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(79, 132, 191); transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Keystone
Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of PA</span></a></span><span style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">. The show is made up entirely
of artists who are blind or visually impaired.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">“We needed to come up with a way to safely stay engaged with our community and also share with the sighted
world the vast potential of blind people. As far as I know this is the first of its kind,” said</span><span style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-weight: 600; line-height: normal;">Harriet
Go</span></span><span style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">, president of the Keystone Chapter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center;">The show airs virtually on Saturday, October 17 at 7 p.m. Twenty artists are scheduled to perform, with each performance given a 10-minute time limit. Acts run the gamut from singers,
musicians, to spoken word and there is even a clogging tutorial. Since the event is virtual, artists are not only homegrown, but are from across the country and even Canada.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">The event coincides with the NFB’s</span><span style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; font-weight: 600;"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nfb.org/programs-services/meet-blind-month/white-cane-awareness-day" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(79, 132, 191); transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Meet
the Blind Month</span></a></span><span style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">, an annual celebration in October. Throughout the month, NFB chapters
across the country host outreach events and fundraisers with the mission of breaking down misconceptions while also educating the general community about the resourcefulness and independence of the blind. Believe You Can! also falls on the heels of</span><span style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nfb.org/search?keys=white+cane+awareness+day&form_build_id=form-j6ACUHlLqW31ddZwmZS7ihpOiDHLhPEnv2iAApirFRg&form_id=search_api_page_block_form_search&honeypot_time=RLfD3WyYBccg8DIODgvabh7wDSkrzI-55lDd7NwxiSg&membershipemail=" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; color: rgb(79, 132, 191); transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">White
Cane Awareness Day</span></a><span style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">, October 15th. Like Meet the Blind Month, White Cane Awareness Day is an
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but rather a beacon of our independence, allowing us to accomplish daily travels and not always relying on others,” Harriet said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center;">The artists featured are like most artists whose talent is an expression. Sometimes that expression is born out of pain.</span></div>
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a spoken word artist from Portland, Oregon who will share pieces reflecting on the “blatant discrimination“ she experienced as a medical student pursuing clinical positions. She has also used her art as a teaching tool for fellow sighted classmates. “I hope
to help them not repeat some of the things that happened to me.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center;">The Keystone Chapter is one of two local NFB chapters. The Federation, the first national organization of the blind, was founded in 1940 in Wilkes Barre PA. At that time there were a
handful of blind activists from seven states. Today the NFB boasts over 50,000 members in all 50 states as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Proceeds from ticket sales will help support just one of the Chapter’s projects — a longstanding partnership
with</span><span style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Elementary-School/Saint-Lucy-School-for-Children-with-Visual-Impairments-360881783584/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; color: rgb(79, 132, 191); transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-weight: 600; line-height: normal;">St.
Lucy’s Day School for Children</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-weight: 600; line-height: normal;">with Visual Impairments</span></span></a><span style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">,
located in the city’s Kensington section. The school has faithfully served blind students and their families for over sixty years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: center;">As a graduate of St. Lucy’s herself, Harriet knows first-hand that these students are a “pool of potential leaders in their communities.” And since most of the staff is sighted, the
Chapter’s presence is an opportunity to be real life blind role models for students.</span></div>
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For more information about the Keystone Chapter of the NFB of PA, visit</em></span><em style="color: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><a target="_blank" href="http://nfbp.org/our-organization/chapters/keystone" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(79, 132, 191); transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">nfbp.org</span></a></em><span style="font-family: adelle-sans, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><em style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">.</em></span></p>
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