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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind [mailto:IOF@nfb.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 03, 2014 10:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Eric Guillory<br>
<b>Subject:</b> National Federation of the Blind Newsletter - Season of Giving<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Imagineering Our Future</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Issue 69</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In this issue:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="#President">Message from the President</a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="#news" target="news" title="What's News at the NFB" id="news">What's News at the NFB</a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
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<a href="#Education"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Education</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="#Technology" title="Access technology">Product and Access Technology Talk</a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="#Library" title="Jacobus tenBroek Library">From the tenBroek Library</a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
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<a href="#Giving"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">#GivingTuesday</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
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<h2><a name="President"></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Message from the President</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear Friends:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The cool, crisp air is a reminder that the end of the year is coming. Some think of the season as autumn but others begin referring to the season of giving—as if giving should be restricted to a particular time
of year. Nevertheless, history, tradition, and other factors cause us to be more focused on giving during the final months of the year.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This reflection got me to think about all of the ways that giving happens around the National Federation of the Blind. Yesterday, one of our state affiliate presidents was in my office to share the good news
that a bequest had been received and half of it would be shared with the national treasury. During the past month, I have read notes about donations of various sorts that have benefited our organization. Yet, much of the giving is not measurable in dollar
value. In my travel for the Federation in the past month I have observed blind people teaching other blind people how to effectively use a long white cane to travel confidently and go to the places they want. I have overheard blind people sharing techniques
they use to manage many aspects of daily life that are generally thought to require vision. I have participated in discussions about how blind parents manage the complexity of caring for children–both their own and the children of others. And I have observed
those who had just learned something new, sharing the gift with someone else.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">My conclusion is that in the National Federation of the Blind the season of giving is always alive and active. It renews itself every month when our local chapter comes together to share and plan for the future.
It is felt when the phone rings and a blind person is seeking hope and opportunity. The circle of giving grows every time we share our hopes and dreams with each other and get inspiration from the expanding expectations we have for ourselves and other blind
people.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As the “traditional” season of giving gets into full swing, take a moment to reflect on the giving that you have experienced through the National Federation of the Blind, and take another moment to share it
with others. I think you will find the same renewed energy, love, and hope that I find when I reflect on our organization—which will begin its seventy-fifth year of giving on November 16, 2014. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thankfully yours,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="160" height="40" id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CFF75E.DA9F6760" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: Signature of Mark Riccobono"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mark A. Riccobono, President</span><br>
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">National Federation of the Blind</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><a name="news"></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What's News at the NFB</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">National Federation of the Blind to Celebrate Start of its Seventy-Fifth Year</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On November 16, 2014, the National Federation of the Blind will begin its seventy-fifth year of raising expectations for the blind and ensuring that we live the lives we want. To kick off this historic year,
a celebration will be held at the convention of the Maryland affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind. President Mark Riccobono and Immediate Past President Marc Maurer will highlight the incredible progress made in the organized blindness movement
over the past seventy-five years. We encourage you to join us as we mark this significant milestone and look ahead to an even brighter future for the blind! Details about the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland convention, to be held November 14-16,
in Towson, Maryland, can be found at <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3901&qid=646853">
http://nfbmd.org/drupal/convention</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">National Federation of the Blind Announces Release of Unified English Braille Version of
</span></strong><em><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The McDuffy Braille Reader</span></b></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The National Federation of the Blind has announced the release of a new version of
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The McDuffy Reader: A Braille Primer for Adults</span></em> by Sharon L. Monthei, which is designed to guide students through the Unified English Braille (UEB) code. The primer, first published by the National
Federation of the Blind in 1989, has been used as an effective Braille teaching tool in many rehabilitation settings around the country. Ms. Monthei has revised this popular Braille instructional manual in light of the coming changes to the Braille code. By
January 2016, Unified English Braille will be the official Braille code used in the United States. The Unified English Braille Edition of
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The McDuffy Reader: A Braille Primer for Adults</span></em> is the first UEB instructional guide for beginning adult Braille readers to be published in the United States. The book presents first uncontracted
Braille, then the Braille contractions in logical groups. The author has crafted the text in the contracted section of the manual so that words are used only when students have learned all of the contractions that apply to them. The book contains eighty-nine
Braille pages in one volume, which is comb-bound with plastic covers. The UEB edition of
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The McDuffy Reader</span></em> is available from the National Federation of the Blind Independence Market for $20.00, plus shipping and handling. You may contact the NFB Independence Market via email at
<a href="mailto:independencemarket@nfb.org">independencemarket@nfb.org</a> and via phone at (410) 659-9314, extension 2216.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">National Federation of the Blind Reaches Agreement with U.S. Department of Education</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The National Federation of the Blind and three individuals have reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that will make student loan information accessible to blind Americans. The agreement
commits the Department of Education and the student loan servicers with which it contracts to make websites, forms, and documents related to the department’s Direct Loan program equally accessible to blind applicants and borrowers. The requirements include
providing documents in alternative formats such as Braille and large print, and allowing blind people to fill out and electronically sign and submit accessible versions of student loan applications and forms. For more details on this important agreement, please
visit <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3902&qid=646853">
https://nfb.org/national-federation-blind-reaches-agreement-department-education</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Free White Cane Program</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Did you know that the National Federation of the Blind offers free white canes to the blind? We believe that the long white cane is the key to independence for the blind. The white cane has proved a useful tool
to millions of blind people in navigating their environments with confidence and safety. Since independence and the freedom to travel are so vital to our quality of life, the National Federation of the Blind believes every blind person should have a cane,
regardless of ability to pay. Learn more about our free white cane program in a fun new video at
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3903&qid=646853">
http://youtu.be/3gOGVToMTjo</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <span style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="243" height="2" id="_x0000_i1030" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFF75E.DA9F6760" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2><a name="BrailleInitiative"></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Braille Initiative</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<h2><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Braille Certification Training Program</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Under a contract with the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress (NLS), the National Federation of the Blind administers the courses leading to NLS certification
of Braille transcribers and proofreaders. Successful completion of these rigorous courses requires a great deal of time and effort on the part of the students. We congratulate the following individuals who earned certification during the month of August 2014:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Literary Braille Transcribing</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Colorado</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Hector Hernandez, Burlington</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Kentucky</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Thomas Dunn, Louisville</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Nathan Wheatley, Lexington</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Ohio</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Allan Abruzzino, Grafton</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Eric Aleman, Grafton</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Darrell Brister, Grafton</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> William Luther, Grafton</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Oregon</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Michael Cantino, Portland</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> South Dakota</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Sundance Medicinehorn Keeble, Sioux Falls</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Tennessee</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Carol Lewis, Nashville</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Texas</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Ada Cuatros Fernandez, Gatesville</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Tonya Heuer, Gatesville</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Rebecca Seiber, Gatesville</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Mathematics (Nemeth) Braille Transcribing</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Georgia</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Jason Wilson, Buford</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Minnesota</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Cindi Laurent, Edina</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Washington</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Connie Conley, Vancouver </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="243" height="2" id="_x0000_i1031" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFF75E.DA9F6760" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a name="Education"></a><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Education</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">National Center for Blind Youth in Science</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On October 10, staff from Port Discovery (Baltimore, Maryland), the Museum of Science (Boston, Massachusetts), and COSI (Columbus, Ohio) came to the NFB Jernigan Institute for a collaborative meeting pertaining
to making informal science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning opportunities more accessible and beneficial to blind students. The National Federation of the Blind has been working with these three museum partners as a part of its
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3904&qid=646853">
National Center for Blind Youth in Science</a>, a three-year National Science Foundation-funded project. At this meeting, museum staff shared the work that they have done thus far in collaboration with the National Federation of the Blind, the work that is
on the horizon, and the lessons that they have learned through the collaborative work. Attendees also had an opportunity to explore and learn more about various tools and techniques that blind people use to work and learn in STEM disciplines. Finally, attendees
participated in two engineering design challenges, spending time discussing what, if any, modifications needed to be made to make the activities accessible to blind students. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="243" height="2" id="_x0000_i1032" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFF75E.DA9F6760" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2><a name="Technology"></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Product and Access Technology Talk</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The access technology team has spent a lot of time planning for October, so we were very excited when the 15<sup>th</sup> rolled around and we welcomed forty trainers and access technology professionals to our
Train the Trainer program. During this three-day event, attendees got to try their hand at a plethora of devices and software, and learned about quite a few new things. It was especially exciting to have the accessibility team from Google, as well as Chris
Gallello from Microsoft, to represent their company’s accessibility efforts in person. Laura Palmero, Roger Benz, and Lia Carrarri from Google brought Chromebooks and Android Nexus phones for all participants to experiment with, and gathered much feedback
from attendees as well as showing them the potential of the Google products. Chris from Microsoft earned a great deal of praise for his outstanding command of both access technology and his general topic, Office online. It is rare to find a sighted person
with a full understanding of the use of screen access software, and rarer still to find such a person in a mainstream technology company.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Google and Microsoft were not the only guest stars to grace the podium; our own Jennifer Dunnam, and Earle Harrison from Triumph Technology, led sessions on the Duxbury Braille Translator and the Mac respectively.
Hoby Wedler, PhD student in chemistry at UC Davis, was as good an instructor and role model as we could ask for in his talk about accessibility in math and science, as he related his experiences and his solutions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The team pulled its weight and covered a number of topics, including notetakers, tactile graphics, Windows 8, and low-vision tools. The attendees were as engaged a group of individuals as has ever crossed our
threshold, and it was a pleasure to spend these days with them.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><a name="Library"></a><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">From the tenBroek Library</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The tenBroek Library welcomes all researchers interested in the non-medical aspects of blindness. Our collections cover areas including the education of blind children, disability law and policy, the history
of attitudes toward the blind, and literary works by blind authors. We strive to preserve the history of blind people in a variety of ways, including collecting NFB literature, maintaining the Federation's archives, and building our collections of archival
papers and published works. We also work to document the life experiences of blind people in the United States in interviews collected through our Oral History program.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Our collections are open for use by all and there are three ways that you access the holdings of the tenBroek Library:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3905&qid=646853">The Cane Tip</a>: our online finding aid database describes the manuscript and archival collections held by the Library, including
the personal and professional papers of NFB Founder Jacobus tenBroek, the papers of past NFB President Kenneth Jernigan, and the NFB Institutional Archives, as well as several smaller collections.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3906&qid=646853">The Blind Cat</a>: our online public access catalog (OPAC), where researchers can search our collection of published materials.
The scope of our published materials extends to all facets of blindness, except the medical treatment or prevention of blindness, includes print, talking book, Braille, and digital formats.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Email: send your reference questions to
<a href="mailto:jtblibrary@nfb.org">jtblibrary@nfb.org</a> and we’ll contact you to discuss your project!</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To learn more about the holdings of the Jacobus tenBroek Library, please visit the Cane Tip, the Blind Cat, or send us an email at
<a href="mailto:jtblibrary@nfb.org">jtblibrary@nfb.org</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="243" height="2" id="_x0000_i1034" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFF75E.DA9F6760" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2><a name="Market"></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Independence Market</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Increasing Braille literacy for blind children and blind adults has been an important cause close to the hearts of members of the National Federation of the Blind for a long time. That’s why we distribute many
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3907&qid=646853">
materials promoting Braille literacy</a> from the NFB’s Independence Market.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In mid-October the <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3908&qid=646853">
National Federation of the Blind announced the release of a new version of <em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The McDuffy Reader: A Braille Primer for Adults</span></em></a> by Sharon L. Monthei, which is designed to guide students through the
Unified English Braille (UEB) code. The primer, first published by the National Federation of the Blind in 1989, has been used as an effective Braille teaching tool in many rehabilitation settings around the country. Ms. Monthei has revised this popular Braille
instructional manual in light of the coming changes to the Braille code. By January 2016, Unified English Braille will be the official Braille code used in the United States.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Unified English Braille Edition of
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The McDuffy Reader: A Braille Primer for Adults</span></em> is the first UEB instructional guide for beginning adult Braille readers to be published in the United States. The book presents first uncontracted
Braille, then the Braille contractions in logical groups. The author has crafted the text in the contracted section of the manual so that words are used only when students have learned all of the contractions that apply to them. The book contains eighty-nine
Braille pages in one volume, which is comb-bound with plastic covers.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The UEB edition of the <em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">McDuffy Reader</span></em> is available from the National Federation of the Blind Independence Market for $20.00 plus shipping and handling.
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3909&qid=646853">
The book may be ordered online</a> as well as by phone. We also accept institutional purchase orders. For more information, please contact the NFB Independence Market via
<a href="mailto:independencemarket@nfb.org">email</a> or by phone at (410) 659-9314, extension 2216.</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="243" height="2" id="_x0000_i1035" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFF75E.DA9F6760" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
</span><a name="Advocacy"></a><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Advocacy</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">PARCC and Smarter Balanced Practice Test Accessibility</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Nationwide, students are preparing to take Common Core aligned tests, including the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) and Smarter Balanced operational assessments. Testing
windows open soon--PARCC’s operational assessments will be administered to some high school students as early as December 2014, and Smarter Balanced’s interim assessments, likewise, will be available for administration in fall 2014. It is imperative that blind
students have equal and timely access to practice test material, as a critical step towards success on these high stakes exams. The NFB is continuing to gather information regarding PARCC and Smarter Balanced’s practice test availability and accessibility.
Your feedback in this area is key. As parents, students, and teachers, you can provide NFB with valuable data reflective of the practice test’s use within your local school districts. Please complete the following survey and encourage other parents, students,
and teachers to do the same: <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3910&qid=646853">
Common Core Assessment Survey</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For additional information, please see
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3911&qid=646853">
https://nfb.org/common-core-state-standards-testing-accessibility</a>, or contact Valerie Yingling, paralegal, at (410) 659-9314, extension 2440, or
<a href="mailto:Vyingling@nfb.org">Vyingling@nfb.org</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="243" height="2" id="_x0000_i1036" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFF75E.DA9F6760" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a name="Serve"></a><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Honored to Serve</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The National Federation of the Blind works to secure the full participation of every blind citizen as we seek to live, work, and play as equals in our local communities. Interestingly enough, one of the more
challenging aspects of our quest for full participation is securing the right to serve on a jury. Although most citizens recognize this as a civic responsibility, some still see it as an inconvenience. This would be true of the blind as well as the sighted.
There are a host of creative strategies individuals have attempted to get out of fulfilling this civic responsibility, but with the blind, it is a different issue. In fact, blind people can easily get out of serving jury duty simply because they are blind.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Blind people are believed to be incapable of serving on a jury because most people are unaware of the nonvisual strategies we use to access, review, and evaluate information. There is no magic to what we do,
and we do not possess any superhuman abilities. We have simply found strategies to effectively perform most tasks without the use of sight.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Nevertheless, by simply disclosing our blindness to the courts, we can be excused from jury service. Moreover, some blind people are discouraged from participating as a juror because of their blindness, and
they must actually assert their right to serve.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Each individual possesses a unique life experience that makes them an integral participant in this process. This is particularly true for the blind because of the overwhelming negative perceptions of the capacity
of the blind that result in some significantly negative court decisions. As a result of poor court decisions, state agencies have irresponsibly taken away children from competent blind parents. School systems have inappropriately denied proficient blind students
access to their instructional materials. Employers have wrongly discriminated in their hiring practices by denying an employment opportunity to a qualified blind person.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If blind people do not participate in jury duty, there will be no deliberation by a jury of peers. It is obvious that the outcomes of these aforementioned cases would have been positively impacted by the participation
of a competent blind person as a jury member.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The National Federation of the Blind encourages blind people to welcome the opportunity for jury duty, and if necessary, to fight for their right to serve on a jury. This is only one of the many examples of
society’s misconceptions about the abilities of the blind to live the lives we want. We must be determined to fully participate in all aspects of society, especially those that have such a tremendous impact on our ability to affect systemic problems and public
policies. As we actively seek to obtain the rights of every American citizen, we proudly accept all of the responsibilities of citizenship. Even with respect to jury duty, we, the blind, are honored to serve.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="243" height="2" id="_x0000_i1037" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFF75E.DA9F6760" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a name="Bid"></a><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Bid for Equality</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It’s that time of year again! Our Bid for Equality online auction begins on Black Friday, November 28! If you have not already done so, you may
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3912&qid=646853">
preregister online</a>. Preregistering will ensure that you are ready to bid as soon as the auction goes live! To preview our exciting donations prior to the auction, please visit our auction homepage at
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3913&qid=646853">
http://www.biddingforgood.com/bid-for-equality</a>. You can even add items to your cart to easily access them at a later time. Don’t miss this opportunity to show the special people in your life that you care, while supporting the work of the NFB at the same
time! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="243" height="2" id="_x0000_i1038" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFF75E.DA9F6760" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a name="Giving"></a><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">#GivingTuesday</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">After enjoying Thanksgiving dinner, and shopping the Bid for Equality and Cyber Monday deals, the National Federation of the Blind invites you to give back on #GivingTuesday, December 2, by donating to support
the programs that help the blind live the lives they want. This year the National Federation of the Blind has set a #GivingTuesday goal of 750 donations, and you can help us reach that goal in one of three ways:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ol start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Spread the word about our #GivingTuesday efforts on social media using the hashtags #NFB, #DefyExpectations, and #GivingTuesday.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Join some of our top leaders, including President Mark Riccobono, in our #GivingTuesday Leadership Challenge by calling your contacts to request their help in reaching our goal of 750 donations.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Join us at 200 East Wells Street in South Baltimore from 5 to 8 p.m. for our Winter Block Party on December 2, where we will have food, games, music, and much more.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For more information about our #GivingTuesday efforts, please visit
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3914&qid=646853">
www.nfb.org/giving-tuesday</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="243" height="2" id="_x0000_i1039" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFF75E.DA9F6760" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2><a name="calendar"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">NFB Calendar</span><o:p></o:p></a></h2>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Upcoming Events</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NFB STEM2U at Port Discovery, Baltimore, MD – November 6-8, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Start of the NFB's Seventy-fifth year – November 16, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NFB #GivingTuesday – December 2, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NFB Washington Seminar Great Gathering In – January 26, 2015</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">State Conventions</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3915&qid=646853"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Connecticut</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – November 7-9, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3916&qid=646853"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Nevada</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – November 7-9, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3920&qid=646853"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Pennsylvania</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – November 7-9, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3921&qid=646853"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Texas</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – November 7-9, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3923&qid=646853"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Maryland</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – November 14-16, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3924&qid=646853"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Puerto Rico</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – November 15, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3925&qid=646853"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kansas</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – November 21-23, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Yes, our history provides us with both inspiration and perspective—and it also gives us the basis for prediction. Of course, no individual can be sure of what will happen tomorrow, but I feel absolutely certain
that this organization will continue to grow and lead the way in improving the quality of life for the blind. The outward appearance of the issues may shift, but the basics will not change—not until we have achieved equal treatment and first-class status in
society. And we will achieve it.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">--Kenneth Jernigan. <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3926&qid=646853">"The Federation at Fifty.”</a> 1990 NFB National Convention, Dallas, Texas, July 5, 1990.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thank you for reading the NFB’s
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Imagineering Our Future</span></em>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Help make a significant difference in the lives of blind people across the country.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Interesting links:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3931&qid=646853" target="_blank" title="Link to Straight Talk About Vision Loss">Archive of Straight Talk About Vision Loss
videos</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3932&qid=646853" target="_blank" title="Link to National Center for Blind Youth">National Center for Blind Youth in Science</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3933&qid=646853" target="_blank" title="Link to Access Tech tips">Access Technology Tips</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3934&qid=646853" target="_blank" title="Link to teachblindstudents.org site">TeachBlindStudents.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3936&qid=646853" title="Link to Voice of the Nation's Blind blog">Voice of the Nation's Blind</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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