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<h1 style="margin-right:15.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Imagineering Our Future</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h1>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"> Issue 81</span></strong><span style="color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In this issue:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="#Braille"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Braille Certification Training Program</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<span style="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:l1 level2 lfo3">
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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>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I was walking around Baltimore’s Inner Harbor with my family during the Thanksgiving weekend. The weather was great, the holiday spirit was in the air, and the joy of being together filled our hearts. On such
a normal day, I find myself worrying about the blind people out there who cannot yet imagine that such a day is possible for a blind person—walking around the city independently, changing plans at the last minute, managing the crowds and the business transactions
at local merchants, and occasionally taking a wrong turn without fear of getting lost. I have received some of the best training a blind person can get from some of the best blind instructors in the world, and I no longer think about the “what ifs” but rather
the “what’s next.” </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In this season of giving, I would like to find new and dynamic ways to give that understanding and freedom to blind people who have not yet found it. It comes through the interactions with members of the National
Federation of the Blind at our local chapter meetings and in our larger gatherings across the country. If each of us can get connected with just one new blind person and begin sharing that knowledge and experience with them, we could deliver thousands of presents
that will not be forgotten.<br>
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I am grateful for the opportunity to work on sharing this gift of freedom and empowerment every day. I am thankful for the thousands of people who put their spirit and imagination into the work across the country. As we come to the close of another great year
of our movement, I love hearing the stories of the blind people who have found the hope and determination we offer, and I look forward to those we will have the opportunity to empower in the next year. I worry that our work has not reached far enough and that
our message has not yet been heard by those who most need to discover it. Thus, I continue to seek ways to reach more blind people to give them the gift of hope and confidence that I enjoy every day. <br>
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Please help me give the tremendous gift that is the National Federation of the Blind. While you are at it, please share with me your ideas about how we can make our work more impactful and our reach more broad. And have yourself a joyous and safe holiday season.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><img border="0" width="160" height="40" id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/images/MAR_signature.jpg" alt="Graphic: Signature of Mark Riccobono"><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">The National Federation of the Blind Partners with Santa to Promote Braille Literacy</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Once again, Santa has enlisted the help of the elves at the NFB Jernigan Institute to get Braille letters out to hundreds of blind boys and girls this Christmas season. The application for a letter from Santa
can be found at <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4567&qid=1067669" target="_blank" title="Link to Santa Letter Application">
https://nfb.org/santa-letters</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">National Federation of the Blind and Scribd Agree to Collaborate to Make Reading Subscription Service Accessible to the Blind</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The NFB and Scribd, Inc. have agreed to work together to make content available in Scribd’s subscription reading service and website accessible to the blind by the end of 2017. Available on desktop and mobile
devices, Scribd’s service provides users access to ebooks, audiobooks, and other published content for a flat monthly fee. Read more about the agreement at
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4568&qid=1067669" target="_blank" title="Link to Scribd agreement">
https://nfb.org/national-federation-blind-and-scribd-agree-collaborate-make-reading-subscription-service-accessible</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Disability Rights Ohio and Other Advocates File Complaint on Behalf of Sheltered Workshop Employees</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">After working for an average of $2.50 an hour for more than three years, three Disability Rights Ohio (DRO) clients are asking for fair pay from Seneca Re-Ads, a sheltered workshop run by the County Board of Developmental
Disabilities in Seneca County. The three DRO clients have asked the US Department of Labor (USDOL) to review their claims. The petition, which is supported by the National Federation of the Blind, requests that USDOL review the clients’ wages and the means
by which the current wages were set. Details about this case are at <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4569&qid=1067669" target="_blank" title="Link to DRO case details">
https://nfb.org/disability-rights-ohio-and-other-advocates-file-complaint-behalf-sheltered-workshop-employees</a>.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">KNFB Reader Integrated with Dropbox, Available for Android</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The KNFB Reader is now available for Android devices. Released for iOS in 2014, the KNFB Reader app uses optical character recognition (OCR) technology to take a picture of printed text using the built-in cameras
available on smartphones and tablets and convert it into speech. Now, in response to popular demand, we are proud to bring the reader to the Android platform. More information is available at
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4570&qid=1067669" target="_blank" title="Link to KNFB Reader app link to Dropbox">
https://nfb.org/knfb-reader-mobile-integrated-dropbox-available-android</a>. </span>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2016 Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Applications are now being accepted for the 2016 Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award Program. Each year the NFB presents cash awards to individuals and organizations that have demonstrated exemplary leadership and extraordinary
accomplishments in improving the lives of blind people in the United States. For more information and to find out how to submit a nomination, visit the NFB
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4571&qid=1067669" target="_blank" title="Link to Dr. Jacob Bolotin award">
website</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><a name="Braille"></a><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Braille Certification Training Program</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<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 September
2015:</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>
<h3><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">California</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Larry Lawrence Miranda, Camarillo
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Susan Marie Nesbitt, San Ysidro</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Connecticut</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Darrel Wayne Lewis, Cheshire</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kentucky</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Alchester Sorrells, Lexington</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Minnesota</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Karen Joan Stifter, Menahga</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">James Ray Esquibel, Las Vegas <br>
Richard Earl Jaramillo, Las Vegas <br>
Eriksen Raul Leiva, Las Vegas</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nancy Epperson Moreno, Gatesville
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Helen Ann Thompson, Gatesville <br>
John R. Villareal, Houston</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mathematics (Nemeth) Braille Transcribing</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Charles Allen Carter, Macon</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><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></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Jacobus tenBroek Library is thrilled to announce the opening of an online exhibit chronicling the foundation of the National Federation of the Blind in 1940, made possible by a partnership with Digital Maryland,
the state processor for the Digital Public Library of America. The NFB was founded seventy-five years ago on November 16, 1940, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, at a meeting of the executive committee of the Pennsylvania Federation of the Blind (PFB) during
its state convention. Led by Jacobus tenBroek (1911-1968), a young, blind, constitutional law scholar, members of the PFB executive committee and representatives of blind organizations from six other states—California, Missouri, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio,
and Illinois—adopted a constitution and elected their first officers. Their mission was to create a national organization governed by the blind, with a majority blind membership that would work to improve the social, economic, and physical well-being of all
blind people through mutual aid and common action. With this one act, the lives of blind people in this country were forever changed. Today the NFB is the largest organization of the blind in the United States with over fifty thousand members.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Unveiled just in time for the NFB’s seventy-fifth anniversary on November 16, 2015, this small collection of digitized documents includes correspondence between Dr. tenBroek and his mentor, Dr.
Newel Perry; the minutes of the founding meeting; Dr. tenBroek’s speech to those present on that historic day; and other related correspondence. All image scans are accompanied by accessible text transcriptions. The documents featured will form the basis of
a larger exhibit on the history of the NFB and the organized blind movement in America. We would like to thank Digital Maryland for making this possible and we look forward to working with them going forward.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To read the first-hand accounts and original records, which document the birth of the first national organization of the blind, please visit the exhibit at
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4572&qid=1067669" target="_blank" title="Link to Digital Maryland exhibit">
http://collections.digitalmaryland.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/nfnf</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><a name="Market"></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Education</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In partnership with museums and science centers, NFB STEM2U will bring accessible STEM learning opportunities to blind and low-vision children in elementary and high school from across the United States. Furthermore,
NFB STEM2U will offer learning opportunities to parents of blind children and educators working with blind students. Each of the regional programs will serve twenty blind elementary school students (the juniors) and ten blind high school students (the apprentices).
All students will engage in hands-on, inquiry-based STEM learning. Moreover, the students will have the occasion to learn with and from blind adult role models about how to succeed in the STEM classroom and in everyday life. Apprentices (the older students)
will also have the chance to develop and refine their leadership and mentoring skills as they give back through their work with the juniors (the younger students) throughout the regional programs. Our most recent regional program, STEM2U Phoenix, was held
November 5-7, 2015, and was an inspiring success. Workshops and activities were held for teachers of the blind and visually impaired, parents of our juniors, and our juniors and apprentices to learn how science is accessible, or can be made accessible, in
the classroom. One of the many activities held at the Arizona Science Center included a starfish dissection! Blind and low-vision students who are looking for more opportunities to learn about STEM while having fun with their peers from across the country
should apply to attend NFB STEM2U. Applications for juniors are open for our San Francisco (March 3-5, 2016) and Minneapolis (May 19-21, 2016) programs. The deadline is January 5, 2016. For more information or to apply, please visit
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4573&qid=1067669" target="_blank" title="Link to STEM2U information">
http://www.blindscience.org/nfb-stem2u</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><a name="Advocacy"></a><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Advocacy</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Self-Service Kiosks in SSA Offices
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The NFB is currently investigating whether Social Security Administration (SSA) field offices have made their self-service kiosks accessible to blind visitors. Though designed to be accessible, SSA’s Visitor Intake
Processing kiosks are frequently made available without the keypads that are needed for accessibility. The NFB is seeking members in every state to assist with testing the SSA’s kiosks this winter. Your support in this effort is critical. If you are interested
in helping, please contact Valerie Yingling, paralegal, at 410-659-9314, extension 2440. Additionally, if you recently visited an SSA office and encountered an inaccessible intake-processing kiosk, please also contact Valerie Yingling.
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<p><a name="Access"></a><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Access Technology</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Access to Commerce, Public Information, and Education (CENA) and the Maryland Technology Assistance Program hosted the fourth Web Accessibility
Training Day on November 4, 2015. For the first time ever, the event had a virtual component, so that participants unable to travel to Baltimore could participate remotely. Between online and in-person attendees, this year yet again broke the previous record
attendance. It was also the most packed Web Accessibility Training Day ever for content—with two full tracks for technical and policy topics after the introductions, and the keynote by Microsoft's Wendy Chisholm. The recorded sessions will also become available
as an archive.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Under the same web accessibility umbrella, the access technology team also hosted a small-scale pilot training on manual and automated testing for web accessibility on November 5-6. This training served to share
our knowledge and develop expertise in the field, and we expect to host more trainings like it.
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<h2><a name="calendar"></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NFB Calendar</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<h3><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Upcoming Events</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">December 10-13, 2015: BELL Seminar</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">March 3-5, 2016: NFB STEM2U San Francisco</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 17-20, 2016: BLAST, Chicago</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 19-21, 2016: NFB STEM2U Minneapolis</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">June 19-25, 2016: NFB EQ (first iteration)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">June 30-July 5: National Federation of the Blind Convention, Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando, Florida</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">July 31-August 6, 2016: NFB EQ (second iteration)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">August 18-25, 2016: WBU-ICEVI General Assembly </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><a name="citation"></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Citation</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We will make the plans and take the actions to determine the shape of our own tomorrow. We have the ideas; we have the leadership; and we have the people. Nothing can prevent us from going the rest of the way
to freedom, for we will not let it happen. We have reached the kindling point, and we absolutely intend to reflect the flame.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">--Dr. Marc Maurer. "<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4574&qid=1067669" target="_blank" title="Link to Reflecting the Flame">Reflecting the Flame</a>." 1991 NFB National Convention,
New Orleans, Louisiana, July 5, 1991.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><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=4054&qid=692780" 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=4055&qid=692780" 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=4056&qid=692780" target="_blank" title="Link to teachblindstudents.org site">TeachBlindStudents.org</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=4053&qid=692780" 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>
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Fund<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span></em></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="locality">Baltimore</span><span class="adr">, </span><span class="region">MD</span><span class="adr">
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