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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I hope you enjoy the latest newsletter. Wishing everyone a great week!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Eric Guillory, Director of Youth Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Louisiana Center for the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">“Together, we are changing what it means to be blind.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind [mailto:IOF@nfb.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 2, 2016 1:36 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Eric Guillory <eguillory@louisianacenter.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> National Federation of the Blind Newsletter - Gaining Momentum for Continuous Progress (missing links fixed)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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 86</span></strong><span style="color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" style="text-align:right"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white">May 2016
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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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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="#President" title="President's Message">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 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="#news" target="news" title="What's News at the NFB">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 level1 lfo1">
<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:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="#Education"><span style="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 level1 lfo1">
<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:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="#Market" title="Market">Independence Market</a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="#Advocacy"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Advocacy</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="#Access"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Access Technology</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="#calendar">NFB Calendar</a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="#Citation" title="Citation">Citation</a></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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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">This spring I have had the pleasure of getting new bicycles for our older children. With the new bicycles comes the excitement of freedom and the little bit of fear that all parents have about letting go. I spent
a lot of time in my youth riding around the neighborhood on a bicycle. I have often wondered what we could do to make the bicycle-riding experience more meaningful to blind people. While the physical riding of the bicycle is not a problem for the blind (no
more than the sighted), the difficulty is avoiding objects. While some blind people have perfected techniques to ride safely and independently in some environments, the experience of jumping on the bike and riding is not available. For many blind people, the
experience is not available because they have been taught to fear the idea of moving through space independently. <span style="color:violet">
</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As the weather turns warm, I am considering again the possibility of putting together a project that would empower blind people to ride bicycles independently. I believe we could use some of the technology approaches
from our <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5336&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to Blind Driver Challenge">
Blind Driver Challenge</a> and I am confident we can build a team that could work out the details. I know with certainty that there are hundreds of blind people ready to test the technology, learn about its limits, and design improvements that will take advantage
of the full capacity of blind people. If you know of ideas, resources, or projects already underway that might be useful in our bicycle project please let me know.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The bicycle is a fitting image for the work of the National Federation of the Blind. Our organization is driven by the collective work of individual blind people across the nation linked together with a bond of
hope and commitment. Together we turn the gears of progress, each person taking their turn to pedal, fueled by the recognition that blindness is not the characteristic that defines us or our future. We have left the historical low expectations about blindness
behind and we are creating new paths of understanding that are based on the hopes, dreams, and real capacity of blind people. I encourage you to join with us in our ride for freedom. Whether it is a beautiful sunny day or an afternoon filled with May showers,
we will still be pedaling to advance the National Federation of the Blind. </span>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="160" height="40" id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D1A47A.A47E6FD0" 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<br>
National Federation of the Blind</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_i1028" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D1A47A.A47E6FD0" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<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>
<h3><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Preregister for the 2016 NFB National Convention</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Preregistration for national convention is now open until May 31, 2016. Our
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5337&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to convention webpage">
convention webpage</a> has more information, and for those who wish to exhibit or sponsor, please see
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5338&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to exhibitor and sponsor information">
https://nfb.org/sponsor-and-exhibitor-info</a> or contact Stephanie Eller at <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5339&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Email to Stephanie
Eller">
seller@nfb.org</a> or (410) 659-9314, extension 2423. See you in Orlando! </span>
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<h3><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Secretary Hillary Clinton’s Remarks on Employment of People with Disabilities</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The National Federation of the Blind praised recent remarks by Hillary Clinton in which she called for ending “the tiered minimum wages for … people with disabilities.” Read
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5340&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to Riccobono remarks on Clinton's remarks">
President Riccobono’s remarks on our website</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Joint Statement from NFB and MPAA in Support of the Marrakesh Treaty</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">President Riccobono and Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), released a joint statement calling for the quick ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate
Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Low Vision, or Otherwise Print Disabled. The statement can be found at
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5341&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to NFB MPAA joint statement">
https://nfb.org/joint-statement-national-federation-blind-and-mpaa-support-marrakesh-treaty-facilitate-access</a>.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NFB Music Video</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The official music video for "Life the Life You Want" is available at
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5342&qid=1274274">
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58borW9VLTA&feature=youtu.be</a>. And just in case you haven't purchased the music yet,<span style="color:violet">
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5343&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to iTunes download of Rhythm of the Movement">
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rhythm of the Movement</span></em> is available for download on iTunes</a></span>.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Requests for Accommodations Based on Disability</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The NFB National Convention is designed and implemented to be accessible especially to blind people, in that materials are offered in accessible formats and other nonvisual aids are provided (therefore special
requests for these items are not required). If you require specific accommodations based on your disability, other than the blindness-related accommodations mentioned above, in order to participate fully and equally in the convention, we urge you to let us
know as soon as possible. Specific accommodations for which requests are required include requests for deaf or deaf-blind interpreters. Due to the size and complexity of this convention, as well as the need to appropriately plan for additional human and other
resources, requests for specific accommodations must be submitted no later than May 31, 2016. In order to make a request, please 1)
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5344&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to convention preregistration">
preregister for the convention</a>; and 2) send your specific request for accommodations to the NFB Jernigan Institute via email at
<a href="mailto:jerniganinstitute@nfb.org" title="Email to Jernigan Institute">jerniganinstitute@nfb.org</a>. Please include your name, the dates you plan to be at the convention, information on the best way to follow up with you, and your specific request.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><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></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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Starting in January 2015, all new students in the literary transcribing/proofreading courses began learning under the rules of Unified English Braille (UEB), and students who had been working in the older version
of the course were switched to the new version during the year.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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 in literary transcribing
during the month of February 2016, achieving certificates under the rules of Unified English Braille:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h4><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Colorado</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h4>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rene Michael Lima Marin, Burlington</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h4><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Georgia</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h4>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">James Scott Brewer, Macon<br>
Elmer Paul Hamilton, Macon</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Updating of the Nemeth and music courses to align with UEB is ongoing. Congratulations to the following students who achieved certification in the current versions of these courses during the month of February:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mathematics (Nemeth) Braille Transcribing</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h3>
<h4><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Indiana</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h4>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Michael Royce, Bunker Hill</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h4><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kentucky</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h4>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wilma Druin, Louisville</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h4><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Washington</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h4>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gail Brashear, Vancouver</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For transcribers and proofreaders who were certified prior to the adoption of UEB and need to update their credentials, a test was developed to allow them to earn a letter of proficiency in UEB, which is an add-on
credential to an existing certificate. As of this writing, eighty-nine individuals have earned this letter of proficiency in Unified English Braille from the Library of Congress.</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_i1030" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D1A47A.A47E6FD0" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2><a name="Library" id="Library"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">From the tenBroek Library</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">National Federation of the Blind Honors Award Winners with New Exhibit</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Jacobus tenBroek Library is pleased to announce the unveiling of our newest exhibit, which honors the Federationists and outside partners who have received the NFB’s highest awards since 1955. This exhibit
not only celebrates the important work of those who have received these awards—a notable list of politicians, philanthropists, teachers, inventors, and Federation leaders—it pays tribute to the respected pioneers they are named after.</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">The Newell Perry Award: Established in 1955, this award is named for the trail-blazing activist, mathematician, and mentor of Jacobus tenBroek. It is awarded to leaders in the blindness field, blind or sighted, who
have worked as dedicated partners with the NFB.</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">The Jacobus tenBroek Award: First awarded in 1976, this award is named for the esteemed founder of the NFB and honors those Federationists who have made an outstanding contribution toward independence for the blind.</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">The Kenneth Jernigan Award: Inaugurated in 2011 and named for the beloved teacher, civil rights advocate, and past President of the NFB, this award may be given to anyone who has made a significant contribution to
the blindness community either through their participation in or partnership with the Federation. </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Each award display consists of one description plaque, which features an engraving of the NFB’s current logo and explains the qualifications for receiving the award, who it was named after, and when it was established.
The description plaque is then followed by a series of larger plaques containing the recipients’ names and the years that they received the award. All text is produced in both print and UEB Braille on handsome brass plaques mounted on dark brown wood. These
plaques will be updated as new awards are granted to worthy winners. We would like to thank the team at the National Braille Press for their fine work on the production of these beautiful plaques.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><a name="Education" id="Education"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Education</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></h2>
<h3><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Attention Teachers!</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Are you interested in learning more about how to support your blind and low-vision students in STEM subjects? Join the National Federation of the Blind for the 2016 NFB EQ Teacher Seminar, August 2-6, for a STEM-focused,
professional development opportunity for teachers who work with blind and low-vision high school students in STEM subjects. At this program, you will learn about various tools and techniques that blind and low-vision students can use in the STEM classroom.
Those invited to apply include teachers of the blind/visually impaired, STEM teachers working with blind students, and students enrolled in teacher preparation programs for teachers of the blind/visually impaired. Want to see a snapshot of the youth portion
of the program? Check out <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5345&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to NFB EQ 2015 video">
this video from NFB EQ 2015</a>. To learn more, please visit: <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5346&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to NFB EQ Teacher Seminar">
http://www.blindscience.org/nfb-eq-teacher-seminar</a>. The deadline to apply is Tuesday, June 7.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:violet;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="243" height="2" id="_x0000_i1032" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D1A47A.A47E6FD0" 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:"Arial",sans-serif">Independence Market</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The National Federation of the Blind Independence Market is the conduit through which we distribute our organizational literature to our members and the general public. The Independence Market is also our NFB
store. We focus mostly on low-tech products that enhance the independence of blind individuals. This month we want to highlight three interesting books that the NFB recently helped to publish and that are now available through the Independence Market.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5347&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to Crooked Paths Made Straight"><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Crooked Paths Made
Straight</span></em></a> by Dr. Isabelle Grant<br>
Dr. Isabelle Grant was the first blind teacher in California and a longtime member of the National Federation of the Blind. In 1959 she set off on a year-long journey around the world with no definite plans, and her only companion was Oscar, her long white
cane. <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Crooked Paths Made Straight</span></em> is Dr. Grant's memoir of her extraordinary round-the-world journey. In Karachi she travels the streets by rickshaw and struggles to master the Urdu language. In
India she explores the Taj Mahal, and in Burma she sleeps in a room where lizards race up and down the walls. Everywhere she goes, she visits schools, talks with teachers and students, and learns all she can about the educational opportunities for both sighted
and blind children. At a time when solo travel was deemed too dangerous for a woman, and when blind people were seen as helpless and in need of protection, Isabelle Grant firmly defied social constraints.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5348&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to The Future of Disability Law"><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Future of Disability Law: Essays from the 2015 Jacobus
tenBroek Disability Law Symposium</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">edited by David Ferleger, Esq.</span><br>
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act, nationally recognized disability rights advocates looked ahead to the next twenty-five years of disability law
in the United States. The essays in this book are based on their presentations and cover topics such as the future of disability law, civil rights movements, culture and policy change, the school to prison pipeline, aging and disability, and criminal justice
and disability.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5349&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to The Power of Love"><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Power of Love: How Kenneth
Jernigan Changed the World</span></em></a> edited by Ramona Walhof<br>
The editor, a longtime friend of Kenneth Jernigan, draws together the distinctive voices of individuals who knew Kenneth Jernigan and whose lives he touched through his work with the National Federation of the Blind. Each of the reflections begins with a brief
biographical sketch that introduces the chapter’s author and ties his or her life to Kenneth Jernigan and his work. The book concludes with a chapter, “Blindness: The Federation at Fifty,” a retrospective written by Kenneth Jernigan himself in the last decade
of his life. This volume gathers a polyphonic chorus of voices that tell how the power of love, coursing through the life of Kenneth Jernigan, changed the world for the blind and, in so doing, changed the world for everyone.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The above three books are available in print from the Independence Market. They also can be ordered from Amazon as ebooks:
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5350&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to ebook - Crooked Paths Made Straight">Crooked Paths Made Straight</a></span></em>,
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5351&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to ebook for The Future of Disability Law">The Future of Disability Law</a>,
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5352&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to ebook - The Power of Love">
The Power of Love: How Kenneth Jernigan Changed the World</a></span></em>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please contact us for more information about literature and products available through the Independence Market or to request a catalog in print or in Braille. Our catalog and product information is also available
online. You can reach us via email or by phone at (410) 659-9314, extension 2216. Our Independence Market staff will be glad to assist you.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><a name="Advocacy" id="Advocacy"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Advocacy</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></h2>
<h3><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Self-Advocacy in Higher Education Toolkit in Spanish</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5353&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to Toolkit">
National Federation of the Blind’s Self-Advocacy in Higher Education Toolkit</a> is now available in
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5354&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to Spanish Toolkit">
Spanish</a>. The toolkit provides valuable information for blind college students seeking to better understand their legal rights to equal access in class and on campus, and how best to mitigate barriers when they occur. Please take time to review this toolkit
and forward the information to others. Remember too that we invite feedback as we prepare to expand the toolkit’s contents. You can provide feedback via our
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5355&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to feedback form">
feedback webform</a> or by contacting Valerie Yingling at <a href="mailto:vyingling@nfb.org">
vyingling@nfb.org</a> or (410) 659-9314, extension 2440. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><a name="Access"></a><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Access Technology</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">One of the most frequently asked questions posed to us is, “Does the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute access technology team offer training?”
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">That question has a lot of different answers. The NFB Jernigan Institute access technology team creates different resources, one of which is our technology resource list (<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5356&qid=1274274">https://nfb.org/technology-resource-list</a>),
a comprehensive overview of blindness technology in the United States. Our resource list is undergoing an overhaul to make it easier for us to update it on a rolling schedule, so keep an eye out for that in a few months. We also contribute blog posts to the<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span></em><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5357&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to Voice of the Nation's Blind blog">NFB<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">'s Voice of the Nations Blind</span></em></a>,
and have a <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5358&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to iPad Pro review">
new post up about the iPad Pro</a> that might interest you. In addition, members of our access technology staff present at different events and conferences across the country. With that said, the remaining question is, “Can the NFB Jernigan Institute access
technology staff provide training for me, in person?” We conduct various trainings that bring access technology experts from around the world to our NFB Jernigan Institute, and for the people who live near Baltimore, getting a seat in such a training just
got a lot easier. In October of last year we kicked off a series of accessibility boutiques as part of the NFB Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Access (CENA) to Education, Public Information, and Commerce. The boutiques are free two-hour introductions to
a number of different topics in accessibility. Topics include PDF and HTML accessibility, with many other topics planned for later this year. You can find the current list of scheduled sessions at
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5359&qid=1274274">
https://nfb.org/free-accessibility-training-boutiques</a>. So, “Does the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute access technology team offer training?” Yes!</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_i1035" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D1A47A.A47E6FD0" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<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">May 1: Distinguished Educator of Blind Students Award application deadline,
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5360&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to Distinguished Educator Award program information">
https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm15/bm1511/bm151117.htm</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 17-20: BLAST, Chicago</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 19-21: NFB STEM2U Minneapolis</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 21-26: International Council on English Braille 6th General Assembly,
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5361&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to ICEB general assembly information">
http://www.iceb.org/iceb6thga.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 23-August 26, 2016: NFB BELL Academy held at forty-six sites throughout the nation. More information at
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5362&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to NFB BELL Academy">
https://nfb.org/bell-academy</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">June 19-25: NFB EQ (first iteration)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>J<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">une 30-July 5: National Federation of the Blind Convention, Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando, Florida,
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5337&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to national convention information">
https://nfb.org/convention</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">July 31-August 6: NFB EQ (second iteration)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">August 18-25: WBU-ICEVI General Assembly, Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando, Florida,
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5363&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to WBU/ICEVI General Assembly information">
www.wbu-icevi2016.org</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If we simply go forth with chips on our shoulders and bitterness in our hearts, we will lose. We must have greater flexibility and more positive belief in ourselves than that. There is a time to fight and a time
to refrain from fighting; a time to persuade; a time to take legal action; a time to make speeches; a time to educate; a time to be humble; a time to examine ourselves to root out arrogance, self-deception, and phony excuses for failure; a time to comfort
our fellow blind; and a time to stand unflinchingly and uncompromisingly with the fury of hell against impossible odds. Above all, we must understand ourselves and have compassion in our hearts, for the sighted as well as for our fellow blind—and, yes, even
for ourselves. We must have perspective and patience and the long view; and we must have the ability and the willingness to make sacrifice, and the courage to refuse to wait.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">– Dr. Kenneth Jernigan “<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5364&qid=1274274" target="_blank" title="Link to Blindness: Is the Public Against Us?">Blindness: Is the Public Against
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