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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> National Federation of the Blind <webmaster@nfb.org>
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<b>Subject:</b> Build Confidence - Imagineering Our Future<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10553&qid=2187315"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/iof-nfb-logo-ms.png" alt="National Federation of the Blind Logo - Go to NFB.org"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00005B">March 2018     </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00005B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The word blind people hear more than anything else is “no.” The idea that blindness is extremely limiting still exists despite our progress...</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7"><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10568&qid=2187315"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0075C9;text-decoration:none">more
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WHY I AM A FEDERATIONIST </span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I was on the brink of falling into a deep dark black hole until I went to my first NFB National Convention in 2016 and signed up to sing at the Talent Showcase...</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7"><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10569&qid=2187315"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0075C9;text-decoration:none">more
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/images/eq-kids-building.jpg" alt="EQ teens building a sail out of PVC pipe"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:155%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">NFB ENGINEERING QUOTIENT (EQ) </span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">NFB EQ is a weeklong summer engineering program for blind and low-vision teens from around the country. We have a dynamic and life-changing week planned for students...</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7"><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10570&qid=2187315"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0075C9;text-decoration:none">more
 about NFB EQ</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:155%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ACTION ITEMS</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Invite others to attend the <a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10554&qid=2187315">2018 NFB National Convention</a> or to apply
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<a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10556&qid=2187315">
donate page</a> to help build confidence and raise expectations for blind kids and adults...</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7"><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10571&qid=2187315"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0075C9;text-decoration:none">more
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