[Massachusetts-NFB] IMPORTANT! Washington Seminar Important dates and meetings

[sharawinton at gmail.com]

We are urging those of you who will be attending this year's Washington
Seminar to register for the event. Registration is free and the form can be
found on our Washington Seminar page, nfb.org/Washington-seminar. By
registering, you will be added to an email list that we will be sending
periodic updates to.

 

 


Washington Seminar Fact Sheets:


The 2025 Washington Seminar Fact Sheets are now available. You can read them
on our Washington Seminar page at
<https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/washington-seminar>
nfb.org/Washington-seminar. We encourage you to take some time to study the
fact sheets and learn the issues before you travel to Washington, DC, so
that we can be the best advocates possible for our legislative priorities. 

 

 


Washington Seminar Trainings:


We will be hosting our first Zoom training session for the Washington
Seminar this coming Thursday, January 9, at 8:00 p.m., eastern. The topic of
the first meeting will be our Washington Seminar issues. As a reminder, our
2025 Washington Seminar issues are the Websites and Software Applications
Accessibility Act, Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act, and Blind
Americans Return to Work Act. Fact sheets for all three are available on the
Washington Seminar page of our website at
<https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/washington-seminar>
nfb.org/Washington-seminar, where you can also find the Zoom information for
Thursday's training. 

 

There will be two other Washington Seminar Zoom trainings this month (8:00
p.m., eastern): Mock Meeting #1 on Monday, January 13; and Mock Meeting #2
on Thursday, January 23. The Zoom information for all trainings can be found
on our Washington Seminar page. All meetings are open for everyone. 

 

 

 

If you are going, please fill out the form and if haven't already, please
let  Kyra or I know who your U.S. Representative is at this time. Thank you.


 

 


Washington Seminar Career Fair: 


Register for the National Federation of the Blind Washington Seminar career
fair. This event will be held February 3, 12:00-2:00 p.m., eastern, at the
Holiday Inn Washington Capitol,
<https://www.google.com/maps/search/550+C+Street,+SW,+Washington,+DC+20024?e
ntry=gmail&source=g> 550 C Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024.

 

Jobseekers, this is an opportunity to find your occupational passion.
Employers, this is a chance to connect with great talent. 

 

*
<https://nfb.org/programs-services/employment/career-fair-jobseeker-registra
tion> Career Fair - Jobseeker Registration
*	 <https://nfb.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=615> Career Fair
- Employer Registration 

 

Jobseekers, please direct all questions to jobseeker liaison Janice Forbes
at  <mailto:janiceforbes2012 at gmail.com> janiceforbes2012 at gmail.com.
Employers, please direct all questions to employer liaison Shawn Callaway at
<mailto:callaway.shawn at gmail.com> callaway.shawn at gmail.com.

 

 

 

 

 

Shara Winton

President, National federation of the Blind of Massachusetts

 <http://www.nfbma.org/> www.nfbma.org

 <mailto:sharawinton at gmail.com> sharawinton at gmail.com

617-304-0347

 

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