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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We are a people’s movement and our role in the nation is to inform and guide the people’s government. We determined in 1940 that no one shall speak for us except for the democratically elected blind leaders we choose ourselves. During this time of year, we demonstrate the true power of that promise in action. We do not hire lobbyists to represent our interest. We do not determine our priorities based on the political winds of the time. We demonstrate in coming together the diverse and unified agenda of a nationwide movement of blind people when we share our collective voice in Washington, DC. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Please remember the significance of the movement we have built together. Our power is the coordinating of our shared agenda. We must continue to speak and act for ourselves at all levels of government. Together we move mountains and mount movements.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>The February Presidential Release will not be live. Please attend the </span><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/washington-seminar"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>Washington Seminar Great Gathering-In</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'> on Monday, January 29, at 5:00 p.m., eastern. The February Presidential Release recording will be made available by February 2, 2024. <o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span class=Heading3Char><span style='font-weight:normal'>you can access the Great Gathering In live via Zoom or live stream. </span></span><o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Join via Zoom: <br>Web: </span><a href="https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/98156556455#success" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/98156556455</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br>Or one tap mobile :<br>US: +13017158592,,98156556455# US (Washington DC) or +13052241968,,98156556455# US<br>Webinar ID: </span><a href="https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/98156556455" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>981 5655 6455</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Access our live stream by asking your Amazon device to play "Nation's Blind."</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Even if you will not be there in person, there is no reason to miss everything. Let’s all work together!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>