<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Will this be recorded? I'm with some family members and I don't know when I will be back. I really really wanna listen to it if gets recorded. </div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 21, 2026, at 3:24\u202fPM, Shara Winton via Massachusetts-NFB <massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Have you ever thought about being a blind architect? If you have or if you are interested in hearing about how other blind people can do so\u2026<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Join us for a talk on Blind Design Workshop Boston (BDW Boston), a new pre-college architecture program for blind and low-vision students in Massachusetts.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Architecture is often treated as a vision-centric field. Blind Design Workshop Boston starts from a different premise: blindness can be a source of insight, method, and possibility. The program introduces blind and low-vision students to architecture through hands-on design exercises, multisensory design methods, mentorship, portfolio development, and exposure to college-level studio culture. In doing so, it challenges architecture\u2019s tendency to prioritize the visual over other senses, and advocates for blind people having direct access to the tools and practices that shape the built environment, leading to transformative practices and new blind spatial imaginaries. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In this talk, Paul DeFazio will introduce the project, share the vision behind it, and discuss how the program is being developed in conversation with blind architects, students, and community partners. The presentation will also cover the Spring 2027 pilot program and ways that blind students, families, educators, and community members can stay involved.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Date: Thursday, April 23rd, 2026<br>Time: 7:00pm<br>Location: Zoom <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Join Zoom Meeting<br><a href="https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/94175004616?pwd=P3mfzFldte71ta9stbp0SAg2xg9p5Y.1" target="_blank">https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/94175004616?pwd=P3mfzFldte71ta9stbp0SAg2xg9p5Y.1</a><br><br>Meeting ID: 941 7500 4616<br>Passcode: 1940<br><br>---<br><br>One tap mobile<br>+13092053325,,94175004616#,,,,*1940# US<br>+13126266799,,94175004616#,,,,*1940# US (Chicago)<br><br>Join instructions<br><a href="https://nfb-org.zoom.us/meetings/94175004616/invitations?signature=j_w49LCAqvXVqTYUAfh8lC6IZLqdrGzn61dVvo6XkOo" target="_blank">https://nfb-org.zoom.us/meetings/94175004616/invitations?signature=j_w49LCAqvXVqTYUAfh8lC6IZLqdrGzn61dVvo6XkOo</a><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We hope you can join us to learn more about this amazing opportunity and to ask questions. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">With Love, Hope and Determination, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Shara Winton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">President, National federation of the Blind of Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://www.nfbma.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.nfbma.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:sharawinton@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">sharawinton@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">617-304-0347<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Massachusetts-NFB mailing list</span><br><span>Massachusetts-NFB@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/massachusetts-nfb_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Massachusetts-NFB:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/massachusetts-nfb_nfbnet.org/lavenderdarcangelo%40gmail.com</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>