<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-e0058b9e-7fff-b139-3fa8-14f5c2eaa44c" style=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4">Right now, almost a million miles from Earth, the new James Webb Space Telescope floats in lonely space.  Soon it will point to a distant corner of the Universe and will beam a finding back to NASA.  Scientists will show us in the form of a photo.  Wouldn't it be nice if it was a tactile graphic, too? </font></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Join host, Josh Urban, as we learn about the Webb observation, and design the translation together.  Let's build something that makes </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">sense</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">for the Blind and Low Vision Community.  Share your input, and be part of the team that opens the Universe to BLV folks everywhere. Should the picture be converted to sound?  A 3D printed graphic?  How is data plotted best?  What </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">moves</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">you and makes you say "wow"?  We need your brain - and your help. Share your perspective at this exciting two-part event, coming to the Maryland State Library for the Blind and Print Disabled on July 27th at 3:00 p.m. </span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Let's create something together, and then release it for all the world.  </font></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;white-space:pre-wrap">Let's transcribe the sky.  Who knows what Webb will find!  </span><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Transcribing the Sky with Josh Urban Part I </span><br></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">When:  July 27th </span><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Time:  3:00 p.m. </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Where: Virtual Chat/ Program</span><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Who: This program is intended for youth 7 - 17 years of age only. </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">How:  </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Register </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">by July 25th for the <a href="https://forms.gle/xschbiFmfpEKAX6U9">program's link</a>.  </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">After registering, you will receive a confirmation email or phone call containing information about how to join the meeting.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></span></div><div class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