[Mn-at-large] Fwd: NFB President’s Notebook - week of 03/ 06/2017

[David Andrews]

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>President's Notebook
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>Mark A. Riccobono
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><mailto:officeofthepresident at nfb.org>officeofthepresident at nfb.org
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>(410) 659-9314
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>Critical Actions This Week:
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>Scholarship Application Deadline:
>March 31 is quickly approaching. Help us make 
>this year's goal of eight hundred applications 
>by reaching out to all the students that you 
>know to encourage them to participate.
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>News:
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>KNFB Reader for Microsoft Windows 10:
>At CSUN last week, we announced the launch of 
>KNFB Reader for Microsoft Windows 10. Thanks to 
>support from Microsoft, the KNFB Reader was 
>available for an introductory price of $19.99 for a limited time.
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>Los Angeles Community College Suit:
>Along with the NFB of California and two blind 
>students, Roy Payan and Portia Mason, we have 
>filed suit against the Los Angeles Community 
>College District (LACCD) alleging that they have 
>violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and 
>Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 by 
>failing to provide accessible instructional 
>materials and other accommodations required by 
>these statutes and needed by these students.
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>Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards Case:
>We are also assisting Kristen Steele in her 
>lawsuit against the Federation of State Massage 
>Therapy Boards (FSMTB), which has denied her 
>request to take its examination in Braille. Ms. 
>Steele seeks to become a licensed massage 
>therapist in Iowa and Nebraska, both of which 
>require passing the exam in order to receive a 
>license. Strangely, the FSMTB claims that 
>Braille would somehow provide her with an unfair advantage.
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>Pearson Career Exploration Mentorship Program:
>Pearson announced a new career exploration 
>mentorship program in collaboration with the 
>NFB. The program is for college students and 
>recent graduates with disabilities. The pilot 
>program will combine our expertise in mentoring 
>and advocating for career opportunities for 
>blind and low-vision students with Pearson’s 
>commitment to providing mentorship to a wide 
>range of students with disabilities.
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>Reminders:
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>Convention Preregistration Is Open:
>You can now preregister at 
><http://lx-web.nfb.org/convention/preregistration.php>http://lx-web.nfb.org/convention/preregistration.php. 
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>Dates to Keep in Mind:
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>·        March 23, 2017: 
><https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=6317&qid=1522699>eBooks 
>and EPUB accessibility event
>·        March 30-31, 2017: 
><http://nfb.org/law-symposium>Jacobus tenBroek Law Symposium
>·        March 31, 2017: Deadline for 
><http://www.nfb.org/scholarships>scholarship applications
>·        April 15, 2017: Deadline for 
><https://nfb.org/bolotin-award-main>Jacob Bolotin Award applications
>·        May 1, 2017: Deadline for 
><https://nfb.org/images/nfb/documents/pdf/distinguished-educator-of-blind-students-award-form-fillable.pdf>Distinguished 
>Educator of Blind Students Award
>·        June 4, 2017: <https://nfb.org/dot-dash>6K Dot Dash
>·        July 10-15, 2017: 
><https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm16/bm1611/bm161101.htm>National 
>Convention, Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, Orlando, Florida
>·        July 23-29, 2017: 
><http://www.blindscience.org/nfb-youth-slam>Youth Slam, Towson University
>·        September 12-17, 2017: 
><http://blindmerchants.org/blast-2017/>BLAST, Nashville, Tennessee
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>The National Federation of the Blind knows that 
>blindness is not the characteristic that defines 
>you or your future. Every day we raise the 
>expectations of blind people, because low 
>expectations create obstacles between blind 
>people and our dreams. You can live the life you 
>want; blindness is not what holds you back.
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>Mark A. Riccobono
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>200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
>(410) 659-9314 | 
><mailto:officeofthepresident at nfb.org>officeofthepresident at nfb.org
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>National Federation of the Blind
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>The National Federation of the Blind is a 
>community of members and friends who believe in 
>the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. 
>Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.
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