[MN-at-Large] Washington Seminar: Three asks of you if you're attending

[dandrews920 at comcast.net]

Hello again!

 

Every year, roughly a dozen Minnesotans join hundreds of NFB members from
across the country at the Capitol in Washington, DC to advocate for our
legislative priorities. To help us prepare, I have a few asks of you:

 

1.	If you are attending, send an email to me and Jennifer Dunnam
(jennifer.dunnam1829 at gmail.com <mailto:jennifer.dunnam1829 at gmail.com> ) with
your travel plans and cell phone number. Please do this even if you have
already spoken with us.
2.	Join any of the upcoming training sessions hosted by our national
office.
3.	If you wish to speak on an issue with our representatives and
senators, attend one of two Minnesota-specific practice sessions.

 


National Training Sessions


Our first Washington Seminar training will be in just a few hours - on
Wednesday, January 3 - at 7pm CST. The training will be conducted via Zoom
and will focus on our three legislative priorities for the 2024 Washington
Seminar: the Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act, the
Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act, and the Blind Americans Return
to Work Act. This meeting is open to everyone, and we strongly encourage you
to review the fact sheets (available on the Washington Seminar Page
<https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/washington-seminar>  in both
Word and HTML formats) before the training. The Zoom information for the
January 3 training is:

 

https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/92935463825 

Meeting ID: 929 3546 3825 

One tap mobile 
+13017158592,,92935463825# US (Washington DC) 
+13052241968,,92935463825# US

 

Please save the date for the remaining training sessions (and know that Zoom
information will come separately).

 

*	Mock Meeting Training #1 on Tuesday, January 9  at 7pm CST
*	Mock Meting Training #2 on Tuesday, January 16 at 7pm CST

 


Minnesota-Specific Practice Sessions


To help us work even better as a team, the Government Affairs Committee will
host two, Minnesota-specific practice sessions. If you wish to speak on an
issue in a legislator's office, you must either attend one of these sessions
or meet individually with Sam Flax (samflax926 at gmail.com
<mailto:samflax926 at gmail.com> ).  You do not need to attend both sessions;
just pick the one that works better for you.

 

Here are the dates for the virtual meetings:

 

*	Wednesday, January 10 at 7:30pm
*	Thursday, January 25 at 5pm

 

The Zoom information for the Minnesota-specific sessions is:

https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/97185770848?pwd=dWxOaWtza1NUZXozRzAzNGJpTEIvUT09

Meeting ID: 971 8577 0848

Passcode: 095350

One tap mobile

+13092053325,,97185770848# US

+13126266799,,97185770848# US (Chicago)

 

Please don't hesitate to reach out to me with any questions!

 

Corbb

 

Corbb O'Connor (he/him), President

National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota

www.nfbmn.org <http://www.nfbmn.org>  | (612) 872-9363

 

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