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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> NFBMN-News <nfbmn-news-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>NFBMN President via NFBMN-News<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 17, 2019 11:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nfbmn-news@nfbnet.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NFBMN-News] NFB of Minnesota Featured on WCCO Radio<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Fellow federationists,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota was privileged to be featured in a piece on WCCO Radio about the issue of Lyft and Uber drivers denying rides to service dog users. You can find the article on the below page, and you can
scroll to the bottom of it to hear the audio.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwccoradio.radio.com%2Farticles%2Fnews%2Fblind-ride-share-users-abandoned-service-dogs&data=02%7C01%7Cdavid.b.andrews%40state.mn.us%7C46a281b5cad94a0d2d1a08d7538683a5%7Ceb14b04624c445198f26b89c2159828c%7C0%7C1%7C637069709520075476&sdata=JLwb42OQw6ftsJa4t7PkavNpn5E6ZAeQsTyFr3FTe7Q%3D&reserved=0">https://wccoradio.radio.com/articles/news/blind-ride-share-users-abandoned-service-dogs</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Warmly,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ryan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ryan Strunk, President<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:president@nfbmn.org">president@nfbmn.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nfb.org&data=02%7C01%7Cdavid.b.andrews%40state.mn.us%7C46a281b5cad94a0d2d1a08d7538683a5%7Ceb14b04624c445198f26b89c2159828c%7C0%7C1%7C637069709520085471&sdata=u9Jtumj%2BCs5%2Fr4TefgjpZ5hSiyv2jl7ypxAT58bWx0U%3D&reserved=0">www.nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(612) 872-9363<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Live the life you Want.<o:p></o:p></p>
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