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Fellow federationists,<br>
Please see below for a way you can help right now.<br>
All the best,<br>
Ryan<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Terry Smith
<<a href="mailto:terry@merchants-nfb.org">terry@merchants-nfb.org</a>
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To: Terry C Smith
<<a href="mailto:tsmith@nfb.org">tsmith@nfb.org</a>><br>
Sent: Fri, Apr 3, 2020 10:47 pm<br>
Subject: NABM Action Alert <br>
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Dear NABM Member: <br>
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<a name="_GoBack"></a>As you know, the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked
havoc on our blind entrepreneurs. Approximately 75% of our blind
entrepreneurs have seen their businesses either shut completely down or
seriously curtailed. Congress has provided some relief for small
businesses but the Randolph-Sheppard Program is unique. We need to
let Congress know that more needs to be done to assist our hard working
men and women who feed our government employees every day. <br>
Please click on the link below and send letters to the President, both
of your U.S. Senators, and your Member in the House of
Representatives. The Randolph-Sheppard Act authorizes Congress to
appropriate funds for the Randolph-Sheppard Program. It never
has. We are asking Congress for the first time to appropriate
dollars that can be used to provide relief for our displaced blind
entrepreneurs and emergency funding to the states so they can meet their
responsibilities as the state licensing agencies. Go to:
<a href="https://blindmerchantsspeakout.org/alert/-urge_congress_to_appropriate_funds_to_help_blind_vendors/message/congress/write?style=webform">
https://blindmerchantsspeakout.org/alert/-urge_congress_to_appropriate_funds_to_help_blind_vendors/message/congress/write?style=webform</a>
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It is simple. Just put in your name and address, click on
“Preview Message” and then hit “Submit” and your letters will be
sent. Act now and let the collective voices of the blind be
heard. <br>
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Sincerely, <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Nicky Gacos, President<br>
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<div align="center"><i>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.<br>
</i> <br>
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