<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:IOF@nfb.org">IOF@nfb.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 11:47 AM<br>Subject: Imagineering Our Future: Experience Our Collective Action<br>To: Amber Woods <<a href="mailto:woodsamber83@gmail.com">woodsamber83@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><p><br>
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<h1><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">IMAGINEERING OUR FUTURE</span></h1>
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<h2><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">President's Letter</span></h2>
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px">It was empowering to gather in Washington, DC and to continue our work to make our voices heard by the powers in our capital. Let us continue to do this work with love, hope, and determination. <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=28901&qid=8358907" rel="nofollow" style="color:#002f6d;font-size:18px" target="_blank">More from President Riccobono</a>.</span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Join Our Movement</span></h2>
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px">"It feels great to be part of the change in our society. I am humbled and proud to be part of a movement as big as the National Federation of the Blind. It was exciting to attend a meeting on the hill." <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=28902&qid=8358907" rel="nofollow" style="color:#002f6d;font-size:18px" target="_blank">More about how our members take collective action</a>.</span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Latest News at the NFB</span></h2>
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px">2023 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium registration opens, <em>Braille Monitor</em> in Spanish now available, and both In-Home and In-Person NFB-BELL® Academy applications accepted. <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=28903&qid=8358907" rel="nofollow" style="color:#002f6d;font-size:18px" target="_blank">Read more news</a>.</span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Take Action this Month</span></h2>
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<td style="vertical-align:top"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><img alt="the cover of Future Reflections" src="https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/iof/iof-future-reflections-cover.jpg" style="background-color:transparent;border-color:white;border-style:solid;border-width:3px;display:block;float:left;height:120px;margin:7px;width:240px"></span></td>
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px">Check out <em><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=28904&qid=8358907" rel="nofollow" style="color:#002f6d;font-size:18px" target="_blank">Future Reflections</a></em>, a magazine for teachers and parents of blind children, read "<a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=28905&qid=8358907" rel="nofollow" style="color:#002f6d;font-size:18px" target="_blank">Disability Intersections: Blindness and Autism</a>" in the <em>Braille Monitor</em>, and share “Mentorship and Empowerment: Cricket’s Scholarship and Federation Story.” <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=28906&qid=8358907" rel="nofollow" style="color:#002f6d;font-size:18px" target="_blank">More ways to get involved</a>.</span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Important Dates</span></h2>
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px">Join the Presidential Release live, the disability law symposium, and don’t miss the scholarship application and award nomination deadlines. <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=28907&qid=8358907" rel="nofollow" style="color:#002f6d;font-size:18px" target="_blank">Review the calendar of events</a>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px">The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines blind people or their future. Every day we raise the expectations of and for blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. We can live the lives we want; blindness is not what holds us back. Please join us in our work by becoming a member, attending an event, sharing this newsletter, or supporting our programs.</span></p>
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