[Ncabs] Legislative alert: Fwd: [nabs-l] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] FW: Join us to AIM High

[Mikayla Gephart]

Hi,
     I hope you are all doing well. One of the NFB’s national legislation priorities is the AIMHEA Act, which will establish voluntary guidelines for colleges and universities to follow to ensure accessibility of instructional materials. Please see the following message about the petition which was created for all of us to show our support, and if interested, please sign and share it. We have reached our original goal, but the more signatures, the better! Let’s reach 1,000 signatures by the end of the week! Thank you.
Mikayla

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> From: "Cazares, Gabe via NABS-L" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [nabs-l] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] FW: Join us to AIM High
> Date: January 19, 2017 at 10:11:16 PM EST
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Cazares, Gabe" <GCazares at nfb.org>
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> NABSters,
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> Please see the below note from President Riccobono. It’s time to call on Congress and the incoming administration to make digital accessibility a top policy priority for 2017! Please sign and share our petition, it’s time to AIM High for equal access in classrooms nation-wide!
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> ...Gabe
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> Gabe Cazares
> Government Affairs Specialist
> 200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
> (410) 659-9314, extension 2206 | gcazares at nfb.org<mailto:gcazares at nfb.org>
> Twitter: @gmcazares
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> From: NFBNet-Members-List [mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Andrews via NFBNet-Members-List
> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 7:40 PM
> To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] FW: Join us to AIM High
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> Fellow Federationists,
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> The issues we address in the National Federation of the Blind are not partisan issues, and as the leading voice in the field of blindness, we stand ready to work with both Republicans and Democrats to advance our legislative priorities and help blind Americans live the lives we want. As our country prepares to welcome a new administration, we want to reiterate the importance of securing equal educational opportunities for our blind students.
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> To reinforce this point, Jamie Principato, who spoke<https://www.nfb.org/national-convention-highlights> at our national convention last summer about her experience with inaccessible technology, has launched a petition<https://www.change.org/p/united-states-congress-remove-barriers-to-classroom-equality-ensure-accessibility-of-instructional-materials?recruiter=75359047&utm_source=share_for_starters&utm_medium=copyLink> calling on congressional leaders to move swiftly to pass our Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education (AIM High) Act. The petition<https://www.change.org/p/united-states-congress-remove-barriers-to-classroom-equality-ensure-accessibility-of-instructional-materials?recruiter=75359047&utm_source=share_for_starters&utm_medium=copyLink> further calls upon President-elect Donald J. Trump to unequivocally commit to supporting this legislation by urging its passage.
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> I ask every member of the Federation to please sign and share this petition. Let’s show the incoming administration and Congress that equal access to electronic instructional materials must be a top policy priority for 2017.
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> Sincerely,
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> Mark A. Riccobono
> President
> 200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
> (410) 659-9314 | officeofthepresident at nfb.org<mailto:officeofthepresident at nfb.org>
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