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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Sounds like a wonderful idea and one I personally would enjoy. If it means chaing the date, I am okay with that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Nancy <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Nebraska-senior-blind [mailto:nebraska-senior-blind-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Leslie Newman via Nebraska-senior-blind<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 12, 2015 7:48 AM<br><b>To:</b> '0senior division listserv'<br><b>Cc:</b> Robert Leslie Newman<br><b>Subject:</b> [Nebraska-senior-blind] FW: Speak to our Senior Division Phone Meeting - Please<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi NFBN Senior Division member: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>RE: News about a future guest speaker<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>here is some correspondence between Ever Lee Hairston and me. She has recently published a new book about her journey into life and blindness. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>(We shall see if Ever Lee can join us in September.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>-</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>Before reading down to her response to my initial message to her, here is a write up of her book:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Blind Ambition<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ever Lee Hairston<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Brown Girls Publishing, Jun 30, 2015 - Biography & Autobiography - 320 pages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>As a child, Ever Lee Hairston faced one disappointment after the other. A product of share-cropping parents and raised on one of the biggest plantations in the South, Ever allowed those disappointments to diminish her self-confidence and sully her self-esteem. Not to mention, that for years, the young Ever hid a terrible secret, which she hadn’t told anyone – not her family, her friends, her teachers, and as she got older, even her employers. Ever Lee didn’t want to accept that she was slowly losing her eyesight. As darkness began to envelop her, and inspired by the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ever eventually decided to stop feeling sorry for herself and face her fears. Through two turbulent marriages, a host of setbacks, and a life that was getting harder and harder to manage, Ever encountered defeats, but was determined not to be defeated. Now, decades after she lost her eyesight, her powerful story is one of inspiration and ambition....and helping others realize their lives have purpose as they reach their full potential in spite of any obstacles in their paths.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> EverHairston [<a href="mailto:ever.hairston@gmail.com">mailto:ever.hairston@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 11, 2015 12:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> Robert Leslie Newman <<a href="mailto:newmanrl@cox.net">newmanrl@cox.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Speak to our Senior Division Phone Meeting - Please<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>good morning Robert,<br>I regret that I will not be able to meet with your group on Monday the 17th however I will do my best to schedule a future meeting.<br>Best,<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ever Lee Hairston, first Vice President<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>National Federation of the Blind of California</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>H: 323 654.2975<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>C: 323 252.9188<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>W: <a href="http://everhairston.com">everhairston.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>You Can Live The Life You Want<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Aug 4, 2015, at 6:04 AM, Robert Leslie Newman <<a href="mailto:newmanrl@cox.net">newmanrl@cox.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ever Lee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi, hope your convention went well? (Recall, you contacted me about an assist on writing up some advertising copy.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And so hey… recall that a couple of years back, you were the national rep for Nebraska’s state convention? And while there, you attended and spoke at our Senior division. Well…with your new book, would you please join us on one of our upcoming telephone meetings, talk about your book and in general…be the great inspirational speaker that you always are?!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This month’s call is on Monday, august 17<sup>th</sup>. (We meet the third Monday of the month.) The time is 7:00 CT, 6:00 MT & 5:00 PC. The call is usually one hour in length; not that you would have to cover the entire time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So what do you think? Please and Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Respectfully yours, Robert Leslie Newman<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>