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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><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> Veronica Smith <mad.tewe@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 28, 2024 6:46 PM<br><b>To:</b> Urja Lansing <urjalansing@q.com>; Pat Munson <pat.munson@comcast.net>; 'Maryrose Willows' <maryrosewillows@gmail.com>; 'Jim Babb' <jim.babb@mysero.net>; 'Arthur Schreiber' <blindart@mysero.net>; jeff_blair@comcast.net; sopranod1977m@gmail.com; c.tessa4@comcast.net; 'Nancy Burns' <nlburns26@gmail.com>; 'Sue Garnanez' <gsusyq@gmail.com>; gfrancine750@gmail.com; 'John Blake' <g0ldlake@swcp.com>; ceceq5@gmail.com; 'Adelmo Vigil' <avigil74@gmail.com>; solvigil@gmail.com; 'Larry Lorenzo' <4lorenzo.l@gmail.com>; 'Peggy Jo Hayes' <peggyilrc@hotmail.com>; 'pris stansbury' <pris2525@gmail.com>; dooley2022@gmail.com; 'Palma Lewis' <xzager1989@gmail.com>; 'Karen Edwards' <xinugal@gmail.com>; 'Karen Carter' <karing4you@msn.com>; 'Nathalie Martin' <nfbsanjuanpresident@gmail.com>; cheryldmay@yahoo.com; kmurray2005@msn.com; rafael.aguirre@cfb.nm.gov; 'Juan .' <juan@jfharo.com>; judohaynes@austin.rr.com; 'Janet Montoya' <nfbnm.alc.president@gmail.com>; 'Cynda Bellamy' <cab2016@yahoo.com>; 'Jim-Gai Gai Anderson' <jdlganderson@hotmail.com>; robertleslienewman@gmail.com; gerbenitezb@gmail.com; 'Sibson, Jamie, CFB' <jamie.sibson@cfb.nm.gov><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Veronica Smith' <nfbnm.sage@gmail.com>; mad.tewe@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> September meeting announcement for SAGE<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'>National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:NFBNM.sage@gmail.com"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>NFBNM.sage@gmail.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'>** Attention everyone, As of June, 2024, we have a new Zoom in number. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'>Every month we get together to learn about blindness. We get together to learn how others do the things they do after they lose their vision, something they have relied on for some or all of their lives. Come join us on Wednesday, September 11, at 7:00 P. m. Mountain time. Winford Haynes will entertain us with the stories of his life. Here is a little bit about him.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>I was born in Clovis, New Mexico in 1955. I was the fifth child born out of six and I am the only boy. I went to the New mexico School for the Visually Handicapped when I was in second grade and that is where I graduated from. Fifteen years after high school I got my massage Therapist license. I am a cane travel instructor and currently work in Texas. I have met several important individuals, actors, the Pope, to mention just a few. I love working so not going to retire any time soon. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'>Join Zoom Meeting<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><a href="https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/95423359096?pwd=VXpvUzFPSExPWW1GSjZCNzNZR2dnZz09"><span style='color:#1155CC'>https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/95423359096?pwd=VXpvUzFPSExPWW1GSjZCNzNZR2dnZz09</span></a><u><span style='color:#1155CC'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'>Meeting ID: 954 2335 9096<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'>Passcode: SAGE24 (724324). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'>---<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'>One tap mobile<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'>+16699006833,,95423359096#<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'>---<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'>Dial by your location<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'>• +1 669 900 6833<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'>Meeting ID: 954 2335 9096<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'>Passcode: SAGE24<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212529'>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212529'>Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212529'>blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'>Veronica Smith, SAGE President</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'>Senior Action Group Energy </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'>505-269-1034</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'>Live the life you want.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.nfbnm.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;letter-spacing:.25pt'>www.nfbnm.org</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#2E74B5;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white'>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfb.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;letter-spacing:.25pt'>www.nfb.org</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>NFB Pledge: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I pledge to participate actively in the efforts of the National Federation of the Blind to achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the blind; to support the policies and programs of the Federation; and to abide by its constitution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>