[New-york-news] **Now is the time**

[president at nfbny.org]

Washington Seminar is coming up from January 29th through February 1st.  Who
from New York will be helping us advance our agenda with our Representatives
and Senators? Make your reservations NOW and contact the Brooklyn office at
718-567-7821 or Buffalo Office at 716-222-3632 so we know who is going and
can set up appointments and teams appropriately.

 

NFB Washington Seminar

DATES

Monday, January 29, through Thursday, February 1, 2018

Great Gathering-In--Monday, January 29, 2018

Congressional Appointments--January 30 through February 1, 2018

ROOM RATES AND RESERVATIONS

Please reserve your room at the Holiday Inn Capitol (550 C Street, SW
Washington, DC 20024) for Washington Seminar by Tuesday, January 2, 2018.
Check-in at our booking rate begins Friday, January 26, 2018 with a
check-out by Friday, February 2, 2018.

The rate is $192.00 per night. This rate does not include DC sales tax,
currently 14.8%.

You may begin booking reservations directly on line by using this link to
the Holiday Inn Capitol website that will include our booking code. You may
also make reservations by calling 1 877-572-6951 and referencing booking
code FB8.

Credit card information is needed at time of reservation. Individual
cancellation policy is seventy-two hours prior to date of arrival to avoid
one night's room plus tax cancellation charge on credit card provided. If
your departure date changes, you must inform the hotel seventy-two hours in
advance of departure to avoid a $100 fee.

MEETINGS

The Great Gathering-In will begin Monday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. at the
Holiday Inn Capitol (Capitol Ballroom) and will adjourn promptly at 7:00
p.m. The Great Gathering-In serves as our very exciting opening session to
Washington Seminar. The energy in the room is like no other. Over 500
members of the NFB come together to learn about and advocate for legislative
initiatives that will improve the lives of blind Americans. Please join us
to cast off the perception of incapacity that is too often reinforced by bad
public policies that serve to relegate blind Americans to second class
citizenship. 

Legislative appointments should be made for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
in the Senate and House office buildings. A meeting for NFB members to
review the legislative progress and provide guidance will occur on Wednesday
evening.

PROGRAM

The Washington Seminar is an annual event of the National Federation of the
Blind to introduce the agenda of blind Americans--the priority issues
requiring congressional attention over the coming year. The issues are
selected from official positions of the Federation and may address concerns
in the following areas: relevant civil rights issues; educational programs
and services; rehabilitation of the blind for competitive employment; the
operation of vending facilities by blind persons on public property;
specialized library services for the blind; the organization and funding of
federal programs; Social Security and Supplemental Income programs; and
other timely topics. Approximately three legislative initiatives are chosen
for priority attention during the Washington Seminar.

 

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