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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p>At our Washington Seminar, members of the National Federation of the Blind convene to learn about and advocate for legislative initiatives that will improve the lives of blind Americans.<o:p></o:p></p><p>The first Washington Seminar took place in 1973. Today, more than five hundred people from the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico typically attend.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Approximately three legislative initiatives are chosen for priority attention each year. These initiatives, which form the Washington Seminar priorities, are based on the official positions of the NFB adopted at the national convention and can address concerns related to civil rights, 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 Disability and Supplemental Security Income programs, and other timely topics.<o:p></o:p></p><p>We have posted the NFB 2021 Washington Seminar Agenda and Fact Sheets on NFB-NEWSLINE. To reach this information using the telephone access method, press five from the main menu for newspapers in a different state, followed by five again for National Meetings of Interest to the print disabled. You can also access this from the main menu by pressing one and then one again for the national channel.<o:p></o:p></p><p>To reach this information using the free NFB-NEWSLINE Mobile app, choose All Publications off the Information Sources menu, and search "NFB 2021 Washington Seminar Fact Sheets and Agenda".<o:p></o:p></p><p>If you are interested in how you can get involved, contact your local state NFB affiliate. A list of these can be found on the NFB.org website at <a href="https://www.nfb.org/about-us/state-affiliates">https://www.nfb.org/about-us/state-affiliates</a><o:p></o:p></p><p>National Federation of the Blind | nfb.org | 866-504-7300 | <a href="mailto:nfbnewsline@nfb.org">nfbnewsline@nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>