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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Please join us for an interactive virtual seminar, being held on Tuesday evening, October 19<sup>th</sup>,<sup> </sup>2021, from 6:15 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. This seminar is totally free, and there will be door prizes up for grabs as well. This workshop will provide a variety of components, including lecture, demonstration, discussion, and individual interactive practice scenarios. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>We will cover a wide range of topics related to issues surrounding guide and service dog access, including the legal, logistical, practical, theoretical, psychological, sociological, and ethical aspects behind access issues. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>We will explore the toolbox of approaches, resources and options for avoiding, resolving, and preventing access issues, and discussing variations and the decision-making process. We will look at access issues through the lenses of the layers of diversity covered in last year’s seminar and will explore the multi-faceted nature of advocacy and access.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>This seminar is hosted by the New York Association of Guide Dog Users; however, we welcome participants who are NFB/NAGDU and/or ACB/GDUI members, and also those who are not affiliated with either organization. Content will be relevant and potentially helpful to service dog handlers of all types of service dogs, including, of course, guide dogs, and the content could also be informative and useful to business owners, orientation and mobility instructors, professional and peer advocates, and anyone else involved in the guide/service dog community.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Please share this with anyone you think might enjoy or benefit from this event. The Zoom information follows. Please note that anyone dialing in, will not need to enter the password.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <img width=209 height=362 style='width:2.175in;height:3.775in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.png@01D7BC35.34C87540" alt="A German Shepherd Guide Dog leading their handler up the steps of a bus."></span> <span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><img width=388 height=303 style='width:4.0416in;height:3.1583in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image002.png@01D7BC35.34C87540" alt="A Guide Dog and Handler entering the passenger seat of a car."></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Join Zoom Meeting<br><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85164708468?pwd=QlVPWlJodmNEMjV1SzVibnlaN1VZZz09">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85164708468?pwd=QlVPWlJodmNEMjV1SzVibnlaN1VZZz09</a><br><br>Meeting ID: 851 6470 8468<br>Passcode: nyagdu<br>One tap mobile<br>+13462487799,,85164708468# US (Houston)<br>+12532158782,,85164708468# US (Tacoma)<br><br>Dial by your location<br> +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)<br> +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)<br> +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)<br> +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)<br> +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)<br> +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)<br>Meeting ID: 851 6470 8468<br>Find your local number: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdSSKCUctW">https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdSSKCUctW</a><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>