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<blockquote type="cite">On Aug 15, 2024, at 2:50 PM, Heather Albright via NFB-DB <nfb-db@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I second that! Heather </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:nfb-db@nfbnet.org">Maurice A. Mines via NFB-DB</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Thursday, August 15, 2024 2:29 PM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:nfb-db@nfbnet.org">NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List</a><br>
<b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:nfbdbpresident@mmines.org">Maurice A. Mines</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[NFB-DB] HKNC letter, on behalf of nfbdb, and Nfb</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The National Federation of the Blind DeafBlind Division understands that the work that the Helen Keller National Center (HKNC)
does is important for DeafBlind persons who are in need of adjustment training. We strongly urge this institution to implement the changes listed below.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The HKNC should actively engage in finding and employing more blind and/or DeafBlind staff members. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The HKNC should strive to have a majority of its board of directors be DeafBlind people. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The HKNC should recruit and employ a DeafBlind director in order to instill community support among current students,
consumer organizations, and the DeafBlind, ourselves.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height:13.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">We believe that it is critical for students to seek competent role models in teaching positions. This shows students
that after their training is completed, they too can live the lives they want.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">We urge the Helen Keller National Center to work closely with the NFB DeafBlind Division and the National Federation of the Blind on these matters.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Copy division board, and interested persons.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:11.75pt">Maurice A. Mines, President </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:11.75pt">National Federation of the Blind Deaf-Blind Division </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:11.75pt">Email: <a href="mailto:nfbdbpresident@mmines.org">nfbdbpresident@mmines.org</a> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:11.75pt">Website: <a href="http://www.nfb.org/">www.nfb.org</a> <<a href="http://www.nfbdeaf-blind.org/">http://www.nfbdeaf-blind.org</a>> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:11.75pt">Live the life you want. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:11.75pt">The National Federation of the Blind Deaf-Blind Division, a proud division </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:11.75pt">of the National Federation of the Blind, is a community of members and </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:11.75pt">friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation's blind. Every day </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:11.75pt">we work together to help blind people live the lives they want. </p>
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