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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> NFBNet-Members-List [mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Andrews via NFBNet-Members-List<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 19, 2017 5:40 PM<br><b>To:</b> nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Nfbnet-members-list] FW: Join us to AIM High<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fellow Federationists,<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The issues we address in the National Federation of the Blind are not partisan issues, and as the leading voice in the field of blindness, we stand ready to work with both Republicans and Democrats to advance our legislative priorities and help blind Americans live the lives we want. As our country prepares to welcome a new administration, we want to reiterate the importance of securing equal educational opportunities for our blind students<span style='color:#1F497D'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To reinforce this point, Jamie Principato, who <a href="https://www.nfb.org/national-convention-highlights">spoke</a> at our national convention last summer about her experience with inaccessible technology, has launched a <a href="https://www.change.org/p/united-states-congress-remove-barriers-to-classroom-equality-ensure-accessibility-of-instructional-materials?recruiter=75359047&utm_source=share_for_starters&utm_medium=copyLink">petition</a> calling on congressional leaders to move swiftly to pass our Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education (AIM High) Act. The <a href="https://www.change.org/p/united-states-congress-remove-barriers-to-classroom-equality-ensure-accessibility-of-instructional-materials?recruiter=75359047&utm_source=share_for_starters&utm_medium=copyLink">petition</a> further calls upon President-elect Donald J. Trump to unequivocally commit to supporting this legislation by urging its passage.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I ask every member of the Federation to please sign and share this petition. Let’s show the incoming administration and Congress that equal access to electronic instructional materials must be a top policy priority for 2017.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#244061'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mark A. Riccobono<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(410) 659-9314<span style='color:#244061'> | <a href="mailto:officeofthepresident@nfb.org">officeofthepresident@nfb.org</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#244061'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#244061'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://nfb.org/"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=210 height=76 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D27270.C83006E0" alt="National Federation of the Blind"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#244061'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#244061'> </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nationalfederationoftheblind"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.png@01D27270.C83006E0" alt=Facebook></span></a><span style='color:#244061'> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/NFB_Voice"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image003.png@01D27270.C83006E0" alt=Twitter></span></a><span style='color:#244061'> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/NationsBlind"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image004.png@01D27270.C83006E0" alt=Youtube></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#244061'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>URLs: <a href="https://www.nfb.org/national-convention-highlights">https://www.nfb.org/national-convention-highlights</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.change.org/p/united-states-congress-remove-barriers-to-classroom-equality-ensure-accessibility-of-instructional-materials?recruiter=75359047&utm_source=share_for_starters&utm_medium=copyLink">https://www.change.org/p/united-states-congress-remove-barriers-to-classroom-equality-ensure-accessibility-of-instructional-materials?recruiter=75359047&utm_source=share_for_starters&utm_medium=copyLink</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>