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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 class=MsoNormal>Attention National Convention Attendees:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you are attending the National Federation of the Blind National Convention in-person, please see below for several ways to get involved in helping make the Convention a success. If you have questions, please let me know. Thank you in advance for volunteering at this year’s Convention.<o:p></o:p></p><h2><o:p> </o:p></h2><h2>Volunteers Needed!<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal>Are you interested in helping to make the 2024 national convention a huge success? You can help by volunteering in the Independence Market at national convention! We are currently looking for volunteers to serve as demonstrators, storekeepers, and line marshals on July 4, July 5, July 6, and July 7. The first two days have two shifts: 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM and 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM. On July 6 and 7, the time is only during the lunch shift from 12:00 PM – 1:45 PM. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Independence Market at national convention would not be possible without the support, dedication, and hard work of our numerous volunteers. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Jen White at (410) 659-9314, extension 2236, or email her at <a href="mailto:jwhite@nfb.org">jwhite@nfb.org</a> today!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h3><b>DeafBlind Division Needs SSP Volunteers:</b><o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The DeafBlind Division is seeking volunteers to assist deafblind members as SSPs. There is a </span><a href="https://nfb.org/get-involved/national-convention/support-service-provider-volunte"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>sign-up form on the convention website</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>. Anyone that needs more information should reach out to Maurice Mines at </span><a href="mailto:nfbdbpresident@mmines.org"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>nfbdbpresident@mmines.org</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:22.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><b><span style='font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:green'>Convention Ally Network</span></b><span style='font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:green'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black'>We commit that our 2024 convention will be a safe space for all blind people, as well as our friends, families, partners, and allies, and we are confident that Rosen Hotels & Resorts and the Orlando community join us in that commitment. Here is information regarding concerns about being in Florida. <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif'>July 3, 2023: <a href="https://nfb.org/get-involved/national-convention/statement-board-directors-federation-community-regarding-location"><span style='color:#005AA3'>Statement of the Board of Directors to the Federation Community Regarding Location of 2024 National Convention</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif'>December 1, 2023: <a href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm23/bm2311/bm231103.htm"><span style='color:#005AA3'>Convention Location Update and Planning</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif'>February 29, 2024: the Convention Ally Network launched. The goal of this network is to help facilitate participation in the convention and support those who feel unsafe because of laws in the state of Florida. Sign up for the Convention Ally Network if you are seeking support or if you are interested in being an ally during convention. Submissions will be confidential, and there will be pre-training. <a href="https://nfb.org/get-involved/national-convention/convention-ally-network"><span style='color:#005AA3'>Learn more and sign up for the Convention Ally Network.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:39.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black'>National Convention Ambassador Volunteers needed</span></b><span style='font-size:39.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black'>The National Federation of the Blind convention ambassadors assist in making the national convention a welcoming and empowering experience for all of our attendees. Ambassadors play an important role in sharing accurate information, providing access to information at key locations within the convention, and generally serving as a positive influence on the convention and solving problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black'>If you have been to convention, you know who these people are! These are the folks that have served as talking signs, that have made sure that you know where the escalators are or where the doors to key meetings are, who have helped to give you directions to this and that place, and who have answered questions. And our ambassadors are all volunteer members who take on assignments to help all convention attendees, whether it's your first or your fifteenth convention, to have a great experience. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><a href="https://nfb.org/get-involved/national-convention/national_convention_ambassador_">Ambassador Interest Form</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Tara Chavez, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><a href="mailto:NFBNM.President@gmail.com"><span style='color:blue'>NFBNM.President@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>(505) 328-3349<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Live the life you want.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><a href="http://www.nfbnm.org/"><span style='color:blue'>www.nfbnm.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>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></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><a href="http://www.nfb.org/"><span style='color:blue'>www.nfb.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>