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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Veronica Smith <mad.tewe@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 3, 2025 2:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> Urja Lansing <urjalansing@q.com>; Pat Munson <pat.munson@comcast.net>; 'Maryrose Willows' <maryrosewillows@gmail.com>; 'Jim Babb' <jim.babb@mysero.net>; jeff_blair@comcast.net; 'Diana Marquez' <sopranod1977m@gmail.com>; c.tessa4@comcast.net; 'Jim-Gai Gai Anderson' <jdlganderson@hotmail.com>; gsusyq@gmail.com; Gfrancine750@gmail.com; cab2016@yahoo.com; nlburns26@gmail.com; 'John Blake' <g0ldlake@swcp.com>; 'Cece Quintana' <ceceq5@gmail.com>; cheryldmay@yahoo.com; pris2525@gmail.com; 49ersfan1375@gmail.com; 'Peggy Jo Hayes' <peggyilrc@hotmail.com>; 'Palma Lewis' <xzager1989@gmail.com>; 'Adelmo Vigil' <avigil74@gmail.com>; solvigil@gmail.com; 'Nathalie Martin' <natmartin103@gmail.com>; 'Karen Carter' <karing4you@msn.com>; kmurray2005@msn.com; sunflower4503@gmail.com; stevenjorgenson69@gmail.com; nestle14992@gmail.com; 'Darlene Martinez' <darlenemartinez99@gmail.com>; andycross2@gmail.com; catcorlew@msn.com; 'Bolander, Elizabeth E' <elizabeth.bolander@aps.edu>; gayle.s.eads@gmail.com; bullybreeder2020@gmail.com; 'Brian Quintana' <satellite07@msn.com>; 'Katharine Chavez' <chavezkatharine@gmail.com>; 'Janet Montoya' <nfbnm.alc.president@gmail.com>; 'Letita Flores' <letita.flores12@gmail.com>; medicinebear2017@gmail.com; 'Mario Hooee' <mvhooee@gmail.com>; 'Margie McCurry' <margiemccurry@gmail.com>; 'Linda Osborne' <lindahale@cybermesa.com>; 'Coon, Caroline, CFB' <Caroline.Coon@state.nm.us>; 'Sibson, Jamie, CFB' <jamie.sibson@cfb.nm.gov>; 'Juan F. Haro' <nfbnm.westmesachapter@gmail.com>; janna.strawmire@aps.edu; eliilyonglee@gmail.com; dooley2022@gmail.com; VICKILEE10@GMAIL.COM; 'Vickie Buchignani' <canewalker2@me.com>; vjtrujillo@gmail.com; 'Caroline Benavidez' <cbenavidezb@outlook.com>; 'Deborah Pinching' <D.Pinching@outlook.com>; 'martin Gallegos' <deaconmartinsij@msn.com><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Veronica Smith' <nfbnm.sage@gmail.com>; mad.tewe@gmail.com; robertleslienewman@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Announcement for May SAGE meeting<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'>National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:NFBNM.sage@gmail.com"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>NFBNM.sage@gmail.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'>Every month we get together to learn about blindness. We get together to learn how others do the things they do after they lose their vision, something they have relied on for some or all of their lives. Come join us on Wednesday, May 14, at 7:00 P. m MSDT. Robert L. Newman will be here to share his life. Here’s his short bio.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Robert is a 76 year old former sighted guy who was blinded at age 15 as a result of a one car accident (no he was not driving). Functioning as a blind person has come easily to him, despite starting with very few encounters with blind people (be it face-to-face and/or seen on television). Robert’s first instructional and exposure to blindness and actual blind people came about from becoming a student at the Nebraska’s residential school for the visually handicapped; where he learned basic blindness skills, plus the pecking-order in the student body, and rules set by the administration, all based upon vision. Later, he became a client of the Nebraska Rehabilitation Services for the Visually Impaired; Where he eventually became an employee (37 years). However… his true resurrection of self, confidence and independence did not come until he met and became a part of the National Federation of the blind (a respected leader both in affiliate and national Divisions). He is now one of the many who happen to be blind, and lived the lives’ they want and are willing to share the truth of blindness- Answering - one of the world’s best kept secrets… you can live the life you want, blindness is not what holds you back! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In closing- After sharing all the above, how does Robert square up this final statement/truth of, “I hate being blind!”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'>Join Zoom Meeting<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><a href="https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/95423359096?pwd=VXpvUzFPSExPWW1GSjZCNzNZR2dnZz09"><span style='color:#1155CC'>https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/95423359096?pwd=VXpvUzFPSExPWW1GSjZCNzNZR2dnZz09</span></a><u><span style='color:#1155CC'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'>Meeting ID: 954 2335 9096<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'>Passcode: SAGE24 (724324). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'>---<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'>One tap mobile<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal 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style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'>Passcode: SAGE24<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'>Veronica Smith, SAGE Chair</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'>Senior Action Group Energy </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'>505-269-1034</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'>Live the life you want.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.nfbnm.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;letter-spacing:.25pt'>www.nfbnm.org</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#2E74B5;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white'>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.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222;letter-spacing:.25pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfb.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;letter-spacing:.25pt'>www.nfb.org</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>NFB Pledge: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I pledge to participate actively in the efforts of the National Federation of the Blind to achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the blind; to support the policies and programs of the Federation; and to abide by its constitution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>NFB Belief statement<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>the Blind advances the lives of its members and all blind people in the United States. We know that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. Our collective power, determination, and diversity achieve the aspirations of all blind people.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>