<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail-gs" style="margin:0px;min-width:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:auto"><div class="gmail-"><div class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" id="gmail-:19d" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem;overflow-x:hidden"><div class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL msg5878061760867234062" id="gmail-:19c" style="direction:ltr;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;overflow:auto hidden"><div id="gmail-avWBGd-17"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_5878061760867234062WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:23px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Federation Family,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:23px"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Happy St. Patrick&#39;s Day!</font></p><h3 style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Main Convention Hotel Booked: Overflow Hotels Available:<u></u><u></u></span></b></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in;line-height:23px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Our national convention in Austin is clearly going to be popular. Our room block at the JW Marriott Austin is already completely booked. The good news is that there are room blocks with plenty of space at several nearby hotels, including the nearby, and recently opened, Austin Marriott Downtown. The hotels are all within a couple blocks\u2019 walk to the JW Marriott. Visit our<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://nfb.org/get-involved/national-convention-prep" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">Prepare for National Convention webpage</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>to explore your options. Our 2026 Convention hotel rate is $139 per night for singles and doubles. Triples and quads are available for $155 per night. Sales tax and a tourism fee total a combined 19.7 percent. You may call 800-627-7468 to book your room at the Austin Marriott Downtown. Specify our room block code, BL1, to ensure you receive our convention room rate.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><h2 style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">News and Events:<u></u><u></u></span></b></h2><h3 style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">March<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">Presidential</span></span></span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Release Is Available:<u></u><u></u></span></b></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in;line-height:23px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/presidential-releases" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">March<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">Presidential</span></span></span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Release Live, chapter recording, and transcripts</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>are available. Please share the chapter recording as part of your chapter meeting agenda and discuss it among members. The next chapter release will be available by March 29.<u></u><u></u></span></p><h3 style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in"><b style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">New NFB Song Available for Download:</span></b><br></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in;line-height:23px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The National Federation of the Blind song, \u201cWho Are We? NFB,\u201d by The Litigators is now available to listen to or download on the<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://nfb.org/resources/jacobus-tenbroek-library/collections/nfb-songs" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">NFB songs webpage</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>or on your favorite music platform.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in;line-height:23px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><h3 style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">March<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Braille Monitor</i>:<u></u><u></u></span></b></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Read the March issue of the<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Braille Monitor</i>, our flagship publication and the magazine of the organized blind movement. Access<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm26/bm2603/bm2603tc.htm" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">Braille Monitor</span></i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Vol 69 No 3 March 2026</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><h3 style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Future Reflections</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">:<u></u><u></u></span></b></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Read the latest<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Future Reflections</i>, a quarterly magazine for parents and teachers of blind children that offers stories, resources, and information. Access<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/fr/fr45/1/fr4501tc.htm" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">Future Reflections</span></i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Volume 45 Number 1 Winter 2026</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><h3 style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Nation\u2019s Blind Podcast: <u></u><u></u></span></i></b></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Listen to the latest episode of the<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Nation&#39;s Blind Podcast</i><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>titled, &quot;We Can Have Our Pi and STEM, Too.&quot; In this episode, Melissa and Anil are joined by Ashleigh Moon, our STEM2U coordinator. They celebrate Pi Day and discuss accessible ways for blind students and blind adults to practice STEM. Subscribe to the<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Nation\u2019s Blind Podcast</i><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>wherever you get podcasts, or download this episode at</span><a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/x8k92ksm9xt8vj4b/STEM_episode_Edited60zhc.m4a." title="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/x8k92ksm9xt8vj4b/stem_episode_edited60zhc.m4a." target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/x8k92ksm9xt8vj4b/STEM_episode_Edited60zhc.m4a.</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in;line-height:23px"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Access On<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Podcast<i>:<u></u><u></u></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Tune into episode 66 of<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Access On</i>, which is devoted to NVDA, the open-source screen reader for Windows from NV Access. We welcome Mick Curran, who came up with the idea of NVDA and started developing it twenty years ago. We\u2019re also joined by Gerald Hartig and Quentin Christensen for a wide-ranging discussion about NVDA\u2019s past, present, future, philosophy, and user experience.<br>Subscribe to<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Access On</i><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>wherever you get podcasts, or download the MP3 of this week\u2019s episode at<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://buff.ly/y9Se1rQ" title="https://buff.ly/y9se1rq" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">https://buff.ly/y9Se1rQ</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in;line-height:23px"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Walking Alone and Marching Together<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Podcast<i>:<u></u><u></u></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Tune into episode twenty of our<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Walking Alone and Marching Together</i><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>podcast entitled, &quot;Episode 20: Chapter 6 - Restoration, The Beginning Years of the Second Jernigan Presidency, Part 3.&quot; Listen at</span><a href="https://buff.ly/cCJGZgg?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBEyN3AxakJTR1A2NGlVaDRGeXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6HlrJbA-qCXtAgbMT62yKICPLKYs5KYi_GIjUGM65h_jfhrky56uM5MTf_Ww_aem_FDiA2p03NfLLxTkveC9qYQ" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">https://buff.ly/cCJGZgg</span></b></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>or on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or on Amazon Music.<u></u><u></u></span></p><h2 style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a name="m_5878061760867234062__Hlk216694561" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></a><a name="m_5878061760867234062__Hlk183426075" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Dates to Keep in Mind:<u></u><u></u></span></b></a></h2><ul type="disc" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:black;line-height:23px;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">July 3-8, 2026: National Convention; Austin, Texas<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:black;line-height:23px;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">July 2-7, 2027: National Convention; Austin, Texas<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:black;line-height:23px;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">July 3-8, 2028: National Convention; Chicago, Illinois<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:black;line-height:23px;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">July 2-7, 2029: National Convention; Chicago, Illinois<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.5in;line-height:23px;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:23px;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Introduction to the Organized Blind Movement Calls<u></u><u></u></span></p><ul type="disc" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:black;line-height:23px;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Wednesday, May 6<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:black;line-height:23px;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Wednesday, August 5<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:black;line-height:23px;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Wednesday, November 4<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0.25in;line-height:23px;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:23px;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Chapter<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">Presidents</span></span></span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Calls<u></u><u></u></span></p><ul type="disc" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:black;line-height:23px;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thursday, June 11 and Sunday, June 14<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:black;line-height:23px;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thursday, September 10 and Sunday, September 13<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:black;line-height:23px;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thursday, December 10 and Sunday, December 13<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:23px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:23px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The National Federation of 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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div class="gmail-yj6qo" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></div><div class="gmail-adL" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></div></div><div class="gmail-adL" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></div></div><div class="gmail-adL" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-WhmR8e" id="gmail-avWBGd-18" style="font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;clear:both"></div></div></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Dorothy Griffin - President <div>National Federation of the Blind of Georgia</div><div><a href="mailto:dgriffin@nfbga.org" target="_blank">dgriffin@nfbga.org</a></div><div>770-374-4832</div><div><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat">The National Federation of the Blind knows 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.</span><u></u><u></u></p><div><span style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:repeat"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>