<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Thank you KRIS, I needed this! Listening to the information about the Tennessee BEP program lit a fire under me. I don\u2019t know if you know this, but Glendale has Right Choice but it\u2019s a pilot program. It is ending on June 30. I need to figure out how we can get it not to end. Peoria doesn\u2019t have Right Choice and it is horrible that we don\u2019t have it. One of my clients who I believe is 83 lives at 103rd Ave. and Olive and lives in peoria. Again. Doesn\u2019t have Right Choice. We have either Peoria Dial A Ride or Regional Dialer Ride. Regional Dialer Ride is supposed to be able to go to Peoria and the transport you to other cities like Phoenix. I\u2019m rambling but where I live I can\u2019t get Regional Dialer Ride because I live so far out north and west. My client that lives pretty close into town can\u2019t get it either. They expect her to get to 83rd Ave. from 103rd Ave. to be able to pick up regional Dialer Ride. If there was only 80 hours in a day to be able to advocate for all of these different things. part of the silver canine program is all about independence and this client can\u2019t even get into SAAVY with Right Choice. She could take an Uber, but it would cost her $30 each way and that is not realistic. I know SAAVY would help out anyway they can with transportation, but I want all people with disabilities to be able to get these services. respectfully Kimberly.</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 2, 2025, at 8:59\u202fPM, Kristopher I. Crawley via NFBA-Phoenix <nfba-phoenix@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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I hope you enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104126486"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75539397"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143441298"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104128366"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Link:</span></b></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104126486"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75539397"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143441298"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104128366"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm25/bm2506/bm2506tc.htm"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104126486"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75539397"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143441298"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104128366"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">https://nfb.org//images/nfb/publications/bm/bm25/bm2506/bm2506tc.htm</span></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104126486"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75539397"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143441298"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104128366"></span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104126486"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75539397"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143441298"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104128366"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p><h1><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104126486"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75539397"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143441298"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104128366">Contents:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></h1><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104126486"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75539397"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143441298"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104128366"><b>Convention Bulletin 2025<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104126486"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75539397"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143441298"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104128366">Welcome to New Orleans<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104126486"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75539397"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143441298"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104128366"><b>A Handful of Blind Little Boys and Girls from Tennessee Just Beat the Speaker of the House<br></b><i>by James Brown</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104126486"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75539397"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143441298"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104128366"><b>My Kids Knew Their Dad Was Enough<br></b><i>by Bruce Sexton</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104126486"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75539397"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143441298"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104128366"><b>Blind Americans and the End of Paper Benefit Checks: What You Need to Know<br></b><i>by Jesse Shirek<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104126486"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75539397"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143441298"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104128366"><b>A Comparison of the Brailliant BI 40X and Braille eMotion Smart Displays<br></b><i>by Karl Belanger<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104126486"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75539397"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143441298"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104128366"><b>What Is Your \u201cOf\u201d?<br></b><i>by Shannon Cook<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104126486"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk75539397"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143441298"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk104128366"><b>Progress and Peril: Developments in <i>Texas v. 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