<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv9148793956"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486585108533_4195"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486585108533_4194"><div id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486578398505_66042"><span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486578398505_66137">Dear East Valley,</span></div><div id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486578398505_66108"><span><br></span></div><div id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486578398505_66204">The National Federation Of The Blind of Arizona Phoenix Seminar will be held on February 27th, 2017 at the state capital.</div><div id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486578398505_66186"><br></div><div id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486578398505_66187">We will meet at 9am for a briefing of our legislative priorities and finish around 4pm or whenever our last appointment ends. <br></div><div id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486578398505_66100"><span><br></span></div><div id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486578398505_74596">I would really like to encourage everyone to attend if you are able. <br></div><div id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486578398505_72984"><br></div><div id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486578398505_71334">If you are interested in participating, please let me know so we can put you in a group of East Valley constituents that are in your district as well.</div><div id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486578398505_79304"><br></div><div id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486578398505_79307">I will send out more information as it becomes available.</div><div id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486578398505_80949"><br></div><div id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486578398505_80950">Thank you.<br></div><div id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486578398505_66043"> </div><div class="yiv9148793956signature" id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486578398505_66044">Sincerely,
<br><br>Megan Homrighausen
<br><b id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486578398505_66053">East Valley Chapter President<br>National Federation Of The Blind Of Arizona</b>
<br>480-510-6196<br><div id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3130"><br></div><span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3132" style=""><span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3133" style="">National Federation Of The Blind Principles<br><br>1.<span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3134" style="font:7.0pt;"> I</span></span></span>t
is respectable to be blind. It’s okay to be blind. Being blind is
something that we need not feel troubled or embarrassed about, concerned about
or emotionally exhausted over. It’s okay to be blind.<span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3136" style=""><span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3137" style=""><br>2.<span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3138" style="font:7.0pt;"> T</span></span></span>he real problem of blindness is not the absence of vision but is
the social misconceptions and stereotypes that exist about blindness. It is not the physical absence of eye sight but it is what society has come to
believe about our blindness. We reject the misconceptions that society has and
we accept that the physical absence of our sight is not the big problem.<span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3140" style=""><span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3141" style=""><br>3.<span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3142" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>With proper training and opportunity the average blind person can
do the average job in the average place of work.<span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3156" style=""><span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3157" style=""><br>4.<span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3158" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>Blindness
is simply one of many human characteristics, like being tall or being short,
being big or small, being bright or average. Blindness is simply one of many<br>characteristics.<span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3175" style=""><span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3176" style=""><br>5.<span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3177" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>Blindness
can be reduced to the level of an inconvenience or physical nuisance. <span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3188" style=""><span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3189" style=""><br>6.<span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3190" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>We
believe in the effectiveness of alternative non visual techniques.<span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3213" style=""><span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3214" style=""><br>7.<span id="yiv9148793956yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3215" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>If
we want equal rights we need to accept equal responsibility.</div></div></div></div></div></body></html>