<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Rochelle Houston<br></span><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span dir="ltr">rhouston58@gmail.com</span><br><span dir="ltr">323 807-0300</span><br></span><br style="font-size: 17px;"></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "Jim Kales, CEO Braille Institute" <bils@brailleinstitute.org><br><b>Date:</b> April 28, 2025 at 10:33:17\u202fAM PDT<br><b>To:</b> rhouston58@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Urgent: Help Save the Braille Institute Library \u2013 Act Now!</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> "Jim Kales, CEO Braille Institute" <bils@brailleinstitute.org><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:separate" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" class="mceLayoutContainer" id="blockContainerId-32"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" data-block-id="32" id="section_8cbf369d7d495c6da1d753c4b7ed21dd" class="mceLayout"><tbody><tr class="mceRow"><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="mceColumn" data-block-id="-9" colspan="12" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="center" id="blockContainerId--5"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" data-block-id="-5"><tbody><tr class="mceRow"><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="mceColumn" data-block-id="-10" colspan="12" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" id="blockContainerId-31"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" data-block-id="31"><tbody><tr class="mceRow"><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="24" width="100%" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" valign="top" class="mceColumn" data-block-id="30" colspan="12" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" id="blockContainerId-7"><table width="100%" style="border:0;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:48px;padding-right:48px;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="7" class="mceText" id="dataBlockId-7" style="width:100%"><h1 class="last-child"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif">Urgent: Help Save the Braille Institute Library \u2013 Act Now!</span></h1></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div><!--[if !mso]><!--></div><a href="https://brailleinstitute.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b88f4610b7dfc25354da1727f&id=9211591bdf&e=53b31b2ffb" style="display:block" target="_blank" data-block-id="33"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:separate;margin:0;vertical-align:top;max-width:100%;width:100%;height:auto" role="presentation" data-testid="image-33"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;border-radius:0;margin:0" valign="top"><img alt="Poster image with red background and beige text that reads \u201cState Cuts Braille Library Funding.\u201d Underneath in black text it reads, \u201cLet Your Voice Be Heard\u201d" src="https://mcusercontent.com/b88f4610b7dfc25354da1727f/images/2b3fb3cd-322e-d64d-96ab-46db4fa53461.png" width="660" height="auto" style="display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:0" class="mceImage" data-unique-identifier=""></td></tr></tbody></table></a><div><!--<![endif]--></div><div>
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