<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 30px 0px 10px; line-height: 1.1; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; font-size: 28px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">December 2020</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; line-height: 1.8; padding: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">President Riccobono delivers the presidential release before a live virtual audience. He discusses our education initiatives, independence market, the <a href="https://www.nfb.org/programs-services/center-excellence-nonvisual-access/trainings/smart-cities-summit" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">Smart Cities Summit</a>, other CENA events, and more. The live event included a special conversation and celebration with Dr. Marc Maurer and Mrs. Mary Ellen Jernigan on the history of the presidential releases and <a href="https://www.nfb.org/sites/www.nfb.org/files/2020-12/1st%20Release%20Audio.mp3" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">the first presidential release by Dr. Kenneth Jernigan</a>. This conversation and Q&A section are available as supplemental audio</p>https://www.nfb.org/sites/www.nfb.org/files/2020-12/pr_500_short.mp3</div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Denise Valkema, President <span style="font-size: 13pt;">National Federation of the Blind of Florida </span><div>(305)972-8529<br><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">president@nfbflorida.org</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">www.nfbflorida.org</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Follow us @nfbflorida</span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">You can live the life you want.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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></div></div></body></html>