<div><div>It's DeafBlind Awareness Week, and we're celebrating this community\u2019s creativity, connection, and contributions.<br><br>Our Los Angeles Center hosts art classes for DeafBlind individuals, offering classes like ceramics and basketry that help students create through touch, texture, and intention. Our free programs are designed in collaboration to support expression and independence.<br><br>Learn more about our programs here: <a href="https://brailleinstitute.org">https://brailleinstitute.org</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,71,91)">Z\u2019Leah Liburd (She/her)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,71,91)">National Federation of the Blind of Florida</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,71,91)">President, Florida Association of Blind Students</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial Black, sans-serif" style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,71,91)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">President, </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">State Wide</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif"> Chapter </span></font><br></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,71,91)">"The best and most beautiful things in the world
cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." -<em style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif"><span style="border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in;font-style:normal;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Helen Keller.</span></em></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,36,81)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,36,81)">Follow us on Facebook and Instagram!</span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Facebook link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Florida-Association-of-Blind-Students-FABS-100610252389102" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/Florida-Association-of-Blind-Students-FABS-100610252389102</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;color:rgb(0,36,81)"></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fabs_nfb/" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/fabs_nfb</a>/</p></div></div></div></div>