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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>For your information. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> NFBF-Leaders <nfbf-leaders-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>DENISE VALKEMA via NFBF-Leaders<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 25, 2020 10:36 AM<br><b>To:</b> NFBF <nfbf-l@nfbnet.org>; NFBF <nfbf-leaders@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> DENISE VALKEMA <valkemadenise@aol.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [NFBF-Leaders] Leaders in NFB for Black history month<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Federationists Featured in #DisabilityRightsInBlack Series:</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The National Disability Rights Network is recognizing remarkable contributions of past and present black disability rights advocates and attorneys by presenting a different profile each day in February. We are proud of the following National Federation of the Blind leaders to be featured and hope you watch their brief videos of their stories: <a href="https://www.ndrn.org/resource/drib2020-anil-lewis/"><span style='color:purple'>Anil Lewis</span></a>, executive director of Blindness Initiatives; <a href="https://www.ndrn.org/resource/drib2020-ever-lee-hairston/"><span style='color:purple'>Ever Lee Hairston</span></a>, member of the NFB Board of Directors and 2019 Jacobus tenBroek Award winner; <a href="https://www.ndrn.org/resource/drib2020-sam-gleese/"><span style='color:purple'>Sam Gleese</span></a>, 2014 Jacobus tenBroek Award winner, past affiliate president, and past member of the NFB Board of Directors<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Denise Valkema, President <span style='font-size:13.0pt'>National Federation of the Blind of Florida </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>(305)972-8529<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><a href="mailto:president@nfbflorida.org">president@nfbflorida.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><a href="http://www.nfbflorida.org">www.nfbflorida.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Follow us @nfbflorida</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>You can live the life you want.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>