<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Thank you<div><br></div><div>Jorge Hernandez </div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Mark Riccobono <outreach@nfb.org><br><b>Date:</b> October 8, 2019 at 5:20:41 AM EDT<br><b>To:</b> "Mr. Jorge Hernandez" <jeh1065@comcast.net><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Promote Accessible Workplaces</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> "Mark Riccobono" <outreach@nfb.org><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]-->
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<span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:calibri"><strong>Advocating for Accessible Workplaces</strong></span></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt">Access technology enables blind Americans to participate in today’s workforce. Unfortunately, not all technology manufacturers and employers recognize the importance—or ease—of creating systems that are accessible to all. <strong>Please join our fight for independence by contributing to our access technology initiatives and advocating for accessible workplace technologies.</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt">“<em>When the City of Chicago developed a new fully accessible legal management system for the Law Department, it made everyone more efficient. Keystrokes can increase speed for all. Of course it also worked very well for me in supervising attorneys and managing my own caseload using screen reading software</em>” – blind attorney</span></span></p>
<h2><strong><span style="font-family:calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt">Resources for Increasing Accessibility</span></span></strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt">Our goal is to demonstrate the simple and effective ways that new technology and products can be built with accessibility in mind with initiatives such as the following:</span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/libraries/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=15265&qid=3036313" rel="nofollow">Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Access</a>, a center of expertise, best practices, and resources to help institutions more effectively provide accessible information and services.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/libraries/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=15266&qid=3036313" rel="nofollow">Strategic Nonvisual Accessibility Partnership (SNAP) program</a>, which works to ensure that websites, products, and services are accessible through partnerships with other organizations.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/libraries/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=15267&qid=3036313" rel="nofollow">Accessibility Switchboard</a>, which provides freely available resources and guides for those who want to improve accessibility in their organizations. </span></span></span></li>
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<h2><span style="font-family:calibri"><strong><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"calibri",sans-serif">Donate today!</span></span></span></strong></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:calibri">Access technology equips blind Americans to seek employment and stay employed. For the seventy-one percent of blind Americans who are either unemployed or underemployed, it is a vehicle that facilitates the job-seeking process. We need your support to continue pushing for more accessible information technology and products. </span></span><strong><span style="font-family:calibri"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/libraries/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=15268&qid=3036313" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Please donate today</a>!</span></strong></span></span></p>
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