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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Wright, Jennifer (OFB-FK) [mailto:JenniferN.Wright@ky.gov] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 26, 2011 10:45 AM<br><b>To:</b> Adam Ruschival; BillD@insightbb.com; Smith, Chris H (OFB-FK); Jessee, Allison F (OFB-FK); Smits, Ann (CHFS DMS); Ann Smits; Becky Cabe; Bess Douthitt; Monterosso, Bill (OETCO-FK); McNabb, Cora L (OFB-FK); George Stokes; Gordon-Brown, Gerry (CAP-FK); Gerry Rader Slusher; Jim Shaw; ki4vjd@gmail.com; Kay Mathis; Kenny Jones; Kim Zeigler; Michael Freeholm; Dahmke, Mitch; Shirley, Patrick B (Education Cabinet); Paul Wiese; Paula Wiese; Nesbitt, Richard (OFB-FK); Roger Schaf; Sharon Fields; Sharon Fields (work); Matthews, Soraya - Division of Learning Services; Deeley, Stephen P (OFB-LV); Hammons, Twyla S (OFB-SS)<br><b>Subject:</b> PBS Documentaries featuring people with Disabilities<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></strong></div><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PBS - Two documentaries featuring people with disabilities<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lives Worth Living: October 27th and Deaf Jam: November 3rd<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>PBS is airing a NDEAM documentary which will feature the first ever TV history of the decades long chronicle of America’s Disability Rights Movement. Information below and in the attached is for your review. Please share this announcement as you determine appropriate.<br><br>For downloadable images, visit </span><a href="http://pressroom.pbs.org"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://pressroom.pbs.org</span></a><br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>LIVES WORTH LIVING</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Premieres on the PBS Series INDEPENDENT LENS<br>Thursday, October 27 at 10 PM During<br>National Disability Employment Awareness Month<br><br>Powerful Documentary Chronicles the History of America’s Disability Rights Movement<br><br>While there are over 54 million Americans living with disabilities, Lives Worth Living is the first television history of their decades-long struggle for equal rights. Produced and directed by Eric Neudel, Lives Worth Living is a window into a world inhabited by people with an unwavering determination to live their lives like everyone else, and a look back into a past when millions of Americans lived without access to schools, employment, apartment buildings, and public transportation – a way of life unimaginable today. Lives Worth Living premieres on the Emmy® Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens, on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 10 PM (check local listings) to coincide with National Disability Employment Awareness Month.<br><br>To learn more about the film, and the issues involved, visit the film’s companion website at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/">www.pbs.org/independentlens/</a>. Get detailed information on the film, watch preview clips, read an interview with the filmmaker, and explore the subject in depth with links and resources. The site also features a Talkback section, where viewers can share their ideas and opinions.<br><br><br>The second documentary is <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deaf Jam</span></strong>. This will showcase a Deaf teenage exploring Hip Hop music and poetry. The date will be November 3rd on PBS Channel at 10pm EST<br><a href="http://www.itvs.org/films/deaf-jam">www.itvs.org/films/deaf-jam</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jennifer Wright</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Office for the Blind</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>275 East Main Street</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2nd Floor Mail Stop 2-EJ</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Frankfort, KY 40621</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Phone: (502) 782-3407</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Toll Free (800) 321-6668</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fax: (502) 564-2951</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>