<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Read more about the just released video "Kids Speak the Truth: Subminimum Wages". <br>Cathy<br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Sloan, Rose" <<a href="mailto:rsloan@nfb.org">rsloan@nfb.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> August 19, 2014, 3:14:37 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> State Presidents <<a href="mailto:StatePresidents@nfb.org">StatePresidents@nfb.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Kids Speak the Truth: Subminimum Wages Share Tomorrow for Twitter Wednesday</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">We are proud to announce the long awaited release of “</span></font><a href="http://bit.ly/1oaiAya"><font size="3" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">Kids
Speak the Truth: Subminimum Wages</span></font></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black;text-decoration:none">,</span></font></span><font size="3" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">”
made by this summer's interns: Catherine Jacobson, Sarah Patnaude, Justin Salisbury and Yadiel Sotomayor at the Jernigan Institute. This video portrays children’s views on our fair wages initiative.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">Please watch the video and encourage your friends and family to do the same. Additionally, we are designating tomorrow as a Twitter Wednesday! Please
share this video with your Members of Congress via Twitter. As a reminder, you can find the Twitter handles of your Members of Congress at
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and </span></font><a href="http://govsm.com/w/House"><font size="3" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">http://govsm.com/w/House</span></font></a><font size="3" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">For your convenience, here are some sample tweets. (Don’t forget to insert the handles of your Members of Congress into these tweets.)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#1f497d" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://bit.ly/1oaiAya">http://bit.ly/1oaiAya</a></span></font><font size="3" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">.
</span></font><a href="https://twitter.com/PeterRoskam"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:windowtext;background:#F5F8FA">@</span></font><span class="u-linkcomplex-target"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:windowtext;background:#F5F8FA;text-decoration:none">PeterRoskam</span></font></span></a><font size="3" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">,
will you support #FairWages for Workers with Disabilities by cosponsoring HR 831?<font color="#1f497d"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">It’s common sense: People with disabilities deserve #FairWages. Please watch
<font color="#1f497d"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://bit.ly/1oaiAya">http://bit.ly/1oaiAya</a></span></font>,
</span></font><a href="https://twitter.com/CongPalazzo"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:windowtext;background:#F5F8FA">@</span></font><span class="u-linkcomplex-target"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:windowtext;background:#F5F8FA;text-decoration:none">CongPalazzo</span></font></span></a><font size="3" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">Thank you,
</span></font><a href="https://twitter.com/cathymcmorris"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:windowtext;background:#F5F8FA">@</span></font><span class="u-linkcomplex-target"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:windowtext;background:#F5F8FA;text-decoration:none">cathymcmorris</span></font></span></a><font size="3" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">
for cosponsoring HR 831. <font color="#1f497d"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://bit.ly/1oaiAya">http://bit.ly/1oaiAya</a></span></font> shows why PWD deserve #FairWages. 14c must be phased out.<font color="#1f497d"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">PWD can only live the lives we want if we are ensured #FairWages. Please watch
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</span></font><a href="https://twitter.com/RepMattSalmon"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:windowtext;background:#F5F8FA">@</span></font><span class="u-linkcomplex-target"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:windowtext;background:#F5F8FA;text-decoration:none">RepMattSalmon</span></font></span></a><font size="3" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">If you have any questions about fair wages, feel free to reach out to me.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">Yours in the fight for fair wages,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">Rose<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold">Rose Sloan<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Phone: (410) 659-9314, extension 2441<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“Eliminating Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="#27023c" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#27023C">The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every
day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="#27023c" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#27023C">To make a donation to the National Federation of the Blind Imagination Fund, please visit
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