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<div dir="ltr">This message is regarding students and the Access Technology Affordability Act. If you are not a student, this still applies to you if you use technology for accessibility, so I encourage you to act and spread the word. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Thank you,</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Qualik Ford <QSFord@outlook.com><br>
<b>Date:</b> June 3, 2020 at 12:26:08 PM EDT<br>
<b>To:</b> "taryn.seif@outlook.com" <taryn.seif@outlook.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>Nabs legislative agenda aTAa</b><br>
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<span class="s1">Dear to whom it may concern,</span></p>
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<span class="s1">I hope that you are doing well during this COVID-19 pandemic. NABS needs your help to pass important legislation to make access technology more affordable for blind people, including students.</span></p>
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<span class="s1">We need students in your state to contact both Senators and their individual Representative. This means that each student would contact three offices. We need as many students as possible to make these contacts because we need more legislators
to sign onto the bill before they all return to DC on June 1. This means that we need to contact them right away so that they can learn about the bill, make decisions, and have their name added to it before June 1.</span></p>
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<span class="s1">Below my signature is a draft email that you and other students in your state can use to ask your Senators and Representative to cosponsor the bill.</span></p>
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<span class="s1">Could you please send such an email right away, as well as help me get in touch with all blind students in your state?</span></p>
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<span class="s1">Thank you in advance!</span></p>
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<span class="s1">Sincerely Qualik Ford</span></p>
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<span class="s1">Maryland Association of blind students president</span></p>
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<span class="s1">Phone number: 301-312-9813</span></p>
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<span class="s1">Email: qsford@outlook.com</span></p>
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<span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span><span class="s1"> Draft Email to Legislative Staff Members</span></p>
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<span class="s1">To: staff contact</span></p>
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<span class="s1">Cc: Kaloc, Jeff <a href="mailto:JKaloc@nfb.org"><span class="s3">JKaloc@nfb.org</span></a>, Trisha Kulkarni <a href="mailto:trishak.nfb@gmail.com"><span class="s3">trishak.nfb@gmail.com</span></a>, Kathryn Webster <a href="mailto:nabs.president@gmail.com"><span class="s3">nabs.president@gmail.com</span></a>,
and Team Lead (Justin Salisbury <a href="mailto:President@Alumni.ECU.edu"><span class="s3">President@Alumni.ECU.edu</span></a> or Justin Young <a href="mailto:jty727@gmail.com"><span class="s3">jty727@gmail.com</span></a>)</span></p>
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<span class="s1">Subject: Please Cosponsor S. 815/H.R. 2086</span></p>
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<span class="s1">Dear ###,</span></p>
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<span class="s1">I am one of your constituents from City, State. I write to respectfully request that my Senator/Congressman/Congresswoman co-sponsor the Access Technology Affordability Act (ATAA) (S. 815/H.R. 2086).</span></p>
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<span class="s1"><give some background on yourself in order to establish rapport></span></p>
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<span class="s1">The cost of critically needed access technology is out of reach for most blind Americans. By providing a refundable tax credit for qualifying purchases, Congress will stimulate individual procurement of this technology and promote affordability
of these tools. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many Americans to become much more dependent upon technology, which has exacerbated the challenges that blind students, job seekers, and employees were already facing.</span></p>
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<span class="s1">This bill already has bicameral bipartisan support. S. 815 currently has 22 cosponsors, and H.R. 2086 currently has 91 cosponsors. I wish to see my Senator/Congresswoman/Congressman sign on as a cosponsor.</span></p>
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<span class="s1">Will Senator/Congresswoman/Congressman #### please cosponsor this bill?</span></p>
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<span class="s1">I have copied Jeff Kaloc <a href="mailto:jkaloc@nfb.org"><span class="s3">jkaloc@nfb.org</span></a> with the National Federation of the Blind national office. He is available to answer any detailed questions you might have.</span></p>
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<span class="s1">Thank you in advance,</span></p>
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<span class="s1">Your Name</span></p>
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