<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 27px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Greetings Kentucky federationists!</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 27px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-kerning: none;"> I invite you to our May 2026 NFB of Kentucky Talks: Canes and Conversation Event which takes place on Thursday, May 14</span><span style="font-size: 10.8px; font-kerning: none;">th</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> at 8:00 PM Eastern/7:00PM Central on Zoom. </span><a href="https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/98814026894">https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/98814026894</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 27px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 27px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-kerning: none;"> Our topic this month is of utmost importance to all blind individuals across the country. Our conversation topic is the current attack on Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. We will be discussing what this legislation is and why it is important to us as blind individuals. The National Federation of the Blind has a longstanding history of fighting for the rights of the blind. The change the government is making to the Rehabilitation Act will adversely impact the lives of disabled individuals and is a huge set-back to the work the Federation has done to enhance the lives of the blind. Dr. Jacobus tenBroek, the founder and first president of the National Federation of the Blind, was the pioneer of disability law. His work and especially his 1966 article written for the California Law Review entitled \u201cThe Right to Live in the World\u201d helped influence disability law as we know it today. This article can be found at </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; font-size: 27px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/law/therighttoliveintheworldthedisabledinthelawoftorts.html">https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/law/therighttoliveintheworldthedisabledinthelawoftorts.html<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></a></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 27px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">During his 1956 banquet address entitled \u201cWith the Grace of God\u201d, Dr. tenBroek outlined these rights. <a href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/tb1956.htm"><span style="font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/tb1956.htm</span></a></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 27px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I encourage you to review these articles prior to our meeting on Thursday evening. We hope to engage in lively conversation about our rights as disabled individuals and what we must do to maintain these rights. Please join us to learn more about these issues and to learn how you can help secure our continued rights as blind individuals</span></p><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Respectfully,<div>Angela Henderson</div><div>President, <span style="font-size: 14pt;">National Federation of the Blind of Kentucky</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Phone: (606) 694-5096</span></div><div>Website: nfbky.org</div><div>Pronouns: she, her, hers</div><div><br></div></div></body></html>
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