[NFBMD] Senate Vote on Karla Gilbride to EEOC General Counsel Position Today

[Chikodinaka Oguledo]

On 10/18/23, Ronza Othman via NFBMD <nfbmd at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm thrilled to share that Karla Gilbride was confirmed yesterday, in a
> bipartisan vote, as General Counsel to the U.S. Equal Employment
> Opportunity
> Commission.  Karla is a member of the National Association of Blind Lawyers
> and a truly talented and brilliant attorney.  She is the first blind person
> to hold this role.
>
>
>
> You may be familiar with Karla's ground-breaking work, including her
> arguing
> before the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.  She
> previously served as co-director of Public Justice's Access to Justice
> Project.  Karla graduated with honors from Georgetown Law in 2007 and
> clerked for Judge Ronald Gould on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
> Circuit. She received her undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College with
> highest honors in 2002 with a major in linguistics and minor in psychology.
>
>
>
> Congratulations, Karla!
>
>
>
>
>
> Ronza Othman, President
>
> National Federation of the Blind of Maryland
>
> 443-426-4110
>
> Pronouns: she, her, hers
>
>
>
> From: Ronza Othman <rothmanjd at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 9:37 AM
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org; blind-gov at nfbnet.org; nfbmd at nfbnet.org
> Cc: greater-baltimore at nfbnet.org; nationalharbor at nfbnet.org;
> nfbmdtlc-chapter at nfbnet.org; md-sligo at nfbnet.org;
> md-baltimore-county at nfbnet.org; mdabs at nfbnet.org; mdpobc at nfbnet.org;
> Maryland President <president at nfbmd.org>
> Subject: Senate Vote on Karla Gilbride to EEOC General Counsel Position
> Today
>
>
>
> Friends, sometime today the United States Senate will vote on the
> confirmation of Karla Gilbride as general counsel of the US Equal
> Employment
> Opportunity Commission. Karla is a blind attorney from Maryland. There will
> be two different votes, one to invoke cloture and the other the final vote.
> The first vote should begin around approximately 2:15 p.m., and the second
> vote should take place Later today. Below is a link in case folks want to
> watch live.
>
>
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>  <https://www.senate.gov/legislative/floor_activity_pail.htm> U.S. Senate:
> Floor Proceedings
>
>  <https://www.senate.gov/legislative/floor_activity_pail.htm> senate.gov
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>  <https://www.senate.gov/legislative/floor_activity_pail.htm>
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> Ronza Othman, President
>
> National Federation of the Blind of Maryland
>
> 443-426-4110
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>


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