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<div>Hello All,</div><div>Help us recognize library volunteers! Meet two interesting authors!<br>Learn what the Friends is doing for the Library for the Blind and<br>Print Disabled!</div><div> <b>Attend the Friends Annual Meeting.<br>Date: October 30<br>Time: 9:30AM-12:00PM</b><br>There are three ways to attend:<br> <b>In person at the Library</b>, 415 Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201. Let us know you are coming by sending an email to <a href="mailto:reference.desk@maryland.gov" target="_blank">reference.desk@maryland.gov</a>;<br><br><b> Or join us on Zoom:</b><br>Meeting ID: 956 7084 1353<br>Passcode: 94586848<br>One tap mobile<br>+13017158592,,95670841353#,,,,*94586848# US (Washington DC)<br>+16465588656,,95670841353#,,,,*94586848# US (New York)</div><div><br></div><div> <b>Or call into the meeting using Free Conference Call</b> at 319-527-4994<br><br></div><div>This year we are featuring two authors: Marilyn Davidson Elliott and Dr. Joseph Fitzgerald. In <i>The Blind Mechanic</i>,
Mrs. Elliott tells us about her dad, Eric Davidson, who was an auto
mechanic during the time of the 1920s and 1930s when there were very few
blind people employed in anything. This book is available on BARD. The
number is DB104816. Dr. Joseph Fitzgerald’s informative book about the
civil rights activist Gloria Richardson sheds light on the struggle for
equal rights on the eastern shore of Maryland. LBPD will record this
book and it will be available for patrons to read soon. Eric Davidson
and Gloria Richardson were pioneers who turned their dreams into
reality. </div><div>Don’t miss this program!</div><br><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font size="2">Sharon Maneki, Director of Legislation and Advocacy</font></b></div><div><font size="2">National Federation of the Blind of Maryland</font></div><div><font size="2">410-715-9596</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">The National Federation of the Blind of Maryland knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Everyday 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.<br></font></div><div><b><font size="2"></font></b></div><div><b><font size="2"><br></font></b></div></div></div></div></div>