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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:18px">When I am traveling, I encounter the spirit of determination of our movement, but I also hear the difficult stories of discrimination and low expectations that we continue to face. <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27821&qid=7960907" rel='nofollow' style="color: #002f6d; font-size:18px">Read more from President Riccobono</a>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:18px">"I gained experience deep frying by making apple fritters and working with a whole chicken by spatchcock. Cooking for other people once made me nervous but now I enjoy cooking for my peers." <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27822&qid=7960907" rel='nofollow' style="color: #002f6d; font-size:18px">More about cooking with confidence</a>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:18px">Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest registration opens, blind voter survey launched, Early Childhood Initiatives include <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27823&qid=7960907" rel='nofollow' style="color: #002f6d; font-size:18px">Santa and Winter Celebration Letters</a>, and <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27824&qid=7960907" rel='nofollow' style="color: #002f6d; font-size:18px">Vispero Challenge Grant</a> runs through December. <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27825&qid=7960907" rel='nofollow' style="color: #002f6d; font-size:18px">Read more news</a>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:18px">Help us meet our goal to match $50,000 from Vispero <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27826&qid=7960907" rel='nofollow' style="color: #002f6d; font-size:18px">by contributing</a>, attend the next <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27827&qid=7960907" rel='nofollow' style="color: #002f6d; font-size:18px">Presidential Release live</a>, and check out the latest <em><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27828&qid=7960907" rel='nofollow' style="color: #002f6d; font-size:18px">Nation's Blind Podcast</a></em> celebrating tomorrow’s teachers of blind students. <a
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:18px">Don’t miss upcoming Accessibility Boutiques, the Santa & Winter Celebration letter request deadline, Presidential Release live, and more events. <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27830&qid=7960907" rel='nofollow' style="color: #002f6d; font-size:18px">Review the calendar of events</a>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:18px">The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines blind people or their future. Every day we raise the expectations of and for blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. We can live the lives we want; blindness is not what holds us back. Please join us in our work by becoming a member, attending an event, sharing this newsletter, or supporting our programs.</span></p>
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