<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Hello All,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Please read and take action on John Pare's email below. This is a very important item. Thank you. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br clear="all"></div><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><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Pare, John via NFBNet-Members-List</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, May 2, 2023 at 10:17 AM<br>Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert: May 2, 2023 - Karla Gilbride Nomination<br>To: <a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a> <<a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg-3460667290859271936">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning Federation Family:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In January of this year President Biden nominated Karla Gilbride, an outstanding graduate of Georgetown Law School who happens to be blind, to serve as the general counsel for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Some highlights
of her career include arguing a case in front of the US Supreme Court resulting in a unanimous decision in her favor, and winning a case in which she represented NFB member Joe Orozco before the Federal Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Recently, Karla’s nomination was reported favorably out of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and we want to make sure that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer understands the importance of advancing Ms. Gilbride’s
nomination to the Senate floor. That is why we need all of you to please call Senator Schumer’s office at 202-224-6542 to urge him to bring her nomination vote to the Senate floor immediately. You can also email Senator Schumer’s nominations director, Catalina
Tam, at <a href="mailto:Catalina_tam@schumer.senate.gov" target="_blank">Catalina_tam@schumer.senate.gov</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">When you call or email, you might say something like:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“My name is [YOUR NAME]. I am writing/calling to urge Majority Leader Schumer to schedule Karla Gilbride’s confirmation vote to be the next general counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Thank You.”<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for all you do,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John G. Paré Jr. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Executive Director for Advocacy and Policy<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(410) 659-9314, extension 2218 | <a href="mailto:Jpare@nfb.org" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#0563c1">Jpare@nfb.org</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.
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