<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp92df251ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Agreed; this is wonderful news.</div><div><br></div><div class="ydp92df251asignature"><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica Neue;">Shawn Jacobson<br>sdj60259@aol.com<br></div></div></div>
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On Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 09:12:46 PM EDT, Ronza Othman via NFBMD <nfbmd@nfbnet.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271"><div><div class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271WordSection1"><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal">All,</p><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal">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.</p><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal"> </p><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal">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.</p><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal"> </p><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal">Congratulations, Karla!</p><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal"> </p><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D;">Ronza Othman, </span></b><span style="color:#1F497D;">President</span></p><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">National Federation of the Blind of Maryland</span></p><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">443-426-4110</span></p><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">Pronouns: she, her, hers</span></p></div><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal"> </p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Ronza Othman <rothmanjd@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 17, 2023 9:37 AM<br><b>To:</b> blindlaw@nfbnet.org; blind-gov@nfbnet.org; nfbmd@nfbnet.org<br><b>Cc:</b> greater-baltimore@nfbnet.org; nationalharbor@nfbnet.org; nfbmdtlc-chapter@nfbnet.org; md-sligo@nfbnet.org; md-baltimore-county@nfbnet.org; mdabs@nfbnet.org; mdpobc@nfbnet.org; Maryland President <president@nfbmd.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Senate Vote on Karla Gilbride to EEOC General Counsel Position Today</p></div></div><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal"> </p><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal">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. </p><div><div><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="300" style="width:225.0pt;background:#E9E9EB;border-collapse:collapse;" class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormalTable"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="300" style="width:225.0pt;background:#E9E9EB;" class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormalTable"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:6.0pt 0in 6.0pt 0in;"><div style="margin-left: 12pt; margin-right: 12pt; max-width: 100%;"><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/floor_activity_pail.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none;">U.S. Senate: Floor Proceedings</span></a></span></p><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/floor_activity_pail.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#A2A2A9;text-decoration:none;">senate.gov</span></a></span></p></div></td><td width="36" style="width:27.0pt;padding:4.5pt 9.0pt 4.5pt 0in;"><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/floor_activity_pail.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none;"><img border="0" width="36" height="36" style="width:.375in;min-height:.375in;" id="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271_x0000_i1025" src="" alt="us_sen.ico" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" class=""></span></a></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal"> </p></div><p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;" class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal">Ronza Othman, President</p><div><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal">National Federation of the Blind of Maryland</p></div><div><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal">443-426-4110</p></div><div><p class="ydp1c4299dayiv1879803271MsoNormal">Sent from my iPhone</p></div></div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>NFBMD mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NFBMD@nfbnet.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NFBMD@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbmd_nfbnet.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbmd_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBMD:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbmd_nfbnet.org/sdj60259%40aol.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbmd_nfbnet.org/sdj60259%40aol.com</a><br></div>
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