<div dir="ltr"><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">Would you like to revisit the advocacy seminars that we have had? Would you like to listen to a seminar that you missed? In general, would you like to catch up on advocacy? <br></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">There were some special requests for the May 18, 2024 advocacy seminar called Navigating Healthcare by Deborah Kendrick. Deborah won a Bolotin award this year for her books and newspaper articles on disabilities. <br></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">Go to:
<a href="https://nfbmd.org/sites/default/files/Seminars/2024-05-18_healthcare/Health%20care.mp3" target="_blank">https://nfbmd.org/sites/default/files/Seminars/2024-05-18_healthcare/Health%20care.mp3</a> to listen!</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">If you would like to review a previous seminar, go to: 
<a href="https://nfbmd.org/Advocacy-Skills-Training-Sessions" target="_blank">https://nfbmd.org/Advocacy-Skills-Training-Sessions</a> You can listen to anything from getting your dream job and keeping it, to practicing your IEP skills and more!</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">Happy learning!<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></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></div>