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        <a href="/about-us/leadership/board-directors/denise-avant" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3649">Denise Avant</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--everette-bacon">
        <a href="/about-us/leadership/board-directors/everette-bacon" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3650">Everette Bacon</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--ron-brown">
        <a href="/about-us/leadership/board-directors/ron-brown" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3646">Ron Brown</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--amy-buresh">
        <a href="/about-us/leadership/board-directors/amy-buresh" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3651">Amy Buresh</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--shawn-callaway">
        <a href="/about-us/leadership/board-directors/shawn-callaway" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3652">Shawn Callaway</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--norma-crosby">
        <a href="/about-us/leadership/board-directors/norma-crosby" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3653">Norma Crosby</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--john-fritz">
        <a href="/about-us/leadership/board-directors/john-fritz" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3654">John Fritz</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--james-gashel">
        <a href="/about-us/leadership/board-directors/james-gashel" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3647">James Gashel</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--ever-lee-hairston">
        <a href="/about-us/leadership/board-directors/ever-lee-hairston" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3655">Ever Lee Hairston</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--jeannie-massay">
        <a href="/about-us/leadership/board-directors/jeannie-massay" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3648">Jeannie Massay</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--carla-mcquillan">
        <a href="/about-us/leadership/board-directors/carla-mcquillan" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3657">Carla McQuillan</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--amy-ruell">
        <a href="/about-us/leadership/board-directors/amy-ruell" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3658">Amy Ruell</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--joseph-ruffalo-jr">
        <a href="/about-us/leadership/board-directors/joseph-ruffalo-jr" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3659">Joseph Ruffalo, Jr.</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--terri-rupp">
        <a href="/about-us/leadership/board-directors/terri-rupp" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/11629">Terri Rupp</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--adelmo-vigil">
        <a href="/about-us/leadership/board-directors/adelmo-vigil" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3660">Adelmo Vigil</a>
              </li>
        </ul>
  
              </li>
        </ul>
  
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--state-affiliates menu__item--expanded">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3617">State Affiliates</a>
                                    <ul class="menu--main menu--child menu--level-4 menu--level-3 menu menu--level-2">
                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--alabama">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/alabama" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3665">Alabama</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--alaska">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/alaska" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3666">Alaska</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--arizona">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/arizona" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3667">Arizona</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--arkansas">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/arkansas" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3668">Arkansas</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--california">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/california" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3669">California</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--colorado">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/colorado" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3670">Colorado</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--connecticut">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/connecticut" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3671">Connecticut</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--delaware">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/delaware" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3672">Delaware</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--district-of-columbia">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/district-columbia" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3673">District of Columbia</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--florida">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/florida" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3674">Florida</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--georgia">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/georgia" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3675">Georgia</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--hawaii">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/hawaii" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3676">Hawaii</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--idaho">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/idaho" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3677">Idaho</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--illinois">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/illinois" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3678">Illinois</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--indiana">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/indiana" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3679">Indiana</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--iowa">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/iowa" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3680">Iowa</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--kansas">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/kansas" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3681">Kansas</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--kentucky">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/kentucky" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3682">Kentucky</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--louisiana">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/louisiana" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3683">Louisiana</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--maine">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/maine" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3684">Maine</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--maryland">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/maryland" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3685">Maryland</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--massachusetts">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/massachusetts" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3686">Massachusetts</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--michigan">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/michigan" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3687">Michigan</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--minnesota">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/minnesota" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3688">Minnesota</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--mississippi">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/mississippi" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3689">Mississippi</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--missouri">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/missouri" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3690">Missouri</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--montana">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/montana" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3691">Montana</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--nebraska">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/nebraska" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3692">Nebraska</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--nevada">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/nevada" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3693">Nevada</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--new-hampshire">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/new-hampshire" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3694">New Hampshire</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--new-jersey">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/new-jersey" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3695">New Jersey</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--new-mexico">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/new-mexico" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3696">New Mexico</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--new-york">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/new-york" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3697">New York</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--north-carolina">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/north-carolina" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3698">North Carolina</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--north-dakota">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/north-dakota" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3699">North Dakota</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--ohio">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/ohio" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3700">Ohio</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--oklahoma">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/oklahoma" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3701">Oklahoma</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--oregon">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/oregon" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3702">Oregon</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--pennsylvania">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/pennsylvania" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3703">Pennsylvania</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--puerto-rico">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/puerto-rico" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3704">Puerto Rico</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--rhode-island">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/rhode-island" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3705">Rhode Island</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--south-carolina">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/south-carolina" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3706">South Carolina</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--south-dakota">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/south-dakota" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3707">South Dakota</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--tennessee">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/tennessee" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3708">Tennessee</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--texas">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/texas" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3709">Texas</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--utah">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/utah" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3710">Utah</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--vermont">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/vermont" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3711">Vermont</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--virginia">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/virginia" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3712">Virginia</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--washington">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/washington" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3713">Washington</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--west-virginia">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/west-virginia" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3714">West Virginia</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--wisconsin">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/wisconsin" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3715">Wisconsin</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--wyoming">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates/wyoming" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3716">Wyoming</a>
              </li>
        </ul>
  
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--national-headquarters menu__item--expanded">
        <a href="/about-us/national-headquarters" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3717">National Headquarters</a>
                                    <ul class="menu--main menu--child menu--level-4 menu--level-3 menu menu--level-2">
                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--executive-directors">
        <a href="/about-us/national-headquarters/executive-directors" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3661">Executive Directors</a>
              </li>
        </ul>
  
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--divisions-committees-and-groups menu__item--expanded">
        <a href="/about-us/divisions-committees-and-groups" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3720">Divisions, Committees, and Groups</a>
                                    <ul class="menu--main menu--child menu--level-4 menu--level-3 menu menu--level-2">
                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--divisions">
        <a href="/about-us/divisions-committees-and-groups/divisions" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3721">Divisions</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--committees">
        <a href="/about-us/divisions-committees-and-groups/committees" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3722">Committees</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--groups">
        <a href="/about-us/divisions-committees-and-groups/groups" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3723">Groups</a>
              </li>
        </ul>
  
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--training-centers">
        <a href="/about-us/training-centers" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3724">Training Centers</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--history-and-governance menu__item--expanded">
        <a href="/about-us/history-and-governance" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3625">History and Governance</a>
                                    <ul class="menu--main menu--child menu--level-4 menu--level-3 menu menu--level-2">
                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--constitution">
        <a href="/about-us/history-and-governance/constitution" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3725">Constitution</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--timeline-of-the-organized-blind-movement">
        <a href="/about-us/history-and-governance/timeline-organized-blind-movement" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3874">Timeline of the Organized Blind Movement</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--building-the-lives-we-want">
        <a href="/about-us/history-and-governance/building-lives-we-want" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3840">Building the Lives We Want</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--code-of-conduct menu__item--expanded">
        <a href="/about-us/history-and-governance/code-conduct" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3732">Code of Conduct</a>
                                    <ul class="menu--main menu--child menu--level-4 menu menu--level-3">
                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--grievance-report-form">
        <a href="/about-us/history-and-governance/code-conduct/grievance-report-form" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3958">Grievance Report Form</a>
              </li>
        </ul>
  
              </li>
        </ul>
  
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--partners">
        <a href="/about-us/partners" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3628">Partners</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--press-room menu__item--expanded">
        <a href="/about-us/press-room" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3627">Press Room</a>
                                    <ul class="menu--main menu--child menu--level-4 menu--level-3 menu menu--level-2">
                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--nfb-in-the-news">
        <a href="/about-us/press-room/nfb-news" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3727">NFB in the News</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--psas">
        <a href="/about-us/press-room/psas" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3726">PSAs</a>
              </li>
        </ul>
  
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--annual-report-and-financials menu__item--expanded">
        <a href="/about-us/annual-report-and-financials" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3728">Annual Report and Financials</a>
                                    <ul class="menu--main menu--child menu--level-4 menu--level-3 menu menu--level-2">
                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--_019-annual-report menu__item--expanded">
        <a href="/about-us/annual-report-and-financials/2019-annual-report" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/14342">2019 Annual Report</a>
                                    <ul class="menu--main menu--child menu--level-4 menu menu--level-3">
                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--_019-donors">
        <a href="/about-us/annual-report-and-financials/2019-annual-report/2019-donors" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/14343">2019 Donors</a>
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                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--career-opportunities menu__item--expanded">
        <a href="/about-us/career-opportunities" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3629">Career Opportunities</a>
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                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--braille-proofing-and-production-specialist">
        <a href="/about-us/career-opportunities/braille-proofing-and-production-specialist" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/11559">Braille Proofing and Production Specialist</a>
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                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--program-assistant">
        <a href="/about-us/career-opportunities/program-assistant" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/14515">Program Assistant</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--talent-development-coordinator">
        <a href="/about-us/career-opportunities/talent-development-coordinator" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/14464">Talent Development Coordinator</a>
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              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--contact-us">
        <a href="/about-us/contact-us" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/5">Contact Us</a>
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<nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-nfb-header-mobile-navigation-menu" id="block-nfb-header-mobile-navigation" class="block block-menu navigation menu--header">
  
      <h2 id="block-nfb-header-mobile-navigation-menu">Quicklinks</h2>
    

      
                  <ul class="menu menu--parent menu--header menu--level-0">
                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--blog menu__item--active-trail">
        <a href="/blog" class="menu__link menu__link--active-trail" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/4">Blog</a>
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<nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-user-account-mobile-nav-menu" id="block-user-account-mobile-nav" class="block block-menu navigation menu--account">
  
    

      
                  <ul class="menu menu--parent menu--account menu--level-0">
                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--log-in">
        <a href="/user/login" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="user/login">Log in</a>
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  <header class="site-header">
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      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-md-12">
          <div class="site-header__top-content">
            <div class="site-header__logo">
              <a href="/">
                <img src="/themes/custom/nfb/gfx/logo-nfb-slogan.png" alt="National Federation of the Blind. Click to return to Homepage." />
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                          <div class="site-header-nav">
                <div class="region hidden-xs">
                    <div class="region region-header-nav">
    <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-nfb-header-navigation-menu" id="block-nfb-header-navigation" class="block block-menu navigation menu--header">
  
    

      
                  <ul class="menu menu--parent menu--header menu--level-0">
                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--blog menu__item--active-trail">
        <a href="/blog" class="menu__link menu__link--active-trail" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/4">Blog</a>
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                </div>
                                    <div class="region region-user-nav">
    <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-nfb-user-account-menu-menu" id="block-nfb-user-account-menu" class="block block-menu navigation menu--account">
  
    

      
                  <ul class="menu menu--parent menu--account menu--level-0">
                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--log-in">
        <a href="/user/login" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="user/login">Log in</a>
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    <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-header-secondary-navigation-menu" id="block-header-secondary-navigation" class="block block-menu navigation menu--header-secondary">
  
    

      
                  <ul class="menu menu--parent menu--header-secondary menu--level-0">
                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--donate">
        <a href="/donate" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="donate">Donate</a>
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                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--join-us">
        <a href="/get-involved/join-us" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3605">Join Us</a>
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                                      <div class="mobile-control-nav visible-xs-block">
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                  <li class="menu__item menu__item--search">
                    <a href="#" class="menu__link" title="Search">
                      <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-search"></span>
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                  <li class="menu__item menu__item--menu">
                    <a href="#" class="menu__link" title="Menu">
                      <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-bars"></span>
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        <label data-element-type="textfield" for="edit-membershipemail--2" class="control-label">Leave this field blank
      </label>
            <span class="form-optional "> - Optional</span>
      
  
  
  
  <input autocomplete="off" data-drupal-selector="edit-membershipemail" type="text" id="edit-membershipemail--2" name="membershipemail" value="" size="20" maxlength="128" class="form-text form-control" />

  
  
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</div>

</form>

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              </div>
            
                          <div class="primary-nav hidden-xs">
                  <div class="region region-primary-nav">
    <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-primary-navigation-menu" id="block-primary-navigation" class="block block-menu navigation menu--main">
  
    

      
                  <ul class="menu menu--parent menu--main menu--level-0">
                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--our-community menu__item--expanded">
        <a href="/our-community" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3600">Our Community</a>
                                    <ul class="menu--main menu menu--child menu--level-1">
                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--people-who-are-blind">
        <a href="/our-community/people-who-are-blind" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3606">People Who Are Blind</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--people-losing-vision">
        <a href="/our-community/people-losing-vision" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3613">People Losing Vision</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--parents-of-blind-children">
        <a href="/our-community/parents-blind-children" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3607">Parents of Blind Children</a>
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                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--blind-parents">
        <a href="/our-community/blind-parents" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3608">Blind Parents</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--seniors">
        <a href="/our-community/seniors" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3610">Seniors</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--students">
        <a href="/our-community/students" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3609">Students</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--educators">
        <a href="/our-community/educators" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3612">Educators</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--employers">
        <a href="/our-community/employers" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3611">Employers</a>
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              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--get-involved menu__item--expanded">
        <a href="/get-involved" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3601">Get Involved</a>
                                    <ul class="menu--main menu--child menu menu--level-1">
                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--join-us">
        <a href="/get-involved/join-us" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3605">Join Us</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--ways-to-give">
        <a href="/get-involved/ways-give" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3735">Ways to Give</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--national-convention">
        <a href="/get-involved/national-convention" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3616">National Convention</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--membership-building">
        <a href="/get-involved/membership-building" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3949">Membership Building</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--twitter-chats">
        <a href="/get-involved/twitter-chats" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/14428">Twitter Chats</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--calendar">
        <a href="/events-calendar" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="events-calendar">Calendar</a>
              </li>
        </ul>
  
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--programs--services menu__item--expanded">
        <a href="/programs-services" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3604">Programs & Services</a>
                                    <ul class="menu--main menu--child menu menu--level-1">
                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--independence-market">
        <a href="/programs-services/independence-market" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3940">Independence Market</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--free-white-cane-program">
        <a href="/programs-services/free-white-cane-program" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3618">Free White Cane Program</a>
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                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--center-of-excellence-in-nonvisual-access">
        <a href="/programs-services/center-excellence-nonvisual-access" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3759">Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Access</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--advocacy">
        <a href="/programs-services/advocacy" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3619">Advocacy</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--nfb-newsline®">
        <a href="/programs-services/nfb-newsline" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3760">NFB-NEWSLINE®</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--education">
        <a href="/programs-services/education" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/14473">Education</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--scholarships-and-awards">
        <a href="/programs-services/scholarships-and-awards" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3761">Scholarships and Awards</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--legal-program">
        <a href="/programs-services/legal-program" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3765">Legal Program</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--braille-certification">
        <a href="/programs-services/braille-certification" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3766">Braille Certification</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--research-program">
        <a href="/programs-services/research-program" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/5268">Research Program</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--knfb-reader">
        <a href="/programs-services/knfb-reader" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3767">KNFB Reader</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--meet-the-blind-month">
        <a href="/programs-services/meet-blind-month" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3768">Meet the Blind Month</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--career-mentoring">
        <a href="/programs-services/career-mentoring" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3769">Career Mentoring</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--blind-parent-mentoring">
        <a href="/programs-services/blind-parent-mentoring" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3931">Blind Parent Mentoring</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--free-slate-and-stylus-program">
        <a href="/programs-services/free-slate-and-stylus-program" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3789">Free Slate and Stylus Program</a>
              </li>
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              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--resources menu__item--expanded menu__item--active-trail">
        <a href="/resources" class="menu__link menu__link--active-trail" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3602">Resources</a>
                                    <ul class="menu--main menu--child menu menu--level-1">
                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--publications-and-media menu__item--active-trail">
        <a href="/resources/publications-and-media" class="menu__link menu__link--active-trail" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3753">Publications and Media</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--speeches-and-reports">
        <a href="/resources/speeches-and-reports" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3754">Speeches and Reports</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--jacobus-tenbroek-library">
        <a href="/resources/jacobus-tenbroek-library" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3755">Jacobus tenBroek Library</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--blindness-statistics">
        <a href="/resources/blindness-statistics" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3757">Blindness Statistics</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--braille-resources">
        <a href="/resources/braille-resources" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3941">Braille Resources</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--deafblind-resources">
        <a href="/resources/deafblind-resources" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3943">DeafBlind Resources</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--guide-dog-resources">
        <a href="/resources/guide-dog-resources" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3758">Guide Dog Resources</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--distance-education-resources">
        <a href="/resources/distance-education-resources" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/14275">Distance Education Resources</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--voting-resources">
        <a href="/resources/voting-resources" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/14436">Voting Resources</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--covid-19-resources">
        <a href="/resources/covid-19-resources" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/14272">COVID-19 Resources</a>
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              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--about-us menu__item--expanded">
        <a href="/about-us" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3603">About Us</a>
                                    <ul class="menu--main menu--child menu menu--level-1">
                          <li class="menu__item menu__item--leadership">
        <a href="/about-us/leadership" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3624">Leadership</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--state-affiliates">
        <a href="/about-us/state-affiliates" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3617">State Affiliates</a>
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                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--national-headquarters">
        <a href="/about-us/national-headquarters" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3717">National Headquarters</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--divisions-committees-and-groups">
        <a href="/about-us/divisions-committees-and-groups" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3720">Divisions, Committees, and Groups</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--training-centers">
        <a href="/about-us/training-centers" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3724">Training Centers</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--history-and-governance">
        <a href="/about-us/history-and-governance" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3625">History and Governance</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--partners">
        <a href="/about-us/partners" class="menu__link" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3628">Partners</a>
              </li>
                      <li class="menu__item menu__item--press-room">
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<p>This morning as I took my daily walk through Riverside Park (which sits just east of the Johnson Street side of our headquarters), I pictured in my mind the symbology of the moment. I was there just at the time that the sun was supposed to rise in Baltimore. I started thinking about what the sunrise might have been like on that day eighty years ago when Jacobus tenBroek woke up, and his plan for that day was to establish the National Federation of the Blind. Did he know he would be elected as the movement’s first President and that he would dedicate much of his remaining twenty-seven-and-one-half years to its advancement? Today was slightly chilly, but the sunrise brought a sense of warmth to the clear morning. Is that similar to what Dr. tenBroek felt—a lifting of the cold, hard times that blind people had experienced for decades?</p>

<p>As I walked south in the park, it occurred to me that the morning sunlight would shine on the Johnson Street side of our building perfectly, there being no major structures blocking the morning sun from our building. The distance between the sun and our building is vast, and with the complexities of our lives now, 1940 seems just as distant from 2020. I imagined the sun hitting our building, and considered the hundreds of thousands of lives that have lived under that sun and contributed to the movement we share.</p>

<p>Eighty years is a short time. Yet for the blind it represents significant progress. In 1940 the very building that now serves as the headquarters for our efforts was producing materials for use in the Second World War. The workers inside could have never imagined it would later become the best-known facility for advancing the rights of the blind anywhere in the world. Furthermore, the sixteen people who gathered together to form the first membership of the Federation could not have imagined the twists, turns, victories, and setbacks we have faced over these eighty years.</p>

<p>As I came to the south end of the walkway in the park, I followed the path east into the morning sun. The warmth of the sun felt like hope: the kind of hope that we experience in this movement every day; the feeling that those sixteen people must have had when they came together to establish what has come to be the most powerful force for blind people.</p>

<p>It is fitting on this day to look back and to experience the warm feelings that come from all that we have accomplished. We should be proud of those who came before us and all they did to make it possible for us to walk this path.</p>

<p>Once we do that for a short time, we have a choice: we can continue celebrating the past or we can turn with renewed strength, face the future, and walk confidently in that direction with the light of our history supporting us and urging us to march forward. When I got to the east end of the path in the park, I did not hesitate, I turned and began to loop back around to the west to come to our building to begin another day marching alongside each of you to advance our collective movement.</p>

<p>As Thanksgiving approaches, I am left with one thought as I enter our Johnson Street door with the sun at my back. I am thankful for the incredible blind people who made it possible through their daily sacrifice for us to be in this moment. I am equally thankful for the incredible blind people who allow us to walk confidently into the future. It is an honor to know we march together every day. It is a comfort to know you have my back. It is a joy to imagine what we will do together tomorrow.</p>

<p>I do not know if I will walk that same path twenty years from now, but I am confident in what our movement will be on our one hundredth anniversary--and for that I feel a great sense of pride. Until then, I am going to enjoy the struggle and the accomplishment of building with each of you every day. Take a moment to reflect on those Federationists who you have known personally who have helped us get to today. Then, with the warmth of that love, turn, link arms with me, and let’s march into the future together. When I say “let’s go build the National Federation of the Blind,” what I mean is let’s enjoy the honor of working together to transform our dreams, and the dreams of those who have not yet discovered our movement, into reality. The warmth of the movement started before we got here. If we do it right, the warmth will go beyond us into a future where others will reflect fondly on what we have done to make their lives better every day. </p>

<p>—Mark A. Riccobono</p>

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