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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> It’s that time of year again. There’s a new Congress in D.C. It’s time for the National Federation of the Blind 2021 Washington Seminar! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>This year’s Washington Seminar officially gets underway on Monday, February 8 at 5:00 p.m. EST with the Great Gathering-In, our annual gathering of Federation members from all across the country to discuss our legislative priorities for the year. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Our 2021 Washington Seminar Legislative Priorities are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>• Access Technology Affordability Act<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>• Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>• Twenty-First Century Mobile Apps and Website Accessibility Act<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>• Americans with Disabilities Voting Rights Act<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Review the fact sheets, along with FAQs for each of the four issues, and the full 2021 Washington Seminar agenda with Zoom details at nfb.org/washington-seminar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Zoom Details for the Great Gathering-In<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>The Zoom platform includes closed captions and Spanish interpretation. Join the Zoom Meeting just before 5:00 p.m. EST to catch commentary from the Nation's Blind Podcast hosts, Anil Lewis and Melissa Riccobono.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="https://zoom.us/j/97142192062">https://zoom.us/j/97142192062</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>One tap mobile: +13017158592,,97142192062# <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>+13126266799,,97142192062#<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>1CapApp: <a href="https://ennis.1capapp.com/event/nfb">https://ennis.1capapp.com/event/nfb</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>We look forward to your participation!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Joy Breslauer, Advocacy and Public Policy Committee Chair, and First Vice President, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Montana <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Live the life you want<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>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.<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div></body></html>