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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind [mailto:IOF@nfb.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 15, 2018 5:01 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> Look How Far We Have Come<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#FEFFFF'><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:0%'><span style='font-size:1.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in'><tr><td style='background:#FEFFFF;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:119.25pt'><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 0in 18.75pt 0in;height:119.25pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11440&qid=2277035"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/iof-nfb-logo-ms.png" alt="National Federation of the Blind Logo - Go to NFB.org"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:61.5pt'><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:61.5pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:.75pt 3.0pt 0in .75pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/iof-imag-our-future-bottom-line-med.jpg" alt="Imagineering Our Future"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;line-height:125%'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00005B'>June 2018 </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00005B'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:155%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2F0F2'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt;height:15.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/images/riccobono%20in%20trenchcoat-2009.jpg" alt="Image of President Mark A. Riccobono at a protest in 2009"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:155%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A7A7A7'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The growth of the NFB can be measured in a number of ways. We have increased membership in our local chapters and affiliates. We continue to have significant victories in policy implementation and partnership development. Yet, the core of who we are as an organization is something else that is not easily measured... </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A7A7A7'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11441&qid=2277035"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0075C9;text-decoration:none'>more from the President </span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt;height:15.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/images/iof-1969-conv.jpg" alt="photo of the crowd at past NFB convention"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:155%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>EXPLORE NFB HISTORY</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A7A7A7'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>A highlight of the year for Federationists is our annual convention. We can see how much blind people and the NFB have achieved in many ways, but let’s take a walk back fifty years to our 1968 convention. We can compare 730 in attendance at the banquet in Des Moines to our expected 2800+ for 2018...</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A7A7A7'> <a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11442&qid=2277035"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0075C9;text-decoration:none'>more from the history book</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:213.75pt'><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 0in 11.25pt;height:213.75pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/images/iof-protest-image.jpg" alt="photo of picketers at protest in 1987"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:155%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>REFLECTIONS FROM OUR MEMBERS</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A7A7A7'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:155%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>We have been asking longtime members of the National Federation of the Blind to reflect on how much things have changed over the years. It is sometimes easy to forget just how far we have come ...</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A7A7A7'> <a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11443&qid=2277035"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0075C9;text-decoration:none'>more from our members</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt;height:213.75pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/images/action-items-image.png" alt="Action Item graphic"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:155%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>ACTION ITEMS</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A7A7A7'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Share our <a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11444&qid=2277035">annual report</a>, attend the <a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11451&qid=2277035">2018 National Convention</a>, and listen to the latest <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11445&qid=2277035">Nation's Blind Podcast</a></span></em> about preparing for the convention... </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A7A7A7'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11462&qid=2277035"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0075C9;text-decoration:none'>more about what you can do this month</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 11.25pt 3.75pt 11.25pt;height:15.0pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:155%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>HAPPENINGS</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:155%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11446&qid=2277035">NFB Publishes Annual Report</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:155%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11447&qid=2277035">Apl.de.ap of Black Eyed Peas to Headline Convention Welcome Concert</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:155%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11448&qid=2277035">National Federation of the Blind and Boeing Employees’ Credit Union Reach Accessibility Agreement</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:155%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11450&qid=2277035">Senate Committee Votes to Advance Marrakesh Treaty</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:155%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11449&qid=2277035">National Federation of the Blind Announces 2018 Scholarship Program Finalists</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 11.25pt 0in 11.25pt;height:15.0pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:155%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CALENDAR</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td style='background:#0075C9;padding:0in 11.25pt 0in 11.25pt;height:15.0pt'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:155%;background:#0075C9'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FEFFFF'>JUL 3-8: <a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11451&qid=2277035"><span style='color:#F8EFD7'>National Convention, Orlando, FL</span></a></span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FEFFFF'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td style='background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 11.25pt 0in 11.25pt;height:15.0pt'><p 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