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<DIV>Greetings to all!</DIV>
<DIV>Sorry for the late notice.</DIV>
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<DIV>We care. We share. We grow. We make a difference<BR>Joe Ruffalo, President
<BR>National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey <BR>973 743
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<P class=x_MsoNormal>Greetings and happy new year!</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>This Thursday, January 4, is World Braille Day. In
celebration, we’ll be sharing facts about Braille, stories of Braille users and
teachers, links to videos, and much more on social media. We asked Google to
create a new <A href="https://www.google.com/doodles">Google Doodle</A> in
celebration of this day, but we will likely have to wait until next year given
their incredibly long lead time for these requests.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Feel free to follow and share what we are doing on our social
media accounts. Be on the lookout for the #BrailleIsBeautiful hashtag. Below are
some suggested posts and links that you can use or adapt on your local NFB
social media pages. If your state is participating in the national Braille
Readers are Leaders contest World Braille Day is a great time to promote that on
social media.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<LI><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Happy #WorldBrailleDay! What was the first
Braille book you read? #BrailleIsBeautiful</SPAN><BR>
<LI><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">#WorldBrailleDay is also Louis Braille's birthday!
Learn how this inventive young man created the code used by countless blind
people over the last 188 years </SPAN><A style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
href="https://nfb.org/1829-braille-book">https://nfb.org/1829-braille-book</A><BR>
<LI><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">#BrailleFact: A blind child can learn to
read Braille just as efficiently as a sighted child can learn to read print -
@RNIB #WorldBrailleDay #BrailleIsBeautiful </SPAN><A style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
href="https://www.rnib.org.uk/braille-and-moon-%E2%80%93-tactile-codes-learning-braille/braille-courses-children-and-young-people">https://www.rnib.org.uk/braille-and-moon-%E2%80%93-tactile-codes-learning-braille/braille-courses-children-and-young-people</A><BR></LI></UL><o:p></o:p>
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<LI><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">In honor of #WorldBraille Day, we dug up
this blog post from 2013 in which Jerry Whittle dispelled some of the myth
surrounding Braille </SPAN><A style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
href="http://blog.pdrib.com/how-to-learn-braille-in-6-months-myths-realities/">http://blog.pdrib.com/how-to-learn-braille-in-6-months-myths-realities/</A><SPAN
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<LI><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">To celebrate #WorldBrailleDay, tell us about
the first Braille book you read!</SPAN><BR>
<LI><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Did you know that Braille literacy leads to
higher rates of employment for blind people? It’s just one reason the NFB
believes #BrailleIsBeautiful!</SPAN><BR></LI></UL><o:p></o:p>
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<P class=MsoNormal>We will do our best to follow affiliate, division, and
chapter social media feeds as well.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If the communications team can be of
assistance, do not hesitate to reach out to us at <A
href="mailto:communicationsteam@nfb.org">communicationsteam@nfb.org</A>.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=x_MsoNormal>Kirsten</P>
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