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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>From the desk of NFBNJ President Joe Ruffalo.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Received from Ryan Stevens, NFBNJ Legislative Director.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Greetings, NFBNJ members,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>We have learned from our National Governmental Affairs Office that we are very close to having a bill introduced which will implement the Marrakesh Treaty, but we New Jersey Federationists need to take action to help ensure this. Senator Robert Menendez is the Ranking Member on the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, so it is critical that he come on as an originating cosponsor of the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>NFBNJ members should contact Senator Menendez’s office via phone today at (202) 224-4744. Feel free to use the following script when you call:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>“Hi, my name is (insert name) from the National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey, and I am a constituent of Sen. Menendez. I know your office is reviewing the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act, and I would like to strongly encourage the Senator to be an originating cosponsor of this critical legislation. Thank you for your time.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>If this bill is passed, it wil open up a literal world of books for blind readers, so please make this call.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Thanks and take care,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> Ryan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Ryan Stevens<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Legislative Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>NFB of New Jersey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Forwarded by:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script"'>Brian A. Mackey<br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br>Brian A. Mackey, Treasurer & Webmaster<br>National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey<br>609-680-8488<br></span>Email: <a href="mailto:bmackey88@gmail.com"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>bmackey88@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><i>Website: </i></span><a href="http://www.nfbnj.org/"><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>www.nfbnj.org</span></i></a><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br>Facebook: </span></i><a href="https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238"><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238</span></i></a><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br>Twitter: </span></i><a href="https://twitter.com/nfbnewjersey"><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>@NFBNewJersey</span></i></a><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br>YouTube: </span></i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKEDbjGsCYHMlwd4gqpBPjg"><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>NFBNJTransformDreams</span></i></a><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br>Live the life you want.<br></span></i>The National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey 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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>