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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Commission<span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> for the Blind and Visually Impaired </span>invites you to call-in to our  </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">October 2021 Commission Connection Conference Call  </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“I Am Not My Disability: Real Employment Stories and Resources for All”</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wednesday, October 27, 2021 </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Relay Captioning Link for individuals who are Deaf or Hearing Impaired:  </span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">What do people mean when they say, “My disability does not define me”? Is it because they don’t like being labeled, or is it more than that? </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">In recognition of October being both Blindness Awareness Month (BAM) and National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) this month’s panel includes three individuals who
 will share their journey towards career success from the perspective of being talented people who happen to also be blind, deaf-blind and visually impaired. Their presentations will be followed by representatives from two organizations who will provide information
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ida Behreini,
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sherlock Washington,
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Steven McCoy,
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Beatrice Baldwin,
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sr. Vice President, Goodwill Industries of NY/NJ<b> </b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Loraimy Kendall,
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</div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>​</span>Warmly, <br>Linda Melendez, President<br>National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey<br>732-421-7063<br></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Email: </span><a href="mailto:president@nfbnj.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">president@nfbnj.org</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br><i>Website: </i></span><a href="http://www.nfbnj.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">www.nfbnj.org</span></i></a><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>Facebook: </i><a href="https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238</span></i></a><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>Twitter: </i><a href="https://twitter.com/nfbnewjersey" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">@NFBNewJersey</span></i></a><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>YouTube: </i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKEDbjGsCYHMlwd4gqpBPjg" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">NFBNJTransformDreams</span></i></a><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>Live the life you want.<br></i><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><font size="1">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. Everyday we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.</font></i></span></font><br></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><font size="1"><br></font></i></span></font></div><div></div></div><div dir="auto"></div><font color="#888888"></font></div></div>