<div>---------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Gaston, Pamela</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:Pamela.Gaston@dhs.nj.gov">Pamela.Gaston@dhs.nj.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 2:22 PM<br>Subject: June Community Connection Conference Call - 6/22/2022<br></div><br>




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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">June 2022 Commission Community Connection Conference Call </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You Are Not Alone: Navigating Life from the Male Perspective </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wednesday, June 22, 2022 </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Call in number: 1-888-808-6929 / Access Code: 4095066# </span></b></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Hosted by: Krystle Allen, CBVI Community Outreach Specialist </span></i></b></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">The CBVI Community Connection Human Library Is Open! </span></i></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">This month’s panelists have volunteered to open the pages of their book of life and share their experiences as professionals, community leaders, musicians, athletes, husbands,
 fathers, and men, who also happen to be blind.  </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Call in to hear which of our panelists: starred in an Apple commercial with his family; is an assistive technology specialist; is a member of a touring band with all blind members;
 has spent much of his life as a leader in the blind community; is a twin who is also the father of twins; got married after a long distance romance; was featured in a Dove commercial; helps other blind people explore career options; is a jewelry designer;
 grew up on a tropical island; was in the delivery room assisting in the delivery of his baby; and who has been married and divorced four times! </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Guest Panelists: (In alphabetic order) </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Paul Daye </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Rick Fox </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Patrick Lafayette </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Ed Sroczynski </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Alvin Suarez </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">CALL IN: 1-888-808-6929 / ACCESS CODE: 4095066# </span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">If you have any questions, or would like to suggest topics for future Commission Community Connection Calls, please don’t hesitate to email:
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