<div>-------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div><div dir="auto"><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: Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 6:23 PM<br>Subject: You Are Invited to the July Commission Community Connection Conference Call<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">July 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: Living a Disability Pride Lifestyle  </span></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 Opens </span></i></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wednesday, July 27, 2022 </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PLEASE NOTE THE NEW CALL IN ACCESS CODE! </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><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Relay Captioning Link for individuals who are Deaf or Hearing Impaired:
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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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202124;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Since disability pride is a fairly new concept,<span> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202124;background:white"></span>it
 is important for people with disabilities to be proudly visible in the community</b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202124;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white"><span>. The disability pride movement
 is about presenting people with disabilities as people living their lives in plain view proud of their identity as being disabled.</span> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202124;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">This month’s panelists will share their journey and the purpose and meaning of accepting, loving and taking pride in your
 whole self, including your disability.  </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: grew up in the foster care system; is a professional performance artist and composer; manages a program that mentors blind teens; is a filmmaker
 who founded the Blind Can Film Festival; is a survivor of domestic violence; is a Mom who volunteers her time to advocate for her blind, deafblind and visually impaired peers; is successfully managing a new career and marriage; and is a motivational speaker
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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">Ben Fox </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Goddest Johnson </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Melissa Lomax </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Songwon Oh-Lorenzo </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Tito Vega </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Heidi Williams </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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