<div>---------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Allen, Krystle</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:Krystle.Allen@dhs.nj.gov">Krystle.Allen@dhs.nj.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 10:30 AM<br>Subject: You are invited to the July edition of NJ CBVI's Community Connection Call Please share announcement<br></div><br>
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<b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px">The Commission<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;margin:0px;padding:0in;color:black"> 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-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px">July 2022 Commission Community Connection Conference Call </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px">You Are Not Alone: Living a Disability Pride Lifestyle </span></b></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;background:white">The CBVI Community Connection Human Library Opens </span></i></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px">Wednesday, July 27, 2022 </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px">10:30 a.m. to 12 Noon </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px">PLEASE NOTE THE NEW CALL IN ACCESS CODE! </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px">Call in number: 1-888-808-6929 / Access Code: 4095066# </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px">Relay Captioning Link for individuals who are Deaf or Hearing Impaired:</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(64,63,52)"><br>
<span style="margin:0px;background:white">(At the start time of the event, please login by clicking on the link below)</span><br>
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<b><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;background:white">Hosted by: Krystle Allen, CBVI Community Outreach Specialist </span></i></b></p>
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<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0in;color:rgb(32,33,36);background:white">Since disability pride is a fairly new concept,<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(32,33,36);background:white"></span>it
is important for people with disabilities to be proudly visible in the community</b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0in;color:rgb(32,33,36);background:white"><span style="margin:0px">. 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="border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0in;color:rgb(32,33,36);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;margin:0px;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 and founder of “FIGHT”. </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;background:white">Guest Panelists: (In alphabetic order) </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;background:white">Ben Fox </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;background:white">Goddest Johnson </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;background:white">Melissa Lomax </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;background:white">Songwon Oh-Lorenzo </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;background:white">Tito Vega </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;background:white">Heidi Williams </span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;background:white">CALL IN: 1-888-808-6929 / ACCESS CODE: 4095066# </span></b></p>
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<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;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:<span> </span></span><a href="mailto:Krystle.Allen@dhs.nj.gov" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px" target="_blank"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0in;background:white">Krystle.Allen@dhs.nj.gov</span></a><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0in;background:white"><span> </span> or
call: 973-648-4497. </span></p>
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