<div>--------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Chris Walker via Chapter-Presidents</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:chapter-presidents@nfbnet.org">chapter-presidents@nfbnet.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 8:03 PM<br>Subject: [Chapter-Presidents] Mark your calendars to join us on August 25<br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In the tradition of all that is unique and FANTABULOUS—</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">The Greater Alexandria Chapter Presents…</span></p><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">An extraordinary evening of caring and sharing; smiles, and perhaps a few tears.</span></p><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On this evening that will challenge your mind and your heart, we ask you to experience—</span></p><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">DIVERSITY THROUGH MY LENS</span></p><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"><span dir="ltr">On Thursday, August 25, 2022, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.</span>, we will begin with presentations that will provide useful, and even crucial information for all people who are blind. </span></p><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Then, the Greater Alexandria Chapter, in collaboration with the NFBV Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee, will introduce you to three extraordinary and phenomenal women:</span></p><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Jeanetta Price, Contributing Author, “The Write 2 Heal: It’s not about the sight lost, but vision gained”</span></p><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Krystle Allen, Contributing Author, “The Write 2 Heal: It’s not about the sight lost, but vision gained”</span></p><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Goddest Johnson, Founder/Owner of F.I.G.H.T LLC., an organization dedicated to building up communities through divine connections and community projects.</span></p><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">*</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">A biography of each guest is included at the end of this announcement.</span></p><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">We will be challenged, seduced, entertained, cajoled by the power of their words.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Through their prose and poetry, they will grab our emotions and run with them over and under and through a web of their own creation…and we will be mesmerized.</span><br></p><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Following our journey through the glorious thicket of their written word, the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee will lead us further into the analysis and exploration of the meanings, both blatant and subtle, behind those words just shared.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">And more importantly, through a Fireside Diversity Chat, we will reach deep inside ourselves to explore how the words of the women poets affected our minds and hearts and psyche…</span><br></p><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">You might have guessed…this night will be like no other before it.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">This one is a unique offering that you will not want to miss!</span><br></p><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Did I mention we will have several door prizes for the winning, from autographed copies of the book, “The Write 2 Heal”, to T-Shirts, to a weekend pass to the Blind Diva Pageant in New Jersey in September…and more!</span><br></p><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">We have only one request of you.</span><br></p><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please bring your favorite pair of sunglasses or a mirror (just trust us on this one), and, of course, bring an open mind, an open heart, and the promise to fully engage in the events of the evening.</span></p><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Here is your Zoom link to this magical evening:</span><br></p><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><a href="https://zoom.us/j/8297256345?pwd=SFAyamlQNU44ZTJ6dUZNMTV4RmhCQT09" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);text-decoration-line:underline;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/8297256345?pwd=SFAyamlQNU44ZTJ6dUZNMTV4RmhCQT09</a><br></p><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Meeting ID: <span dir="ltr">829 725 6345 Passcode: 20201940</span></span><br></p><div style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">One tap mobile <span dir="ltr">+13017158592, 8297256345#</span></span></div><div style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PLEASE ARRIVE BY <span dir="ltr">6:50 P.M.</span> TO RECEIVE YOUR NUMBER FOR THE DOOR PRIZES!</span></div><div style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For more information, contact Renee Valdez, <a href="https://mail.yahoo.com/d/compose/1691929926" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);text-decoration-line:underline" target="_blank">reneerome@yahoo.com</a> ot <span dir="ltr">703-966-0836</span><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:18.6667px">BIOS</span></font></div><div><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Jeanetta Price, Featured Author</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Jeanetta Mary Alice Price is the Visionary behind the anthology, “The WRITE 2 Heal.” </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Jeanetta’s mission in life is to help others tap into their vision by utilizing writing as an instrument of healing. Often, she reflects on the life of the virtuous woman, Essie Andrus, her biological and spiritual mother who leads by example with her unwavering faith. God blessed Jeanetta with the gift to write in order to save her life, and she wrote herself “Beautifully Healed.”</span></div><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Jeanetta is from the little big city in Southeast Texas called Beaumont. She is a graduate of Lamar University with a bachelor’s degree in Social Work and master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. In addition, she is the Founder and CEO of Blind Girl Magic and a License Mortgage Loan Originator known as the “OUTTA SIGHT MORTGAGE LOAN LADY.”</span><br></p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">As a spoken word artist, she hosts, “The WRITE 2 Heal” seminars that include poets, partner artists, and even audience members who will participate in an open mic section. The seminars provide a safe poetic space for all participants to begin their journey of healing while writing. </span><br></p><div><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Jeanetta’s freedom of expression, boldness, vulnerability and confidence set her aside from other authors, artist, and advocates.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Unapologetically, her writing is a reflection of her unique personality, life’s experiences, social injustice, disability and social awareness, complimented by God given creativity. The fire that resides in her bones spread wildly around the atmosphere and set others on fire to stand fearless in their truth as they too write to heal.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Yes, Jeanetta was given the vision but could not deliver the birth of this book without the visionaries.</span></div></div><div style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><br></div><div style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Krystle Allen, Featured Author</span></b></div><div style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Krystle Allen, a <span dir="ltr">Newark, NJ</span> native, and a contributing author to the newly released book, “The Write 2 Heal: It’s not about the sight lost, but vision gained”, is no stranger to work that involves community development, social change, and grassroots efforts. Krystle served two terms as an AmeriCorps Vista member with a nonprofit organization: Girls Scouts Heart of New Jersey. Here she worked to develop volunteer programming, reuniting daughters with their incarcerated mothers, and build up troops within the Juliette’s House transitional housing program.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">In 2017, she served as the marketing planning/development coordinator for the Jewish Renaissance Medical Center.</span></div><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">During the pandemic she transitioned Eyes Like Mine, Inc. from in-person programming to interactive virtual experiences that have led to providing delivered food packages to visually impaired residents and over $700 in Amazon gift cards to blind households all over the country. She also introduced over 150 influential speakers globally to a peer support group within her organization to participating attendees. In addition, her community influence inspired the current mayor of the largest municipality in NJ to recognize with a proclamation, the ADA’s 30th anniversary, for the first time in Newark’s history. In spite of her vision loss, she has a vision gained to impact one community at a time, with dedication to serve.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Some of her current work includes becoming a newly published author in an anthology written by eight women from around the country, who happen to be blind or visually impaired, entitled The Write 2 Heal. Additionally, Krystle completed the American Foundation for the Blind Leaders through the Blind Leaders Centennial Professional Development Program, where she graduated during the summer of 2022. Krystle is a community connector sharing her vision one person at a time.</span><br></p><div style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Goddest Johnson, Special Guest, Founder/Owner of F.I.G.H.T LLC</span></b></div><div style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Rising above expectations is something that comes as no obstacle to Goddest Johnson. In the early part of her childhood she resided in Chicago, Illinois with her mother; a single parent who suffered from mental illness and a severe drug addiction. Goddest was the oldest of her four siblings.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Her childhood took a major change when she was seven years old and her mother went to prison for life. At this most trying time in her life, she began her journey as a child of the foster care system. At sixteen, Goddest became emancipated.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Later she became the sole guardian of her sister and was determined to show her what could be possible with determination and staying focused. When she was twenty-one, her younger brother went to prison and was given a 44-year sentence.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"> </span></div><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">Despite the devastation, she went on to obtain her Bachelor’s degree from Nova Southeastern University and became a nurse. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">In 2009, her life took a new turn. She was involved in a tragic car accident which left her legally blind. After 4 years of rehabilitation therapy where she learned how to walk, talk and function again, she moved to Orlando, Florida where she then underwent countless eye surgeries in attempt to regain her sight.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><br></p><p style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt">This steered Goddest to a new calling. She obtained her Master’s degree in visual rehabilitation at University of Massachusetts while being legally blind. Goddest wants you to be the light that shines bright in someone’s life each day.</span></p><div style="font-family:"bookman old style","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:16px;font-family:"old times",serif"><div dir="ltr"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="1"><b>Ren</b></font><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">é</span><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="1"><b>e F. Valdez, M.A.</b></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="1"><b>Secretary/Treasurer, National Federation of the Blind, </b></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="1"><b>Greater Alexandria Chapter</b></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="1"><b>Chair, NFB of Virginia,</b></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="1"><b>Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee</b></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="1"><b>Co-Chair, NFB of Virginia, </b></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="1"><b>Fundraising Committee</b></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="1"><b>Vice President, Northern VA Regional Local Human Rights Committee<br></b></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="1"><b><br></b></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="1"><b><span dir="ltr">(703) 966-0836</span></b></font></div></div></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:17.33333396911621px">Chris Walker</span><div><span style="font-size:17.33333396911621px">President, Winchester Chapter</span></div><div><span style="font-size:17.33333396911621px">National Federation of the Blind of Virginia</span></div><div><span style="font-size:17.33333396911621px">540.303.0080</span></div><div><span style="font-size:17.33333396911621px"><a href="mailto:chrisvinson1@gmail.com" target="_blank">chrisvinson1@gmail.com</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:17.33333396911621px"><a href="http://www.nfb.org" target="_blank">www.nfb.org</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:17.33333396911621px"><a href="http://www.nFBV.org" target="_blank">www.nFBV.org</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:17.33333396911621px">Find and like us on Facebook National Federation of the blind Virginia Winchester Chapter<br>Find us on Twitter at </span><span style="font-size:17pt">Winchester Chapter nfb of Virginia</span></div><div>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. 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