<div><b>From:</b> Elsa Zavoda <<a href="mailto:EZavoda@vlanj.org" target="_blank">EZavoda@vlanj.org</a>> <br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_4840861506901288380WordSection1"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 3, 2022 8:49 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> Please Share- Upcoming VLAN Voices Educational Speaker Series Presents.... Doug Gilbert, COMS- October 19, 2022 at 7pm<br><b>Importance:</b> High<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u>  </p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><img src="cid:1839e146e01ad7999131" style="width:625px;max-width:100%"></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hello everyone,<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>We are excited to share our upcoming edition of VLANJ Voices Educational Speaker Series Presents<span style="color:#232333">…Doug Gilbert, Certified Orientation & Mobility Specialist</span><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232333"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232333">VLANJ Voices Educational Speaker Series will provide you with information, practical education, tools, and available resources to help you manage tasks in your everyday life. VLANJ Voices will engage speakers with expertise in a range of topics who bring knowledge, resources, useful tips, and strategies around health, wellness, and vision loss. These speakers bring new “voices” that also represent diverse backgrounds, approaches to learning, and programs and opportunities available in our community. This program is open to individuals experiencing vision loss and their friends and family members.<br><br>We welcome back Doug Gilbert, COMS, who will be speaking on the impact of other physical disabilities, which may impact your Orientation & Mobility Skills and how to compensate for them.<br><br>Mobility for people who are blind or low vision can be challenging under most circumstances, but what if there are additional disabilities that contribute additional challenges of being mobile and navigating within the environment? In this seminar, Doug will discuss how an O&M specialist would approach instructing individuals who have additional disabilities to vision loss, and Doug will share personal experiences and how to problem solve these issues for ourselves and others.<span class="m_4840861506901288380apple-converted-space">  </span><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232333;background:white">Date: Wednesday, </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">October 19</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232333;background:white">, 2022<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232333;background:white">Time: 7pm</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This program is free of charge to attend due to the generosity of grant funding.  Please feel free to share the registration link with others.  <u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Register here: </span></b><a href="https://bit.ly/VLANJ_Voices_Educational_Speaker_Series" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://bit.ly/VLANJ_Voices_Educational_Speaker_Series</span></b></a>.<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please note that if you have already registered for the VLANJ Voices Educational Speaker Series, you do not need to re-register.  You will receive your unique Zoom link reminder via email prior to Wednesday, October 19, 2022.  If you do not see it, please check your spam, or junk folder.  Contact us at (973) 627-0055, prompt # 4, if you do not find your invitation, and we will resend.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you!  We look forward to another great evening with all of you!<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">VLANJ Staff<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Elsa Zavoda, MS OTR/L, SCLV, CLVT<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">VP of Programs<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Vision Loss Alliance of New Jersey<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/155+Morris+Ave.,+Suite+2+Denville,+NJ+07834?entry=gmail&source=g">155 Morris Ave., Suite 2</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/155+Morris+Ave.,+Suite+2+Denville,+NJ+07834?entry=gmail&source=g">Denville, NJ 07834</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Phone: (973) 627-0055, prompt 3<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Email: </span><a href="mailto:ezavoda@vlanj.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ezavoda@vlanj.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060"><img border="0" src="cid:1839e146e01155f77112" style="width:270px;max-width:100%"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#5f497a"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030a0">Transforming Lives, One Individual at a Time</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Warmly, <br>Linda Melendez, President<br>National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey<br>732-421-7063<br><a href="mailto:president@nfbnj.org">president@nfbnj.org</a><br><a href="http://www.nfbnj.org">www.nfbnj.org</a><br>Facebook: <a href="https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238">https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238</a><br><br>To schedule a 30 minute meeting about the National Federation of the Blind  of NJ click on the link below <br><a href="https://calendly.com/d/dzt-82s-fwj/30-minute-meeting">https://calendly.com/d/dzt-82s-fwj/30-minute-meeting</a><br></div>