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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">For your convenience and future reference pasted below and attached as
a word file are NFBNJ affiliate, committee and group meetings from April 2024
through June 2024 and NFBNJ Zoom credentials. All meetings will take place on
our Zoom platform.<span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">For questions email Committee Chair or Group Facilitator at email provided.
Reminder emails will be sent approximately 7 days and 2 days prior to our meetings; please
read emails for additional information.<span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Warmly,<span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Linda Melendez, President<br>
National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey<br>
<span style="color:rgb(49,49,49)">908-590-1747</span><br>
<span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:president@nfbnj.org" target="_blank">president@nfbnj.org</a></span><br>
<span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.nfbnj.org/" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">www.nfbnj.org</span></i></a></span><span></span></font></p>
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<h1 style="line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">2024 NFBNJ April Meeting Schedule<br>
Technology Committee<span></span></font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Janie Degenshein, Chair<br>
<a href="mailto:jdegen16@outlook.net">jdegen16@outlook.net</a><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink"><span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Date: Monday, April 8<br>
Time: 7 PM Eastern Time<span></span></font></p>
<h1 style="line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">DeafBlind Group<span></span></font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Steven McCoy, Facilitator<br>
<a href="mailto:steven@spokenent.com">steven@spokenent.com</a><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Date: Tuesday, April 9<br>
Time: 7 PM Eastern Time<span></span></font></p>
<h1 style="line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">Senior Committee Book Club<span></span></font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Janie Degenshein, Chair<br>
<a href="mailto:jdegen16@outlook.net">jdegen16@outlook.net</a> <span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Date: Monday, April 15<br>
Time: 10 AM Eastern Time<span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Book details:<span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB117354" target="_blank">The only girl in town DB117354</a><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Condie, Allyson Braithwaite Reading time: 6 hours, 38 minutes.<br>
Elena Rey<span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Suspense Fiction, Mystery and Detective Stories, Young Adult<br>
"What would you do if everyone you love disappeared? What if it was your
fault? For July Fielding, nothing has been the same since that summer
before senior year. Once, she had Alex, her loyal best friend, the one
who always had her back. She had Sydney, who pushed her during every
cross-country run, and who sometimes seemed to know July better than she knew
herself. And she had Sam. Sam, who told her she was everything and left her
breathless with his touch. Now, July is alone. Every single person in her
small town of Lithia has disappeared. No family. No Alex or Sydney.
No Sam. July's only chance at unraveling the mystery
of their disappearance is a series of objects, each a reminder of the people
she loved most. And a mysterious message: GET TH3M BACK." -- Provided by
publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. For senior high and older readers.<span></span></font></p>
<h1 style="line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">Senior Committee<span></span></font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Janie Degenshein, Chair<br>
<a href="mailto:jdegen16@outlook.net">jdegen16@outlook.net</a> <span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Date: Mon, April 15<br>
Time: 7 PM Eastern Time<span></span></font></p>
<h1 style="line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">Student Committee<span></span></font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)">Natasha Ishaq, Chair<br>
</span><a href="mailto:ishaqn1@tcnj.edu">ishaqn1@tcnj.edu</a><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Date: Sunday, April 21 <br>
Time:7:30 PM Eastern Time<span></span></font></p>
<h1 style="line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">Affiliate Membership Meeting<span></span></font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="break-after:avoid"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Linda Melendez., President NFB NJ<br>
<a href="mailto:nfb.newjersey@gmail.com">nfb.newjersey@gmail.com</a><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="break-after:avoid"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Date: Tuesday, April 30 at 7 PM<br>
Time: 7:00 PM Eastern Time<span></span></font></p>
<h1 style="line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">2024 NFBNJ June Meeting Schedule<br>
Technology Committee<span></span></font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Janie Degenshein, Chair<br>
<a href="mailto:jdegen16@outlook.net">jdegen16@outlook.net</a><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink"><span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Date: Monday, May 13<br>
Time: 7 PM Eastern Time<span></span></font></p>
<h1 style="line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">Senior Committee Book Club<span></span></font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="break-after:avoid"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Janie Degenshein, Chair<br>
<a href="mailto:jdegen16@outlook.net">jdegen16@outlook.net</a> <span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="break-after:avoid"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Date: Monday, May 20<br>
Time: 10 AM Eastern Time<span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="break-after:avoid"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Book Details:<span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB61469" target="_blank">The sunflower DB61469</a><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Evans, Richard Paul Reading time: 8 hours, 1 minute.<br>
Dan Bloom A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.<br>
Religious Fiction, Romance, Holidays<span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Christine Hollister is jilted by her fiancé a week before their
wedding. Her best friend, Jessica, signs Christine and herself up for a
humanitarian mission to Peru's El Girasol (the Sunflower) orphanage. There
Christine meets Paul Cook, an American doctor who must also learn to love
again. 2005.<span></span></font></p>
<h1 style="line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">Senior Committee<span></span></font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Janie Degenshein, Chair<br>
<a href="mailto:jdegen16@outlook.net">jdegen16@outlook.net</a> <span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Date: Monday, May 20<br>
Time: 7 PM Eastern Time<span></span></font></p>
<h1 style="line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">Virtual 2024 National Convention Meeting<span></span></font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Linda Melendez., President NFB NJ<br>
<a href="mailto:nfb.newjersey@gmail.com">nfb.newjersey@gmail.com</a><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Date: Tuesday, May 21 at 7 PM<br>
Time: 7:00 PM Eastern Time<span></span></font></p>
<h1 style="line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">Blind Parents<span></span></font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Mary Rose, Facilitator<br>
During May, stay tuned for details via email<span></span></font></p>
<h1 style="line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">2024 NFBNJ June Meeting Schedule<br>
Diabetic Group<span></span></font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Ed Godfrey, Facilitator<br>
<a href="mailto:edgodfrey1957@gmail.com">edgodfrey1957@gmail.com</a><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Date; Thursday, June 6<br>
Time: 7 PM Eastern Time<span></span></font></p>
<h1 style="line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">Senior Committee Book Club<span></span></font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Janie Degenshein, Chair<br>
<a href="mailto:jdegen16@outlook.net">jdegen16@outlook.net</a> <span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">(This is the second Monday instead of the third Monday)<br></span>Date: Monday, June 10<br>
Time: 10 AM Eastern Time<span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Book Details:<span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB114586" target="_blank">No two persons DB114586</a><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Bauermeister, Erica Reading time: 8 hours, 57 minutes.<br>
Braden Wright; Cassandra Campbell; Jesse Vilinsky; George Newbern; Stephen
Graybill; Gabra Zackman; Barrie Kreinik; Rachel L. Jacobs; Carol Jacobanis; Max
Meyers<span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Psychological Fiction<span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">"Alice has always wanted to be a writer. Her talent is innate, but
her stories remain safe and detached, until a devastating event breaks her
heart open, and she creates a stunning debut novel. Her words, in turn,
find their way to readers, from a teenager hiding her homelessness, to a free
diver pushing himself beyond endurance, an artist furious at the world around
her, a bookseller in search of love, a widower rent by grief. Each one is drawn
into Alice’s novel; each one discovers something different that alters
their perspective, and presents new pathways forward for their lives. Together,
their stories reveal how books can affect us in the most beautiful and
unexpected of ways—and how we are all more closely connected to one another
than we might think." -- Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial
audiobook.<span></span></font></p>
<h1 style="line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">Technology Committee<span></span></font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Janie Degenshein, Chair<br>
<a href="mailto:jdegen16@outlook.net">jdegen16@outlook.net</a><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink"><span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Date: Monday, June 10<br>
Time: 7 PM Eastern Time<span></span></font></p>
<h1 style="line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">Senior Committee<span></span></font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Janie Degenshein, Chair<br>
<a href="mailto:jdegen16@outlook.net">jdegen16@outlook.net</a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Date: Monday, June 17<br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Time: 7 PM Eastern Time </font></p>
<h1 style="line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">Braille Group<span></span></font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Mary Jo Partyka, Facilitator<br>
<a href="mailto:choirnfb@gmail.com">choirnfb@gmail.com</a><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink"><span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Date: Wednesday, June 19<br>
Time: 7 PM Eastern Time<span></span></font></p>
<h1 style="line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">49<sup>th</sup> NFB NJ State Convention Briefing<span></span></font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Linda Melendez., President NFB NJ<br>
<a href="mailto:nfb.newjersey@gmail.com">nfb.newjersey@gmail.com</a><span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Date: Tue, June 25<br>
Time: 7:00 PM Eastern Time<span></span></font></p>
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