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<p class="MsoNormal">Howdy Alaska Affiliate <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Your friendly NABS board member is back with an exciting update on behalf of our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (D.E.I.) committee! As a part of our celebration of Blind Equality and Achievement Month (BEAM), NABS wants to hear from all
of you. Please take some time to complete our “Spotlight Saturdays” form, where you can nominate yourself or a friend that is accomplishing things they want in life and finding success at doing so. You can submit as many nominations as you’d like and the only
requirement is that the nominee must be a blind student. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Each Saturday in October, NABS will highlight some of our nominees’ accomplishments in our weekly Facebook campaign. We also will reach out to the nominee to inform them of the honor. By the way, some of our nominees will be spotlighted
at our upcoming BEAM fundraising event this month! Don’t hesitate, complete this short form and give our blind students their flowers in real time! We look forward to hearing about everyone’s accomplishments!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Spotlight Saturdays Form: <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3WY8Vn4OLJ_u5J7XSedGDQxA3H-qRHSeKd6p_v-BtElut2A/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0">
Spotlight Saturdays Nominations (google.com)</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With Love,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Robert E. Parsons, Jr., M.A., CRC, CVRT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Board member| National Association of Blind Students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Board Member| National Federation of the Blind of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Doctoral Student| Counselor Education and Supervision<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Western Michigan University ‘25<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Pronouns: He, Him, His<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">P: (804) 801-7674<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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