[NFBofSC] 2024 Legislative Priorities Announced: Join us for the 2024 Washington Seminar (January 29- 31

[Steve Cook]

We have chosen our three legislative priorities for the 2024 Washington
Seminar. In late January we will visit Capitol Hill to educate members of
Congress and advocate for legislation that will promote website
accessibility, increase home medical self-sufficiency, and increase work
incentives related to SSDI for blind Americans. The three legislative
priorities for the 2024 Washington Seminar are:

*	Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act (H.R. 5813/S.
2984)
*	Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act (H.R. 1328)
*	Blind Americans Return to Work Act

 


Book Your Washington Seminar Hotel Room as Soon as Possible:


Rooms at the Holiday Inn Washington Capitol - National Mall are going quick!
Be sure to book yours as soon as you can. Hotel reservation information can
be found on our
<https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/washington-seminar> Washington
Seminar page. Also, don't forget to keep checking
<https://nfb.org/Washington-seminar> nfb.org/Washington-seminar for updates.
Updates in the near future will be fact sheets for our three legislative
priorities, the full event agenda, and mock meeting videos.

 


2024 Congressional Reception:


One of our more recent Washington Seminar traditions will be back again for
2024. On Tuesday, January 30, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. in the Cannon Caucus
Room (located in the Cannon House Office Building), we will be conducting
our annual Congressional Reception. There will be light refreshments and a
chance to hear members of Congress address a large group of our members. We
hope to see you there!

 

So, please join us for Washington Seminar. The details on how to sign up are
provided below.

>From Deepa Goraya

NFB of Virginia Legislative Director  for Washington Seminar 

 deepa.goraya at gmail.com <mailto:deepa.goraya at gmail.com> 

Hello Virginia Federationists,

I hope you all had a wonderful 2023 NFB of Virginia Convention and
Thanksgiving holiday. Washington Seminar is fast approaching in less than 2
months, in person from Monday, January 29 through Thursday, February 1,
2024. Please note, we strive to make all appointments to be completed by
late afternoon on January 31.

I wanted to send out some info to help you begin thinking about reserving
your room and making arrangements in your schedule to attend.

The legislative Committee needs to begin creating teams of those who will be
attending Washington Seminar and start scheduling appointments with members
of Congress. So the earlier you can let us know whether you will be
attending, the better. Please let us know by December 28 whether you plan to
attend. When you let us know, please provide the name of your member of the
House of Representatives. If you don't know, please provide your address
including street address and ZIP code so we can easily look it up. If you
want to look it up yourself, you can access this information at

https://www.house.gov/

The Great-Gathering-In is scheduled for Monday, January 29, 2024. The Great
Gathering-In is the official kickoff meeting for our 2023 Washington
Seminar. The deadline for making hotel reservations with the Holiday Inn
Capitol is December 31, 2023, and although I know most of you are busy as we
approach the holiday season, the hotel would certainly appreciate getting
your reservations as early as possible to ensure that you secure your
reservation. 

To book a room for the 2024 Washington Seminar please use our dedicated
<https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/find-hotels/select-roomrate?fro
mRedirect=true&qSrt=sBR&qIta=99801505&icdv=99801505&qSlH=wassm&qCiD=25&qCiMy
=002024&qCoD=02&qCoMy=012024&qGrpCd=NF4&setPMCookies=true&qSHBrC=HI&qDest=55
0%20C%20Street%20S.W.,%20Washington,%20DC,%20US&srb_u=1&qRmFltr=> Booking
Link, or call 877-834-3613 and provide our group code, NF4. The room rate
for 2024 is $188.00 per night (not including taxes and fees), and the
deadline to make a reservation is Sunday, December 31, 2023

 

Steve Cook

You are invited to join us on the 1st and 2nd Friday of each month at 8:00
PM Eastern for audio described movies using the below Zoom platform! 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8032543777?pwd=QTVQd2RzN3l6QnNmZ0FmSnp6NG8vQT09

Meeting ID: 803 254 3777

Passcode: 124578

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