<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I’ve never been so I’m asking out of ignorance is this not what disability days for?<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Please forgive the typos as this message was most likely generated using voice dictation<div>Nancy Irwin</div><div><a href="mailto:nvanderbrink@icloud.com">nvanderbrink@icloud.com</a></div><div>KN4DBQ</div></div><div><br>On Feb 15, 2018, at 5:57 PM, Steve & Shannon Cook via NFBofSC <<a href="mailto:nfbofsc@nfbnet.org">nfbofsc@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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11, 2003<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> National Federation of the Blind [<a href="mailto:webmaster@nfb.org">mailto:webmaster@nfb.org</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 15, 2018 5:11 AM<br><b>To:</b> SHANNON COOK <<a href="mailto:cookcafe@sc.rr.com">cookcafe@sc.rr.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Experience Washington Seminar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#FEFFFF"><tbody><tr style="height:15.0pt"><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:0%"><span style="font-size:1.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td 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style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;line-height:125%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00005B">February 2018 </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00005B"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"><tbody><tr style="height:15.0pt"><td width="50%" valign="top" style="width:50.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt;height:15.0pt"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><~WRD000.jpg></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:155%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7"><br></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A foundational value of the NFB is that we are not an organization speaking for the blind, we are the blind speaking for ourselves. The hundreds of blind brothers and sisters who traveled to Washington, DC, exemplify that value...</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7"> <a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10361&qid=2155814"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0075C9;text-decoration:none">more from President Riccobono</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="50%" valign="top" style="width:50.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt;height:15.0pt"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><~WRD000.jpg></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:155%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">RESULTS FROM OUR WORK ON THE HILL </span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The goal of the Washington Seminar is to brief members of the House and Senate on issues affecting the blind. It is an important learning experience about what it truly means to be a Federationist...</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7"><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10362&qid=2155814"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0075C9;text-decoration:none">more reflections on the Washington Seminar</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"><tbody><tr style="height:213.75pt"><td width="50%" valign="top" style="width:50.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 0in 11.25pt;height:213.75pt"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><~WRD000.jpg></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:155%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:#FEFFFF">NFB PARTNERS WITH NEWSEUM TO CREATE ACCESSIBLE EXHIBIT</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:155%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Many of our Washington Seminar participants who attended a special reception were among the first to experience a historic new exhibit by John Olson at the Newseum...</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7"><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10363&qid=2155814"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0075C9;text-decoration:none">more about the exhibit</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="50%" valign="top" style="width:50.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt;height:213.75pt"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><~WRD000.jpg></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:155%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ACTION ITEMS</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7"><br></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:#FEFFFF">Tell others about our youth programs by sharing our </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7"><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10364&qid=2155814"><span style="color:navy">BELL Academy</span></a><span style="background:#FEFFFF"><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10364&qid=2155814"><span style="color:navy"> page</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:#FEFFFF"> and our </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A7A7A7"><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10365&qid=2155814"><span style="color:navy;text-decoration:none">NFB EQ page</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:#FEFFFF">. 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style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">JUL 3-8: <a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10378&qid=2155814"><span style="color:#1A5632">National Convention, Orlando, FL</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:15.0pt"><td style="background:#0075C9;padding:0in 11.25pt 0in 11.25pt;height:15.0pt"><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:155%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FEFFFF">JUL 29-AUG 4: <a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10365&qid=2155814"><span style="color:#F8EFD7">NFB EQ, Baltimore, MD</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FEFFFF"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:15.0pt"><td style="background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 11.25pt 0in 11.25pt;height:15.0pt"><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:155%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">NOV 13-16: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A5632"> <u><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10379&qid=2155814"><span style="color:#1A5632;text-decoration:none">BLAST Conference, San Antonio, TX</span></a></u></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"><tbody><tr style="height:15.0pt"><td width="100%" valign="top" 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