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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>It would be a great idea to have a SC Seminar where people go to the state house to represent people with disabilities here as well!<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><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Steve and Shannon Cook<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Today I married my best friend. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>The one that I laugh with, live for, love.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>October 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 [mailto:webmaster@nfb.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 15, 2018 5:11 AM<br><b>To:</b> SHANNON COOK <cookcafe@sc.rr.com><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'><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 valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=0 style='width:6.25in'><tr><td style='background:#FEFFFF;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:119.25pt'><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 0in 18.75pt 0in;height:119.25pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10360&qid=2155814"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. National Federation of the Blind Logo - Go to NFB.org"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:61.5pt'><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:61.5pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:.75pt 3.0pt 0in .75pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. Imagineering Our Future"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p align=right 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></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%'><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><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. Image of President Mark A. Riccobono at the Newseum podium"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></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><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. picture of the crowd at the Great Gathering In"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></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></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%'><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><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. Lt. General George R. Christmas, Mark Riccobono, General Glenn M. Walters, Marc Maurer, and John Olsen"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></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><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="_x0000_i1030" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. action item logo"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></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'>. Encourage students to apply for our 2018 </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=10366&qid=2155814"><span style='color:navy'>NFB Summer Internships</span></a></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=10367&qid=2155814"><span style='color:navy'>NFB Scholarships</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:#FEFFFF'>.</span><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:#A7A7A7'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-color:initial'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='background:lavender;border-style:hidden'><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#FEFFFF;padding:0in 11.25pt 3.75pt 11.25pt;height:15.0pt'><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:13.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>HAPPENINGS</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:155%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10368&qid=2155814"><span style='color:navy'>NFB Announces NFB EQ</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10369&qid=2155814"><span style='color:navy'>NFB BELL Academy Student Applications Go Live</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10370&qid=2155814"><span style='color:navy'>NFB Issues Statement on Delta’s New Service Animal Policy</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10371&qid=2155814"><span style='color:navy'>National Federation of the Blind Applauds United Airlines for Prudent Service Animal Policy</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10372&qid=2155814"><span style='color:navy'>NFB President Receives Automotive Innovation Award</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10373&qid=2155814"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy'>Blindness: Learning In New Dimensions (BLIND), Inc Summer Program Applications Due</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10374&qid=2155814"><span style='color:navy'>Colorado Center for the Blind Announces Summer Youth Programs</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10375&qid=2155814"><span style='color:navy'>Louisiana Center for the Blind Unveils Summer Youth Programs</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p 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