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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span class=field><span style='font-size:39.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal'>Braille Monitor</span></span><span style='font-size:39.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Braille Monitor</span></em> is the flagship publication of the National Federation of the Blind. It covers the events and activities of the NFB, addresses the issues we face as blind people, and highlights our members.<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Offers a positive philosophy about blindness to both blind readers and the public at large<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Serves as a vehicle for advocacy and protection of civil rights<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Addresses social concerns affecting the blind<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Discusses issues related to employment, education, legislation, and rehabilitation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Provides news about products and technology used by the blind<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>To learn more, we invite you to read Dr. Kenneth Jernigan's 1993 article entitled, <a href="https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm93/brlm9304.htm#2" target="_blank"><span style='color:#005AA3'>"Concerning History and the </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005AA3;text-decoration:none'>Braille Monitor</span></em><span style='color:#005AA3'>."</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:22.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:27.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>How to Subscribe</span></b><span style='font-size:27.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Braille Monitor</span></em> is available online, via email, in fourteen-point inkprint, in Braille, and on USB flash drive. It is also available through our <a href="https://www.nfb.org/programs-services/nfb-newsline"><span style='color:#005AA3'>NFB-NEWSLINE</span><sup><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#005AA3'>®</span></sup></a> program and via podcast by searching for "National Federation of the Blind—<em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Braille Monitor</span></em>" in your podcast client. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>You can <a href="https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/brl-monitor" target="_blank"><span style='color:#005AA3'>subscribe to the email version here</span></a>. To subscribe to the inkprint, Braille, or USB flash drive version, or to change your format or mailing address, please contact us at 410-659-9314, extension 2344, or <a href="mailto:nfbpublications@nfb.org"><span style='color:#005AA3'>nfbpublications@nfb.org</span></a>. Please indicate which format you would like to receive. If based in the United States, NFB members are invited, and nonmembers are requested, to cover the subscription cost (i.e., $40). All subscriptions mailed to foreign countries are invoiced at $75 USD per year, and Canadian subscriptions are invoiced at $50 USD per year. Checks should be made payable to the National Federation of the Blind and sent to the NFB, attention <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Braille Monitor</span></em>, 200 East Wells Street <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>at Jernigan Place</span></em>, Baltimore, Maryland 21230.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For current and past issues, go to the below link. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/braille-monitor">https://www.nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/braille-monitor</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Steve Cook<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>