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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Steve Cook<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>District 2 State Board Member of the National Federation of the Blind of SC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President of the Computer Science & Technology Division of the National Federation of the Blind of SC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1<sup>st</sup> Vice President of the Columbia chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of SC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4awrn7eddQ&t=16s">Click here to view the National Federation of the Blind of SC 2021 PSA!</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black'>The National Federation of the Blind creates and distributes several publications and audio reports to inform both our membership and our friends about the true nature of blindness, issues of interest to the blind, NFB news and action items, and the many important stories we share.</span><span lang=EN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media">Click here to read more about Publications and Media from the NFB!</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Able South Carolina <info@able-sc.org> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 19, 2022 5:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> cookcafe@sc.rr.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Update: Subminimum Wage bill advances!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><span style='font-size:1.0pt;color:white'>House LCI Subcommittee passed, now moving to full committee! 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People include a person with a leg prosthetic, a child, an adult, and a person in a wheelchair. Text in blue and white reads, 'Ending subminimum wage advances to full committee!' and a quote from Kimberly Tissot that reads, ' When we pass this bill, not only will we create equity, but we will challenge the misconceptions of people with disabilities.'"></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td><td width=400 valign=top style='width:300.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;overflow-x:auto'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='max-width:300.0pt;border-collapse:collapse' id="id_0bcce03d-26f4-4426-87fb-fc779c017ee5"><tr style='display:table-row'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;display:table-cell' id="id_0f9741a0-925c-4537-8d72-dc97f0c5f40e"><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;display:table'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'>Friend,</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'>Thanks to your advocacy, s. 533, <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>the bill to end subminimum wage, has passed the Labor, Commerce, and Industry (LCI) subcommittee unanimously and is now headed to the full LCI committee!</span></strong> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'>Stay tuned for details and action alerts to call on your SC House representatives to vote YES on s. 533! Together, we can end subminimum wage in South Carolina and ensure that people with disabilities are given opportunities for integrated, competitive employment!</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'>- All of us at Able South Carolina</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#455560'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;overflow:hidden' id="id_7f22e757-d1e8-4ca6-88b5-3db38e8d39e5"><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span 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