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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dear Federation Family,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I am happy to be back! Please see below for lots of great information.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> News:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;line-height:17.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Collaborative Advocacy to Pass Legislation at the State Level:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:.25in;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Please note, the meeting originally scheduled for August 2 at 8:00 p.m. has been moved to September 13 at 8:00 p.m., eastern. The Zoom information remains the same and will be redistributed soon.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <b>Share Your #NFB22 Feedback:</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:.25in;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Thank you for your participation, engagement, and support in New Orleans. Please share your experiences of the 2022 National Convention.<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Z3236GT" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Take the #NFB22 survey now online</span></a><span class=gmail-apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>or by phone. To complete the survey by phone, call 229-632-7878 or toll-free 833-632-7878. As an encore to the general sessions’ preshow commentary, a post-convention review is available now on the<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span><i>Nation’s Blind Podcast</i><span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span>with the preshow panelists.<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="http://nfb.org/convention" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Get more details on the survey, highlights, and podcast episode</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <b>2022 Resolutions:</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:.25in;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>On July 9 at the 2022 National Convention of the National Federation of the Blind, the Federation passed eighteen resolutions. All of these resolutions have been posted to our website and can be read at<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="https://nfb.org/resolutions" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>nfb.org/resolutions</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <b>Presidential Release: September Save the Date & August Recording:</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:.25in;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The next Presidential Release will take place Thursday, September 1, at 8:00 p.m., eastern (CC and Spanish available). Zoom details coming soon!<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="https://nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/presidential-releases" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Access the August Presidential Release for chapter meetings, the full live event, or the transcripts.</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:17.25pt'> <b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Prepare for October Presidential Release on the Road:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:.25in;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Host the October Presidential Release LIVE in your affiliate! By chapter, affiliate, or even region, submit a brief proposal to have the October Presidential Release LIVE in your area. We will come to you! Please email<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="mailto:membership@nfb.org" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>membership@nfb.org</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>your pitch on what the release setup would be and any details that would help determine this exciting release. Why should we come to you? Be creative and share stories on why it will be important to your chapter or group. Deadline to submit is Sunday, August 28, and we will announce the location on the September Release.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <b>Braille Calendars for Affiliates and Individuals:</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:.25in;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults has graciously extended an offer to all National Federation of the Blind affiliates to request up to fifty 2023 Braille calendars. These are the 6 x 6 1/2 inch pocket calendars that have the month, date, day, and pertinent holidays. Please send an email to Jen White at<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="mailto:jwhite@nfb.org" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>jwhite@nfb.org</span></a><span class=gmail-apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>no later than August 31. Individuals can also<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="https://actionfund.org/resources/braille-calendars" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>order their free Braille calendar now</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;line-height:17.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Senate Committee on Aging Hearing Regarding Accessible Federal Technology:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:.25in;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>On Thursday, July 28, Anil Lewis testified before the US Senate Special Committee on Aging on the importance of accessible federal websites and technology.<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/policy-statements/anil-lewiss-testimony-senate-special-committee-aging" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Anil’s full written testimony</span></a><span class=gmail-apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>can be found on the<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/policy-statements" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Policy Statements page</span></a><span class=gmail-apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>of our website. You can also watch the hearing in its entirety on the Committee on Aging’s website at<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="https://www.aging.senate.gov/hearings/click-here-accessible-federal-technology-for-people-with-disabilities-older-americans-and-veterans" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>https://www.aging.senate.gov/hearings/click-here-accessible-federal-technology-for-people-with-disabilities-older-americans-and-veterans</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <b>United States Postal Service Report Regarding Free Matter for the Blind:</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:.25in;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>On Tuesday, July 26, the United States Postal Service Inspector General released a report with the result of their review of the Free Matter for the Blind Program, as requested by Senators Van Hollen, Hyde-Smith, Peters, and Portman. The report is available online at<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="https://www.uspsoig.gov/document/free-matter-blind" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>https://www.uspsoig.gov/document/free-matter-blind</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>. An impetus for this Inspector General investigation was the testimony of Federationist Rania Dima before the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services and the Federal Government at a hearing in July 2021. The full hearing, including Rania’s testimony, can be watched at<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-hearing-to-review-the-fy-2022-budget-request-for-the-usps-office-of-inspector-general-and-usps-service-issues-" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-hearing-to-review-the-fy-2022-budget-request-for-the-usps-office-of-inspector-general-and-usps-service-issues-</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <b>Justice Department and Department of Health and Human Services Issue Joint Guidance on Nondiscrimination in Telehealth:</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:.25in;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The NFB applauds DOJ and HHS for recently issuing guidance on nondiscrimination in telehealth, and we encourage members and health-care providers to review this important information available on HHS’s website at</span><a href="https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-individuals/disability/guidance-on-nondiscrimination-in-telehealth/index.html" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-individuals/disability/guidance-on-nondiscrimination-in-telehealth/index.html</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <b>Social Security Administration Kiosks:</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:.25in;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The NFB continues to seek information about the accessibility of the Social Security Administration’s current visitor-intake-processing methods. If you have visited an SSA field office since their reopening in April 2022, plan to visit an office soon, or would be interested in being a tester for the NFB, please contact Valerie Yingling at 410-659-9314, extension 2440, or<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="mailto:legal@nfb.org" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>legal@nfb.org</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>. We are specifically gathering information on whether the field offices are using kiosk, web-based, or human check-in processes, and whether these processes are accessible to blind individuals.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <b>Uber and Lyft Ride Denials:</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:.25in;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The NFB continues to gather information regarding Uber and Lyft ride denials not only due to service animals, but also related to a traveler’s use of a white cane, as well as access barriers on the companies’ apps. We know that rideshare drivers continue to discriminate and request that you complete<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/legal-program/rideshare-discrimination-survey" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>NFB’s rideshare discrimination survey</span></a><span class=gmail-apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>and share your experiences with us for our continued legal advocacy. The survey is available via<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://nfb.org/legal" target="_blank">nfb.org/legal</a>. We are especially interested in hearing from individuals who use Uber and who do not have their own account, using either a third-party service such as GoGo Grandparent; paratransit, concierge, or medical appointment dispatchers; or who use Uber via a friend, spouse, or other individual’s account.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Center for Employment Opportunities:<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>In the 2022 Presidential Report, I referenced<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span><span style='color:black'>our Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) initiatives intended to help bridge the gap of unemployment and underemployment among the nation’s blind. This includes the launching of our<i>Where the Blind Work</i><span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span>webinar series, featuring blind professionals in a wide range of jobs and careers. We seek your help to identify blind individuals in your network and/or affiliate.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We want to highlight blind workers in blue collar jobs in our upcoming segment. If you have members who are mechanics, machinists, carpenters, hair stylists, wait staff, hospitality, or other crafts and labor jobs, we want to hear from them. While you are at it, we are looking for a range of blind people working in all sorts of interesting jobs and careers, so please join our efforts to feature them in our<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span><i>Where the Blind Work</i><span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span>series by contacting Maurice Peret, coordinator of career mentoring and employment programs, at<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="mailto:mperet@nfb.org" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>mperet@nfb.org</span></a><span class=gmail-apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>or at 410-659-9314, extension 2350.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dates to Keep in Mind:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>(all times eastern)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a name="m_5056960086773174615__Hlk110413867"><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>August 31: Deadline for affiliates to request Action Fund Braille calendars</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>September 1: Presidential Release</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>January 30, 2023: Great Gathering-In</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>March 23, 2023: Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Mark A. Riccobono, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>410-659-9314 |<span class=gmail-apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:Officeofthepresident@nfb.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Officeofthepresident@nfb.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Twitter: @Riccobono<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pronouns: he, him, his<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>