<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Suzanne Turner" <<a href="mailto:smturner.234@gmail.com">smturner.234@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> July 11, 2018 at 7:26:31 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> "'NFBOH-Cleveland'" <<a href="mailto:nfboh-cleveland-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfboh-cleveland-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:stuff12993@aol.com">stuff12993@aol.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:Victory71351@aol.com">Victory71351@aol.com</a>>, "'Carolyn Peters'" <<a href="mailto:dr.carolyn.peters@gmail.com">dr.carolyn.peters@gmail.com</a>>, "'NFBOH-Cleveland'" <<a href="mailto:nfboh-cleveland-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfboh-cleveland-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:kennethury.nfboh.cleveland@gmail.com">kennethury.nfboh.cleveland@gmail.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:wturner@clevelandsightcenter.org">wturner@clevelandsightcenter.org</a>>, "'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List'" <<a href="mailto:ohio-talk@nfbnet.org">ohio-talk@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <<a href="mailto:smturner.234@gmail.com">smturner.234@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>The National Federation of the Blind of Ohio-AKRON Chapter</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">I</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">am</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">please</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">d</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> to infor</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">m you that the NFB of Ohio Membership efforts in revitalizing and restructuring the Akron Chapter has begun. Below is an article that was</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">written to spread the word that the Akron Chapter will reorganize and hopefully become a strong p</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">illar in the community. </font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">This past Sunday, President Riccobono</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">emphasized</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> that</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> “</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri">Any single moment in time can be an opportunity for reflection, for commitment, or for action. That we share this moment together means that we combine our unique perspectives, backgrounds, and talents into one unified experience. Publisher Malcolm Forbes noted that diversity is “the art of thinking independently together.” Artist Vincent Van Gogh explained that “great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” And Aristotle is credited with observing that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” This philosophical musing has now been applied in almost every aspect of life—from the Gestalt psychological theory that, “the whole is something else than the sum of its parts,” to applications in physiology, economics, and theology. </font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri">This concept is now better known as synergy, from the Latin word</font></span><span lang="en-us"><i></i></span><span lang="en-us"><i> <font size="4" face="Calibri">synergia</font></i></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri"> meaning working together. Synergy is broadly understood to be a mutually advantageous conjunction or compatibility of distinct participants or elements. Leadership coach Stephen Covey describes it this way: “Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge.” In this construction, synergy can be understood as the product of successful organizing</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri">”</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri">.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
<p dir="LTR" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri">So, we as a un</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri">ified Affiliate will embrace and provide not only leadership to Akron, but brotherhood with no limitations,</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font size="4" face="Calibri">inhibitions</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri"> or</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri"></font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font size="4" face="Calibri">high expectation</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri">s</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri">. We must remember tha</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri">t as the Akron Chapter forms, baby steps will be taken. It will take us all to become cheerleaders</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri">, sounding bo</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri">ards</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri"> and</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font size="4" face="Calibri">offering</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font size="4" face="Calibri">great support</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri"> to its members</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri">.</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri">On July 21, 2018, Akron will have a meeting to discuss t</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri">he</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font size="4" face="Calibri">resurrection</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri"> of the Chapter.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font size="4" face="Calibri">Please</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri"> keep Akron and the Ohio Affiliate in your thoughts a</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri">nd</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Calibri"> prayers. Many of these individuals are newly blind, and yet hungry to belong!</font></span></p>
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<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">Group aims to help blind</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">AKRON: The National Federation of the Blind of Ohio, an organization dedicated to helping blind people, is working to form a local chapter. </font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">A founder’s meeting will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 21 at the Northwest Akron branch of the Akron-Summit County Public Library, 1720 Shatto Ave.</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">The aim of the group is to make positive social change for blind people through collective action, organizers said. </font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">The National Federation of the Blind also provides encouragement and support to families and their blind children and people who have become blind later in life.</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">For more information, call Richard Payne, affiliate president of the state, at 937-829-3368 or email</font></span><span lang="en-us"> </span><a href="mailto:RchPay7@gmail.com"><span lang="en-us"><u><font color="#0563C1" face="Calibri">RchPay7@gmail.com</font></u></span><span lang="en-us"></span></a><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">.</font></span></p>
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