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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><img width=936 height=397 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D15DF1.66E63740" alt="NFBOK Logo RGB Rect"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:36.0pt'> 2016 National Federation of the Blind of Oklahoma Convention<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:36.0pt'>March 31<sup> </sup>–April 3, 2016 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:24.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>The Board of Directors of the National Federation of the Blind of Oklahoma welcome you to join in our 42<sup>nd</sup> Annual convention!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Jeannie Massay, President<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Audrey T. Farnum, 1<sup>st</sup> Vice President <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Rex Schuttler, 2<sup>nd</sup> Vice President <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Glenda Farnum, Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Jedi Moerke, Secretary <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Cammie Loehr, Board Member<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Mike Harvey, Board Member<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Mike Floyd, Board Member </span></b><b><span style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>The mission of the National Federation of the Blind of Oklahoma is to seek equality, education and employment for all blind people in Oklahoma. We offer public education about blindness, serve as a source of information and referral, provide literature and publications about blindness, share information about and demonstrate assistive technology and other adaptive equipment for the blind, participate in advocacy efforts in the protection of civil rights, and offer support for blind persons and their families. Our members are blind children and their parents, blind students from high school to college, adults and seniors. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>We wholeheartedly believe that blindness is not the characteristic that defines anyone or their future. Every day we raise expectations of the blind because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. Blindness is not what holds us back. We are living the lives that we want! <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>This year we are thrilled to have Ever Lee Hairston serve as our national representative and keynote speaker. Ms. Hairston is a dynamic and charismatic woman, a published author and a person whose story you will want to hear. A bit about Ever Lee:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Mentor, Advocate, Motivational Speaker<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Born to Arizona and Clarence Hairston on the Coolemee plantation in Mocksville, North Carolina, Ever Lee is the third of seven children. She grew up and attended schools in the segregated South. </span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>“</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>I felt like a second-class citizen, using hand-me-down books in school; and, due to unexplained vision problems, I had to struggle to read from the bulletin board,</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>”</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> Ever Lee noted. In spite of the challenges of growing up in the segregated South and continuing visual problems, Ever Lee had a strong desire to become a nurse. Ever Lee</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>’</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>s parents simply could not afford to send her to college; so after high school, Ever Lee went to New York City to earn money for college by working as a live-in maid. She returned to North Carolina at the end of the summer anxious to pursue a nursing career. However, she failed the required eye examination and was told that she would not be suitable for admission to Duke University Nursing School. </span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>“</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>I was heartbroken but refused to be defeated,</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>”</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> she said. She was accepted at North Carolina Central University, where she earned a teaching degree.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>After graduating from North Carolina Central, Ever Lee taught high school business courses in New Jersey. While working as a high school teacher in New Jersey, Ever Lee</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>’</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>s eyesight continued to deteriorate. She finally sought answers and medical care. Ever Lee, along with three siblings, were diagnosed with a genetic eye disease, retinitis pigmentosa (RP). And, four years after starting a challenging teaching career, Ever Lee was forced to resign from her position because of her impending blindness.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>At the age of twenty-nine, facing total blindness, with a failed marriage, a child to raise alone, and uncertainty about future employment, Ever Lee admitted to being devastated and feeling sorry for herself. However, she held on to the hope that a better way of life was in store for her. Ever Lee admits to believing in the old adage that </span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>“</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>When God closes a door, He opens a window.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>”</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> She began looking for the window.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>After inventorying her strengths, she stepped through a window of opportunity at New Jersey</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>’</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>s Rutgers University, where she took graduate courses in counseling. In 1983 she landed a Counselor Trainee position with the Camden County Department of Health and Human Services. But, as Ever Lee explains it, </span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>“</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>With no blindness skills, I was faking my way through.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>”</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> She notes that she relied heavily on sighted people to read to her and to act as guides.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>In 1987 Ever Lee was invited to a NFB convention in Phoenix, Arizona. At first she made excuses because she was afraid of requesting the time off from her job. The most profound experience, as Ever Lee explains it, came when she started through the registration line. She remembers being asked, "Would you like a Braille or print agenda?" She could no longer read print and did not know Braille. It was then, according to Ever Lee, that a light bulb went off. She talked to as many people as she could at that convention in Phoenix, Arizona, and learned about the NFB centers. From then until 1990 she continued to function without blindness skills but worked on a plan to get to Louisiana where she could be trained.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Ever Lee attended the Louisiana Center for the Blind from October 1990 until April 1991. She learned to read Braille, mastered cane travel and independent living skills, and learned to utilize adaptive technology. She returned to New Jersey, after the Freedom Bell rang for her at the Louisiana Center, with a confidence she never had before, integrating blindness skills into her everyday life.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Ever Lee credits her training at the Louisiana Center for the Blind with enabling her to succeed at her chosen career. After twenty-six years holding many successive positions with the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program in New Jersey, Ever Lee retired from the position of program director in 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>In July of 2006 she moved to California. She continues to devote tireless hours mentoring and advocating for the blind, as well as delivering inspiring speeches to blind and visually impaired audiences and educating the sighted public about blindness. Ever Lee is blessed with one son, Victor; a wonderful daughter-in-law, Brenda; and three energetic grandchildren: Briana, Kendall, and Jasmine. She enjoys traveling, reading a good novel, and spending time with family</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Most recently, Ever Lee has authored and published a book titled <i><u>Blind Ambition: One Woman</u></i></span></b><b><i><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>’</span></u></i></b><b><i><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>s Journey to greatness despite her blindness<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Holiday Inn - City Centre <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>17 West 7<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Tulsa, Ok 74119<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>918-585-5898<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.holidayinn.com/tulsda-cc"><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>www.holidayinn.com/tulsda-cc</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>The rate for the hotel this year is a fantastic $89.00 for singles or doubles. All applicable taxes apply. Each attendee must make their own hotel reservations.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Convention Rates and Packages: <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Convention Package $95.00 <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Includes Registration, Boxed lunch for Friday and 1 Banquet meal for Saturday evening. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Ala Carte Pricing<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Registration - $25.00 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Boxed Lunch (Available Friday and Saturday) - $20 each <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Banquet Meal - $40.00 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>*If you require specialized meal ACCOMODATIONS, please indicate so on your registration. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>You may register and pay online using a Credit card or Pay Pal account. If you prefer to register online and mail a check or pay at the door with a check or cash, you may do so at the same link. Our awesome Webmaster (1<sup>st</sup> Vice President, Audrey Farnum) has completely redesigned our website and has worked very hard to make this happen for us! Go to this link to register online: </span></b><a href="http://nfbok.org/state-convention/"><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>http://nfbok.org/state-convention/</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>If preferred, you may register by filling out the form at the end of this e-mail and sending it along with a check to Glenda Farnum, Treasurer of the NFB of Oklahoma at the following address: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Glenda Farnum <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>6116 Gunhill Way<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Warr Acres, Ok 73132<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Any questions about registration should be directed to Glenda Farnum, Treasurer, at 405-255-6482 or by e-mail at </span></b><a href="mailto:treasurer@nfbok.org"><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>treasurer@nfbok.org</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>If you are a student and plan on attending the Student Seminar Sessions, please contact Cammie Loehr , President of the Oklahoma Association of Blind Students at </span></b><a href="mailto:cammieloehr767@gmail.com"><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>cammieloehr767@gmail.com</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> or by phone at 580-678-8222. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Convention Activities <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Thursday, March 31, 2016 <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>7:00-8:30 Registration <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>6:00 -10:00 Federation Family Gatherings <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Informal gatherings and fellowship for students, and anyone else wanting to have a good time together before we get down to business. More information will be forthcoming regarding specific times and locations. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Friday, April 1, 2016 <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>8:00-9:00 Registration <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>9:00 </span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>–</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> 10:00 NFB of Ok Board meeting <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Open to all convention attendees. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>10:00- 11:00 Resolutions Committee Meeting, Mike Harvey, Chair <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Any member may submit, at least 2 weeks in advance of the convention, a resolution which may be considered by the Committee. All members are encouraged to attend as this is where you will learn about the resolutions for this year. Resolutions which pass the committee will then be voted on by the membership at the annual business meeting on Sunday, April 3<sup>rd</sup>. Resolutions are considered to be the policy of our organization. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Resolutions for consideration may be sent to Mike Harvey at </span></b><a href="mailto:mike.harvey149@gmail.com"><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>mike.harvey149@gmail.com</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>The Exhibit Hall will be open from 10:00 to 8:00. (Friday ONLY)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Raising Expectations <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>A day of seminars for all blind Oklahomans, their friends and family members relating to the development of blindness skills and the achievement of independence. How to live the life you want!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>11:15-12:30 Session 1 rotation <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>1. <u>Student Seminar</u>: Self-Advocacy <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>2. </span></b><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Cane Travel</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> - Professional Orientation & Mobility Instructors will be on hand to dynamically teach participants the basics of using a long white cane to navigate the world as a blind person. Led by Jedi Moerke, Mike Harvey, and others.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>3.</span></b><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> Tech Talk & Demonstrations: </span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Do you have a Love/ Hate relationship with your technology? This seminar is for beginners to those who are tech savvy. Bring questions about the technology that you depend on. Hopefully, we can provide the answers. Led by Audrey Farnum.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>12:30 </span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>–</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> 1:30 Lunch <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>1:30- 2:45 Session 2 rotation <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>1. <u>Student Seminar</u> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>–</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> Technology Matters<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>2. <u>Why I am a Federationist!</u> Discussion of what the National Federation of the Blind is and why members on this panel got involved and remain so. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>3. <u>When blindness comes: Seniors successfully living with blindness</u> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>3:00-4:15 Session 3 rotation <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>1. <u>Student Seminar</u> - <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>2. <u>Health & well-being: Incorporating Stress management into our lives – </u>Led by Jeannie Massay<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>3. </span></b><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Cane Travel</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> - Professional Orientation & Mobility Instructors will be on hand to dynamically teach participants the basics of using a long white cane to navigate the world as a blind person. Led by Jedi Moerke, Mike Harvey, and others.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>4:15 -6:30 Dinner Break </span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>–</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> Dinner on your own. Restaurant menus are available in Braille and Large-print. Local restaurants are happy to serve you as well! Enjoy! Fuel up and get ready to finish out the day!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>6:30-8:00 Session 4 rotation <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>1. <u>Student Seminar</u> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>2. </span></b><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Tech Talk & Demonstrations: </span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Do you have a Love/ Hate relationship with your technology? This seminar is for beginners to those who are tech savvy. Bring questions about the technology that you depend on. Hopefully, we can provide the answers. Led by Audrey Farnum.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>3.</span></b><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> The Working Blind</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> -<u> </u>A panel discussion with employed individuals who happen to be blind. Panelists from a variety of interests and jobs will speak about their jobs and the skills that they use daily to bring home their pay!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>8:30-10:00 Activities <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>1. Student Division Meeting and Elections <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>2. Meet & mingle/ Game night <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>3. Described movie <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Saturday, April 2, 2016 <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>9:00 Call to order<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>9:00-12:00 General Session <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>12:00 </span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>–</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> 2:00 Lunch <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>2:00 </span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>–</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> 5L00 General Session <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Speakers include Jeannie Massay, President, National Federation of the Blind of Oklahoma, Joe Cordova, Director, Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation, Ever Lee Hairston, National Representative and many others helping blind Oklahomans live the lives that they want!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>7:00 Banquet and keynote address featuring Ever Lee Hairston<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Sunday, April 2, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>9:30-12:00 Annual Business Meeting <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>12:00 Adjourn <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>An updated agenda will be forthcoming with additional information on the specifics of General Session speakers and a separate agenda for the Student Seminar sessions. Stay tuned! Make sure to register and reserve your room today!We hope you can join us!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Jeannie M. Massay, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>National Federation of theBlind <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Of Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>505 Baker Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Norman, OK 73072<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Phone: 405-600-0695<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'><a href="mailto:Jeannie.massay@nfbok.org">Jeannie.massay@nfbok.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day, we raise expectations of the blind because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. Blindness is not what holds you back. You can live the life youw ant.!. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>“Whatever you dare to dream, begin.” – Goethe <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>