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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The NFB National Convention is concluding general sessions today,
Wednesday, July 8, 2026 from 10am to 1PM ET (9am to 12pm CT). Even if you are not able to go to the national
convention in-person, the general sessions are being streamed live via Zoom. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Please see below for the agenda with speakers and agenda
items. </p>
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has been working on and any future plans on the horizon. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Please note that today only has a morning general sessions
and not a morning and afternoon session like the previous 2 days. The Zoom is: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><a href="https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/99250838960#success" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/99250838960#success</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">10AM \u2013 1PM ET: General Session V </p>
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</span>Call to Order and Invocation</p>
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member offers an invocation.</p>
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</span>"I Identify as Blind: A Brazen Celebration
of Disability Culture, Identity, and Power"</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Lachi, Author of I Identify as Blind, CEO of RAMPD,
Recording Academy National Trustee, Producer of a Grammy-nominated Album; New
York, New York</p>
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Future</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Anil Lewis, Executive Director for Blindness Initiatives,
National Federation of the Blind; Baltimore, Maryland</p>
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of the Blind; Baltimore, Maryland</p>
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</span>Fulfilling America\u2019s Promise to the Blind:
Advancing Equality from the United States Congress</p>
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Representatives, Thirty-Fifth Congressional District; Austin, Texas</p>
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</span>Keep Elevating Creativity with Accessibility:
Blind Wisdom in Marketing</p>
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York, New York</p>
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</span>The Nineteenth Annual Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards</p>
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Committee, and Second Vice President, National Federation of the Blind; Salt
Lake City, Utah;</p>
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</span>Reports and Resolutions</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">President Riccobono delivers important information and
convention business as time allows.;</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span>Thanks,<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span> </p><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Stacie </font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Stacie Leap </font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">President, Greater Philadelphia Chapter &</font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">President, Pennsylvania Organization of Blind Parents (POBP), </font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania </font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <a href="mailto:stacie.leap@gmail.com" target="_blank">stacie.leap@gmail.com</a> | 215-776-6741</font></div><div><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/stacieleap" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">LinkedIn</font></a></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px;text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000">The National Federation of the Blind advances the lives of its members and all blind people in the United States. We know 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. Our collective power, determination, and diversity achieve the aspirations of all blind people.</font></span></div></div></div></div></div>