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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Hi Everybody! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Hope you are all doing well. Having my afternoon coffee and thought I would send out a quick note. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Earlier this month, a group went down to walk the hill in Washington DC at the annual NFB Washington Seminar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The three pieces of legislation that we focused on this year are the Access Technology Affordability Act, the Accessible Instruction Materials in Higher Education Act, and the Greater Access and Independence through Nonvisual Access Technology Act. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Some of you may already know that Rep. Mike Kelly from the Erie area was one of the lead co-sponsors for the Access Technology in the House and Senator Bob Casey was an original on the version in the Senate. While there, we presented both of these gentlemen with a copy of the resolutions we past at the 2019 State Convention, recognizing their hard work on behalf of the blind.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>If anyone is interested in learning more or helping us to reach out to local representatives, please email me at <a href="mailto:skewbdobdo@verizon.net">skewbdobdo@verizon.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>You can always enjoy your coffee with me, by ordering here, and 10% will go to the affiliate so we can continue our work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#954F72;background:white;font-weight:normal'><a href="https://whitecanecoffee.com/ref/nfbp" target="_blank"><span style='color:#954F72'>https://whitecanecoffee.com/ref/nfbp</span></a></span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>Thanks everyone! </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>Emily Gindlesperger</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>2nd Vice President, National Federation of the Blind of PA</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>Legislative Director</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=inlinecomposebarbutton><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></span><span class=inlinecomposebarbtnlabel><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Reply</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> <span class=inlinecomposebarbutton> </span><span class=inlinecomposebarbtnlabel>Reply All</span> <span class=inlinecomposebarbutton> </span><span class=inlinecomposebarbtnlabel>Forward</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>