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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I want to share with everyone a piece that I was fortunate enough to publish in the March issue of the Braille Monitor.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am hopeful that it will lead to meaningful reflection and discussion.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Some of us may have heard people say something like “I am a member of the National Federation of the Blind; therefore, I am 100 percent pro-life,” or “I am a member of the National Federation of the Blind; therefore, I am 100 percent pro-choice.”
I contend that the Federation is not inherently pro-life or pro-choice.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here it is:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2103/bm210314.htm">https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2103/bm210314.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Aloha,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Justin<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Justin Mark Hideaki Salisbury<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">he/him/his<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 808.797.8606<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:President@Alumni.ECU.edu">President@Alumni.ECU.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury"><span lang="EN" style="color:blue">https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury</span></a> <span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ResearchGate: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Salisbury">
<span style="color:blue">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Salisbury</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are
not afraid anymore.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">Cesar Chavez<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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