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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Passing on for your information.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal>Join the U.S. Access Board for a Virtual Celebration of the ADA on July 29<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><a name="gd_top"></a></td><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span></tr></table><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><strong><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Join the U.S. Access Board for a Virtual Celebration of the ADA on July 29</span></strong><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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</v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Image removed by sender. President George H.W. Bush signing the ADA Text: Celebrating 30 Years of the ADA, 1990 - 2020" style='position:absolute;margin-left:106.3pt;margin-top:0;width:157.5pt;height:117pt;z-index:251658240;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page' o:allowoverlap="f" stroked="t" strokeweight="56e-5mm">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=211 height=158 style='width:2.2in;height:1.6416in' src="cid:image006.jpg@01D65FC4.CB841CB0" align=right alt="Image removed by sender. President George H.W. Bush signing the ADA Text: Celebrating 30 Years of the ADA, 1990 - 2020" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The U.S. Access Board will celebrate the ADA's 30th anniversary with a virtual public meeting on <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>July 29</span></strong> from <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>1:30 – 3:00 (ET)</span></strong>. The event will feature a discussion of the ADA and its achievements with guest speakers and Access Board members.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>It will start off with a documentary that provides a vivid picture of the world before the ADA, including widespread discrimination of people with disabilities and early achievements of the disability rights movement. Sruthi Subramanian, a high school student, will introduce and discuss her 11-minute film, which she created for a National History Day competition.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Judy Heumann, a leader in the disability rights movement and lifelong advocate for people with disabilities, will discuss the accomplishments of the ADA. Board Member Sachin Pavithran will join Heumann in this conversation, which will also examine the important role disability rights advocates played in passage of the ADA and its implementation as a landmark civil rights law.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The event will conclude with a presentation from Board Member and architect Karen Braitmayer, FAIA on how the ADA has spurred architecture and design to be more inclusive of everyone. She will also review new frontiers in accessibility and work that lies ahead to maintain the promises of the ADA.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>This virtual meeting is open to the public and everyone is welcome to attend. Log-in details will follow and be posted on the Board's <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDA3MTQuMjQzNjI3NTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5hY2Nlc3MtYm9hcmQuZ292L3RoZS1ib2FyZC9ib2FyZC1tZWV0aW5nIn0.aUNDUpZ9ib8Li6rkhg99Zs7QakNA9oQD1Dfg53EZfes/s/234731073/br/81012041749-l">website</a>. For more information, contact Dave Yanchulis at <span class=baec5a81-e4d6-4674-97f3-e9220f0136c1>(202) 272-0026</span> or <a href="mailto:yanchulis@acccess-board.gov">yanchulis@acccess-board.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><em><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Celebrating 30 Years of the ADA with the U.S. Access Board (Virtual Meeting)</span></em><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br>July 29, 1:30 – 3:00 (ET) <br>Zoom Link: [to be posted]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><em><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Agenda</span></em><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br>• Welcome (Access Board Chair Lance Robertson)<br>• The World Before the ADA (Sruthi Subramanian with Board Vice Chair Greg Fehribach)<br>• Achievements of the ADA (Judy Heumann with Board Member Sachin Pavithran)<br>• How the ADA Has Advanced Accessible Design (Board Member Karen Braitmayer, FAIA)<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="mail_footer"><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>For more information about the content of this email, contact the <a href="mailto:news@access-board.gov">Access Board</a>. </span><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDA3MTQuMjQzNjI3NTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2NvbnRlbnQuZ292ZGVsaXZlcnkuY29tL2FjY291bnRzL1VTQUNDRVNTL2J1bGxldGlucy8yOTU4MWNjP3JlcWZyb209c2hhcmUifQ.aVmKItrvLtmnYqjQyC9fzYRoKB66cU-nP959Scd6Kq4/s/234731073/br/81012041749-l" target="_blank"><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=83 height=16 style='width:.8666in;height:.1666in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D65FC4.CB841CB0" alt="Image removed by sender. 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