[NFBV-Announce] IMPORTANT INFORMATIONabout Washington Seminar

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>From Deepa Goraya

 

Hello everyone,

 

I wanted to provide some important information for the 2022 Washington
Seminar. This upcoming Washington Seminar will be once again virtual, with a
limited number of in-person participation. The Great Gathering In will be a
hybrid, so over zoom and a limited number of in-person participants who will
be selected by each affiliate. But all of our Virginia appointments will be
virtual over zoom.

 

This year's Washington Seminar will be from February 7 to the 10th, with the
Great Gathering In on the 7th at 5 PM, and most of our appointments on the
8th and 9th. There will be trainings provided as usual before appointments
to inform you of the issues we'll be presenting on, but they will just be
hybrid trainings in person and on zoom. There will be a Monday issue
training and mock meeting session from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., EST, and an
evening meeting on both Tuesday and Wednesday from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., EST.
Additional info about the trainings are forthcoming.

 

This year's legislative issues are the following:

Access Technology Affordability Act (H.R. 431/S. 212)

Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act (H.R. 4853)

Twenty-First Century Website and Application Accessibility Act

Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (H.R. 2373/S. 3238)

 

Fact sheets and additional info on these issues are forthcoming.

 

I will be scheduling most of our zoom appointments with our representatives.
But we will again need some info from you to determine which appointments
and teams you'll be a part of. Congressional members still want to ensure
they are scheduling appointments with their constituents, so it will be
important that you are present at the appointment with your representative.

 

If you could please email the following info to Arielle Silverman this month
at arielle at disabilitywisdom.com <mailto:arielle at disabilitywisdom.com>  (like
you did last year) so that we can begin scheduling these appointments and
creating the teams:

*	Your name
*	What days you will be able to attend Washington Seminar (8th, 9th,
10th, or all three days)
*	What times you'll be available on each of those days between 8 AM
and 6 PM
*	Your address, and
*	A phone number and email address where you can be quickly reached

 

Please let Arielle know all this by January 3rd. The sooner you email her
this info, the easier I can place you in a team for an appointment. For any
questions, you can email me at deepa.goraya at gmail.com
<mailto:deepa.goraya at gmail.com> .

 

Thank you.

 

Deepa Goraya

National Federation of the Blind of Virginia, Co-Legislative Director

 

Deepinder K. Goraya, Esq

 





 

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