<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">From: Tracy Soforenko, President</p></div></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Have you been curious to learn more about the NFB training centers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Come to the 2019 NFB of Virginia Convention and learn all about them.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Friday Morning (11/1) General Session presentation: NFB Training Centers: The Next Generation – Jennifer Kennedy, Executive Director, Blindness Learning In New Dimensions (BLIND Inc.) Minneapolis, Minnesota.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">We are thrilled to share that Jennifer Kennedy, the new director of our NFB Training Center in Minneapolis will be joining us at our convention. Jennifer is a fabulous role model sharing our positive philosophy on blindness and a motivating force in blindness skills education. For many years, Jennifer taught orientation and mobility at the Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired and also served as Richmond Chapter President. We look forward to hearing about her plans to further innovate at BLIND Inc. We are excited that our friend has made visiting the Virginia convention a priority for her during her first year in this new role.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jennifer will also be a part of many of the workshops and seminars scattered throughout the convention agenda.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">This is just one more reason why you need to act today (before the October 8 deadline) to secure your hotel reservation and register to take advantage of pre-registration pricing.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">All details can be found at:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.nfbv.org/convention/">http://www.nfbv.org/convention/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please act today to join us in Portsmouth from November 1 – 3.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Tracy Soforenko<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">202 285-4595<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.nfb.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.nfb.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.nfbv.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.nfbv.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">National Federation of the Blind. Live the Life You Want<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><style><!--
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