<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">From Andre Hill<div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Member of the Black Empowerment Committee </div></div></div></blockquote><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Dear Affiliate Members, </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Recently, the Advancing the NFBV by Empowering Black Members Committee voted to change the name to Black Empowerment Committee. This change was made to fit more inline with our mission statement, which is: To educate members of society, To empower black members to become advocates for themselves and others, and To teach the community about the effects of discrimination at the intersection of blindness and race; while providing information, resources, and support for members to create a future of opportunities and equality for members of the black and blind community. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As many of you know by now we are hosting a seminar about not only Black issues but discrimination across the board and we would like your assistance. During our seminar, we will be having a panel discussion on various types of discrimination ranging from race, age, religion, nationality etc and the committee would like you to answer the following questions concerning your experiences. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">What was reason for your discrimination?</div><div dir="auto">How did you feel about it?</div><div dir="auto">What did steps did you take to resolve this issue?</div><div dir="auto">Was the issue resolved?</div><div dir="auto">If the issue wasn't resolved, what type of outcome would have like to have occur?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The committee knows that sometimes a situation can make you feel like you are being targeted and if that is the case, we want to know about that as well.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We will pick some of the situations and discuss them with the panel. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The name and contact information for those who provide feedback will be keep anonymous and in the strictest of confidential only the chairperson of the committee, who is gathering this information will have access to it. He can be reached at <a href="mailto:andrehill6188@gmail.com">andrehill6188@gmail.com</a> subject line: Seminar on Diversity</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please have all feedback by October 25 at 12pm. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank You,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Members of the Black Empowerment Committee </div><div dir="auto">Sub-Committee of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee </div><div dir="auto">National Federation of the Blind of Virginia</div></div>
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