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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>We want to hear your stories on Friday night, October 29.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Everyone has great tales from their life that others would enjoy hearing. We’d like to “walk in your moccasins” and be in the moment, as you remember it. The story needs to be about you and your experience but it doesn’t need a blindness connection.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Story telling can be awesome and perhaps a little intimidating. We have you covered.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have a story, please reach out right away to connect with our story telling coach, John Bailey, by Wednesday, October 13 to simply state you are considering participating in the Friday night, October 29 event. John will work with each of our story tellers to refine their stories, ensure the stories are moving and under our 5-minute limit. We are only taking 7 participants and slots are filling fast. Simply call John at 703 994-2040 or email him at:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:john_bailey17@hotmail.com">john_bailey17@hotmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For greater context, we provide the following from our agenda:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>Campfire Stories – Sharing Our Stories: Gather around the virtual campfire for engaging real-life stories from our lived experiences. Your stories must be told preferably without notes and must be from your own personal experience, as you remember it. Stories do not need to be related to blindness. Please sign up with John Bailey, our story telling coach, to refine your story and ensure you fit into our strict 5-minute window. We want to hear from you. Let’s hear your story. Organized by the Virginia Association of Blind Students. To reach John Bailey, please email him at <a href="mailto:john_bailey17@hotmail.com">john_bailey17@hotmail.com</a><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></div></body></html>