<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="gmail-aLF-aPX-aPF-aPE-a1J-Ji" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;background-color:rgba(79,79,79,0.2);width:586.91px;height:16.9907px">We are all in the middle of hustling and bustling to get ready for the NFBV State Convention</p><p class="gmail-aLF-aPX-aPF-aPE-a1J-Ji" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;background-color:rgba(79,79,79,0.2);width:210.451px;height:16.9907px">which is closing in on us...FAST!</p><p class="gmail-aLF-aPX-aPF-aPE-a1J-Ji" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;background-color:rgba(79,79,79,0.2);width:606.516px;height:16.9907px">Your Diversity, Equity &amp; Inclusion Committee wants to take some of the pressure off by making</p><p class="gmail-aLF-aPX-aPF-aPE-a1J-Ji" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;background-color:rgba(79,79,79,0.2);width:467.963px;height:16.9907px">Your Thursday night programming decision a slam dunk! EASY PEASY!</p><p class="gmail-aLF-aPX-aPF-aPE-a1J-Ji" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;background-color:rgba(79,79,79,0.2);width:572.535px;height:16.9907px">Just head to the MARINER A ROOM around 8:15 p.m. Our exciting, engaging and highly entertaining program starts at 8:30 p.m.! It\u2019s called \u2013</p><p class="gmail-aLF-aPX-aPF-aPE-a1J-Ji" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;background-color:rgba(79,79,79,0.2);width:356.852px;height:16.9907px">\u201cIs It Funny\u2026Or Not? When Our Words Cross the Line\u201d</p><p class="gmail-aLF-aPX-aPF-aPE-a1J-Ji" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;background-color:rgba(79,79,79,0.2);width:576.458px;height:16.9907px">It is all about those times when we stick our big feet in our mouths and say things that hurt</p><p class="gmail-aLF-aPX-aPF-aPE-a1J-Ji" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;background-color:rgba(79,79,79,0.2);width:179.074px;height:16.9907px">others\u2014microaggressions!</p><p class="gmail-aLF-aPX-aPF-aPE-a1J-Ji" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;background-color:rgba(79,79,79,0.2);width:575.151px;height:16.9907px">And don\u2019t you worry your little heads! This will not be your typical lecture-style workshop!</p><p class="gmail-aLF-aPX-aPF-aPE-a1J-Ji" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;background-color:rgba(79,79,79,0.2);width:607.824px;height:16.9907px">Noooo sireee! Leave your pens and paper or your Braille notetaker in your hotel room! All you</p><p class="gmail-aLF-aPX-aPF-aPE-a1J-Ji" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;background-color:rgba(79,79,79,0.2);width:592.141px;height:16.9907px">need is an open mind, open heart, fun spirit, and the willingness to engage and participate in</p><p class="gmail-aLF-aPX-aPF-aPE-a1J-Ji" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;background-color:rgba(79,79,79,0.2);width:610.44px;height:16.9907px">our antics! IMPROV! ROLE PLAY! And honest interactions about this serious topic and how to</p><p class="gmail-aLF-aPX-aPF-aPE-a1J-Ji" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;background-color:rgba(79,79,79,0.2);width:599.988px;height:16.9907px">make it better! Learning should be fun! Our personal experiences, coupled with our workshop</p><p class="gmail-aLF-aPX-aPF-aPE-a1J-Ji" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;background-color:rgba(79,79,79,0.2);width:184.306px;height:16.9907px">activities will be our teacher!</p><p class="gmail-aLF-aPX-aPF-aPE-a1J-Ji" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;background-color:rgba(79,79,79,0.2);width:176.458px;height:16.9907px">We hope to see you there!</p></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(32,33,36)">Teisha Gillespie (She/Her/Hers)</span><div><br><div>Communications Chair, NFB of Virginia</div><div>Marketing Chair, U.S. Blind Tennis Association<br><div><div>Host of the Not Your Average GOAT Podcast | The show that celebrates all the shapes, sizes and colors of diversity as well as adversity | <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(32,33,36)">Listen and subscribe on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6v0eJPeJd1pTMitq7Mj46Q" target="_blank">Spotify</a> or <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/not-your-average-goat/id1622832417" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a></span></div><div>Connect with me on <a href="http://linkedin.com/in/teishacollins" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></div><br></div></div></div></div></div><input name="virtru-metadata" type="hidden" value="{&quot;email-policy&quot;:{&quot;disableCopyPaste&quot;:false,&quot;disablePrint&quot;:false,&quot;disableForwarding&quot;:false,&quot;enableNoauth&quot;:false,&quot;expires&quot;:false,&quot;sms&quot;:false,&quot;expirationNum&quot;:1,&quot;expirationUnit&quot;:&quot;days&quot;,&quot;expirationDate&quot;:null,&quot;isManaged&quot;:false},&quot;attachments&quot;:{},&quot;compose-id&quot;:&quot;19&quot;,&quot;compose-window&quot;:{&quot;secure&quot;:false}}"></div>