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<p class="MsoNormal">Julie asked me to send this out.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John Halverson, Corresponding Secretary<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Julie A. Orozco <kaybaycar@gmail.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 15, 2026 11:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'John Halverson' <jwh100@outlook.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Verbal description museum tour<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hey John,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Can you send this onto the list in case our chapter members are interested?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Julie<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Jones, Vanessa E. <<a href="mailto:JonesVE@si.edu">JonesVE@si.edu</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 14, 2026 4:57 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Verbal description museum tour<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Greetings,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:17.95pt"><span style="color:black">You are invited to join a tour geared towards blind and low vision visitors on Sunday, October 18th, 10:30 - 11:30 am. This educator-guided gallery talk combines detailed verbal description
with multisensory engagement and group conversation. We'll explore select portraits in the
</span><span style="color:#3659E3"><a href="https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/americas-presidents" target="_blank" title="https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/americas-presidents"><span style="color:#3659E3">America's Presidents</span></a></span><span style="color:black"> exhibition,
including tactile reproductions of President Abraham Lincoln's face masks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:17.95pt"><span style="color:black">If you plan to attend, please RSVP by either replying to this email, or registering via Eventbrite at this link:
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/portrait-insight-verbal-description-tour-tickets-1999120888392?aff=oddtdtcreator">
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/portrait-insight-verbal-description-tour-tickets-1999120888392?aff=oddtdtcreator</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="spanwithbackgroundcolor"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">Vanessa Jones</span></b></span><span class="spanwithbackgroundcolor"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="spanwithbackgroundcolor"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">National Portrait Gallery</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><span class="spanwithbackgroundcolor"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white"><a href="mailto:jonesve@si.edu" title="mailto:jonesve@si.edu">Jonesve@si.edu</a> | 202.633.8506</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/smithsoniannpg/" title=""https://www.facebook.com/smithsoniannpg/""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" style="width:.25in;height:.25in" id="Picture_x0020_1443370196" src="cid:3b4d4785-e0c4-43b7-a0c6-cdb0deebd893"></span></a></span><span class="spanwithbackgroundcolor"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://twitter.com/smithsoniannpg?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" title=""https://twitter.com/smithsoniannpg?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" style="width:.25in;height:.25in" id="Picture_x0020_1747145090" src="cid:7a2256c8-73b9-42c6-88fb-a6fd5b60c7b5"></span></a></span><span class="spanwithbackgroundcolor"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/smithsoniannpg/" title=""https://www.instagram.com/smithsoniannpg/""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" style="width:.25in;height:.25in" id="Picture_x0020_1366378215" src="cid:83a066ce-b173-4b52-b5de-f24532ce80fb"></span></a></span><span class="spanwithbackgroundcolor"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/NatlPortraitGallery" title=""https://www.youtube.com/user/NatlPortraitGallery""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" style="width:.25in;height:.25in" id="Picture_x0020_54559144" src="cid:49c01c3a-25c4-44fd-a7c9-b757a89fd819"></span></a></span><span class="spanwithbackgroundcolor"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://app.smartify.org/venues/smithsonian-national-portrait-gallery" title=""https://app.smartify.org/venues/smithsonian-national-portrait-gallery""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" style="width:.25in;height:.25in" id="Picture_x0020_2000694408" src="cid:2e7554c5-1db5-4870-b3e2-bce8f8e7fd9e"></span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003382713/museum-accessibility-spectrum-alison-eardley-vanessa-jones?_gl=1*z4rlde*_gcl_au*MTczNjIwOTQwNy4xNzM1OTk3ODk1*_ga*MTgwMDMzOTY0Ny4xNzI2ODQwMDk3*_ga_0HYE8YG0M6*MTczOTM3NDE0Mi40MC4wLjE3MzkzNzQxNDIuNjAuMC4w" title=""https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003382713/museum-accessibility-spectrum-alison-eardley-vanessa-jones?_gl=1*z4rlde*_gcl_au*MTczNjIwOTQwNy4xNzM1OTk3ODk1*_ga*MTgwMDMzOTY0Ny4xNzI2ODQwMDk3*_ga_0HYE8YG0M6*MTczOTM3NDE0Mi40MC4wLjE3MzkzNzQ"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;background:white;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="109" height="164" style="width:1.1319in;height:1.7083in" id="image_0" src="cid:964098ec-0f76-4e7c-a620-6e2fbe0ae34c"></span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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