<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Greetings Fellow Students!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> For all of what we do in the federation, it is always important to remember that every bit of it is rooted in our philosophy; our unshakeable belief in blind people.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> our philosophy is expressed in many different ways. One of those ways is our many riveting banquet speeches.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> These speeches have been given over the years by some of our greatest leaders and illustrate clearly our beliefs on the true abilities of the blind and our relentless pursuit of full integration on the basis of equality.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> On sunday, may 16, the National Association of Blind Students presents a philosophy discussion based on the speech “blindness: a left-handed dissertation”.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> We are happy to have Sarah Patnaude as our moderator for this call.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> Sarah is president of our Virginia Association of Blind Students and a member of the membership committee of the National Association of Blind Students.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> For those of you who may not be familiar with the speech; you can find it here:https://<a href="http://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/convent/blndnesl.htm"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/convent/blndnesl.htm</span></a>.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> So to recap…</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> Who?: The National Association of Blind STudents</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">What?: philosophy discussion based upon “blindness: a left-handed dissertation”. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">When?: Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 7p.m. ET </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Where? conference call (605)475-6700. Code:7869673. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> Talk to you then!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> The National Association of Blind STudents. : . </span></div><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><br><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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