<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind " <<a href="mailto:IOF@nfb.org">IOF@nfb.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> June 1, 2016 at 9:08:28 AM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Nihal Erkan <<a href="mailto:nihal_erkan@hotmail.com">nihal_erkan@hotmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>National Federation of the Blind Newsletter - A High Five for the Federation, Family, and Furthering our Movement</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> "Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind " <<a href="mailto:IOF@nfb.org">IOF@nfb.org</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><table align="center" cellpadding="15" style="width: 600px;">
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<h1><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Imagineering Our Future</span></strong></span></h1>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong> Issue 87</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>June 2016 </strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>In this issue:</strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="#President" title="President's Message">Message from the President</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="#news" target="news" title="What's News at the NFB">What's News at the NFB</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="#Braille"><span style="font-size: small;">Braille Certification Training Program</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="#Library" title="Jacobus tenBroek Library">From the tenBroek Library</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="#Market" title="Market">Independence Market</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="#Advocacy"><span style="font-size: small;">Advocacy</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="#Access"><span style="font-size: small;">Access Technology</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="#calendar">NFB Calendar</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="#Citation" title="Citation">Citation</a></span></span></li>
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<h2><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a name="President"></a><span style="font-size: medium;">Message from the President</span></span></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dear Friends:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I have held many titles but without a doubt the most important one is "Dad." As Father's Day approaches, I need your help to protect the rights of other blind fathers (and mothers) and to ensure that future blind parents have access to quality resources that will help them and those around them know that blindness is not the characteristic that defines their ability to be a great parent.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I am calling on you today to give a high five to blind parents for Father's Day. By making a contribution of $5 (or some multiple of $5), you can help the National Federation of the Blind strengthen and broaden our initiative for blind parents. Last month we launched the first phase of <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5430&qid=1284240" target="_blank" title="Link to blindparents.org">blindparents.org</a>--our online resource center for connecting, empowering, and protecting blind parents in fulfilling their dream of living up to the title of mom, dad, grandmother, or grandfather. The more high fives we get on this Father's Day, the
more blind parents or prospective parents we can connect, empower, and protect.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Every day we come across blind people who are preparing to be parents but who have never met a blind parent. Unfortunately, these same individuals are often surrounded by sighted friends and family who question how they will effectively serve as caregiver. These questions are frequently rooted in misconceptions about blindness and low expectations. Unless we get these blind parents connected with other blind parents like my wife Melissa and me, the questions begin to add doubt and fear to the general concern that every new parent faces. Through the National Federation of the Blind, we offer a meaningful personal mentoring connection that helps answer the questions.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">All new parents have questions, but there have not been adequate resources for blind people to discover and share the techniques, tools, strategies, and tips that blind people use to effectively parent without vision. Through the National Federation of the Blind, we are building out the resources to empower blind parents to know and share the techniques and information that they need to be outstanding caregivers. What product is best for gaining access to a child's temperature? What techniques do blind people use to monitor their children? How do blind parents deal with transportation and managing the daily schedule of after-school activities, homework, school meetings,
etc.? These questions and others are ones that successful blind parents already have answers to, and through our work we will create new means of sharing this knowledge base, continuing to build it with new ideas, and empowering blind parents to utilize it in their day-to-day parenting.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Some may be surprised that every week we learn of more blind people who have had the custody of their child threatened by social workers, counselors, neighbors, and even other family members who have low expectations and no experience with the nonvisual techniques that blind people use to be effective parents. Often times children are separated from their parent who is blind and the misunderstanding about the capacity of blind people is the primary reason. The characteristic of blindness should not be used to rip these families apart and we can do something about this discriminatory behavior. Through the National Federation of the Blind, we provide legal advocacy,
assistance, and training to protect blind parents in cases where blindness is being used to unfairly divide parents from their children. We also undertake advocacy to eliminate state laws that permit blindness to be used to demonstrate inability to parent. Likewise, we are proactively developing resources and training to reach more social workers, family court personnel, hospital staff, families, and others to break down the misconceptions and strengthen understanding about the capacity of the blind to be great parents.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">If you believe in our comprehensive strategy to connect, empower, and protect blind parents, then I need a high five from you. In fact, the more high fives the better. You cannot put a price on love; and our blind parents initiative is protecting the bonds of love between blind parents and their children.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Please join with me by giving us a high five on our donation page. Also help us spread the word about our <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5430&qid=1284240" target="_blank" title="Link to blindparents.org">blindparents.org</a> webpage. To get involved in our blind parents initiative, please send an email to <a href="mailto:parenting@nfb.org" title="email to parenting@nfb.org">parenting@nfb.org</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sincerely,</span></span></p>
<p><img alt="Graphic: Signature of Mark Riccobono" height="40" src="https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/images/MAR_signature.jpg" title="Graphic: Signature of Mark Riccobono" width="160"></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mark A. Riccobono, President</span><br>
<span style="font-size: small;">National Federation of the Blind</span></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a name="news"></a><span style="font-size: medium;">What's News at the NFB</span></span></h2>
<h3><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Thank You to our 2016 National Convention Elite and Platinum Sponsors</strong></span></h3>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Elite:</strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Platinum:</strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Cardtronics, Inc.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Delta Air Lines</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Google, Inc.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Oracle</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Target</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">UPS</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">VFO (Freedom Scientific/Optelec)</span></p>
<h3><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Delay on Internet Regulations by DOJ</strong></span></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The National Federation of the Blind, the nation's leading advocate for equal access by the blind to information and technology, condemned the <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5431&qid=1284240" target="_blank" title="Link to DOJ Announcement">announcement by the United States Department of Justice</a> (DOJ) that it will further delay issuing regulations under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and instead seek further comments from the public on what those regulations should contain. Details can be found at <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5432&qid=1284240" target="_blank" title="Link to DOJ Delay">https://nfb.org/national-federation-blind-condemns-delay-web-accessibility-regulations</a>.</span></p>
<h3><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Uber Settlement</strong></span></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">In an unprecedented settlement, Uber has agreed to take affirmative steps to prevent discrimination against blind riders who use guide dogs in its transportation network across the United States. Read our full press release at <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5433&qid=1284240" target="_blank" title="Link to article on Uber settlement">https://nfb.org/groundbreaking-settlement-end-discrimination-against-blind-uber-riders-who-use-guide-dogs</a>.</span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><strong><a name="Braille"></a>Braille Certification Training Program</strong></span></h2>
<h3><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Contest for Braille Readers</strong></span></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The Onkyo Braille essay contest is administered by the National Federation of the Blind for the North America/Caribbean Region of the World Blind Union. Essays must be written in Braille and in English or their author's native language and must be completely original. Entries should be no fewer than eight hundred words and no more than one thousand words.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The contest is divided into two groups of competitors--one junior group, aged twenty-five and under; and one senior group, aged twenty-six and above. Prizes range from $500 to $2,000. All essays must be received by June 30, 2016. Visit <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5446&qid=1284240" target="_blank" title="Link to Onkyo Braille essay contest">http://www.nfb.org/onkyo-braille-essay-contest</a> for more information and an application.</span></p>
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<h2><a id="Library" name="Library"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From the tenBroek Library</span></span></strong></a></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The month of June is always busy at the NFB Jernigan Institute as our staff work hard to get everything ready for our annual national convention, typically held the first week of July. Since 1940, the size and shape of the national convention has changed greatly; yet looking at the early convention records housed in the papers of our founder, Dr. Jacobus tenBroek, it is easy to see that largest annual gathering of blind people in American still remains true to its roots. It is, and has always been, a time for members to come together both to conduct the serious business of the organization and to strengthen the bonds of the Federation family through networking, the sharing of
common goals, and exciting adventures. A prime example of this can be found in the convention agenda for 1952:</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 120px;"> TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">OUTLINE OF PROGRAM of the NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND to be held in NASHVILLE at the ANDREW JACKSON HOTEL SATURDAY, July 12 through TUESDAY JULY 15.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">(Note: This is the first time for the National Federation of the Blind to hold its annual convention, not only in Tennessee but in the South. This year the National Federation will hold a Bowling Meet for the Blind. This will be the first time that the Federation has sponsored such an event…)</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">PROGRAM</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">SATURDAY MORNING, July 12: Registration in the lobby of the Andrew Jackson Hotel; 1. Atomic Research - A Job for the Blind, Dr. Bradley Burson; 2. How Safe are the Blind? Mr. Smith Shumway; 3. Public Welfare Principles, Mr. George Card.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">SATURDAY AFTERNOON: A Living Pension for the Blind… [panel presentation]</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">(On Saturday Night many of the delegates will visit the Grand Ole Opry, where a block of tickets has already been reserved.)</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">SUNDAY MORNING, July 13: Rehabilitation, Employment and Vending Stand Programs… [presentations]</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Discriminatory Exclusion of the Blind from Trades and Professions… [panel presentation]</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">SUNDAY EVENING, July 13: The climax of the entire convention will come on Sunday, July 13, with a reception for guests and delegates, followed by a banquet.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">Kenneth Jernigan, President of the Tennessee Association of the Blind will serve as toastmaster at the banquet. Governor Gordon Browning will introduce the principal speaker of the evening, Dr. Jacobus tenBroek, President of the National Federation of the Blind. Some three hundred people are expected to attend the reception and banquet. Besides Governor Browning, Mayor West of Nashville, several of Tennessee's Congressmen, and Representatives of several Civic Groups will be present. At the banquet, Western and Northern delegates who are visiting the South for the first time will be treated to two Southern specialities, fried chicken and chess pie.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">MONDAY MORNING, July 14: Executive director's report.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">MONDAY AFTERNOON: On Monday afternoon the Tennessee Association of the Blind will conduct the convention delegates and their guests on a tour through Nashville and some of the surrounding area. Among those places visited will be the Parthenon, the Hermitage, and the new school for the blind at Donelson. Lunch and dinner will be served on the tour.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">MONDAY EVENING: A bowling meet will be held on Monday evening. Blind people from several states are expected to compete for honors.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">TUESDAY MORNING: Legislative program.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">TUESDAY AFTERNOON: White Cane report, treasurer's report, election of officers and selection of a Convention city for 1953.</p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">For more information on the timing and activities of the 2016 NFB National Convention, please visit <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5434&qid=1284240" target="_blank" title="Link to NFB convention webpage">the convention webpage</a> today!</span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><a name="Market"></a>Independence Market</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Last fall we shared with our readers that the National Federation of the Blind is starting to update our brochures to reflect our new branding. At that time we had just completed our main brochure, "<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5437&qid=1284240" target="_blank" title="Link to What is the NFB brochure">What is the National Federation of the Blind</a>." If you wish to know what text the brochure contains before handing out hard copies in print or in Braille, you may review the brochure text online. The <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5447&qid=1284240" target="_blank" title="Link to the
Braille version of What is the NFB">Braille version</a> may also be downloaded as a BRF file and embossed on demand.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">We are excited to announce that we just completed the revision of the <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5439&qid=1284240" target="_blank" title="Link to the NOPBC brochure">National Organization of Parents of Blind Children brochure</a>. You may review this one online as well. Print and Braille copies of the National Federation of the Blind brochure and print copies of the National Organization of Parents of Blind Children brochure may be ordered from the Independence Market.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">At this time the staff of the NFB Independence Market are busily gearing up for our national convention, which will be held this year in Orlando, Florida, at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort from June 30 through July 5. In preparation for the convention we are adding new items to our stock and are updating our catalog. At the convention itself almost all of our sales products and much of our free literature will be available in the exhibit hall. Convention attendees will have a chance to examine demo items of all our products, including the new ones.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Many volunteers will help staff our store at convention to assist with demonstrating products to our customers and processing the resulting purchases. If you would like to volunteer for a shift in the Independence Market, please contact Patricia Maurer at our national office by phone at 410-659-9314, extension 2272, or email her at <a href="mailto:pmaurer@nfb.org" title="Email to Mrs. Maurer">pmaurer@nfb.org</a>. Thank you in advance to all of you who are helping out in some capacity. We would not be able to run the Independence Market at convention without you.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">We hope to see many of you in Orlando. If you are not able to join us at our convention, check out the <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5440&qid=1284240" target="_blank" title="Link to Independence Market">Independence Market online</a> or <a href="mailto:independencemarket@nfb.org" title="Email to Independence Market">contact us via email</a> or by phone at 410-659-9314, extension 2216, for a catalog. Please note that we will not be able to process any online or telephone orders while we are away at convention.</span></p>
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<h3><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Help Advocate for Accessible State and Local Government Websites<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> - </span></span></span></span>Your Stories are Needed by July 15</strong></span></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The need for access to public websites continues to be an area of critical importance to the NFB. Though the courts have increasingly identified that websites fall within the intent and scope of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and cannot be vehicles of discrimination and exclusion against blind citizens, the federal government has yet to confirm regulations that would require websites to be accessible to individuals with disabilities. The NFB’s advocacy for such regulations cannot stop until websites are accessible.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">In May, the U.S. Department of Justice published its Supplemental Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled <em>Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities</em> (SANPRM) in the Federal Register. In response to the new SANPRM, the NFB is gathering comments and stories from members to highlight the importance of access to state and local government websites. We need your stories, both positive and negative, regarding the importance of accessible state and local government websites—websites for voter registration, applying for a state or local government job, appealing a property tax
assessment, renewing a library book, requesting food stamps, registering for a class at your local state or community college, or any other state or local government service. Visit <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5441&qid=1284240" target="_blank" title="Link to Title II SANPRM">www.nfb.org/TitleIISANPRM</a> for steps on how you can help the NFB advocate for accessible websites, and/or contact Kyle Walls at 410-659-9314, extension 2223, or <a href="mailto:kwalls@nfb.org" title="Email to Kyle Walls">kwalls@nfb.org</a>. We will be gathering member stories through July 15.</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><strong><a name="Access"></a>Access Technology</strong></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">In the aftermath of the deluge of new technology that was CSUN, the access technology team has been catching up on a few things. We’ve also been writing things up—the team wrote three blog posts for Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), covering the latest accessibility improvements on Android, the new B2G notetaker, and accessible browser choices. In other GAAD news, we also presented to accessibility champions and other interested staff at Expedia on web accessibility.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">For those of you who live near Baltimore, you may be interested to learn that we’ve announced the next two accessibility boutiques. The topic for the June boutique is converting printed text to digital text: optical character recognition in the office and on the go. That will take place on June 23, 8:00-10:00 a.m. The July boutique on July 25, 3:00-5:00 p.m. will be on accessible websites, made accessibly—an introduction to Wordpress. If you are interested in attending either or both of these boutiques, RSVP to <a href="mailto:cvangerven@nfb.org" title="Email to Clara VanGerven">cvangerven@nfb.org</a>; space is limited. The event will be held at the National
Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute at:</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">200 East Wells Street<br>
at Jernigan Place<br>
Baltimore, MD 21230</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">May 23-August 26, 2016: NFB BELL Academy held at forty-six sites throughout the nation. More information at <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5442&qid=1284240" target="_blank" title="Link to NFB BELL Academy">https://nfb.org/bell-academy</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">June 19-25: NFB EQ (first iteration)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">June 30-July 5: National Federation of the Blind Convention, Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando, Florida, <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5434&qid=1284240" target="_blank" title="Link to national convention information">https://nfb.org/convention</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">July 31-August 6: NFB EQ (second iteration)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">August 18-25: WBU-ICEVI General Assembly, Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando, Florida, </span><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5443&qid=1284240" target="_blank" title="Link to WBU/ICEVI General Assembly information">www.wbu-icevi2016.org</a></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Our own National Federation has blazed the trail and shown the way. We have demonstrated what blind men and women can do in freedom and in concert, through independence and interdependence. We have proved, in the fires of battle, our right to organize, to speak for ourselves, and to be heard.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">– Dr. Jacobus tenBroek. “<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5444&qid=1284240" target="_blank" title="Link to The Parliament of Man banquet speech">The Parliament of Man... The Federation of the World</a>” 1964 NFB National Convention, Phoenix, Arizona, July 2, 1964.</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Thank you for reading the NFB’s <em>Imagineering Our Future</em>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4053&qid=692780" target="_blank" title="Link to Straight Talk About Vision Loss">Archive of Straight Talk About Vision Loss videos</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4054&qid=692780" target="_blank" title="Link to National Center for Blind Youth">National Center for Blind Youth in Science</a></span></p>
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