[Ohio-Talk] EXT: Deadline

[Jessica Stover]

I’m interested in going if there is funding available. I spoke with Trisha
from NABS and we are trying to get something in the works for an event.

On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 8:36 AM Richard Payne via Ohio-Talk <
ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Greetings the deadline is here:
>
> To allow time for planning unless you have talked to me or received an
> email invite you must respond today to be considered.
>
> Washington Seminar
> At our Washington Seminar, members of the National Federation of the Blind
> convene to learn about and advocate for legislative initiatives that will
> improve the lives of blind Americans.
> Approximately three legislative initiatives are chosen for priority
> attention each year. These initiatives, which form the *Washington
> Seminar priorities*
> <https://www.nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/washington-seminar/washington-seminar-priorities>,
> are based on the *official positions of the NFB adopted at the national
> convention* <https://nfb.org/resources/speeches-and-reports/resolutions> and
> can address concerns related to civil rights, educational programs and
> services, rehabilitation of the blind for competitive employment, the
> operation of vending facilities by blind persons on public property,
> specialized library services for the blind, the organization and funding of
> federal programs, Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security
> Income programs, and other timely topics.
> The first Washington Seminar took place in 1973. Today, more than five
> hundred people from the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto
> Rico typically attend.
> Dates and Location
> Monday, January 30 through Thursday, February 2, 2023
> Holiday Inn Washington Capitol – National Mall
> 550 C Street, SW
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/550+C+Street,+SW+%0D%0A%0D%0AWashington,+DC+20024?entry=gmail&source=g>
> Washington, DC 20024
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/550+C+Street,+SW+%0D%0A%0D%0AWashington,+DC+20024?entry=gmail&source=g>
>
>
>
>
> Richard Payne,  President
> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
> 937/829/3368
> *Rchpay7 at gmail.com* <Rchpay7 at gmail.com>
> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
> expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
> between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
> blindness is not what holds you back.
>
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President: National Federation of the Blind of Ohio Greater Akron Chapter
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