<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>good morning everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>Below this email and my signature is listed an opportunity for Writers to submit articles and poetry on subjects provided to us to help celebrate American education week. If you would like to participate please submit all articles our poetry by November 30. If you participate, I wish you the best of luck.</div><div><br><div dir="ltr">Shelley, Queen of Bells Out!<div>President, NFB Writers’ Division </div><div>Editor Slate and Style </div><div>See my self published books at Apple Books, Amazon and Barns and Noble </div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "Cascone, Stephanie" <scascone@nfb.org><br><b>Date:</b> November 19, 2020 at 10:44:01 AM CST<br><b>To:</b> queenofbells@outlook.com<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>American Education Week -- Writing Opportunities</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Hi Shelley,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">I hope you are well. It American Education Week and we have a couple of writing requests from members that could be fun for the writer’s
division. Below are the blurbs with details if you are interested in sharing: <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Poetry Request: This week is American Education Week, and it’s all about honoring people who are making a difference in ensuring that
every student receives a quality education. We know a quality education for blind students includes Braille. Please submit a poem on “What I like about Braille,” to education@nfb.org by November 30. It can be as short or as long as you’d like. Poems will be
published in the January Braille Monitor. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Blind and low-vision students: what would you do if you were a teacher of blind students? It’s American Education Week, which honors
those who ensure quality education, and we want to know what fun and creative things current blind students in grades K-12 would do as a teacher of blind students. Please submit to
<a href="mailto:education@nfb.org"><span style="color:#050505;text-decoration:none">education@nfb.org</span></a> by November 30 for a chance to be published in the January Braille Monitor.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Let me know if you have questions. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Stephanie Cascone
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Director of Communications and Marketing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">410-659-9314, extension 2244 |
<a href="mailto:scascone@nfb.org"><span style="color:#050505;text-decoration:none">scascone@nfb.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">Pronouns: she/her<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://nfb.org/"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="210" height="76" id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/nfblogo.png" alt="National Federation of the Blind" data-unique-identifier=""></span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nationalfederationoftheblind"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/facebook.png" alt="Facebook" data-unique-identifier=""></span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/NFB_Voice"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/twitter.png" alt="Twitter" data-unique-identifier=""></span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/NationsBlind"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/youtube.png" alt="Youtube" data-unique-identifier=""></span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white">The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind.
Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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