<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Hi Again,<div>For our employed members, this opportunity could be a great way to help educate our legislators about blindness, since we know many of them don\u2019t get it.</div><div>Helen <br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
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<div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Iowa DD Council - NO REPLY <noreply@iowaddcouncil.org><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Spend a Workday With Your Legislator!</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">August 26, 2025 at 10:30:51\u202fAM CDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hmejia@nfbi.org<br></span></div><br><div>
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<font size="2" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'; color: #173961;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Workday With My Legislator</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 18px;">Create change through employment.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">How do we help legislators see that hiring people with disabilities is a good idea? </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px;"><strong>We show them\u2014by bringing them to work!</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px;">They get to see people with disabilities doing their jobs and helping the community. They also meet business owners who say their company is better because they hire people with disabilities. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="color: #173961;">This is your chance to tell your legislator(s) what you do at work and why it matters to you. </span></strong>You can also share any challenges that make it hard for you to do your job. The DD Council will share pictures of your visit throughout National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) in October.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Before you begin, ask yourself the following: </strong></span></p>
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