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Hi folks, Please share this with anyone who cares about IDB and might want to be part of this event; including your friends in ICUB and who arent in a consumer group. We as an affiliate are putting this together, but we want all those who share common cause
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Below are the links for the main info page and registration form for the IDB Director Protest at 10:00 a.m. on September 16th. We will be marching together for 1 1/2 hours and then attending the Iowa Commission for the Blind Board meeting at noon. We would
like to have as many folks as possible for the protest and also sending letters to the Commissioners before hand and giving public comment at the meeting. If you would like to send an email or make comments and writing or speaking is not your thing, we are
here to help. Please reach out to me and I can help you draft or send you talking points or do whatever I can to help you feel more comfortable writing or speaking. Your voice and presence is important and will make a big difference. If you received training
at the IDB center or structured discovery training elsewhere and it change your life for the better, its time to help ensure blind Iowans in the present and future get this same opportunity. The Iowa Model has been the cornerstone and linchpin of the services
IDB offers and without it, the agency loses its uniqueness and becomes an easy target for dismantlement by the Governors office or the Iowa DOGE Commission During the next legislative session. If you have never had the chance to be a part of a Federation
protest, you wont want to miss this. Not only do you get to make a difference, but it is lots of fun. Dont worry if you dont think you can march for that long or need other accommodations. We are going to make sure everyone who wants to can </div>
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participate. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me or anyone on the committee including Sharon omvig, Elizabeth Rouse, Roger Erpelding, and President Mejia Its a truly ad-hoc committee due to the need for urgency. Its only a little
over 2 weeks away, so please make plans now to attend. Thanks muchh! .</div>
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Key Links:</div>
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RSVP form:</div>
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<a href="https://nfbi.org/protestRSVP" data-outlook-id="2ca8cca8-c582-49b5-a618-1f4347e48423">https://nfbi.org/protestRSVP</a></div>
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For more information, read the protest overview]</div>
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<a href="https://nfbi.orgt/protest925" data-outlook-id="18974f12-3b28-427c-8edd-5cc708114508">https://nfbi.orgt/protest925</a></div>
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Contact Info:</div>
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Emily Wharton, 612-669-4627 (poetgeek@gmail.com I probably wont answer if it is an unknown number, but leave me a voicemail or text and Ill get back to you. Sorry, someone tried to hack my Facebook last week and I think I may get some folks trolling me for
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Ill be on vacation next week, but will be available before 9/1 and after 9/6.</div>
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Roger Erpelding</div>
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rogererpel@gmail.com</div>
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skomvig@gmail.com</div>
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