<html aria-label="message body"><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;">Hi All,<div>Please see below. I encourage members to attend and suggest legislation that will benefit blind Iowans.</div><div>Helen</div><div><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 &lt;noreply@iowaddcouncil.org&gt;<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>Register Now: Iowa DD Council Public Policy Committee Listening Sessions</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;">July 16, 2026 at 12:31:11\u202fPM 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;">hstevensnfb@gmail.com<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'; font-size: 16px;">It\u2019s still summer, but we are already planning for January and the next Iowa Legislative Session! We need to hear your ideas.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 16px;">Our Public Policy Committee is starting to work on our public policy priorities for 2027.&nbsp; The \u201cpriorities\u201d are suggestions that we will give to Iowa lawmakers and members of Congress about policy change that could make life in Iowa better for people with disabilities.</span></p>
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                                                    <font size="2" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 16px;">The first thing we are doing is <strong>LISTENING</strong> to you.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 16px;">Please join us for one or all of these listening sessions so we can hear your thoughts, ideas, stories and suggestions about changes that we can work on together. Each listening session has a topic to focus on, but you can join any or all sessions with any idea.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 16px;">If you can\u2019t join a listening session, you can still share your ideas in writing. We\u2019ll send more information about how to do that soon.</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 16px;">It\u2019s your turn\u2014we want to hear from you!</span></strong></p>
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