[Txabs] Information regarding an upcoming conference and funding opportunity

[Jonathan Franks]

Fellow Federationists,

My apologies, my last email did not send the content over for some reason.


 A friend asked me to pass along information regarding an upcoming
 conference that could prove to be beneficial for many of our future
 leaders. There is a scholarship available to assist in funding to
 attend the conference.

 Her message is below:
 Friends, as part of my job, I coordinate a fund that gives
 scholarships to youth with disabilities to come to Washington, D.C.
 for the National Council on Independent Living's annual conference. It
 is a disability rights conference with lots of connections with other
 advocates, and it involves an opportunity to participate in a march, a
 rally, and an advocacy day on the Hill. NCIL defines youth as anyone
 26 or under, and most of our scholarship recipients fall between the
 ages of 18 and 26. The application for the youth scholarship can be
 found here:
https://ncilforms.wufoo.com/forms/2018-ncil-youth-scholarship-application/

 If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me
 personally and I will be happy to put you in contact with her.

 Warm regards,

 Jonathan Franks BSW
 Board Member
 National Federation of the Blind of Texas
 Graduate Student
 Masters of Social Work Program
 Texas State University




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