[VABS] Fwd: [nabs-l] Washington Seminar update!

[Robert Parsons]

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> From: "Kathryn Webster, NABS President via NABS-L" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Date: December 4, 2017 at 11:34:27 AM EST
> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Kathryn Webster, NABS President" <nabs.president at gmail.com>
> Subject: [nabs-l] Washington Seminar update!
> Reply-To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> 
> Fellow student advocates:
> 
> 
> 
> Please read below for information regarding preparation for Washington
> Seminar and logistics for the event itself. Don't hesitate to reach out with
> any questions! Excited to see many of you soon!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> NABS Personal Testimony Letters
> 
> 
> Update from co-chair of NABS Legislative Advocacy: Kenia Flores
> 
> The National Association of blind students Legislative Advocacy Committee is
> asking that each student division collect five personal testimonies before
> Washington Seminar. These testimonies can highlight either positive or
> negative experiences. I have attached a template and two examples of what a
> great testimony looks like. You can email your testimony to me at
> kenia.flores at furman.edu <mailto:kenia.flores at furman.edu> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 2018 Washington Seminar
> 
> 
> What: The Washington Seminar is an annual event of the National Federation
> of the Blind to introduce the agenda of blind Americans--the priority issues
> requiring congressional attention over the coming year. The issues are
> selected from official positions of the Federation and will certainly
> address equal access to education, the bread and butter for blind students
> across the nation!
> 
> When: Monday, January 29, through Thursday, February 1, 2018
> 
> Where: Holiday Inn Capitol
> 
> 550 C Street, SW
> 
> Washington, DC 20024
> 
> Phone: 202-479-4000
> 
> Please reserve your room at the Holiday Inn Capitol (550 C Street, SW
> Washington, DC 20024) for Washington Seminar by Tuesday, January 2, 2018.
> Check-in at our booking rate begins Friday, January 26, 2018 with a
> check-out by Friday, February 2, 2018.
> 
> The rate is $192.00 per night. This rate does not include DC sales tax,
> currently 14.8%.
> 
> 
> 
> Please get your letters in and your rooms reserved!
> 
> 
> 
> Love,
> 
> Kathryn C. Webster
> 
> President | National Association of Blind Students
> 
> A proud division of the National Federation of the Blind
> 
> (203) 273-8463
> 
> Nabs.president at gmail.com
> 
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