[Nfbnet-members-list] FW: Look How Far We Have Come

[David Andrews]

From: Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind [mailto:IOF at nfb.org]
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2018 5:01 PM
Subject: Look How Far We Have Come











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 Imagineering Our Future <https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/iof-imag-our-future-bottom-line-med.jpg>

June 2018







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A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT
The growth of the NFB can be measured in a number of ways. We have increased membership in our local chapters and affiliates. We continue to have significant victories in policy implementation and partnership development. Yet, the core of who we are as an organization is something else that is not easily measured...  <https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11441&qid=2277035> more from the President



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EXPLORE NFB HISTORY
A highlight of the year for Federationists is our annual convention. We can see how much blind people and the NFB have achieved in many ways, but let’s take a walk back fifty years to our 1968 convention. We can compare 730 in attendance at the banquet in Des Moines to our expected 2800+ for 2018...  <https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11442&qid=2277035> more from the history book





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REFLECTIONS FROM OUR MEMBERS

We have been asking longtime members of the National Federation of the Blind to reflect on how much things have changed over the years. It is sometimes easy to forget just how far we have come ...  <https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11443&qid=2277035> more from our members



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ACTION ITEMS
Share our annual report <https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11444&qid=2277035> , attend the 2018 National Convention <https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11451&qid=2277035> , and listen to the latest Nation's Blind Podcast <https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11445&qid=2277035>  about preparing for the convention...  <https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11462&qid=2277035> more about what you can do this month



HAPPENINGS

*	NFB Publishes Annual Report <https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11446&qid=2277035> .
*	Apl.de.ap of Black Eyed Peas to Headline Convention Welcome Concert <https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11447&qid=2277035> .
*	National Federation of the Blind and Boeing Employees’ Credit Union Reach Accessibility Agreement <https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11448&qid=2277035> .

·         Senate Committee Votes to Advance Marrakesh Treaty <https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11450&qid=2277035> .

·         National Federation of the Blind Announces 2018 Scholarship Program Finalists <https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11449&qid=2277035> .



CALENDAR


JUL 3-8:                 <https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11451&qid=2277035> National Convention, Orlando, FL


JUL 12-AUG 4:      <https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11452&qid=2277035> NFB EQ, Baltimore, MD


OCT 11-12:            <https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11453&qid=2277035> Tactile Graphics in Education and Careers Symposium, Baltimore, MD


NOV 13-16:            <https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=11454&qid=2277035> BLAST Conference, San Antonio, TX






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