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The Real Deal About Being Blind: Navigating Life’s Twists and Turns
A Message From Penny Forward Founder and CEO, Chris Peterson Picture this: I’m traveling to the National Federation of the Blind of Florida’s state convention in Tampa, just stepping into a Lyft that will bring me from the airport to my hotel. The driver throws me a curveball with a question: “Is it complicated to…
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Beyond Boundaries: Reflections from the NFBNM State Convention
A Message from Penny Forward Founder and CEO Chris Peterson Hi there, Penny Forward members and supporters. I wanted to share some of my reflections from my recent adventure at the National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico’s state convention. First and foremost, I’d like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to President Tara Chavez…
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Podcast: Past, Present, and Future of Accessible Voting
Today, we are talking with Clark Rachfal Director of advocacy and governmental affairs of the American Council of the Blind, and Luanne Blake, Director of research programs of the National Federation of the Blind. They will share information related to accessible voting, what options those of us who are blind or low vision have when…
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Financial Sense¢: Budgeting for Conventions
Please join us on Thursday, July 21st, at 7:30 PM ET/6:30 PM CT/5:30 PM/MT/4:30 PM PT for Financial Sense¢, our monthly public Zoom chat. If you made it to last month’s call you learned how to attend an ACB or NFB convention on a budget. Conventions are chaotic, though, so this month we’ll be talking…
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Why Should You Consider Opening An ABLE Account?
Welcome to the third part in our five part series on ABLE accounts. The first two parts explained what ABLE accounts are and who may want to consider opening one. In this part, we’ll look at a few reasons why you may want to consider opening an ABLE account. What is an ABLE account? Before…
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Podcast: Conventional Success
The American Council of the blind and National Federation of the blind both hold national conventions every year in mid summer, and both conventions are a great place to network with other blind people who may have similar interests. They’re also a great place to find job, business, and volunteer opportunities. One of the people…