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From: Brian Lovely
Date: May 2, 2016 9:14AM

Wow, John, thanks for the heads up on this!

Brian Lovely
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> On May 2, 2016, at 11:10 AM, John Foliot < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Lori wrote:
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>> I have another bold question, do any of you have any volunteer work that
> I can do to get training while doing?
>
> http://air-rallies.org/
>
> Another great initiative from Knowbility, this global event matches
> developers who are still honing their accessibility craft with non-profits
> that need new accessible web sites. There is training and mentorship
> available to the teams that do the actual development work, and then a
> "judging" and "awards" at the end (for fun and bragging rights mostly) -
> everyone who is involved is a winner in some fashion or other! :-)
>
> Lori, I think you might be able to sign up for that if you are interested.
>
> JF
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> John Foliot
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> Principal Accessibility Strategist
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> Austin, TX
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> Deque Systems Inc.
> 2121 Cooperative Way, Suite 210,
> Herndon, VA 20171-5344
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> Office: 703-225-0380
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> *Advancing the mission of digital accessibility and inclusion*
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> On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Gillen, Lori < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
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>> Thank you, all, for your wonderful suggestions.
>>
>> I have another bold question, do any of you have any volunteer work that I
>> can do to get training while doing? I do know some about accessibility in
>> that I make suggestions in my Documentation department at work. I wrote
>> some papers and presented at some annual conferences for the Society for
>> Technical Communication on raising awareness to accessibility for people
>> with hearing loss.
>>
>> I can send you my papers if you would like.
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> Lori
>>
>>