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Begin forwarded message:Date: January 11, 2012 3:00:29 PM ESTTo: Sandy Horowitz Subject: Let's Talk! Join Weekly Legislative Conference CallsReply-To: The Family Café

Dear Friends,

Let’s talk!The Family Café has been constructed around the idea that better informed families make better decisions for themselves and their loved ones. So we would like to offer you a chance to become better informed through weekly conference calls during the 2012 Regular Legislative Session!

During the 2012 Regular Legislative Session, which begins on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 and last for 60 days, The Family Café will host a weekly conference call to discuss the outcomes of Session for that week.

Let’s talk!Please call in! The Family Café will provide a recap of what our state Legislative leadership is doing, and how it will impact all of us. Please call in!

Let’s talk! Each conference call will feature various speakers, community leaders, legislative experts and local activists that will share a variety of thought provoking ideas and comments regarding the agencies and programs funded by the state.

Let’s talk! Such a grand mission can only be successful with your participation! Simply call the number below on Friday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. (EST). Your input, suggestions and resource sharing will ultimately make this community as powerful and productive as it can be. At such a crucial time, we need to concentrate our strength, power and wisdom in order to insure an improved quality of life for all Floridians with disabilities.

Let’s talk! This is your call! We will offer this conference call option every Friday for starting Friday, January 13th at 4:00 p.m. The call is open to everyone!

But we can't do it without you!

Let’s talk!

Friday, January 13, 2012

4:00 p.m. EST

Dial-in Number: 1-

Conference Code 2244670 followed by the # Key.

Sharing our various, unique perspectives is how we learn from each other, and ultimately affect change. To that end, we want to provide a variety of other methods to share, including social networking through FaceBookand Twitter at @TheFamilyCafe. The world is a much smaller place when more people can hear you. So let’s talk!

Yours,

The Family Café

Tips for finding solutions:

1. Be positive

2. Be clear and stay focused

3. Talk to the person who can make the difference

4. Ask what happened and why

5. Think solutions, not just complaints

6. Keep within your own experience of the problem

7. Write down beforehand what you want to say. Include the list of issues and questions you want answered, in case you forget in the meeting.

8. Focus on a way forward

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