[blindlaw] NFB Protesting Amazon Again

[Scott C. LaBarre]

Below are the words of our President, Mark Riccobono, from his weekly
message.  I encourage anyone in the NYC area to join this protest and I urge
others to read up on it via the below links.

 

Best,

Scott

 

NYC DOE / Amazon Protest:
On Wednesday, August 26, we will be participating in a protest outside M.S.
131 in New York City, where the city school system's Educational Policy
Panel will meet later that evening to consider a proposed $30 million
contract under which Amazon, Inc. would construct an electronic storefront
for New York City schools and become the primary provider of electronic
textbooks and related educational materials for students. More details can
be found in our media alert at
https://nfb.org/media-advisory-blind-americans-protest-proposed-amazon-deal-
new-york-city-schools. Please spread the word to anyone you know in the New
York area to come join us. The New York City school district is the largest
in the country in terms of number of blind students. This means that
Amazon's ability to secure a contract will likely have negative implications
for blind students around the country. Please take a moment to share
information about this issue and encourage people to turn out on Wednesday
night. Our blog about this issue is at
https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/we-must-stop-amazon-fail.