[Blindtlk] what is Federationism

[Ron Poire]

Hi Chris,
I'm surprised more people haven't replied to your message.
In my mind, federationism and the philosophy of the NFB are pretty much the 
same. I wouldn't know where to draw any line between the two. The philosophy 
of the organisation, can be found in all of the speeches given and 
literature written by us about blindness.
The idea of federationism is the life you live as a result of beeing exposed 
to the ideas portrayed in our literature. To live as a federationist, means 
not letting blindness hold you back from doing something like grilling, 
going some place you've not gone before, or even participating in a myriad 
of activities one can think of. One develops the heart of a federationist by 
allowing the exposure to various writings to change how you think about 
yourself as a bline person . I may decide, for other practical reasons that 
I didn't want to make that trip, as it would keep me from something I 
thought was more important.

I hope this is helpful to you.

Ron


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 3:31 PM
Subject: [Blindtlk] what is Federationism


> Hi, all.
>
> Here's an interesting, maybe somewhat philosophical question for all of 
> you.  Sorry for those of you who don't like these topics, you don't have 
> to reply.  I've always been an NFB member (since I was very little) but I 
> was never really active in it.  Oh sure, I followed some of the issues and 
> had some oppinions, but I never really was that active in the NFB itself. 
> Now, after I went to the NFB's Leadership and Advocacy program, I seem to 
> have a new sense of support for the Federation and as I'm learning more, I 
> want to be more active in it.  I really am starting to understand and 
> strongly believe in the NFB philosophy, or at least how I interpret it. 
> So I want to ask you a threefold question: what does Federationism mean to 
> you, what do you think the NFB philosophy is, and why are you a 
> Federationist? I'm not going to tell you my opinion just yet, mainly 
> because I don't really have a strong one.  That's why I want to hear from 
> you, think about your opinions, and finally decide what I believe.  I look 
> forward to hearing all of your thoughts!
>
> Chris Nusbaum
>
> "A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities motto)
>
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