[Blindtlk] Action Alert: Your action is needed tosaveaccessible textbookprogram

Thu May 19 19:57:40 UTC 2011

Great! Way to advocate for yourself! I also passed that email on 
to the NFB Talk list, where I got a reply from a guy saying that 
he wouldn't act without orders from John Paré, Jesse Hartle, or 
Lauren McLarney.  By the way, in case some of you don't know, 
they're the people in charge of the governmental affairs 
department at NFB.  Really? The NFB is trying to teach us to be 
self advocates, not to only advocate when orders come from the 
NFB higher-ups.  Um...  independence?

 Chris

"A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities motto)

--- Sent from my BrailleNote

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com
To: <blinddog3 at charter.net>,"Blind Talk Mailing List" 
<blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Wed, 18 May 2011 01:41:38 -0400
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Action Alert: Your action is needed 
tosaveaccessible	textbookprogram

I passed this on to the NFB-FL list.  I believe it is a 
worthwhile endeavor.
I used their services throughout high school and college.  I 
would have had a
really difficult time getting books without them.

Sherri
Have you visited my personal page at
http://www.raceforindependence.org/goto/Sherri.Brun
If so, Thank you for changing what it means to be blind.
If not, please go there now!
Thank you.
flmom2006 at gmail.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Johnson" <blinddog3 at charter.net
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Action Alert: Your action is needed to
saveaccessible textbookprogram

 Chris, I love your individual advocacy plea...that is what being 
an
 independent blind person is all about.  I don't need to, nor 
will take
 directions from anyone on an issue that I personally feel will 
impact
 myself
 or my peers, so again, thanks for the heads-up!

 Steve

 Steve

 -----Original Message-----
 From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
 Behalf Of Chris Nusbaum
 Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 3:44 PM
 To: Blind Talk list; NABS list; nfbmd at nfbnet.org; 
nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
 Subject: [Blindtlk] Action Alert: Your action is needed to save 
accessible
 textbookprogram

 Please pass this on and take action yourself!

 Chris Nusbaum

 "A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities 
motto)

 --- Sent from my Braille-Note

 ---- Original Message ------
 From: "Learning Ally, formerly RFB&D" <advocacy at learningally.org
 Subject: Action Alert: Your action is needed to save accessible
 textbookprogram
 Date sent: Tue, 17 May 2011 14:12:41 -0400 (EDT)

 Having trouble viewing this email?
 Click here to view this email as a webpage.

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=dpqs87bab&v=00

1xmZOF4pc7pMMuUnBvAcfhMol18Ere_PHDSX3eaJJTVAte_PaWoA4-lgeYnS90p7E

di9nTHn-F13cR4XYzlYgB282VV71pK5o-Q90u_TXeN2o60-JGHr02hhecexE6vw86
 QvhwrGjlPoHMkZCqqUpEw%3D%3D
 You're receiving this email because of your relationship with
 Learning Ally..  Please
 confirm your continued interest in receiving email from us.

http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/c.jsp?llr=dpqs87bab&t=1105
 572670725.166919.58419719.2&m=1101553811939&wl=F
 You only have to do this once.  You may unsubscribe

http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001K33QEjKvDIIHs3Uws

ZPI7A%3D%3D&se=001GZygKZI2B6M%3D&t=001vmfB_5MdzRnRDawhwsF7gA%3D%3
 D&lang=001FCSs65SMrsI%3D&reason=001y5KaVlBn7_Y%3D&llr=dpqs87bab
 if you no longer wish to receive our emails.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 Advocates' Action Alert

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 May 17, 2011

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 Your immediate action is needed to help hundreds of thousands of
 students with print
 disabilities.
 Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is wavering on his commitment
 to hold a competition
 to fund accessible educational materials and textbooks for the
 hundreds of thousands
 of students who cannot use a standard textbook.
 You need to e-mail Secretary Duncan's office today to urge him 
to
 hold the competition
 and preserve the program.
 Under the FY 2011 budget passed by the Congress, Secretary 
Duncan
 has the discretion
 to hold a competition for the development, production and
 distribution of educational
 materials in accessible formats to students with visual
 impairments and other print
 disabilities.  The US Department of Education has supported this
 project for more
 than 30 years, and President Obama included it in his FY 2011
 budget plan.  Now
 the Secretary might use these funds for other projects!
 The Secretary needs to hear from you today to prevent the
 shifting of funds away
 from this vital program.
 The Secretary might make his decision as soon as the end of the
 week so we need
 you to e-mail him today.  Your voice and that of hundreds of
 other supporters urged
 the Congress to preserve the funding in the budget, and Congress
 heard you and took
 action.  Now we need your voice to urge Secretary Duncan to
 preserve the funding
 for accessible materials and to hold the competition.
 Hundreds of thousands of students benefit from this program each
 year and if the
 Secretary does not fund it this year its future is unknown.  We
 need your voice
 to be heard again!
 Please e-mail Secretary Duncan's office today.  We have included
 the sample language
 below to help you in making your e-mail.  Please add your
 personal story, name and
 hometown to your message!

 Secretary Duncan's e-mail is arne.duncan at ed.gov
 [mailto:arne.duncan at ed.gov]

 RE: Urgent Support Needed for Students with Print Disabilities

 Dear Secretary Duncan:

 I am writing to share with you my support for the accessible
 educational materials
 project and Learning Ally.

 Learning Ally has a long-established relationship with the
 Department of Education
 and has had broad support in Congress, state departments of
 education and 10,000
 schools from coast to coast.  I urge you to continue that
 support by holding a competition
 for the development, production and distribution of educational
 materials in accessible
 formats to students with visual impairments and other print
 disabilities.

 Learning Ally is a critical partner in the success of hundreds 
of
 thousands of students,
 and federal support of their efforts, leveraged with private
 philanthropy, has made
 much of their work possible.  Continue USDE's 30-year commitment
 to students with
 disabilities and hold the competition.

 Sincerely,

 As we keep the pressure up on the Department with our allies in
 Congress, we will
 update our Policy Advocates' Center

[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=dpqs87bab&et=1105572670725&s=16691

9&e=001FfuQMRzeCrgE35apgH7EpeV4eIanE_Lcwh_2fHiZuYM3xhLZlOn_auNhQm

RfFgmWpwXiyhZn44xSapplvLzXILIcP7vgyL63-vWHCSHwmzV5e2Z05b9Xrgudztd
 dFpdWvkB940dk46VpA2F8Ge9Kgux_m7DCvy7suoPCmqlPewZSd4_GoKHY7A==]
 with developments as they occur.  We will also share critical
 Advocates' Action Alerts
 with you when key decisions are to be made.
 Your support has helped to preserve this program so far, and 
will
 be a key to its
 future!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 A national nonprofit since 1948 - LearningAlly.org

[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=dpqs87bab&et=1105572670725&s=16691

9&e=001FfuQMRzeCrgoNLPD4Cp41ENxAYtONei2WR27ECD2DzBpvoczNaq5ad2495
 bxPXcoO9KwbZE__j0gKa8QxV_xUMsTjhGobuj-xgA5nltWJ8moesPL_oXPuQ==]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 C2011 Learning Ally, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 LearningAlly(TM), Making reading
 accessible for all(TM), the "Access" icon, Recording for the
 Blind & DyslexicR,
 RFB&DR and all trademarks and service marks are owned by
 Learning Ally, Inc.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Forward this email

http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?llr=dpqs87bab&m=1101553
 811939&ea=dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com&a=1105572670725

 This email was sent to dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com by
 advocacy at learningally.org.

 Update Profile/Email Address

http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=oo&m=001K33QEjKvDIIHs3Uws

ZPI7A%3D%3D&se=001GZygKZI2B6M%3D&t=001vmfB_5MdzRnRDawhwsF7gA%3D%3
 D&lang=001FCSs65SMrsI%3D&reason=001y5KaVlBn7_Y%3D&llr=dpqs87bab

 Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe(TM)

http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001K33QEjKvDIIHs3Uws

ZPI7A%3D%3D&se=001GZygKZI2B6M%3D&t=001vmfB_5MdzRnRDawhwsF7gA%3D%3
 D&lang=001FCSs65SMrsI%3D&reason=001y5KaVlBn7_Y%3D&llr=dpqs87bab

 Privacy Policy:
 http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp

 Learning Ally | 20 Roszel Road | Princeton | NJ | 08540

 _______________________________________________
 blindtlk mailing list
 blindtlk at nfbnet.org
 http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org
 To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account 
info for
 blindtlk:

http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/blinddo
g3%40charte
 r.net

 _______________________________________________
 blindtlk mailing list
 blindtlk at nfbnet.org
 http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org
 To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account 
info for
 blindtlk:

http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/flmom20
06%40gmail.com

_______________________________________________
blindtlk mailing list
blindtlk at nfbnet.org
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info 
for blindtlk:
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/dotkid.
nusbaum%40gmail.com