[Blindtlk] Action Alert: Your action isneeded tosaveaccessible textbookprogram
Âris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Fri May 20 20:01:13 UTC 2011
Hi, Steve,
I don't have a problem with taking advice from our leaders to put
into our lives. Our leaders, like Dr. Maurer, John Paré and the
rest of the governmental affairs department, Dr. Jernigan, Dr.
Ten'Broek, and others have a lot of wisdom and experience that we
can listen to and take into our own lives. However, what I do
have a problem with is the general idea of not taking any action
in personal advocacy, especially with * your * government (yes,
contrary to some people's belief, the government is there to
answer to the people, not the other way around according to the
Constitution) unless you have "orders" from the leaders of the
NFB. There comes a time where you have to be a leader and take
advocacy into your own hands, regardless of whether the
governmental affairs leaders at NFB have caught on to it. You
have to lead in your own self-advocacy and that of other blind
people, in our case! Because we are a minority, we can't wait for
others to either do it for us or ask us to advocate in the name
of an organization or group of like-minded people. We must lead
in our own advocacy, in my opinion! What do you think Dr.
Ten'Broek and the other founders of the Federation did back in
1940? They didn't wait for some higher-up to do it for them, they
said "We need to fight for our rights as blind people," and thus
started the NFB to do just that, and that's what we've been doing
for 70 plus years. That's where I come from on this!
Chris
"A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities motto)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 19 May 2011 15:45:21 -0500
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Action Alert: Your action isneeded
tosaveaccessible textbookprogram
Chris,
Speaking for myself, I think it is risky to run out and give
unconditional support based upon an appeal from the agency who is
trying to get the funding. It
isn't that they would be dishonest, but they would present the
issue in the way that would benefit them the most. What is this
"competition" that they
mention? Personally, I would just as soon see them survive, but
if you don't want to take orders from our leaders, and those are
your words not mine, why
are you taking orders from Learning Ally, unquestioning acting on
their letter? When I act upon the advice of our leaders it is
partly because I trust them, but
it is also partly because I am somewhat familiar with the issue.
The exact nature of this issue was not spelled out as far as I
can tell. I am probably even a
little miffed that one week they take us out of their name but
the next week they want our support, but that is a little
childish on my part and I'm past that.
<smile
Best regards,
Steve Jacobson
.
On Thu, 19 May 2011 15:57:40 -0400, Âris Nusbaum wrote:
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)
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----- 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)
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Subject: Action Alert: Your action is needed to save accessible
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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
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and has had broad support in Congress, state departments of
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Learning Ally is a critical partner in the success of hundreds
of
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