[Cabs-talk] Call to Action

[Chela Robles]

Here is something that may be of interest check this link out.
Blind UC Davis student fights for equal access to education 
http://www.theaggie.org/2012/03/15/blind-uc-davis-student-fights-for-equal-access-to-education/ 


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On 3/18/2012 9:29 PM, Angela Fowler wrote:
> Hello fellow Californians,
>
>      All are encouraged to attend the hearing described in the below message.
> Also, I and several people from the River City chapter will be at the
> capitol this Wednesday, March 21 at around 9:30 am. We will be visiting the
> offices of those on the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review,
> passing out information and talking with the senators and their staff about
> the impact of the budget cuts mentioned below. If you can make it to the
> capitol on Wednesday at around 9:30 am, please contact me at 530-902-0987,
> or reply to this message.
>
> Hope to see all of you at the capitol this week.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Angela Fowler
>
>
> Hello Member&  Friends,
>
> We need your help!  On Thursday, March 22 at 9:30 A.M. the Senate Committee
> on Budget and Fiscal Review will hold a hearing in the capitol.
>
> We need blind people to appear at that hearing.  I would like to know who is
> available for this critical job.  The committee will be considering budget
> cuts at that time.  This is the time for all of us to step up and be seen at
> the capitol.
>
> The cuts are going to hurt blind children who attend the California School
> for the Blind, as well as, the two schools for the deaf.  The cut is 1.8
> million dollars.  The message we need to communicate is that they are
> forgeting that there was a 1.5 million dollar cut last year.  Together that
> equals 3.3 million dollars.  This is not fiar to all blind children who
> benefit from the technology training and support outreach programs to school
> districts all over the state.
>
> We need members to actually visit the Budget committee members offices. I
> will be sending that information out as well as talking points for people to
> stress when they visit the offices.
>
> Blind people need to be visible and heard.  If you cannot make it to the
> hearing, you can still visit the offices before then.  The message will
> still be loud and clear.
>
> Thank you,
> Mary Willows, President
> National Federation of the Blind of California
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