[Cabs-talk] Call to Action

[Wanda Burnett]

Good Morning Federationists,
Unfortunately, I will not be able to make it there. However I could be
making some phone calls it that would help.  I am facing so of those issues
at the private university I attend. Good Luck with the cause.
Wanda

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Mary Willows <mwillows at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> Thanks Chela.  Hey Hoby, why don't you make your additional comments and
> turn it into an article for the Braille Monitor!
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chela Robles" <cdrobles693 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 1:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Cabs-talk] Call to Action
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>
>  Here is something that may be of interest check this link out.
>> 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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