[Cabs-talk] Call to Action

Tue Mar 20 22:41:22 UTC 2012

Please do make phone calls.  Your representative in Riverside is on the 
committee.
Use the information that I sent out last week.  It is imbedded in Darion's 
message.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wanda Burnett" <misswonder55 at gmail.com>
To: "California Association of Blind Students Mailing List" 
<cabs-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Cabs-talk] Call to Action

> 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>
>> To: <fowlers at syix.com>; "California Association of Blind Students Mailing
>> List" <cabs-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>
>> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 1:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Cabs-talk] Call to Action
>>
>>
>>  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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