[Cabs] Successful Seminar at CSDB

Nijat Worley nijat1989 at gmail.com
Sun May 17 19:57:17 UTC 2009


Hi all,
   The thirty first sounds great. What about 6:00 PM. I hope to see you all 
there.
   Nijat

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arielle Silverman" <arielle71 at gmail.com>
To: "Colorado Association of Blind Students List" <cabs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Cabs] Successful Seminar at CSDB


> Hi Nijat and all,
>
> I'm so glad to see interest right off the bat! It sounds like we've
> already built a strong bridge with the folks at CSDB, so now we just
> need to pull together a dedicated group of mentors (ideally, 10-12 or
> so) who would be willing to work on an ongoing basis with one or two
> CSDB students (keeping in touch by phone and/or email, and then coming
> down to CSDB 2-3 times per year).
>
> Can we set up a conference call separate from the CABS board meeting
> already scheduled on the 24th? How does the 31st sound?
>
> Arielle
>
> On 5/17/09, Nijat Worley <nijat1989 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>    That is a great idea Arielle! I would be willing to serve as a mentor 
>> to
>> a few of the students. I don't exactly know how we would start such a
>> program, and as you said, it will take some time to get it set up, but I
>> think it is a great long term goal. Why don't you brainstorme some ideas 
>> on
>> how to kik start it, and I will be on board. This would be a great way 
>> for
>> us to get some more members to join CAB's. Looking forward to hearing 
>> some
>> more instructions from you on what we need to do next.
>>    Yours
>>    Nijat
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Arielle Silverman" <arielle71 at gmail.com>
>> To: "Colorado Association of Blind Students List" <cabs at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 11:20 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Cabs] Successful Seminar at CSDB
>>
>>
>>> Hi CABSters,
>>>
>>> We did indeed have an excellent visit to CSDB yesterday, and I was
>>> honored to be a part of it. I think the students' enthusiasm really
>>> reminded all of us why we do the things we do to keep CABS alive.
>>>
>>> I've been thinking a lot about our visit and especially the warm
>>> reception we got from the CSDB officials, and their invitation for us
>>> to come back in September. I think we can do a lot of good by keeping
>>> in touch with these students over the years and, whether or not they
>>> decide to join CABS, offering them our mentorship, wisdom, and
>>> experience.
>>>
>>> I wonder if we can set up a partnership with CSDB and especially the
>>> transitioning students (perhaps juniors, seniors and postgrads) and
>>> maybe match one or two of their students with each of us to continue
>>> contact between our visits? That way we can mentor them while they're
>>> applying to colleges, looking for jobs, etc. I recognize not all  of
>>> their students are college-bound but any of them can benefit from
>>> having a blind mentor. I also suspect that more of these students
>>> would be college-bound if they were exposed to successful blind
>>> college students and had the information and resources to pursue a
>>> college education.
>>>
>>> So what do you guys think about setting up this kind of program and
>>> maybe having monthly conference calls for all the CSDB student
>>> participants and mentors, and then arranging visits two or three times
>>> a year with information as well as a fun event?
>>>
>>> This is obviously still an immature idea but, as membership committee
>>> chairman, I would be willing to head this up if a group of you are
>>> interested in participating.
>>>
>>> Arielle
>>>
>>> On 5/16/09, Melissa Green <graduate56 at juno.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thank you all who participated.
>>>> Thank you to the center for the chocolate coins.  They were a hit with
>>>> the
>>>> students.
>>>> Yesterday, five members of cabs hosted a seminar at csdb.  19 students
>>>> participated in three break out sessions.  The sessions concerned 
>>>> college
>>>> and social issues, Technology, and independent travel.  Even though 
>>>> these
>>>> were the topics covered.  Many times the discussions went deeper than
>>>> those
>>>> topics.
>>>> For example, in the travel group, which I was co-facilitating, we
>>>> discussed
>>>> being picked on in school.
>>>> There were also some humorous moments as well.  For example, in the
>>>> social
>>>> group arielle was asked how can you date someone for more than two 
>>>> weeks.
>>>> After the break out sessions, we discussed the importnace of the 
>>>> national
>>>> federation of the blind and both the colorado asociation of blind
>>>> students
>>>> and the national asociation of  blind students.  In the beginning of 
>>>> the
>>>> seminar, Mr. Tutt Addressed us all.  He informed the students that we
>>>> were
>>>> their rolemodels and that we would be coming back there to be involved
>>>> with
>>>> the students and to discuss their future.
>>>> Mr. Tutt also stayed through out most of the seminar and observed the
>>>> break
>>>> out sessions.
>>>> At the end of the seminar, many of the students gave us their contact
>>>> information and thanked us for coming to be with them on a thursday
>>>> night.
>>>> We have been invited to do another seminar on September 17th and to
>>>> participate in some way in their homecoming activities on the 19th.
>>>> i believe that everyone in volved left the activity center in a very 
>>>> good
>>>> mood.  As well as feeling more inspired and energized.
>>>> Melissa Green
>>>> The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to 
>>>> surpass
>>>> yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.
>>>>
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