[Cinci-nfb] White Cane Safety Day Awareness Walk

[Marianne Denning]

Deborah, unfortunately, I will not be able to come since I have to
work.  I would recommend that you contact the O&M instructors and TVIs
in Cincinnati and Hamilton County and encourage them to arrange a
field trip for their blind students.  I think blind students need to
be aware of the civil rights actions that have taken place over many
years that benefit them.

On 8/20/14, Deborah Kendrick via Cinci-nfb <cinci-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Greetings chapter members,
> We've just concluded the first planning committee meeting for the White
> Cane
> Safety Day Awareness Walk and I wanted to give all of you the information.
>
> The good news is that both CABVI and Clovernook want to participate once
> again.
> Another piece of good news is that, although some chapter members were
> worried that planning had begun late this year, it turns out that our first
> meeting to plan in 2013 was held on September 13!  So, we are a month ahead
> of last year's schedule!
> The number one criticism, if you will, from John Mitchell, CEO of CABVI,
> was
> that this is an NFB event andthere were so few NFB members participating
> last year.
> I assured him that we would work on changing that, and I therefore put this
> challenge out to all of you.  Please put October 15 on your calendar right
> now and please share this information with anyone who supports the work of
> the Federation.  Many of you have recently bought NFB polo shirts.  Many of
> you bought shirts specifically for the walk two years ago.
> I urge you to locate such Federation garments now so you are ready to wear
> them proudly on the walk downtown.
> Both Clovernook and CABVI are once again willling to organize and transport
> blind employees to the walk, so those of you who work at either agency,
> please talk the event up among your co-workers.
>
> If you haven't done the walk before, it's a very short walk - about six
> blocks, I think, and we kept it short so that absolutely everyone could
> participate.
> We walk with our canes, our dogs, our selves.  Seeing us in numbers reminds
> our sighted fellow cincinnatians that we are here and that we share in the
> same rights and dreams as our sighted neighbors.
> Again, put it on your calendars and stay tuned!
>
> Deborah
>
>
>


-- 
Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053