[Cinci-nfb] White Cane event

[Deanna Lewis]

Hi All,
I have to agree with Jessie here. I think that since White Cane Safety
Day is officially on October 15th, that the walk should continue to
take place on that day.
It's a shame that the event does conflict with the NIB conference.
Deanna


On 9/15/15, Jessie McDaniel via Cinci-nfb <cinci-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> All,It is my opinion that White Cane Safety Day should not be changed.  I
> understand that it would be nice to have others participate like in previous
> walks but should not be changed or cancelled for that reason. I have further
> educated myself on the meaning of October 15th and i found on the NFB.ORG
> web site that this day October 15th has been White Cane Safety day since
> 1964.  Below you will find a small part of what it says. Furthering my
> stance on keeping the date as it always has been.
> The National Federation of the Blind in convention assembled on the 6th day
> of July, 1963, called upon the governors of the fifty states to proclaim
> October 15 of each year as White Cane Safety Day in each of our fifty
> states. On October 6, 1964, a joint resolution of the Congress, HR 753, was
> signed into law authorizing the President of the United States to proclaim
> October 15 of each year as "White Cane Safety Day." This resolution said:
> "Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives", that the President is
> hereby authorized to issue annually a proclamation designating October 15 as
> White Cane Safety Day and calling upon the people of the United States to
> observe such a day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.'Within hours
> of the passage of the congressional joint resolution authorizing the
> President to proclaim October 15 as White Cane Safety Day, then President
> Lyndon B. Johnson recognized the importance of the white cane as a staff of
> independence for blind people. In the first Presidential White Cane
> Proclamation President Johnson commended the blind for the growing spirit of
> independence and the increased determination to be self-reliant that the
> organized blind had shownThanks Jessie