[Colorado-talk] Fwd: [nabs-l] Please read: equal access to education update

[Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer]

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> From: Kathryn Webster via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Date: July 17, 2015 at 08:15:40 MDT
> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Kathryn Webster <kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com>
> Subject: [nabs-l] Please read: equal access to education update
> Reply-To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> 
> Good morning NABS!
> 
>                Since the TEACH Act is no longer a bill we are fighting for,
> the personal testimonies that were sent in last January are in need of some
> alteration. Though content will not be changed, I want everyone to be aware
> that if you sent in a TEACH Act testimony, the verbiage of TEACH Act will be
> changed to say equal access to education or voluntary guidelines.
> 
> Please, if this change bothers you in the slightest, feel free to send me an
> email at kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com <mailto:kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com> 
> 
> I am so glad that we have received some so far, but we need more! Please
> take ten minutes this weekend to tell your story. This personal testminoy
> mustn't be long. We just need at least a paragraph of you expressing support
> and need for equal access to education. Anecdotes are helpful!
> 
> Email me off-list if you would like a sample letter and I will happily send
> you one.
> 
> It is up to us as print-disabled students to make a difference in the lives
> of all blind students now and in the future. Thank you so much in advance
> for stepping up to the plate for all of us because equal access to education
> is not a privilege, it is an expectation!
> 
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> Kathryn Webster
> 
> 
> 
> Secretary | National Association of Blind Students
> 
> President | North Carolina Association of Blind Students
> 
> Board Member | National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut 
> 
> (203) 273-8463
> 
> Kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com
> 
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