[Colorado-talk] Folska in Post

[Ryan O.]

It's my layman's opinion that we need to get this woman back to convention and actively challenge her on her beliefs. If we can't persuade her, then we need to increase our presence in the press as an alternative view.



RyanO

> On Oct 4, 2015, at 11:19 AM, Dan Burke via Colorado-talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Another good deed done?
> 
> I have to report that I googled Folska.  It's appalling how much press
> she gets in the "expert" role she's placed herself in.
> 
> One of my findings this morning was that yesterday's Uniont
> Stationadventure with the Girl Scouts was also covered by 9News last
> night.
> 
> Do not watch this on a full stomach.
> 
> http://www.9news.com/story/life/2015/10/03/union-station-girl-scouts-tour/73294266/
> 
>> On 10/4/15, melissa R green via Colorado-talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Oh my!  SMH!
>> 
>> 
>> Warmly,
>> Melissa R. Green and Pj
>> It is 'where we are' that
>> should make all the
>> difference, whether we believe
>> we belong there or not.
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Colorado-talk
>> [mailto:colorado-talk-bounces@
>> nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dan
>> Burke via Colorado-talk
>> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015
>> 10:16 AM
>> To: NFB of Colorado Discussion
>> List
>> Cc: Dan Burke
>> Subject: [Colorado-talk]
>> Folska in Post
>> 
>> I'm pasting below a portion of
>> an article on a girl scout
>> outing at
>> Union Station yesterday, and a
>> general public activity there
>> of some
>> kind.  The article is kind of
>> out of focus, but this section
>> is
>> clearly in focus.  Every time
>> I read of one of these
>> activities by the
>> RTD board member, I feel sick
>> to my stomach - literally.
>> The message
>> of the Post article on this
>> item anyway is very clear - it
>> would be
>> scary to be blind and blind
>> people have to learn to be
>> dependent.
>> Folska's purpose, as quoted by
>> the Post is to show what blind
>> people
>> have to "go through" every
>> day.  She is doing much damage
>> to blind
>> people.
>> 
>> 
>> Here's the portion of the
>> article:
>> 
>> A gaggle of Girl Scouts from
>> the metro area made a pit stop
>> at Union
>> Station during a morning
>> lesson from Colorado women
>> transportation
>> engineers.
>> 
>> "We are teaching young ladies
>> about transportation
>> engineering and
>> introducing them to STEM
>> concepts so they see that this
>> can be a
>> career option for them,"
>> said Cassie Slade, a
>> transportation engineer with
>> Fox Tuttle Hernandez.
>> 
>> Another lesson came when RTD
>> board director Claudia Folska,
>> who is
>> vision-impaired, wanted to
>> show the children the
>> struggles that those
>> who are blind
>> face every day.
>> 
>> Donning blindfolds and nervous
>> grins, the girls were led
>> around the
>> transit station platform by a
>> guide buddy.
>> 
>> "It felt kind of weird because
>> I thought I was going to fall
>> over,"
>> said 9-year-old Brynna Hoff of
>> Aurora. "When we went down
>> stairs, it
>> was kind of scary.
>> 
>> 
>> Sophia Garcia, 9, said she
>> felt like she better
>> understood some of the
>> obstacles those with visual
>> impairments face.
>> 
>> "I learned to do teamwork and
>> that it's fun to help each
>> other out," she said.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> Dan Burke
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