[Community-service] What tells me we have work to do

[Ashley Bramlett]

Darian,
Wow, that is so disappointing to know a leader said such a thing. I agree 
with you totally; we have more work to do.
I think its possible to do what you did in NCC and hope others follow.

What is FEMA Corps? I mean I know what fema is, the federal emergency 
management agency. But what is this program? As I think my first job will be 
administrative, maybe I should look into fema corps too.

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Darian Smith
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 1:05 AM
To: Community Service Discussion List
Subject: [Community-service] What tells me we have work to do

Hi all,
  a month or so ago I had a conversation with my old unit leader in 
AmeriCorps NCCC.
I was talking with him about what to expect  as a part of the job when 
applying to be a team leader in the program.
We had talked about the various situations teams face  due  to the very 
fluid nature of the program and how team leaders need to be prepared for it.
He had suggested to me that the  femacorps program might be an easier 
program for me as a blind person because of the lack of variety in projects, 
that because it was mainly  administrative, it would be easier for me to 
operate in it.
there was more to  the conversation,  but I say that to say that programs 
such as this with people who have no prior  experience with blindness expect 
us to only work with the blind, to have very limited skill-sets and a lack 
of true belief in our real abilities.
The idea that we should stay home in our rocking chairs is not that far 
behind us.  The idea that we are only capable of assembly line work, not 
anything that shows that we move, think, act, operate like our  sighted 
peers is present today.
I think this shows that we have work to do.
  What Say you?

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