[Ct-nfb] FW: [NFB Affiliate Presidents] Finding a Way to Make a Dif...

Wed Aug 15 02:52:21 UTC 2012

Hello these are good questions  and good points.  I live in  Norwalk and 
there is a Good will  is there goign to a group at that  locatioon I will be 
there tehn. I as well have a friend at News 12  who  will put in for coverage 
if this is one of the  locations as well as to  others in other towns too. 
I have to give him the final details for that.
Thank you 
Elizabeth

In a message dated 8/14/2012 10:39:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu writes:

Terry:

I'm going to re-post your questions and my responses  to them.

1.      How will we get to our respective Good  Will Store? Will vans be 
provided?
Response: Maybe.  Maybe not.   Where would you expect vans to meet us?  
Were you hoping for them to pick  people up at their houses like school buses?

2.      How  will the lumber be procured and who will staple the signs to 
the lumber?  Surly, you don't expect us to go out and shop for 4 foot pieces 
of lumber and  staple the signs to the 4ft of lumber. Some of us are totally 
blind nor do we  have significant others to assist us.
Response: How is eyesight a  requirement for shopping for lumber?  Why is 
vision required to staple  signs to pieces of lumber?  I can understand why 
individuals might not  want to bear the costs of the lumber, but I don't 
understand why eyesight or  significant others assisting us would be necessary.  
I've done this kind  of thing before and never needed a significant other 
to help.

3.   I have a good will store right on Town line Rd., right in back  of 
Stop&Shop. Is this our protest site?
Response: It is a protest site,  but not necessarily the only one.  As the 
communications from national  have said, we need to be present at all 
Goodwill stores in the United  States.  Yours is most likely not the only one in 
Connecticut, so not all  Connecticut affiliate protesters would be going to 
your store...unless it is  the only Goodwill store in Connecticut.

4.      Who is  the site coordinator for our  site.
Response: Good question.  I'm  sure Beth and the rest of the state board 
are actively looking for people to  take on those roles.  If you want to help, 
offer to help!

5.   Where is our site?
Response: Another good question.  I  bet the one right near you is a good 
one to be your site, but the  communications from national said that we would 
be protesting at all Goodwill  locations in the United States.

I have not had a planning role in these  protests, but I am quite simply 
regurgitating information that I have read in  the mass communications from 
national that we all received.  Some of my  responses have simply been 
philosophical reactions to questions that seem to  underestimate the competence of 
blind people.  We really can perform  these normal tasks if we have the 
right skills and training.

I hope  that helped.

Yours in Federationism,

Justin  Salisbury

Justin M. Salisbury
Class of 2012
B.A. in  Mathematics
East Carolina  University
president at alumni.ecu.edu

“Never doubt that a small group  of thoughtful, committed citizens can 
change the world; indeed, it’s the only  thing that ever has.”    —MARGARET  
MEAD
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From:  ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org [ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of 
Terry  Hulbert [j.hulbert at worldnet.att.net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:59  PM
To: 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] FW: [NFB  Affiliate Presidents] Finding a Way to Make 
     a     Difference

Elizabeth,

My questions still have not  been answered.

1.      How will we get to our respective  Good Will Store? Will vans be
provided?

2.      How  will the lumber be procured and who will staple the signs to 
the
lumber?  Surly, you don't expect us to   go  out and shop for 4 foot  pieces
of lumber and staple the signs to the 4ft of lumber. Some of us  are
totally         blind nor  do we have  significant others to assist us.

3.      I have a good  will store right on Town line Rd., right in back of
Stop&Shop. Is this  our protest site?

4.      Who is the site coordinator  for our  site.

5.      Where is our site?

As  time is getting short, please answer the above  ASAP.

Thanks

Terry

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Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:46 AM
To: 'NFB of  Connecticut Mailing List'
Subject: [Ct-nfb] FW: [NFBAffiliatePresidents]  Finding a Way to Make a
Difference

-----Original  Message-----
From:  nfbaffiliatepresidents-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfbaffiliatepresidents-bounces at nfbnet.org]  On Behalf Of Lewis, Anil
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:47 AM
To:  Affiliate Presidents (nfbaffiliatepresidents at nfbnet.org); NFB  Chapter
Presidents discussion list  (chapter-presidents at nfbnet.org)
Subject: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] Finding a  Way to Make a Difference

All:

I received the following message  from Jeanie Massay, the President of our
Oklahoma affiliate.  She  reports about Dorothy Robinson, a dedicated member
of the Federation,  committed to making a difference in our fight for fair
wages.  Let us  all exhibit the same spirit.

Find your local Goodwill Thrift Store at:  http://locator.goodwill.org/, and
get one of the attached Goodwill  informational protest site registration
forms to me ASAP.

From:  JMassay [mailto:jmassay1 at cox.net]
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 10:42  PM
To: Lewis, Anil
Subject: Dorothy Robinson, south Central Oklahoma  Chapter President

Anil,
Hi, hope this finds you happy and well.
I  have a comment on one of our chapters regarding the upcoming  Goodwill
protest. Dorothy Robinson, Chapter President of our south Central  Oklahoma
Chapter contacted me today to inform me that there was no Goodwill  Thrift

Store in her city. However, she also let me know that her  chapter had all
agreed to take the flyers to each of the respective members  churches to
distribute and educate their city about sub-minimum  wages.
Dorothy also took it upon herself to find a chapter where she will  be on 
the
weekend that we conduct the protest. Her son and daughter live in  Arlington
TX. Dorothy contacted the Texas Affiliate to find the Arlington  Chapter and
find out where she can help.
Dorothy is a fantastic example  of practicing what we believe and preach I
hope to see her on the news in  Texas!

Jeannie

Jeannie Massay, President
National Federation  of the Blind
Of Oklahoma
457 N. Blackwelder
Edmond, OK  73034
405-600-0695

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