[Ct-nfb] Call to Action: "Kids Speak the Truth: Subminimum Wages" - Share Tomorrow for Twitter Wednesday

[Elizabeth Rival]

Thank you Ed for your continued work. Beth 

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Share Tomorrow for Twitter Wednesday


Fellow Federationists:

 

We are proud to announce the long awaited release of "Kids Speak the Truth:
Subminimum Wages <http://bit.ly/1oaiAya> ," made by this year's Jernigan
Institute Summer Interns: Catherine Jacobson, Sarah Patnaude, Justin
Salisbury and Yadiel Sotomayor. This video portrays children's views on our
fair wages initiative. 

 

Please watch the video and encourage your friends and family to do the same.
Additionally, we are designating tomorrow as a Twitter Wednesday! Please
share this video with our Members of Congress via Twitter. Here are the
Twitter handles of our Members of Congress:

 

Senator Dick Blumenthal                           @SenBlumenthal

Senator Chris Murphy                                @ChrisMurphyCT

 

Congressman John Larson                     @RepJohnLarson

Congressman Joe Courtney                  @RepJoeCourtney

Congressman Jim Himes                      @jahimes

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro           @rosadelauro

Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty        @RepEsty

 

Congressman Joe Courtney is already a cosponsor of HR 831. The others are
not. We still need a Senate companion bill.

 

For your convenience, here are some sample tweets. (Don't forget to insert
the handles of our Members of Congress into these tweets.) 

 

http://bit.ly/1oaiAya. @PeterRoskam <https://twitter.com/PeterRoskam> , will
you support #FairWages for Workers with Disabilities by cosponsoring HR 831?

 

It's common sense: People with disabilities deserve #FairWages. Please watch
http://bit.ly/1oaiAya, @CongPalazzo <https://twitter.com/CongPalazzo> . 

 

Thank you, @cathymcmorris <https://twitter.com/cathymcmorris>  for
cosponsoring HR 831. http://bit.ly/1oaiAya shows why PWD deserve #FairWages.
14c must be phased out.

 

PWD can only live the lives we want if we are ensured #FairWages. Please
watch http://bit.ly/1oaiAya, @RepMattSalmon
<https://twitter.com/RepMattSalmon> . 

 

If you have any questions about fair wages, feel free to reach out to us. 

 

Yours in the fight for fair wages,

 

Rose and Justin

 

Rose Sloan                                                      Edward
Shaham


National Federation of the Blind                 of Connecticut 
200 East Wells Street
477 Connecticut Boulevard, Suite 217

Baltimore, MD 21230
East Hartford, CT 06108

Phone: (410) 659-9314, extension 2441                  Twitter:
@SalisburyJustin

Email: rsloan at nfb.org
Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu

 

"Eliminating Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities" 

http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages

 

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.

 

To make a donation to the National Federation of the Blind Imagination Fund,
please visit www.nfb.org/ImaginingOurFuture
<http://www.nfb.org/ImaginingOurFuture> .

 



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