[Ct-nfb] Planning the Year Ahead for State Legislation

Justin Salisbury PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu
Tue Dec 15 22:20:56 UTC 2015


Fellow Federationists:

The Legislative Committee of the National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut needs your input!

We need to know what you will be willing to fight for at the state level in the coming year. Basically, we want to make sure that we are attempting to legislatively lead the affiliate in the direction our members want to go.

I would like to see us prioritize no more than three state-level bills if possible. Of course, we always react when things threaten us, like with that guide dog legislation earlier this year. Here are some ideas. Please let me know which ones matter most to you; if you think of one that I have not listed, please share it!

The Blind Persons Right to Parent Act
This bill is a model bill which NFB affiliates have passed in other states that prevents anyone involved in child and family services  from deciding that a blind person is unfit to be a parent specifically because of blindness. In other words, blindness can no longer be used as a reason to take someone's kids away.

A bill to end subminimum wages
Do I really need to explain this one?

Advocating for blind vendors to keep their jobs in our state parks and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection facilities
We know that the state is going to try to take these jobs away this year; and we can prepare our resistance proactively

Do we need any legislation for the guide dog user community?

Do we want to ask for anything related to funding public transit systems?

On behalf of the Legislative Committee of the National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut, thank you for your participation in our important work. If anyone is interested in joining the committee, please email me privately at president at alumni.ecu.edu<mailto:president at alumni.ecu.edu>.

Sincerely yours,

Justin Salisbury

Justin Salisbury, NOMC
Graduate Student
Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness
Louisiana Tech University
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