[Ct-nfb] Good News

[Justin Salisbury]

Fellow Federationists:

I just got off the phone with Senator Dante Bartolomeo. She told me that she would remove guide dogs from SB 234.

Now, we can't throw a party to celebrate just yet; the results are not in the books yet, but we are close to the point in time when we can celebrate.

While I had her attention, and while she was so into helping people with disabilities, I thought I'd talk to her about something else, something on our wish list...

She also told me that she would be very interested in a state-level bill to end the unfair, discriminatory, and immoral practice of paying less than minimum wage to workers with disabilities in Connecticut. She and I will be planning a meeting with my local State Senator, Tony Guglielmo, a republican, so that we can start on both sides of the aisle. We are hoping to have that meeting in the fall.

Together, we are changing what it means to be blind.

Yours in Federationism,

Justin Salisbury

Justin Salisbury - Running Thunder Phoenix
Graduate Student
Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness
Louisiana Tech University
Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu<mailto:President at Alumni.ECU.edu>
Twitter: @SalisburyJustin

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out-
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out-
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me.

Martin Niemöller

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