[Ct-nfb] Good News

[Deb Reed]

Very promising news!

 Deb Reed, President
National Federation Of The Blind
Central CT Chapter
Phone - 860-584-5221
Email - deb.reed57 at gmail.com

> On May 4, 2015, at 1:09 PM, Justin Salisbury via Ct-nfb <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 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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