[CT-NFB] Disability Rights Connecticut

[Mary Silverberg]

Maryanne,
Yes, Joe and I are both interested in participating in any or all  of the
surveys and focus groups.
Mary

On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 3:14 PM Maryanne Melley via CT-NFB <
ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Dear Federation Family,
>
>
>
> I received this email from Disability Rights Connecticut. Is includes a
> survey for us to take and information on a focus group and town hall
> meeting. All these items they are willing to help with if any of us need
> the survey read or transportation. Please let me know if you are interested
> and I will give Kasey a list of names.
>
>
>
> “I hope this email finds you well! I believe our paths have tangentially
> crossed through work our former Advocate, Marissa Rivera, has done on
> voting access and our shared work with the National Federation of the Blind
> and Eve Hill of Brown, Goldstein, Levy. I hope it’s ok that I am reaching
> out directly to you. As the President of the NFB’s Connecticut Chapter, I
> thought you’d be the best person to reach out to about our office’s
> priority setting process.
>
>
>
> Forgive me if this is familiar information to you, as I believe the NFB-CT
> chapter may have participated in our priority setting process last year.
> Disability Rights Connecticut (DRCT) has a priority setting process that
> helps us identify the disability rights issues the disability community
> would like us to focus on for the upcoming two years. Right now, we’re
> hoping the disability community will provide input that will help DRCT
> strategize and prioritize how it uses its resources to serve the needs of
> the community. We have a survey available online that we’d love for you to
> share with your members: https://www.bit.ly/DRCT2024-EngASL
>
>
>
> I’m also wondering if your members would be interested in having a focus
> group? A focus group would be a way for us to focus on the blind
> community’s input. It would include staff from DRCT meeting either
> virtually or in-person (depending on the NFB CT chapter’s preference) and
> reading the survey aloud and taking notes on the discussion of chapter
> members as they discuss and identify the disability rights areas that are
> the most important to them. DRCT staff would get any language interpreters
> that are needed and if there are reasonable accommodations members want to
> request, we’d be happy to receive those requests. We’ve gotten CART
> transcription in the past, enabled captioning, and since I know not
> everyone has a screen reader or assistive technology DRCT staff can simply
> read aloud and write in the responses for anyone who would like an
> opportunity to fill out the survey.
>
>
>
> Lastly, I also wanted to extend an invitation to our Town Hall. It will be
> July 19, 2023 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. If your members are interested in
> attending, we’ll be reviewing the input we’ve received from the disability
> communities and receiving feedback from attendees if certain input doesn’t
> accurately reflect their community, would require additional consideration
> for their community, or any other questions or concerns attendees want to
> raise concerning our priority setting. There is more information, including
> on how to register on our website: https://www.disrightsct.org/
>
>
>
> If your organization has an interest in having a focus group, needs a
> reasonable accommodation to complete the survey, or has any other questions
> or concerns, please do feel free to reach out!
>
>
>
> Thank you so much, “
>
>
>
> Kasey Considine
>
> She/her/hers
>
> Supervising Attorney
>
> Direct Dial: (860) 469-4470
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>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Maryanne Melley
>
> President
>
> National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut
>
> maryanne.melley at gmail.com
>
> 860-212-5549
>
>
>
> With love, hope and determination we can transform our dreams into reality.
>
>
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