[CT-NFB] Disability Rights Connecticut

Thu Jun 22 22:12:02 UTC 2023

Hello Maryanne,
I would be interested in working with everyone on these issues. I’m not
sure what the town hall is or where it is they gave the time but I’m not
sure if it’s virtual or not. I will most likely be in Ohio on the 19th. I
would like to attend some of the other things if the 19th is not virtual.

On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 3:48 PM Mary Silverberg via CT-NFB <
ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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