<div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 5:31 PM Shonda via CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">So well said Justin<br><br><div dir="ltr">Stay Safe<div>BLM</div><div>Shonda R Rosetta (860)951-6107<div><br><div>National Federation Of The Blind Ct Affiliate Board Member &</div><div>Shoreline  Chapter President</div><div>NFB.Org</div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 2, 2021, at 17:15, Esther via CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">hey, Justin, beautiful job on that article. It was fabulous. I really enjoyed reading it. Keep up the good work. Esther</div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><br><br><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13pt">Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 7+!</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 2, 2021, at 1:13 PM, Maryanne Melley via CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Well said Justin! <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Maryanne Melley<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">President<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">860-212-5549<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:maryanne.melley@gmail.com" target="_blank">maryanne.melley@gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“Live the Life You Want; Blindness is Not What Holds You Back”<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Justin Salisbury via CT-NFB<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 2, 2021 1:02 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Connecticut Mailing List <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Justin Salisbury <<a href="mailto:PRESIDENT@alumni.ecu.edu" target="_blank">PRESIDENT@alumni.ecu.edu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [CT-NFB] Federation Philosophy and Reproductive Rights<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I had attempted to post this in follow-up to Deb Reed’s email about the February Braille Monitor. As someone who is personally a product of the mentoring and organizing of the National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut, I want to share with everyone a piece that I was fortunate enough to publish in the March issue of the Braille Monitor.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I am hopeful that it will lead to meaningful reflection and discussion.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Some of us may have heard people say something like “I am a member of the National Federation of the Blind; therefore, I am 100 percent pro-life,” or “I am a member of the National Federation of the Blind; therefore, I am 100 percent pro-choice.” I contend that the Federation is not inherently pro-life or pro-choice.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Here it is:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2103/bm210314.htm" target="_blank">https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2103/bm210314.htm</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Aloha,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Justin<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Justin Mark Hideaki Salisbury<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">he/him/his<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 808.797.8606<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:President@Alumni.ECU.edu" target="_blank">President@Alumni.ECU.edu</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="color:blue">https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury</span></a>  <span lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">ResearchGate: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Salisbury" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Salisbury</span></a> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.”<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">Cesar Chavez<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>CT-NFB mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:CT-NFB@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">CT-NFB@nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for CT-NFB:</span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/elevegnale%40sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/elevegnale%40sbcglobal.net</a></span><br></div></blockquote><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>CT-NFB mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:CT-NFB@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">CT-NFB@nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for CT-NFB:</span><br></div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/shonda.r.rosetta%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/shonda.r.rosetta%40gmail.com</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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</blockquote></div></div>That’s a very nice article Justin. it’s just furthers my point about how people take so many things for granted. Blindness is just a technicality it does not defined any of us.