<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">hey, Justin, beautiful job on that article. It was fabulous. I really enjoyed reading it. Keep up the good work. Esther<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 <ct-nfb@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Well said Justin! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Maryanne Melley<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">860-212-5549<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">maryanne.melley@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“Live the Life You Want; Blindness is Not What Holds You Back”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></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 <ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org> <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 <ct-nfb@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Justin Salisbury <PRESIDENT@alumni.ecu.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> [CT-NFB] Federation Philosophy and Reproductive Rights<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I am hopeful that it will lead to meaningful reflection and discussion.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Here it is:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2103/bm210314.htm">https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2103/bm210314.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Aloha,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Justin<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Justin Mark Hideaki Salisbury<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">he/him/his<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 808.797.8606<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:President@Alumni.ECU.edu">President@Alumni.ECU.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury"><span lang="EN" style="color:blue">https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury</span></a> <span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">ResearchGate: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Salisbury"><span style="color:blue">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Salisbury</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></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.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">Cesar Chavez<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>CT-NFB mailing list</span><br><span>CT-NFB@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for CT-NFB:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/elevegnale%40sbcglobal.net</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>