[Ctabs] Call to Action: "Kids Speak the Truth: Subminimum Wages" - Share Tomorrow for Twitter Wednesday

[Justin Salisbury]

Fellow Federationists:

We are proud to announce the long awaited release of "Kids Speak the Truth: Subminimum Wages<http://bit.ly/1oaiAya>," made by this year's Jernigan Institute Summer Interns: Catherine Jacobson, Sarah Patnaude, Justin Salisbury and Yadiel Sotomayor. This video portrays children's views on our fair wages initiative.

Please watch the video and encourage your friends and family to do the same. Additionally, we are designating tomorrow as a Twitter Wednesday! Please share this video with our Members of Congress via Twitter. Here are the Twitter handles of our Members of Congress:

Senator Dick Blumenthal                           @SenBlumenthal
Senator Chris Murphy                                @ChrisMurphyCT

Congressman John Larson                     @RepJohnLarson
Congressman Joe Courtney                  @RepJoeCourtney
Congressman Jim Himes                      @jahimes
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro           @rosadelauro
Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty        @RepEsty

Congressman Joe Courtney is already a cosponsor of HR 831. The others are not. We still need a Senate companion bill.

For your convenience, here are some sample tweets. (Don't forget to insert the handles of our Members of Congress into these tweets.)

http://bit.ly/1oaiAya. @PeterRoskam<https://twitter.com/PeterRoskam>, will you support #FairWages for Workers with Disabilities by cosponsoring HR 831?

It's common sense: People with disabilities deserve #FairWages. Please watch http://bit.ly/1oaiAya, @CongPalazzo<https://twitter.com/CongPalazzo>.

Thank you, @cathymcmorris<https://twitter.com/cathymcmorris> for cosponsoring HR 831. http://bit.ly/1oaiAya shows why PWD deserve #FairWages. 14c must be phased out.

PWD can only live the lives we want if we are ensured #FairWages. Please watch http://bit.ly/1oaiAya, @RepMattSalmon<https://twitter.com/RepMattSalmon>.

If you have any questions about fair wages, feel free to reach out to us.

Yours in the fight for fair wages,

Rose and Justin

Rose Sloan                                                      Justin Salisbury
Government Affairs Specialist                        President

National Federation of the Blind                 Connecticut Association of Blind Students
200 East Wells Street                                                      477 Connecticut Boulevard, Suite 217
Baltimore, MD 21230                                                      East Hartford, CT 06108
Phone: (410) 659-9314, extension 2441                  Twitter: @SalisburyJustin
Email: rsloan at nfb.org<mailto:rsloan at nfb.org>                                                   Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu<mailto:President at Alumni.ECU.edu>

"Eliminating Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities"
http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.

To make a donation to the National Federation of the Blind Imagination Fund, please visit www.nfb.org/ImaginingOurFuture<http://www.nfb.org/ImaginingOurFuture>.

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