[Fopbc] Want to change perceptions of blindness with your positive vi...

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Hello listservers.  For those that subscribe to Future Reflections 
magazine, you'll see  this short announcement in the upcoming issue. 
I wanted to give this  community a sneak peek at this exciting initiative 
first and a chance to get  involved right away. 
Below is the announcement, how you can get involved  in sharing your video 
for this purpose, and where to go for more information.  
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Two mothers in the San Francisco Bay area have launched  an exciting 
project to promote positive images of blind children and adults.  If you have 
short home videos of your blind child reading Braille, playing the  flute, 
wrestling with siblings, climbing a tree, or engaged in any other  activity, 
ordinary or extraordinary, please submit them for inclusion in the  Liberate Us 
Library. Other ideas for videos to share include public speaking,  
independent mobility, sports and recreation, or a performance. (Blind adults  are 
invited to submit videos too.) 

The collection of videos will become a YouTube channel,  taking advantage 
of a vital communications medium used by millions of people  worldwide. 
Liberate Us will orchestrate a national media outreach campaign to  share the 
video collection so that positive images hit the airwaves at the  same time 
they are spread online. 

Here's your chance to participate in an initiative that  can truly break 
down stereotypes and show the public how real blind people go  about their 
lives. Liberate Us is seeking funding from foundations to produce  personal 
success stories professionally in video, audio, and written forms.  Having 
video examples as a YouTube channel is a critical step in the  grant-writing 
process. Your videos will be instrumental in the awareness  campaign and 
inspirational to families of young blind children. Please join  in. 

Step One: Upload a one- to three-minute video clip that  supports this 
awareness message at <_www.youtube.com_ (http://www.youtube.com/) >. Here are 
two sample videos: <_www.youtube.com/watch?v=YntKTaa3ciw_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YntKTaa3ciw) > and <_www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL0d6J0gxl0_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL0d6J0gxl0) >. Once your video is  uploaded, copy 
the unique URL in your browser window and continue. 

Step Two: Go to <_www.babymilagro.org_ (http://www.babymilagro.org/) >. 
Find the "tell us your story" box  and describe the video clip - the person, 
the event, and anything else you  want the audience to know. Paste in the 
unique URL to your YouTube video with  your story and send it. 

That's it. You can also burn videos to a CD and mail them  to:
Liberate Us Video Library Project
ATTN: Grace  Tiscareño-Sato
22539 Cisneros Drive
Hayward, CA 94541 

If you want to know more about this initiative, please  read the article at 
<_www.liberate-us.org_ (http://www.liberate-us.org/) >. Questions? You can 
write to me  directly at _grace at liberate-us.org_ 
(mailto:grace at liberate-us.org) . We look forward  to seeing your videos! 
Grace Tiscareno-Sato
NOPBC California
Twitter:  GraceTiscareno



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