[Greater-baltimore] Help Needed: Meeting with Congressman Harris Staff Regarding TEACH Act

Thu Aug 14 07:20:31 UTC 2014

 Greetings!

 We wish to announce the launch of NFB Live, a  voice chat site hosted
by the National Federation of the Blind of New York.  Our grand
opening will be on Saturday August 30.  The day's activities as of now
include games, door prizes, and a series of special guests and
venders.  The day will start at 2:00 PM Eastern with Carl Jacobsen,
from the NFB of New York introducing two distinguished guest speakers,
Mister Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the
Blind, and Doctor Marc Maurer, former president. Throughout the day,
we will have a series of presentations by several speakers and
venders.  At present, we are proud to have Art Schreiber who will
discuss his experiences as one of two American reporters who travelled
with the Beatles during their 1964 american tour, and James Gashel who
will discuss the KNFB Reader for iPhones, . We are happy to also have
Dan Parker, blind motorcycle driver, who will tell us about his
adventures driving in the Bonneville Salt Flats.

 We will also have J.J. Meddaugh from the A T Guys and James Boehm
from Kustomcane, discussing their products.

 Our most updated schedule will always be found at:

http://www.nfblive.org/grandopening.htm

 If you're not signed up to NFB Live yet, go to:

http://www.nfblive.com/join.htm

 Fill out the form and within 24 hours you will obtain a username and
password and instructions on how to access the NFB Live site.

 If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Carl Jacobsen at:

carl at nfblive.com

 or

 James Gagnier at:

support at nfblive.com

 Please feel free to distribute this announcement where you see fit.

 Thank you,

 Carl Jacobsen

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On 7/19/14, Kenneth Chrane via Greater-baltimore
<greater-baltimore at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi Fellow Federationists, I Emailed congressman Andy Harris, and I strongly
>
> urged him to Co-Sponser HR3505, (The Teach Act.)
>
> Ken Chrane
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Nusbaum via Greater-baltimore" <greater-baltimore at nfbnet.org>
> To: <nfbmd at nfbnet.org>; <greater-baltimore at nfbnet.org>; <mdpobc at nfbnet.org>;
>
> <mdabs at nfbnet.org>; <cmdayrdh at aol.com>; <navydarlene at yahoo.com>;
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> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 9:19 PM
> Subject: [Greater-baltimore] Help Needed: Meeting with Congressman Harris
> Staff Regarding TEACH Act
>
>
>> Dear Friends:
>>
>>
>>
>> Your help is needed this Friday as we meet with a senior staff member
>> from
>> Congressman Andy Harris's office regarding HR 3505, our Technology,
>> Education and Accessibility in College and Higher Education (TEACH) Act.
>> This bill, as you may know, would require the Department of Education to
>> issue standards regarding the accessibility of technology used by
>> colleges
>> and universities while making it illegal for a college to purchase
>> technology which does not meet these accessibility guidelines. Getting
>> this
>> bill passed, therefore, is of vital importance to blind college students
>> and
>> to those who will go to college in the future. Congressman Harris has a
>> reputation as a champion of quality education; however, he has not yet
>> cosponsored this bill. We need all supporters of equal education for
>> blind
>> students, blind and sighted alike, to attend this meeting and show
>> Congressman Harris that his constituents want him to sign onto the TEACH
>> Act.
>>
>>
>>
>> The meeting will take place on Friday morning, July 18th at 10:30 AM.
>> Since
>> this staff member has agreed to meet us on sight at a location of our
>> choosing, the meeting will be held at Bare Wood House in Finksburg, MD.
>> The
>> address of the store is: 2445 Baltimore Blvd Finksburg, MD 21048. It is
>> imperative that Congressman Harris's constituents attend, as he will be
>> much
>> more likely to listen to our comments if they are given by those who can
>> vote for him. Congressman Harris represents Maryland's first
>> Congressional
>> district, which serves parts of Carroll, Baltimore, Hartford and Cecil
>> counties on the Western Shore along with much of the Eastern Shore. If
>> you
>> are unsure if you are in this district, please see this link for a list
>> of
>> municipalities covered in District 1:
>> http://harris.house.gov/municipalities. I hope to see a strong showing of
>> our members and friends at this meeting. This is an important bill and we
>> need Congressman Harris's support. Please feel free to pass this email
>> along
>> to anyone who may be interested in supporting us at this meeting. I look
>> forward to seeing many of you on Friday.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>>
>>
>> Chris Nusbaum
>>
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