[Home-on-the-range] Fwd: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] FW: Fix WIA Wednesday

[Tom Page]

Thomas Page
TOPtone Records
 President 
National Federation of the Blind of Kansas
316-267-7868


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> From: "Lewis, Anil" <ALewis at nfb.org>
> Date: January 13, 2014 at 3:44:02 PM CST
> To: "Affiliate Presidents (state-affiliate-leadership-list at nfbnet.org)" <state-affiliate-leadership-list at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] FW: Fix WIA Wednesday
> Reply-To: State Affiliate Leadership List <state-affiliate-leadership-list at nfbnet.org>
> 
> From Rose Sloan:
> Federationists:
>  
> Over the summer the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) S. 1356 was passed by the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.  We have been told that this bill may be coming to the Senate floor for a vote soon, and it is being pre-conferenced with members of the U.S. House of Representatives.  There are aspects of this bill that we need the Senate to fix before it becomes law.
>  
> We are designating this Wednesday, January 15, 2014 as #FixWIA Wednesday.  We are respectfully requesting that you call, email, fax, tweet, or Facebook your Members of Congress expressing your feelings about WIA (S. 1356).  Please use the hash tag #FixWIA with all of your social media messaging. 
>  
> As the saying goes: "nothing about us, without us" –if we do not act now, the discriminatory language in Section 511 of Title V., and the misguided relocation of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) will become the law of the land.  Let your voices be heard. Contact your Members of Congress. 
>  
> Read the Fix WIA blog post at: https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/fix-wia to get more information about the issue, and get ready to #FixWIA on this Wednesday, January 15, 2014.  Additional information will be sent soon.
>  
> Thank you,
>  
> Rose
>  
> Rose Sloan
> Government Affairs Specialist
>  
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