[il-talk] Message I tried to send before

[PITTMAN ENTERPRISES & ASSOCIATES]

Forgive the duplications.  Each time I tried to paste the bottom portions in
they disappeared.  I guess they were there after all.


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From: "PITTMAN ENTERPRISES & ASSOCIATES" <pittman.e.a at cometlink.com>
To: "NFB of Illinois Mailing List" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 9:57 PM
Subject: [il-talk] Message I tried to send before


> Subject: [ChicagoADAPT] FW: an manefesto from NFB 1971 that still rings
true
>
> Whoop-whoop!
>
> ----Forwarded Message----
> From:
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> Sent: Mon May 31st, 2010 2:43 PM CDT
> Subject: an manefesto from NFB 1971 that still rings true
>
> In 1971 the leader of the organized blind movement in the United States
sent a message to the agencies serving the blind. This is what he said:
>
> If you tell us that you are important and necessary to our lives, we
reply: It is true. But tear down every agency for the blind in the nation,
destroy
> every workshop, and burn every professional journal; and we can build them
all back if they are needed. But take away the blind, and your journals will
> go dusty on the shelves. Your counselors will walk the streets for work,
and your broomcorn will mold and rot in your sheltered shops. Yes, we need
you;
> but you need us, too. We intend to have a voice in your operation and your
decisions since what you do affects our lives. We intend to have
representation
> on your boards, and we intend for you to recognize our organizations and
treat us as equals. We are not your wards, and there is no way for you to
make
> us your wards. The only question left to be answered is us your wards. The
only question left to be answered is whether you will accept the new
conditions and work with us in peace and partnership or whether us your
wards. The only question left to be answered is whether you will accept the
new conditions and work with us in peace and partnership or whether
> we must drag you kicking and screaming into the new
> era. But enter the new era you will, like it or not.
>
> Kenneth Jernigan delivered that emphatic message at the 1971 convention of
the National Federation of the Blind
>
> http://nfb.org/legacy/books/books1/wam13.it or not.
>
> Kenneth Jernigan delivered that emphatic message at the 1971 convention of
the National Federation of the Blind
>
> http://nfb.org/legacy/books/books1/wam13.htm
>
> we must drag you kicking and screaming into the new
> era. But enter the new era you will, like it or not.
>
> Kenneth Jernigan delivered that emphatic message at the 1971 convention of
the National Federation of the Blind
>
> http://nfb.org/legacy/books/books1/wam13.htm
>  era. But enter the new era you will, like it or not.
>
> Kenneth Jernigan delivered that emphatic message at the 1971 convention of
the National Federation of the Blind
>
> http://nfb.org/legacy/books/books1/wam13.htm
>
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