[il-talk] Message I tried to send before

[Edwin]

Nice speech and yes! still appropriate.
Forgive me if this posting is not appropriate for the list.
Is anyone in the Chicago area interested in bowling on a summer bowling
league?  I can be reached at, 787-586-7319 or conibodyworks at gmail.com  

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Subject: [il-talk] Message I tried to send before

Subject: [ChicagoADAPT] FW: an manefesto from NFB 1971 that still rings true

Whoop-whoop!

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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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