[il-talk] question,

[Jemal Powell]

 Will you be avaible on the 15th of this month, for a transportation comitee meeting?

--- On Wed, 6/2/10, PITTMAN ENTERPRISES & ASSOCIATES <pittman.e.a at cometlink.com> wrote:

> From: PITTMAN ENTERPRISES & ASSOCIATES <pittman.e.a at cometlink.com>
> Subject: Re: [il-talk] Message I tried to send before
> To: "PITTMAN ENTERPRISES & ASSOCIATES" <pittman.e.a at cometlink.com>, "NFB of Illinois Mailing List" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 10:27 PM
> Forgive the duplications.  Each
> time I tried to paste the bottom portions in
> they disappeared.  I guess they were there after all.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "PITTMAN ENTERPRISES & ASSOCIATES" <pittman.e.a at cometlink.com>
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> Subject: [il-talk] Message I tried to send before
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> 
> > Subject: [ChicagoADAPT] FW: an manefesto from NFB 1971
> that still rings
> true
> >
> > Whoop-whoop!
> >
> > ----Forwarded Message----
> > From:
> > rahneek at yahoo.com
> > To:
> > contact-list at adapt.org
> > 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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