[il-talk] question,

[Patti Gregory-Chang]

That is Julia's birthday.  I could try if it was short but would prefer a 
different date.

Thanks for all you do.


To sponsor me in the race for independence which raises funds for the 
Imagination Fund affiliated with the NFB Jernigan Institute, you can go to 
www.raceforindependence.org.  Help us build innovative programs and products 
to gain true independence.    For more information on NFB, the Jernigan 
Institute and the Imagination Fund, go to www.nfb.org.


P.S.  National Federation of the Blind of Illinois is now on twitter at 
www.twitter.com/nfbi.
We also have a facebook page.  Just search for our full name.

Patti Gregory-Chang
President, National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
pattichang at att.net
www.nfbofillinois.org
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jemal Powell" <derek2872 at yahoo.com>
To: "PITTMAN ENTERPRISES & ASSOCIATES" <pittman.e.a at cometlink.com>; "NFB of 
Illinois Mailing List" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 10:43 AM
Subject: [il-talk] question,


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>
> 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:
> > 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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