[il-talk] We need more voices

[Patti Gregory]

Just senator Kirk for now.

Patti S Gregory-Chang
 MFBI, President

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On Jul 21, 2011, at 2:11 PM, "emartinez at mail.roosevelt.edu" <emartinez at mail.roosevelt.edu> wrote:

> Hi everyone, 
> Should we only call the senators or should we call our house reps also?
> Eduardo J. Martinez
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of denise avant [dravant at ameritech.net]
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 12:22 PM
> To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [il-talk] We need more voices
> 
> Hello all,
> Well, I just called Sen. Kirk's office and spoke to Charlie. Mr. Adair was not in his office, but Charlie put me through to his voicemail, and I left a message explaining that we were opposed to section 511 the subminimum wage provision. I explained that this provision is completely inconsistent with the belief that blind people can engage in competitive employment. I also explained that one of our members had spoken with the senator this morning, and Sen. Kirk said the bill had not been marked up. I left my telephone number and urged him to call me back to discuss the matter further.
> 
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> --- On Thu, 7/21/11, Cathy Randall <chr47 at mchsi.com> wrote:
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> From: Cathy Randall <chr47 at mchsi.com>
> Subject: Re: [il-talk] We need more voices
> To: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817 at att.net>, "NFB of Illinois Mailing List" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Thursday, July 21, 2011, 10:50 AM
> 
> 
> I just called Kirk's office for the first time today and Andrew Adair is in a meeting.  I gave my comments, for the fourth time, and said I will call back after lunch to try and talk with him!
>                                                                               Cathy
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817 at att.net>
> To: "NFB of Illinois Mailing List" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [il-talk] We need more voices
> 
> 
>> 
>> 
>> I called Sen. Kirk's Washington office this morning and spoke to a staffer named Abby.  She was noncommittal but promised to pass my message to the senator.
>> 
>> Debbie S.
>> 
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>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Meyer" <datemeyer at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: "'NFB of Illinois Mailing List'" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: "'Illinois Association of Blind Students List'" <iabs-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 6:10 AM
>> Subject: [il-talk] We need more voices
>> 
>> 
>>> Hello Everyone,
>>> 
>>> Thank you very much for all who have already called Senator Kirk's office to
>>> express your opposition to subminimum wages for disabled workers.  For those
>>> who have called and left voice mail messages, we are asking that you call
>>> again and speak with Senator Kirk's staffer Emily.  For those who have not
>>> called, please, please do so.
>>> 
>>> When calling in to Senator Kirk's office, please call the Washington number
>>> which is 202-224-2854.  You will be presented with a greeting and several
>>> options.  Be sure to press option 3 to speak to a staff member.  When you
>>> reach a staff member, be sure to ask for Emily.
>>> 
>>> Also, when making your call, please identify yourself as a constituent and
>>> as a member of the national Federation of the Blind.
>>> 
>>> In the Chicago Chapter, we have always met goals when they have been set.
>>> Though this is a much bigger challenge than meeting one of our fundraising
>>> goals, we can meet this one as well, provided everyone pitches in and gets
>>> others to help.
>>> 
>>> Please ask Senator Kirk to vote no for the reauthorization of the Workforce
>>> Investment Act, unless Section 511 of this act is removed.
>>> 
>>> 
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