[il-talk] Informational picket of Goodwill

Sun Aug 5 22:25:55 UTC 2012

Anil Lewis is leading this at our national office.  I have heard these numbers and many are included in an exhaustive report which will come out from National Council on Disabilities on 8/20/12 but I do not wish to mistate statistics.  Please give Anil a call and look for the report when it is out.  
P.S.  NFBI is on twitter as "NFBI" and on Facebook as "national Federation of the Blind of Illinois."

Please donate to our annual appeal by sending your tax deductible donation to our treasurer:  Glenn Moore Treasurer PO Box 1065 Elgin, IL 60121.  Thank you. 

Patti Gregory Chang Esq.
Chair, NFB Scholarship Committee
President, NFBI
pattichang at att.net

On Aug 5, 2012, at 3:51 PM, Syed Yousufuddin wrote:

I intend to take part, and to have a better understanding, I wish to know some facts.
Do we have a figure on how many blind people are affected by this immoral and discriminatory practice?
What are the other disabilities do they have besides blindness?
And how productive are these individuals?
Awaiting a satisfactory response.
Sincerely
Syed

> From: pattichang at att.net
> To: il-talk at nfbnet.org; iabs-talk at nfbnet.org
> Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 11:44:54 -0500
> Subject: [il-talk] Informational picket of Goodwill
> 
> We will be conducting an informational picket on 8/25 between 11:00 and 
> 12:00 at Goodwill Industries in DesPlaines.  Many of us will go to the store 
> at 1521 Lee street from our state board meeting which is at the Holiday Inn 
> O'Hare.  All are welcome.  RSVP to me at pattichang at att.net.
> 
> Anil Lewis says:
> We need to increase public awareness of the unfair, discriminatory, immoral 
> practice of paying subminimum wages to workers with disabilities.  To that 
> end, on Saturday, August 25, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. local time, 
> members of the NFB and other concerned citizens will be conducting 
> informational protests at Goodwill Thrift Store locations around the 
> country.  Affiliates, chapters, divisions, and groups of the National 
> Federation of the Blind will join with friends, family, and members of other 
> cross-disability organizations to conduct as many informational 
> demonstrations as possible.
> 
> More information will follow.  Please mark the date.  You can meet us at the 
> store or travel with many of us from our state board meeting.  We will need 
> a count of participants so please contact me offline if you plan to attend. 
> Let me know whether you will need transport from the hotel to the store or 
> will meet us at the store.  We will have a briefing conference call before 
> the event.
> 
> 
> P.S.  Please give to the National Federation of the Blind of Illinois Annual 
> Appeal by sending your tax deductible donation to NFBI c/o Glenn Moore III, 
> Treasurer P.O. Box 1065 Elgin, IL 60121.
> 
> P.S.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 "NFBI".
> 
> Patti Gregory-Chang, Esq.
> Chairperson, NFB Scholarship Committee
> scholarships at nfb.org
> President, National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
> pattichang at att.net
> www.nfbofillinois.org 
> 
> 
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