[il-talk] Resolution

[Denise Avant]

It’s great to hear from you. Thank you for your input on the resolution.

Denise R. Avant
President, National Federation Of The Blind Of Illinois
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> On Jun 6, 2016, at 7:23 AM, Rose Sloan via il-talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Good morning NFBI, 
> 
> So very good to be able to chime in on something on this list serv! Sorry I'm late to the party. I got the last batch of emails from this list serv in a week chuck. 
> 
> First, I should probably disclose that this is strictly my own opinion; I no longer work the national office of the NFB--this is not an endorsement from the national office. 
> 
> That being said, I typically find that the types of task forces referenced in the resolution do no harm. They definitely do not totally solve the problems at hand, but I generally am of the opinion that anything, even if it's small, that will help people with disabilities obtain competitive integrated employment should be supported. 
> 
> Based on the text alone, (not knowing any politics that is going on behind the scenes) I would support the resolution because of clauses in the whereas section such as: 
> 
> "WHEREAS, there are many qualified persons with disabilities who are unable
> to obtain competitive 
> employment" 
> 
> And 
> 
> 
> "WHEREAS, it is in the best social and economic interests of the City of
> Chicago to expand competitive 
> employment and economic opportunity for persons with disabilities"
> 
> The term competitive employment means that it's employment at the minimum wage or prevailing wage. 
> 
> If this resolution were to pass, and if there is a willing member of NFBI to serve on the task force we should try to make that happen. 
> 
> That being said, there is reason for slight concern. Why in the "whereas" section is the term "competitive employment" used, but in the resolve section, the term "economic opportunity" is used?  To me these terms are not synonymous. The resolution would be stronger if the term competitive integrated employment were used, but my perspective is that the intent of the resolution is to increase competitive integrated employment for people with disabilities even though that is not said explicitly. 
> 
> Miss you all, 
> 
> Rose 
> Sent from my iPhone
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