[Lpobc] EG's #WhyImAFederationist Post

[Eric Guillory]

Here is my promised #WhyImAFederationist hash tag campaign post. For those of you on Facebook, please feel free to like/share. Hopefully, some of you will tell your stories. Don't be shy-especially parents and TVI/TBS friends and colleagues. Thank you for sharing your stories with those who need to hear about the dynamic power of the NFB.


#WhyImAFederationist I was 15 when I first heard about the National Federation of the Blind. Unlike so many students, I was blessed to have a fantastic TVI named Janet Bernhardt, who, despite my initial protestations, encouraged me to attend The Louisiana Center for the blind's STEP Program. Though I have not been nearly as active in the Federation as I am now over a portion of those intervening 26 years, I am privileged to state unequivocally that the Federation has changed my life and that of countless thousands of blind people, their families, friends, and colleagues. Today, I am privileged to administer the very program I initially resisted attending. Standing on the shoulders of those intrepid men and women who have gone before, it is wonderful to pay it forward to future generations. Witnessing students raising expectations for themselves and seeing families transformed by the love, hope, and determination embodied in the Federation is an incredible blessing.




Eric Guillory, Director of Youth Services
Louisiana Center for the Blind
101 South Trenton Street
Ruston, LA 71270
Voice: 800-234-4166
Fax: 318-251-0109
Twitter: ericguillory
Skype: brllovingdad
www.louisianacenter.org<http://www.louisianacenter.org/>

"Together, we are changing what it means to be blind."

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