[MN-at-Large] Blind Merchants Action Alert

[David Andrews]

>
>Fellow federationists,
>Please see below for a way you can help right now.
>All the best,
>Ryan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Terry Smith <<mailto:terry at merchants-nfb.org>terry at merchants-nfb.org>
>To: Terry C Smith <<mailto:tsmith at nfb.org>tsmith at nfb.org>
>Sent: Fri, Apr 3, 2020 10:47 pm
>Subject: NABM Action Alert
>[]
>
>
>Dear NABM Member:
>
>​As you know, the COVID-19 pandemic has 
>wreaked havoc on our blind 
>entrepreneurs.  Approximately 75% of our blind 
>entrepreneurs have seen their businesses either 
>shut completely down or seriously 
>curtailed.  Congress has provided some relief 
>for small businesses but the Randolph-Sheppard 
>Program is unique.  We need to let Congress know 
>that more needs to be done to assist our hard 
>working men and women who feed our government employees every day.
>​Please click on the link below and send 
>letters to the President, both of your U.S. 
>Senators, and your Member in the House of 
>Representatives.  The Randolph-Sheppard Act 
>authorizes Congress to appropriate funds for the 
>Randolph-Sheppard Program.  It never has.  We 
>are asking Congress for the first time to 
>appropriate dollars that can be used to provide 
>relief for our displaced blind entrepreneurs and 
>emergency funding to the states so they can meet 
>their responsibilities as the state licensing 
>agencies.  Go to: 
><https://blindmerchantsspeakout.org/alert/-urge_congress_to_appropriate_funds_to_help_blind_vendors/message/congress/write?style=webform>https://blindmerchantsspeakout.org/alert/-urge_congress_to_appropriate_funds_to_help_blind_vendors/message/congress/write?style=webform
>
>It is simple.  Just put in your name and 
>address, click on “Preview Message” and then 
>hit “Submit” and your letters will be 
>sent.  Act now and let the collective voices of the blind be heard.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>
>
>Nicky Gacos, President
>
>
>The National Federation of the Blind knows that 
>blindness is not the characteristic that defines 
>you or your future. Every day we raise the 
>expectations of blind people, because low 
>expectations create obstacles between blind 
>people and our dreams. You can live the life you 
>want; blindness is not what holds you back.
>
>


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