[nabs-l] High school outreach

[Aziza C]

Jim,
I also like your idea. I am seventeen, and the most security I've ever
gotten in being shown around a new location is when another blind
person is doing the showing.
Maybe we can start a program where blind college students sign up as
volunteers to show blind high school students around their specific
campus. Then have a flyer writen up and circulated to high schools, to
lists that have O and M and VI teachers on them, to the youth outreach
program, post it on our website, as well as those of state devisions,
and networking sites like myspace, facebook, (for those states that
have them,) give the flyers to the parents of blind children.
Circulate the information to all the places we can find within the NFB
to start. The flyer can have a number or email address to contact if a
student is interested, the contact could have a list of colleges, and
the list of volunteers attending which college.
Matches and appointments could be made.
I don't think it'll be as difficult as some might thing.

Also, Jim, I am a senior in high school, and I know many blind
students in and around my city. Many of them were not to keen on being
called blind, until I started a mini student group branched off my
local chapter. It doesn't take that much to get high school students
engaged. I invited them for pizza, cake and fun, when they got to my
house... well that all happened, but first we had an hour meeting.
Turned out they all stayed for about three more hours listening to
music, eating, and talking about what had happened in the meeting and
giving their ideas and thoughts. When your open and give kids the
opportunity to express themselves, and don't do the "adults know
best," speech, we do tend to open up and actually have fun.

Just my thoughts.
Aziza

On 5/13/09, rachel Jacobs <oceanrls at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I think that is a great idea. I think blind high school students would
> really benefit from blind college students showing them around campus. I
> think it would give them a sense of security knowing that they too can get
> around college while being blind. I just don't know how this would happen.
> It is a great idea though!
> Rachel Jacobs
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Reed" <jim275_2 at yahoo.com>
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> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 11:03 PM
> Subject: [nabs-l] High school outreach
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>
>> I'm wondering what, if any stratagies people have tried to use in reaching
>>
>> out to blind high school students.
>>
>> Also, I was wondering if the NABS has ever considered starting a program
>> where blind college students can show blind high schoolers around campus.
>>
>> In other words, if a blind high school student wanted to take a trip to
>> check out a potential college, then a blind college student could show
>> them around (assuming there is a blind student at the school in question).
>>
>> Maybe there would even be a way to get the blind student guides paid
>> through such a program, as the program would ultimatly be helping the
>> college recruiters.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>> Jim
>>
>> Homer Simpson's brain: "Use reverse psychology."
>> Homer: "Oh, that sounds too complicated."
>> Homer's brain: "Okay, don't use reverse psychology."
>> Homer: "Okay, I will!"
>>
>>
>>
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