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Other than having a core philosophy and mission as the division does, I 
don't see how we can get much unity.
Some state divisions are active; others not; some large and some small.
State divisions seem to have a lot of autonomy in designing their activities 
and programs but have a constitution within the rules of NFB.
Also from what I've seen students move around; they do not always show up to 
conventions or gatherings.  So you'll have a group at convention but may not 
be the same group at say  a youth blowout.
So by being young students, its kind of hard to build unity as a group.
I don't know how the large organization can be more unified.


-----Original Message----- 
From: Kirt Manwaring
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 8:38 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] (no subject)

Darian,
  Here's how I see it.  We all share, or hopefully share the
conviction that we as blind students know best what we need.  We
should all have a common purpose; namely, advocating for blind
students within the framework of the NFB.  We may disagree quite
passionately about how best to accomplish that goal, but we should
never forget that we're working for the common good of blind students
and any official NABS policy ought to reflect the opinion of the
majority of us.
  That being said, united doesn't mean blind obedience to anything or
anyone.  I'm thrilled we can argue and discuss and debate.  So long as
we all share the same dream of equality with our sighted friends and
peers, I fervently hope the debate continues.  The day we stop sharing
our opinions is the day we fail.  But along with that the need for
unity of purpose is glaringly apparent.  We can disagree, we should.
But we should always remember that, in the end, we're all working for
the same dream.
  Best,
Kirt

On 3/7/11, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
> I think we're as united as we can be. Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 3/7/11, Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>   Could I get your thoughts on something?......
>>  How unified  do you think we are as a  large division of students in the
>> NFB?
>>
>>  We  represent  most of, if not all of the states, and  have a wide
>> aray of talents, prospectives and ideas.  We  have leaders, we have
>> student divisions in our states, but do you  think we are  as united
>> as we can and should be?
>>
>>  Are we as united as, say our state affiliates?
>>
>>  If you think the answer is "no", what do you think it will take from
>> each of us to make  this happen?
>>
>>  Darian
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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