[nabs-l] About the future of NABS and the NFB

Sun May 22 00:39:53 UTC 2011

Chris:
Just wondering,
what training center did you go to?

On May 21, 2011, at 10:52 AM, Chris Nusbaum wrote:

> Thanks, Kirt! I appreciate the kind words.  To answer your question, I wasn't really introduced to the Federation originally, my parents were.  Therefore, I was a member of the Federation with my parents and liked
> a lot of what I heard.  I went to one of the NFB sponsored training center programs and learned a lot.  Then recently I went to the NFB LAW Program at the national center, the first program I'd ever gone to at the Jernigan Institute.  That program just strengthened my belief in the Federation philosophy.  But I still felt that the views I was hearing were kind of extreme, so I wanted to learn more about the philosophy of the NFB before I totally threw my support behind them.  After listening to some stuff on nfb.org, I asked this list and the other list I'm on my "what is Federationism?" question so I knew people's personal feelings about Federationism.  Once I read a lot of posts on this subject and learned about the real NFB philosophy, I decided to join the Federation as a total Federationist!!!!! Yea!!!!! So really, my decision to join the Federation myself was mostly because of your insight! Thanks guys!!!
> 
> Chris
> 
> "A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities motto)
> 
> --- Sent from my BrailleNote
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Fri, 20 May 2011 14:21:25 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] About the future of NABS and the NFB
> 
> Chris,
> It's awesome you're on here.  You're a case study of why it's good
> for students to get on board while they're young.  Just out of
> curiosity, how were you introduced to the Federation?
> 
> On 5/20/11, Âris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree completely, Kirt! Great points!
> 
> Chris
> 
> "A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities motto)
> 
> --- Sent from my BrailleNote
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Thu, 19 May 2011 19:57:10 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] About the future of NABS and the NFB
> 
> Darian and all,
>  I think sometimes we underestimate the role of vission
> teachers.
> (call them what you want-TVIs, teachers of blind students,
> itinerate
> teachers, whatever)  These are usually the people who give blind
> students, and their parents, first impressions about blindness
> and
> thus they have a huge influence on whatever expectations a
> student or
> parent develops about what is possible as a blind person.  I
> think we
> need to put a lot more energy in to sincerely dialoguing with
> these
> teachers, especially the reasonable ones who don't agree with us
> (I'm
> not saying all teachers who disagree with us are reasonable), to
> improve our image and the way we're presented to students.
> Because my
> state affiliate is pretty good at this, my TVI, although she
> disagreed
> with a lot of what the NFB does, didn't discourage me from coming
> to
> my own opinions and getting as much firsthand experience with the
> Federation as I could.  Even those blindness professionals who
> disagree with us can, if we present ourselves in a civil and
> courteous
> manner, direct students to our organization.  It happened with
> me.
>  Warmest regards,
> Kirt
> 
> On 5/19/11, Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com> wrote:
> You know, one thing that I would like to add to this discussion
> is
> the following  "what ideas would you  suggest to improve what
> you may
> think needs improving?"
>   I think it's  really easy for all of us to get into the  habit
> of
> mentioning what isn't happening.  Sometimes, it's  not so much a
> matter
>  that no one is aware of an issue (sometimes, on the other hand,
> this
> in fact may be the case), but suggestions on how to improve are
> also
> very valuable.   Remember, we never roll out of bed with the
> answers!
>   Best,
>   Darian
> 
> On 5/19/11, Jorge Paez <computertechjorgepaez at gmail.com> wrote:
> 	I don't think we're doing enough with the
> middleschool/elementary
> population.
> We need to get the message out faster,
> to the younger kids.
> 
> 
> On May 19, 2011, at 9:00 PM, dsmithnfb at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Let's bring this conversation fourth.  What do people think
> about this
> question?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On May 19, 2011, at 5:39 PM, "Tina Hansen" <th404 at comcast.net
> wrote:
> 
> I wanted to know what people felt about the future of the NFB,
> and
> whether or not we're doing anything to address how to
> communicate our
> message in a way that will reach people through new
> technologies.
> Thanks.
> 
> 
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