[nabs-l] a very successful protest in Baltimore

[Beth]

We had a protest in Denver, but I did not get to do it because I 
was busy with stuff.  I live in Aurora now with frinds, but it's 
hard to do anything around the neighborhood because the streets 
are confusing and too narrow for anybody to walk on.
Beth

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From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
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Date sent: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 16:47:59 -0400
Subject: [nabs-l] a very successful protest in Baltimore

Hi fellow Federationists,



I am very happy to report, as John Pare did on the NFB of 
Maryland list,
that we had a very successful protest at the Goodwill store in 
downtown
Baltimore, Maryland. I was very happy to be a part of this 
protest. We
handed out many flyers and got the attension of many people who 
saw us as
they were passing the Goodwill store, and even convinced some 
people not to
shop at the Goodwill when they heard about that company's policy 
of paying
workers with disabilities subminimum wages. Although nobody who 
worked at
the store actually came out and talked to us, they most 
definitely saw us
and were looking at us and our signs. I didn't personally see or 
get to talk
to anybody from the local Baltimore media, although I did see a 
reporter
from an online publication called Working in These Times and 
heard most of
the interview he conducted with our public relations director and 
our
Greater Baltimore chapter President Chris Danielsen. We have a 
lot of
pictures and updates from our protest which were posted on the 
NFB Facebook
page for anybody who is interested; in fact, my profile picture 
on Facebook
is a picture of me holding my sign and marching in the protest. 
All in all,
it was both a fun and a successful protest, and to top it off, 
Dr. Maurer
and some of the national center staff took us all out to dinner 
at the Green
Turtle (a bar/restaurant chain exclusive to Maryland) across the 
street from
the protest cite afterwards! A good time was had by all!



I would be very interested to hear reports of other protests 
conducted by
other chapters in Maryland and our other affiliates around the 
country. Did
you get the public's attension? Did you convince some people not 
to shop at
the Goodwill store at which you were protesting? Did you receive 
any media
attension?



I look forward to hearing your reports!



Chris Nusbaum

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