[nabs-l] a very successful protest in Baltimore

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi Justin,

Great!! Sounds like you guys had a great protest! We didn't have the car
traffic you all did, or if we did they ignored us. I'm glad you got the word
out to all those drivers; great job!

Chris

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Of Justin Young
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 5:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] a very successful protest in Baltimore

I participated in a protest outside the Stoneridge plaza Goodwill store in
Greece, New York(a suburb of city of Rochester, NY in the upstate New York
area) yesterday.  We had two groups which one was with posters on the
sidewalk which was public property while another was handing out flyers in
the plaza area.  It was a great event overall because many car drivers read
the posters, honked their horns, and cheered.  I hope the rest who
participated in protests near their Goodwill stores went successful as
well:)

On 8/26/12, Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
> To: <nfbmd at nfbnet.org>, <mdabs at nfbnet.org>, 
> <mdpobc at nfbnet.org>,"'National Association of Blind Students mailing 
> list'"<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>, <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>, <jimk at mdschblind.org 
> 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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