[nabs-l] young professionals division?

Tamika Williams twilliams.jaguars at gmail.com
Fri Jun 14 01:29:45 UTC 2013


Hi,

I think Wasif has a good idea of these young professionals being the
mentors for the new Mentor-Mentee program that we are beginning this
year.

Tamika

On 6/13/13, Joe <jsoro620 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I see the rationale for expanding NABS, but one, it would make the scope of
> the organization that much broader than it already is, and two, NABS still
> has to get in the weeds of the philosophy fundamentals: training centers,
> disability offices, the importance of self-advocacy, etc. When I think of a
> professional organization, I'm thinking concrete items like accessibility
> in
> the workplace, a measure of mentorship for people working in similar fields
> such as federal employees, and yes, a means of enabling otherwise busy
> professionals to lend a hand with advocacy. I'm a busy guy but still like
> signing petitions and calling up congress people in favor of or in protest
> to some measure or another. Having opened this can of worms, I want to be
> clear that I'm not saying the NFB should dramatically change itself to meet
> every unique need of a young professional, but to an extend there needs to
> be a cool factor that overrides a person's sense of apathy. I get up at
> 4:00
> in the morning to be at my office by 6:00. I get home more or less around
> 5:00, and I need something to make me want to go to a chapter meeting. Yes,
> it's only once a month, but you active chapter members know there is a lot
> more activity than just the one gathering. Yes, there are dozens of
> divisions that cater to specific interests, hence my opposition to most
> divisions in general, but having too many choices makes people like me not
> want to participate in any of it. If I don't make it to the national
> convention and can't make Washington Seminar, where does that leave people
> like me? Perhaps an alternative organization, but being burned out on the
> Federation does not mean I think the organization is a bad one. Anyway,
> enough babble from me. If I express these sentiments at all, it is because
> I
> think NABS could be in the position to generate some possibilities. Maybe a
> happy hour for professionals next year in Washington? It'd be a start.
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Wasif, Zunaira
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 2:37 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] young professionals division?
>
> Maybe NABS should simply be extended to  include young professionals as
> well
> as students.  We can all be in the same division.  That way mentoring can
> take place with ease.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Greg Aikens
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:08 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] young professionals division?
>
> I would also be interested in having a place to network with other young
> professionals.
>
>
> On Jun 13, 2013, at 10:13 AM, "Stephanie H. DeLuca" <sjhhirst at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi, I was reading through the NABS digest, and someone had mentioned
>> an NFB young professionals division ..... that it doesn't exist lol Is
>> this something people would be interested in?  Perhaps we can put it
>> on the agenda for the NABS meeting at National Convention. ~ Stephanie
>>
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