[nabs-l] Important

[Ryan Silveira]

Hello,

Thank you for your e-mail.  I am currently on vacation and will return on the 7th of September, 2015.  I will periodically check my e-mail, but please do not expect an immediate response.  Thank you very much.


Ryan L. Silveira
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On Aug 20, 2015, at 5:39 AM, Ben Fulton via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> 
> Hi Kathryn,
> 
> I would like to do something but cannot be there in person.
> Is there some way of starting an online petition to let the schools know about this accessibility issue?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 20:51:51 -0700
> From: Bryan Duarte <bjduarte at asu.edu>
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> 	<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Important
> Message-ID: <4E10FB61-9599-4D5E-8B8D-286A033A9A13 at asu.edu>
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> 
> Wish i could go!
> 
> Go Devils!
> Sent from my iPhone 6
> 
> On Aug 19, 2015, at 6:56 PM, Kathryn Webster via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> All,
> Once again, Amazon, Inc. is trying to push its inaccessible technology into public schools, despite our years of advocacy and clear warnings against the adoption of inaccessible technology by the United States Departments of Education and Justice. In this case, blind students throughout the New York City public school system will be denied an equal education if the city goes through with a proposed $30 million deal that will make Amazon the exclusive provider of e-textbooks and other materials for students. We have one chance to stop this deal from going through. The school system?s Panel for Educational Policy, which has the final say on the deal, will meet next Wednesday, August 26, to vote on it, and blind people must be there in force to let the panel members and the public  know that this is a bad deal for blind students and, therefore, for New York City schools.
> Join us, next week, at 4:30 pm at 100  Hester Street, New York, ny 10002, to fight for what's right!
> Kathryn
> 
> 
> Kathryn C. Webster
> (203) 273-8463
> Sent from my iPhone
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