[nabs-l] Protests on College Campuses

[Elizabeth Mohnke]

Hello Justin, 

I am not sure who planned the protest for today, but it would have been
great to have known about it before it actually took place. The more people
know about it, the more people who can take part in it. But perhaps you just
need to be a part of a certain clique within the NFB to receive this kind of
information. I did not see any information on today's protest besides
hearing you mention it in this email.

Warm regards,
Elizabeth


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Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 2:36 PM
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Subject: [nabs-l] Protests on College Campuses

Fellow Federationists:

I've been thinking about an idea for how NABS can contribute to the
legislative work of the National Federation of the Blind, and I have talked
with a few friends about it. Now, I want to ask what the NABS membership
thinks of it.

We could coordinate protests on college campuses and do it strategically to
raise awareness to our legislative causes. I bet there are a lot of college
students who would stand up and protest subminimum wages if they only knew
about it. We could do it with our other bills, too,

Another dimension we could add is If we coordinated them to be all on the
same day, or at least multiple ones on the same day. This could help us get
national media attention. For example: Today, students at Harvard, Yale,
Louisiana Tech, and four other universities protested the outdated practice
of paying wages like three cents per hour to workers with disabilities.

This would require heavy involvement of local students, but the returns
could be amazing.

What do people think of this idea?

Yours,

Justin

Justin Salisbury - Running Thunder Phoenix Graduate Student Professional
Development and Research Institute on Blindness Louisiana Tech University
Email: jms132 at latech.edu<mailto:jms132 at latech.edu>
Twitter: @SalisburyJustin

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sacrifice, we will make it. Whatever the price, we will pay it. Seen from
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confrontations) are hardly worth noticing. They are only an irritant. My
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