[nabs-l] Protests on College Campuses
Tamika Williams
twilliams.jaguars at gmail.com
Wed Jan 21 01:54:00 UTC 2015
Hi Justin,
i think this is a wonderful idea. Renwick Lewis from the University of Alabama and I were both discussing something similar but in addition to the legislature portion, we also want to focus on blind students involvement on campus. along with accessibility to the learning material along with a few other ideas. However, there is no doubt that student divisions, especially ours here in Alabama. need to be better organized and prepared. Keep us informed here in country Bama.
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> On Jan 20, 2015, at 4:00 PM, Darian Smith via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> I think the point Derek brings up about the need to strengthen our student divisions is spot on, and is something that has been taken to heart by many. I think it is something that needs to be more of a shared vision that is committed to by our national student division, state student division, and our state affiliates, not just the members of the board of the directors of each, but certainly lead in a unified manner by those bodies.
> I’m very excited about the presentation to take place at Washington seminar because many divisions have gone about their success in different ways and hearing about some can be energizing.
>
> hopefully in building and strengthening our student divisions we come to support and encourage students If we tell them about the scholarships, get to know them, and the like, we’ll know where the need is in our states and can best address them, if we address those then the protests might come.
> In short, lets connect as people, find the common concerns, then collectively organize.
> Darian
>> On Jan 20, 2015, at 1:25 PM, Derek Manners via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> As the person who suggested coordinated protests to justin earlier today, I can 100% assure the group that it was hypothetical. I wouldn't plan a Harvard protest before spring classes have started.
>>
>> As to Darian's concerns. I agree. I think it would take a massive amount of work to be effective. But I think two additional things mitigate this concern.
>>
>> Number 1: we need to build our state student divisions. We will have a panel about this at washington seminar. However, we, in Massachusetts emailed every single college and high school in Massachusetts to let them know about our scholarship. Our student president raised 500 dollars to have a student social. Our affiliate is doing discounted rooms for students at our state convention. Having this goal would necessitate and encourage us to replicate this success in other states. When MA started, we had an outdated email list, had not had a student meeting outside of the convention in years, only had a serving president and no board or offices etc. We have doubled and updated our list, had 10 attendees from across the state at our meeting a few weeks ago, have 23 or so confirmed students in attendance for our state convention, etc.
>>
>> This needs to happen in as many states as possible. Yeah it is a lot of work, but it can empower as to raise money and put people pressure on schools and other institutions that are not living up to the promise of accessibility.
>>
>> The other thing that comes to mind there is a model we can follow that branches out from just having blind students protest. In Montana, an NFB member named Travis Moses banded together with other students with print disabilities and fought his administration for five years.
>>
>> We could follow this path and get other students, disabled or not, to protest sub-minimum wages, ACE's opposition to the TEACH Act, rally in support of the Marrakesh treaty etc.
>>
>> I think the best time to do this would be at national convention to coordinate for the fall semester and during the summer when people have less obligations.
>>
>> In the meantime, we would all need to increase our efforts to improve our state student divisions.
>>
>> Best wishes
>> Derek Manners
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jan 20, 2015, at 3:30 PM, Elizabeth Mohnke via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org <mailto:nabs-l at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Arielle,
>>>
>>> Thank you for this clarification. IT looks as though I misunderstood Justin's email. However, I do not believe there were any announcements regarding the protest the NFB put together this past Labor Day, or at least I never saw any announcements regarding the Labor Day protest until after it took place.
>>>
>>> Warm regards,
>>> Elizabeth
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Arielle Silverman [mailto:arielle71 at gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 3:25 PM
>>> To: Elizabeth Mohnke; National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Protests on College Campuses
>>>
>>> I'm about 98% sure this was a hypothetical event. If there were a real national protest of this magnitude, we would have been getting emails from David Andrews about it for weeks beforehand on this list. Also, Justin is suggesting a nationwide college protest in the future; if something like that were already happening he wouldn't have suggested it.
>>> Arielle
>>>
>>>> On 1/20/15, Elizabeth Mohnke via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> Hello Kurt,
>>>>
>>>> Justin's email states, " 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."
>>>>
>>>> Unless I am reading Justin's email incorrectly, this sounds to me like
>>>> an event that actually took place today. I would greatly appreciate
>>>> any clarification if I am somehow reading this wrong. If this event
>>>> did indeed did take place today, it would seem as though not too many
>>>> people knew about it.
>>>>
>>>> Warm regards,
>>>> Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Kirt [mailto:kirt.crazydude at gmail.com]
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 3:08 PM
>>>> To: Elizabeth Mohnke; National Association of Blind Students mailing
>>>> list
>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Protests on College Campuses
>>>>
>>>> Elizabeth,
>>>> I'm sure Justin can clarify, but I understood him to be speaking
>>>> hypothetically.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 20, 2015, at 1:03 PM, Elizabeth Mohnke via nabs-l
>>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Justin
>>>>> Salisbury via nabs-l
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 2:36 PM
>>>>> To: 'nabs-l at nfbnet.org'
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> But, of course, we will not fail. We will continue to climb. Our
>>>>> heritage demands it; our faith confirms it; our humanity requires it.
>>>>> Whatever the sacrifice, we will make it. Whatever the price, we will
>>>>> pay it. Seen from this perspective, the hostility and backlash (the
>>>>> challenges and
>>>>> confrontations) are hardly worth noticing. They are only an irritant.
>>>>> My brothers and my sisters, the future is ours. Come! Join me on the
>>>>> stairs, and we will finish the journey.
>>>>> - Dr. Kenneth Jernigan
>>>>>
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