
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Perhaps Justin can clarify, however I believe the intent of the resolution isn’t to dictate what the new name should be but rather to point out the harmful impact of the current name and call for change.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 17pt;">--</span><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Noah Carver (He/They)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Candidate, B.M. '26 | Applied Music (Performance) -- Voice</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Eastman School of Music | University of Rochester</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Co-chair, Content Creation Cmte. | National Association of Blind Students<br></span></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.freedomscientific.com/Training/Certification" target="_blank"><img alt="JAWS Certified, 2024" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zbkcUb36hg56SrgA5QAsgn_qZkRQVYdCMm0YxSc2zj5qBt1nR_RM23uq5jBLhwIrJpNnTq9VY" data-unique-identifier=""></a><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="tel:+12075579143" target="_blank">+1 (207) 557-9143</a><br></span></font></div><div><a href="mailto:noahcarver494@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">noahcarver494@gmail.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sent from my iPhone using dictation. All errors brought to you by Apple.</span></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 31, 2024, at 9:10 AM, kim drudge via NABS-L <nabs-l@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>OK, I agree. However, it's always been called Perkins School for the Blind</span><br><span>Could it be renamed "The Boston School for the Blind" or "Massachusetts</span><br><span>School for the Blind", or "Massachusetts School of Succession for the</span><br><span>Blind"?</span><br><span>Could it also be renamed "U.S. School for Succession for the Blind?"</span><br><span>Kim</span><br><span></span><br><span>On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 8:54 AM Justin Salisbury via NABS-L <</span><br><span>nabs-l@nfbnet.org> wrote:</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi Everyone,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>After the feedback I've gotten so far, here is a second version of this</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>resolution. Please continue to share any thoughts that you have. It is</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>improving because of your participation in the process.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Resolution 2024-##, Regarding the Harmful Namesake of the Perkins School</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>for the Blind</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>WHEREAS, The New England Asylum for the Blind was incorporated in 1829 and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>opened its doors in August 1832 in Boston, Massachusetts; and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>WHEREAS, In 1839, the Asylum was renamed after Thomas Handasyd Perkins</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>after he donated to it, and, after further name changes, that entity is</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>known today as the Perkins School for the Blind; and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>WHEREAS, The Perkins School for the Blind, as a collective institution</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>including its library and products, remains an important provider of</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>blindness-related services today; and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>WHEREAS, Born in 1764, T. H. Perkins used money from his wealthy family to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>start an international trading business, where he traded human slaves and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the goods produced by their labor, including cotton, sugar, and rum, in the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Caribbean, until the Haitian Revolution in 1791; and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>WHEREAS, T. H. Perkins later expanded his fortune by illegally smuggling</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>opium into China; and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>WHEREAS, Pairing valuable products, services, and educational experiences</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>with the name of a known opium smuggler and slave trader teaches students</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>and community members of all backgrounds that these immoral acts are not</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>disqualifiers for being publicly honored; and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>WHEREAS, Continuing to honor a known slave trader and opium smuggler</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>perpetuates intergenerational trauma for people of all colors; and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>WHEREAS, On its website, the Perkins School for the Blind acknowledges</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>that it has financially benefitted from both the slave trade and opium</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>smuggling, and acknowledges the problems caused by this, particularly to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>those in Black and Chinese communities; now, therefore</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind in Convention</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>assembled this seventh day of July, 2024, in the City of Orlando, Florida,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>that this organization asserts that the enslavement of human beings and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>illegal smuggling of opium are unequivocally immoral and that participating</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>in these wrongdoings is a disqualifier for being honored in any space</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>sufficiently influenced by the National Federation of the Blind; and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this organization commends the Perkins School</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>for the Blind for acknowledging how it has benefited from these historical</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>wrongs; and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, That this organization urges the Perkins School</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>for the Blind to advance its efforts to promote diversity, equity, and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>inclusion by changing its name to remove all references to Thomas Handasyd</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Perkins.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thank you all,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Justin</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Justin MH Salisbury, MEd, NOMC, NCRTB</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>English Pronouns: he/him/his</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Phone: 808.797.8606</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Email: President@Alumni.ECU.edu</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>NABS-L mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>NABS-L@nfbnet.org</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>NABS-L:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kimmbell01%40gmail.com</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>Kim Drudge</span><br><span>Behind a great man is a strong woman.</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NABS-L mailing list</span><br><span>NABS-L@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mail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