[nagdu] PETA Presentation at Convention

[Marion & Martin]

Pete,
    I like this idea and will bring it up at our next Board meeting!

Peace!
Marion



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 10:38 AM
Subject: [nagdu] PETA Presentation at Convention


>
> Hello Marion and listers,
>
>    Last year NAGDU did something that got lots of attention among NFB
> members around the country. One of the presenters at the annual NAGDU
> Seminar was a Muslem Clarric to address issues concerning guide dog use 
> and
> the Islamic Faith. Given the problems guide dog users have encountered 
> with
> PETA members and their uninformed views of guide dogs and their use would 
> it
> not be appropriate to extend an invitation to them to speak during this
> years NAGDU seminar to hopefully urge them to change these views and to 
> work
> with us to put an end to the harassment experienced by some guide dog 
> users
> when encountering PETA Members? This is a long-shot I know but like 
> Muslems
> shouldn't PETA be given a chance to come clean with us and hopefully be
> better informed about the role of guide dogs in our lives? I recall that 
> an
> animal rights person was once at a NAGDU meeting long ago. She was deasent
> to our members and I don't recall any attempts by her or the group she
> represented to harass guide dog users atending that national convention.
> Anyway this was a thought and an idea.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
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