[nagdu] what the NFB Should Do!

[cheryl echevarria]

awesome, I think this could also be a topic of discussion at a state NFB Convention to help with membership.

I will bring this up myself at our meeting this weekend here on Long Island.

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  It's called taking ownership.  marion, well-said email and like Cindy, I 
  think you might want to consider expanding it to a Monitor article.

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  > Marion, I think that was well said. I think you should enlarge upon it and 
  > make a Monitor article out of it. I know that variations have been done 
  > before, but we can't hear it often enough.
  >
  > Cindy
  >
  > On Jun 23, 2011, at 8:09 AM, Marion Gwizdala wrote:
  >
  >> Dear All,
  >>    Please excuse this cross-posting but I think it is important enough 
  >> that I wanted to share it with as many of you as possible. When I speak 
  >> with many blind people who find out I am a leader in the Federation, I 
  >> often have them say, "The NFB should ...". You can fill in the blank with 
  >> a myriad of suggestions of what needs to be done to improve the lives of 
  >> the blind. Generally, my response is, "Are you a member of the NFB?" The 
  >> most frequent answer is "No!" This opens the door for me to share that 
  >> the Federation is a membership organization -  a grass roots Movement in 
  >> which each member must be actively involved in order for us to improve 
  >> our lives. It is not dr. Maurer; it is not the Board of Directors; it is 
  >> not the people who work at the National Center for the Blind; it is not 
  >> our divisions, our affiliates, or our chapters! It is each and every 
  >> member of the movement! I then invite them to become a member of the NFB 
  >> and hear the same tired excuses of not being a joiner, not
  > having enough time, not wanting to choose sides, not agreeing with the 
  > philosophy, yah dah yah dah yah dah yawn! "In other words," I say, "you 
  > want someone else to solve your problems for you and are unwilling to 
  > help. Is that right?" Of course, they think I am a rude, obnoxious, 
  > belligerent Federationist, what my wife and I would call "C.B." - 
  > Confirmation Bias - the bias that "All Federationists are (fill in the 
  > blank!" and this experience confirms this belief!
  >>    I praise those of you who have joined me in our effort to improve the 
  >> lives of the blind. You have not made it someone else's problem to solve; 
  >> you have made it yours! To paraphrase the words of Mahatma Gandhi , "You 
  >> are the change you want to see in the world!" Thank you for your service 
  >> and for joining me on the barricades! On to Orlando!
  >>
  >> Fraternally yours,
  >> Marion Gwizdala, President
  >> National Association of Guide Dog Users (NAGDU)
  >> National Federation of the Blind
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