[Ncabs] Fwd: [Nfbofnc] important action needed

Tue Mar 15 23:35:57 UTC 2011

Below is a message from Lusi Radford. She does a lot of legislative
work for the board of the NFB of NC, and she has a simple and quick
way for you to act. Read her message and please call. Every call makes
a difference! The services that are on the line in this year's NC
congress are services that all blind students greatly benefit from.

Cindy

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lusi98 <Lusi98 at nc.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:40:06 -0400
Subject: [Nfbofnc] important action needed
To: nfbofnc at nfbnet.org

Dear Fellow Federationists:

For you this year's Legislative session has seemed kind of quiet, but
believe me it hasn't been. We have many new senators and
representatives who are getting use to their new jobs. They are not
familiar with many issues which concern North Carolina residents. Of
course one group that they know little about is North Carolina's blind
citizens. As a result we are in danger of loosing Newsline, seeing
Services for the Blind merged with other agencies, and the dissolution
of the Blind Commission.

It is time for us to stand up and protect what we have. Our first
assignment is to contact Kelly Nicholson, Senator Phil Berger's
Scheduler and request that Senator Berger, the President Protem of the
Senate, give us a few minutes of his time. This is important because
Senator Berger can influence the Chairman of the Appropriations
Committee. Below my signature you will find a script. We will be more
effective if we put this in our own words. The same ideas said in many
ways will get Ms. Nicholson's attention. Her contact information is
(919) 301-1742.  Her email address is kelly.nicholson at ncleg.net.

We have turned the tide in our favor before, and now we must do it
again. Pass this email on to chapter members, your family, Lion's
Clubs, personal friends and anyone else you know who will help us.
This is just the first task that needs to be done in this year's
fight. Thank you a head of time for all your hard work.

Lusi

The blind citizens of North Carolina are the smallest minority or
disabled segment of the population, There fore it is very easy for
issues which are vital to our participation in our communities and
state to get submerged by those issues of larger groups. This year we
are faced with the loss of three entities which have a major impact on
our lives:

* Accessible Electronic Information System for the Blind and Disabled.

* Merger of Division of Services for the Blind with other agencies.

* Loss of the Commission for the Blind.

  We need the opportunity to sit down with Senator Berger and get to
know him, likewise he can get to know us. Because of our small
population and the chronic need for rehabilitation services,
education, access to information and employment it is important for
those in authority to make informed decisions which will greatly
impact our future needs.

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Cindy Bennett
UNC Wilmington Psychology major

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