[Ncabs] Fw: [Nfb-legislative-directors] Cover Letter

[sharon_newton]

See Parnell Diggs email below!   While this is better than nothing, please keep trying to get appointments with the Congress person even if it is not in August.  Personal, face-to-face contact counts tremendously, so does your persistence.  

Sharon Newton
NC Coordinator

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Fellow Federationists,

 

I drafted this for one of our affiliates.  You can use this when you visit your Congressman's local office.  Whether you have a scheduled appointment or not, simply hand deliver this on your letterhead along with the Fact Sheet, which is again attached here.  

 

This should work especially for all of your Republican House members at least to put the issue on the table. 

 

Dear Congressman _______,

 

I am writing you in follow-up to our visit with your office in January of this year and to request that you cosponsor H.R. 188, the Transitioning to Integrated and Meaningful Employment "TIME" Act sponsored by Congressman Gregg Harper of Mississippi.  This bill promotes integrated employment for people with disabilities, such as myself, and will help reduce our reliance upon government programs for financial support.

 

Please review the enclosed fact sheet for more details and kindly advise me as to your position on this important initiative if for some reason you cannot fulfill my request.  I am passionate about this bill and believe we need to take action immediately.

 

With kind regards, I am,

 

Very sincerely,

 

Your Name

 

Parnell Diggs, Esq.

Director of Government Affairs

National Federation of the Blind

200 East Wells Street

Baltimore, MD 21230

Office: (410) 659-9314, extension 2222

Mobile: (843) 267-2018

Email: pdiggs at nfb.org

Twitter: @NFB_Voice

  @ParnellDiggs

 

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.

 

Make a gift to the National Federation of the Blind and help ensure all blind Americans live the lives they want

 



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