[Nebraska-senior-blind] FW: Speak to our Senior Division Phone Meeting - Please

[Nancy Oltman]

Sounds like a wonderful idea and one I personally would enjoy.  If it means chaing the date, I am okay with that.

 

Nancy 

 

From: Nebraska-senior-blind [mailto:nebraska-senior-blind-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Robert Leslie Newman via Nebraska-senior-blind
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 7:48 AM
To: '0senior division listserv'
Cc: Robert Leslie Newman
Subject: [Nebraska-senior-blind] FW: Speak to our Senior Division Phone Meeting - Please

 

Hi NFBN Senior Division member: 

RE: News about a future guest speaker

 

here is some correspondence between Ever Lee Hairston and me. She has recently published a new book about her journey into life and blindness. 

(We shall see if Ever Lee can join us in September.)

 

-          Before reading down to her response to my initial message to her, here is a write up of her book:

Blind Ambition

 

Ever Lee Hairston

 

Brown Girls Publishing, Jun 30, 2015 - Biography & Autobiography - 320 pages

As a child, Ever Lee Hairston faced one disappointment after the other. A product of share-cropping parents and raised on one of the biggest plantations in the South, Ever allowed those disappointments to diminish her self-confidence and sully her self-esteem. Not to mention, that for years, the young Ever hid a terrible secret, which she hadn’t told anyone – not her family, her friends, her teachers, and as she got older, even her employers. Ever Lee didn’t want to accept that she was slowly losing her eyesight. As darkness began to envelop her, and inspired by the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ever eventually decided to stop feeling sorry for herself and face her fears. Through two turbulent marriages, a host of setbacks, and a life that was getting harder and harder to manage, Ever encountered defeats, but was determined not to be defeated. Now, decades after she lost her eyesight, her powerful story is one of inspiration and ambition....and helping others realize their lives have purpose as they reach their full potential in spite of any obstacles in their paths.

 

 

From: EverHairston [mailto:ever.hairston at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 12:33 PM
To: Robert Leslie Newman <newmanrl at cox.net>
Subject: Re: Speak to our Senior Division Phone Meeting - Please

 

good morning Robert,
I regret that I will not be able to meet with your group on Monday the 17th however I will do my best to schedule a future meeting.
Best,

 

Ever Lee Hairston, first Vice President

National Federation of the Blind of California

H: 323 654.2975

C: 323 252.9188

W: everhairston.com

 

You Can Live The Life You Want

 


On Aug 4, 2015, at 6:04 AM, Robert Leslie Newman <newmanrl at cox.net> wrote:

Ever Lee

 

Hi, hope your convention went well? (Recall, you contacted me about an assist on writing up some advertising copy.)

 

And so hey… recall that a couple of years back, you were the national rep for Nebraska’s state convention? And while there, you attended and spoke at our Senior division. Well…with your new book, would you please join us on one of our upcoming telephone meetings, talk about your book and in general…be the great inspirational speaker that you always are?!

This month’s call is on Monday, august 17th. (We meet the third Monday of the month.) The time is 7:00 CT, 6:00 MT & 5:00 PC. The call is usually one hour in length; not that you would have to cover the entire time.

 

So what do you think? Please and Thank you!

 

Respectfully yours, Robert Leslie Newman

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