[Nfb-editors] Minnesota's Newsletter (New)

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Changing What It Means To Be Blind

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Pilsbury mansion

National Federation of the Blind
of Minnesota
100 East 22nd Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
(612) 872-9363
Email: President Jennifer Dunnam <mailto:jennifer.dunnam1829 at gmail.com> 

Upcoming Event: May 19. The Semiannual NFB of Minnesota Convention is at our
NFB of Minnesota headquarters in Minneapolis. Read the convention notice.
<http://members.tcq.net/nfbmn/convention.html> 

Upcoming Event: June 30 through July 5. The National NFB Convention is at
the Hilton Anatole hotel <http://www.hiltonanatolehotel.com/>  in Dallas,
Texas. This is a whole week of friends, fun, and serious business. It is a
chance to be part of the largest gathering of blind people in the world.
Read the full convention bulletin
<http://www.nfb.org/nfb/National_Convention.asp>  on the NFB website.

Upcoming Event: September 15. The 31th annual Walk for Opportunity is in
Rochester. Each participant is asked to work on seeking donations from the
community and bring their pledge forms and collections the day of the event.

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outline of Minnesota.The National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota
(NFBM) is the state's largest and oldest organization of the blind. We
provide individual counseling, advocacy, and education through a number of
programs. Most of our members are blind, and our knowledge of blindness
comes from our personal lives and our collective experience. We have learned
that the real problem of blindness is not loss of eyesight, but the fear and
misunderstandings that surround it. We believe that, if given training and
opportunity, blind people can live full and productive lives.

The Minnesota Bulletin <http://members.tcq.net/nfbmn/bulletins/index.htm>
is the quarterly publication of the NFB of Minnesota. It contains the latest
updates on issues that affect blind Minnesotans, announcements and
information about NFB meetings and conventions, and thought-provoking
articles about the lives of blind people.

To improve adjustment-to-blindness training options for blind people in
Minnesota, members of the National Federation of the Blind founded
Blindness: Learning In New Dimensions (BLIND), Inc.
<http://www.blindinc.org>  in 1986. BLIND Incorporated has training programs
that help people of all ages to gain the skills and confidence they need to
be full and productive members of society.

There are several ways to keep up with, as well as interact with, the most
active group of blind people in Minnesota:

*	Join the discussion list for Minnesota on NFBNET
<http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/minnesota-talk_NFBNET.ORG> . 
*	Follow @nfbmn on Twitter <http://twitter.com/nfbmn> . 
*	Become a fan on Facebook
<http://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Federation-of-the-Blind-of-Minnesota
/180645653406?v=wall> . 

The National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota
is a Minnesota Nonprofit Corporation that meets
good-giving standards.
Donations to it are tax deductible
charitable contributions.

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Donate Now Button <http://www.communitysharesmn.org/> Description: Community
Shares of Minnesota member logo
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Information About Us:

Who We Are <http://members.tcq.net/nfbmn/are.htm> 

What We Do <http://members.tcq.net/nfbmn/do.htm> 

Vision Loss <http://members.tcq.net/nfbmn/vision.html> 

Local Chapters <http://members.tcq.net/nfbmn/chapters/index.htm> 

Blind Students <http://members.tcq.net/nfbmn/students/index.htm> 

Parents of Blind Children <http://members.tcq.net/nfbmn/parents/index.htm> 

Senior Citizens <http://members.tcq.net/nfbmn/seniors/index.htm> 

The Minnesota Bulletin <http://members.tcq.net/nfbmn/bulletins/index.htm> 

Funding <http://members.tcq.net/nfbmn/funding.htm> 

Board of Directors <http://members.tcq.net/nfbmn/board.html> 

Join Us <http://members.tcq.net/nfbmn/join.html> 

Information About Our Affiliations:

NFB National Website <http://www.nfb.org> 

National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
<http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Parents_and_Teachers.asp> 

National Association of Blind Students <http://www.nfb.org/nfb/NABS.asp> 

National Center For Blind Youth in Science
<http://www.blindscience.org/ncbys/Default.asp> 

Information About Those We Work With:

NFB-NEWSLINE
<http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Newspapers_by_Phone.asp?SnID=1970177256> R

Blindness: Learning In New Dimensions (BLIND, Inc.)
<http://www.blindinc.org> 

State Services for the Blind <http://www.mnssb.org/> 

Products That Help Blind People
<http://secure.nfb.org/ecommerce/asp/default.asp> 

More Resources <http://members.tcq.net/nfbmn/moreres.html> 

WE ARE CHANGING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE BLIND

National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota
100 East 22nd Street
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-872-9363

Robert Leslie Newman

Personal Website-

sAdjustment To Blindness And Visual impairment

http//www.thoughtprovoker.info

NFB Writers' Division, president

http://www.nfb-writers-division.net 

Chair of the NFB Communications Committee   

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