[Nfb-hi] Primary Elections Aug. 11 - Equality for the Blind

[Dianna Jones]

Justin
This is great, thank you! This summary will help me in deciding whom to
vote for.  Thanks so very much!

I will call you in the next week or two to continue our discussion at the
NFB National Convention.

Dianna

*Dianna G. Jones, PhD*

*Phone: 808-989-8431*


*Email:  diannagjones at gmail.com <diannagjones at gmail.com>*


On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 6:19 AM Justin Salisbury <PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu>
wrote:

> Aloha Fellow Federationists,
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> As we near tomorrow’s primaries, I am sharing with you some notes on which
> candidates have supported our initiatives and which ones have not. If you
> live in a state house or senate district not named in this brief list, I am
> more than happy to answer questions about candidates in those districts as
> related to their support or opposition to our fight for equality. This is
> not, by any means, to tell anyone how to vote; I am simply sharing
> information about how candidates have responded to our needs as a movement.
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> Governor
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> Ernest Caravalho has testified in support of both our subminimum wage and
> parental rights bills at the Hawaii State Capitol.
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> Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa cosponsored our AIM HIGH, TIME Act, and
> ATAA bills in DC.
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> Lieutenant Governor
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> Senator Josh Green wrote and introduced our parental rights bill and
> follow-up resolution. He also recruited us a House side introducer for that
> bill. In the Labor Caucus Candidate Forum, he pledged his support for
> ending the payment of subminimum wages to workers with disabilities.
>
> Senator Jill Tokuda, when asked in the Labor Caucus Candidate forum about
> subminimum wages, took no stance. She later served as the Senate Chair for
> the conference committee that killed our subminimum wage bill.
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> Senator Will Espero generally voted in favor of our bills. In the Labor
> Caucus Candidate Forum, he pledged his support for ending the payment of
> subminimum wages to workers with disabilities.
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> Kim Coco Iwamoto has also committed to supporting our right to parent and
> ending subminimum wages.
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> Congressional District 1
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> Representative Kaniela Saito Ing wrote and introduced a subminimum wage
> bill for us in 2018 and voted in favor of our right to parent.
>
> Doug Chin’s Department of the Attorney General opposed our right to parent
> bill.
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> Congressman Ed Case authored an amendment to the Individuals with
> Disabilities Education Act in 2003 to make it more difficult for families
> of children with disabilities to hold schools accountable when they fail to
> provide special education services.
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> Congressional District 2
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> Tulsi Gabbard has cosponsored AIM HIGH, the TIME Act, and the ATAA.
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> Sherry Alu Campagna has committed to supporting our bills.
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> Anthony “Tony” Austin has committed to supporting our bills.
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> State House District 46 - Wahiawa, Whitmore Village and Launani Valley
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> Lei Learmont has publicly stated that people with disabilities should not
> be raising children and that we should not end the practice of paying
> subminimum wages to workers with disabilities.
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> Amy Perruso has publicly affirmed her support for both of these
> initiatives.
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> Many other state-level districts include candidates who have either
> supported or opposed our bills, but I cannot think of any who are running
> against each other.
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> Please let me know if I can do anything more to help!
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> Justin
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> Justin M. Salisbury, MA, NOMC, NCRTB, NCUEB
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> Legislative Committee Chair
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> Honolulu Chapter
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> National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii
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> Phone: 808.797.8606
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> Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu
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> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury
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> ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Salisbury
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> “Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate
> the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who
> feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.”
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> Cesar Chavez
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