[NFB-Idaho] FW: Sad news from the med west. Please read below.

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This message gives more information about Joyce Scanlan and her legacy in the NFB so I am passing it on.

 

From: maurice Mines [mailto:maurice at maurice-amines.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 9:08 PM
To: Veronica Martinez
Subject: Sad news from the med west. Please read below.

 

This speaks for it’s self. Vary sad.

 

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“The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” — William James

It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that the founder of Blindness – Learning In New Dimensions (BLIND) Inc., Joyce Scanlan, passed away overnight due to medical complications in the hospital. While I never had the opportunity to meet her, I respect her for all she did to make the world a more equal place for blind people. Her legacy will live on in the work we do and I will forever be grateful for her tenacity as a pioneer.

The following remarks were submitted earlier today by NFB of MN’s president, Ryan Strunk:

Those who know Joyce know that she has been a tremendous influence on the National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota since she first became active in the organization in 1970. She was our dynamic president from 1973 through 2007, and since then, she has been active with our Seniors Division, serving for some time as its president. She was also elected for many years to the national board of the National Federation of the blind and served for a while as Secretary as well as 1stVice President.

Joyce led the charge to establish Blindness, Learning in New Dimensions (BLIND) Incorporated and served as its Executive Director from its founding in 1986 until her retirement in 2003.

It is hard to express the influence and the effect that Joyce had on many of us over the years. She led both the National Federation of the BLIND of Minnesota and BLIND Incorporated courageously through many challenges. She put her many talents and skills as well as her heart into fighting for the right of blind people to be believed in and treated with respect and to be in charge of our own lives. In legislation and policy, she pioneered many successes, including the passage of the Minnesota Human Rights Act and a state Braille bill, and she was a driving force in having State Services for the Blind moved from the Department of Public Welfare into the Department of Jobs and Training. Joyce worked hard to help people on an individual level as well as to improve and hold accountable the entities and systems that affect us. She made an enormous positive and lasting difference for us all.

We all express our deepest sympathy and support especially to our fellow Federationist and friend, Joyce's long-time husband, Tom, who is, himself, a historic leader in our movement. I would ask that you keep Joyce, Tom, and their friends and family in your hearts.

We will share information about arrangements once we have it.

--RS



 



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I’m so sorry to hear this! 

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I’m so sorry to read of her passing. My condolences to all her friends and family.

 

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