[Nfb-or] Student Outreach

[Haben Girma]

I would love to read it when you find the time to write it all down. 
Perhaps you could send it to the Braille Monitor, too.

When you and Celyn were giving presentations, where did you go? How many 
presentations did you give? What were the presentations about? Did you 
succeed in recruiting new members to the NFB?

Haben

T. Joseph Carter wrote:
> It is.  It's just a stepping stone to where I am going, but it's a 
> very hard won stepping stone.  The roadblocks keep coming and I keep 
> finding ways around, over, or right through them.  I'll leave no doubt 
> in anyone's mind that I have earned this degree by June, whether it is 
> conferred or not.
>
> When this is all over with, I really must write it down somewhere.  
> The change that made this possible happened--or maybe just began to 
> happen--while I was in Colorado.  The Federation had a lot to do with 
> me getting myself to this point.
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 01:01:33AM -0700, Haben Girma wrote:
>> Congrats, Joseph! Is this the master's in special education?
>>
>> T. Joseph Carter wrote:
>>> Celyn and I have both been part of such presentations before with 
>>> the  Commission for the Blind.  They haven't done one recently to 
>>> my  knowledge. Renee's done on 6/13, Joseph's not done until 6/14 
>>> because he's walking that Saturday.  *smile*
>>>
>>> Joseph
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 11:39:05PM -0700, Haben Girma wrote:
>>>> Dear Mike,
>>>>
>>>> You have a great idea. Perhaps we should write letters to the  
>>>> schools  and agencies offering to give presentations. I used to 
>>>> give  presentations in my community back in California after I came 
>>>> back  from  a volunteer trip to West Africa. All of us--Joseph, 
>>>> Renee,  Bill, and  others--have stories to share with students. We 
>>>> could go  to schools that  have blind students to provide advice 
>>>> about getting  into college and  succeeding in college, and in the 
>>>> process  representing the NFB of Oregon  and encouraging the 
>>>> students to join. I absolutely agree with you that  friendships are 
>>>> powerful tools for  drawing people into an organization.  I'm 
>>>> contemplating an outreach  program that would result in both  
>>>> friendships and new members...
>>>>
>>>> The summer months are approaching and many high school and 
>>>> college   students might be harder to reach. Although if we get the 
>>>> word out  soon  enough we might be able to get in touch with those 
>>>> whose  semesters don't  end until mid June. I'll have plenty of 
>>>> time in a  week when finals are  over at Lewis & Clark College. 
>>>> Perhaps Joseph  and Renee will be done  with their semesters soon, 
>>>> too.
>>>>
>>>> There are several of us around the state and we can all focus on   
>>>> reaching out to those in our regions. Those in the Portland region  
>>>> have  had two meetings thus far, but, if I remember correctly, 
>>>> there  are  students in Corvallis and Eugene who are interested but 
>>>> have not yet  been able to meet with other students in the division 
>>>> due to   transportation and distance... The student division can 
>>>> have a  meeting  during state Convention, though, so that will give 
>>>> us a  chance to meet  everyone from all the corners of Oregon. 
>>>> Until then,  we can use letters,  emails, and those who are 
>>>> interested could do  presentations at the  schools in their areas.
>>>>
>>>> Would anyone be interested in going to a school in Oregon to give 
>>>> a   presentation?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Haben
>>>>
>>>> Mike Freeman wrote:
>>>>> Haben:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have not met you although I more-than-anxious to do so. I'm  
>>>>> President of the NFB of Washington.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your ideas below are great and should all be tried. But in my   
>>>>> experience, the only thing that *really* works is personal  
>>>>> outreach,  i.e., going to the high schools and colleges and 
>>>>> actually advertising  for and holding meetings to gauge the 
>>>>> interest of blind students. Making friends is the best way to 
>>>>> welcome and engage new members. I know funds and time are tight 
>>>>> but the personal touch will accomplish far more than will written 
>>>>> correspondence although email works somewhat better in that many 
>>>>> of your generation consider it almost as good as personal 
>>>>> communication.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just one old curmudgeon's opinion.
>>>>>
>>>>> Warmly,
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike Freeman, President
>>>>> National Federation of the Blind of Washington
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Haben Girma" <habnkid at aol.com>
>>>>> To: "NFB of Oregon mailing list" <nfb-or at nfbnet.org>; "Vivian M.  
>>>>> Smith" <vmsmith76 at charter.net>
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 1:16 PM
>>>>> Subject: [Nfb-or] Student Outreach
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>> The student division wants to reach out to more students, and we need
>>>>> help sending letters to high schools, colleges, and agencies for the
>>>>> blind in Oregon that can pass our message on to blind students. 
>>>>> Please
>>>>> let me know if you would like to help out.
>>>>>
>>>>> Haben
>>>>>
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