[nfb-talk] NFB beginnings

Tue Aug 8 14:00:35 UTC 2017

Yes, I found a few, but they are all over the country. Usually only
totally blind people tend to agree a bit more than the rest. The ones
that want to join are working people, which makes it hard to get
together because their lifestyle is also busy, as they have to rely on
others for help after work and it is not always easy to find help.
Sometimes we talk on skype about all this, but for now it is just an
idea.

On 8/8/17, Star Gazer via nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 			Hi. Have you found others that agree with you? Do
> they want to get involved and make the sort of changes you do? Can they in
> the sense that do they have commitments and/or lifestyles that would make
> what you are proposing difficult?
> At this point in my life, meetings are the last thing I want to do. That
> will probably change, but now my focus is on my kids and husband.
> Your first step is finding others that are agree with you and then finding
> ways they can get involved that work for them.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of adrijana
> prokopenko via nfb-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 9:10 AM
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> Cc: adrijana prokopenko <adrijana.prokopenko at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] NFB beginnings
>
> I live in a small country and the blind people are all scattered around.
> There is a state blindness association, but I think time came for us to do
> something different. it proves hard because for many transportation and
> financial matters are a problem to keep meeting others more often.
>
> On 8/8/17, Star Gazer via nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 			I haven't read NFB's book.
>> Some you may enjoy are My Eyes Have A Cold Nose And Meet My Girls.
>> Both involve dog users, but the take-away at least for me is that like
>> with all things, those who have the will and the support network and
>> the good timing to be born at the right time can do just about
>> anything. Get enough of those people together and change happens.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Ringlein, Ellen via nfb-talk
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 8:24 AM
>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Ringlein, Ellen <ERinglein at nfb.org>
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] NFB beginnings
>>
>> Adrijana,
>>
>> You may find it interesting to read part or all of the book Walking
>> Alone and Marching Together, which covers the first fifty years of NFB
> history.
>> Here are link to the book online.
>>
>> HTML version:
>> https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/books/books1/wamtc.htm
>>
>> Audio version
>> https://nfb.org/WAMT
>>
>> Cordially,
>>
>> Ellen
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> adrijana prokopenko via nfb-talk
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2017 5:19 AM
>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>> Cc: adrijana prokopenko
>> Subject: [nfb-talk] NFB beginnings
>>
>>  Hi all,
>>
>>  Wondering if anyone here has ever been in contact with the NFB
>> founders or anyone else who was greatly involved since the
>> Federation's beginnings and how it all started? I found the basics on
>> the NFB site, but I am getting to wonder what things were like then
>> for the blind on a daily basis, how it was that they could meet and
>> hold meetings and make arrangements of all kinds at that time when
>> orientation and mobility and other blindness skills were not much
>> known or taught to the blind. I am sure that the founders and others
>> who were involved have already proved themselves and their abilities,
>> but I guess it is always nice to hear stories of all kinds that may
>> lead someone somewhere. Not everywhere in the world the blind have
>> equal opportunities and I hope it would be of help to some of us.
>>
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