[NFB-Talk] Civil rights advocate, Judy Heumann, dies at 75

[John Heim]

We need to change the culture in the NFB. Years ago, the Access Board 
was going to propose a regulation requiring cities to install accessible 
pedestrian signals whenever an intersection was built or rebuilt. The 
Access Board can't just impose regulations like that. It would have had 
to go through channels. But had it been approved, by now there would be 
millions of these things around the country. And probably dozens of 
lives would have been saved. But the NFB organized protests to stop it 
and the Access Board dropped the idea.

We need to change the culture so that kind of thing can never happen 
again. We should have been out there organizing sit-ins to make it 
happen, not fighting it.


On 3/7/23 10:26, broanna49--- via nFB-Talk wrote:
> John thank you so much for sharing this information on the list. Judy Heuman was a staunch activist for those with disabilities. I am also of the firm belief that we need to fight for our rights. The National Federation Of The Blind should join advocates in fighting for our rights.
>
> On Mar 7, 2023 11:01 AM, John Heim via nFB-Talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I think Judy Heumann's life story is a lesson for members of this list.
>> Please watch/listen to this:
>>
>> https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/because-she-made-a-fuss-judy-heumann-made-everyone-s-life-better-164606021818
>>
>> Rachel Madow makes a point there that I have tried to make many times on
>> this list. By advocating for our rights, we make everyone's life better.
>> When we choose not to push for reform, we are damaging society as a whole.
>>
>> Judy Heumann was once part of a cit-in at a federal building that lasted
>> 28 days. As messy and inconvenient as that was, it was a huge boon for
>> our society as a whole. Judy Heumann is a hero.
>>
>> We need to change the culture within the NFB. We shouldn't have fought
>> accessible money and accessible pedestrian signals. Yes, I know those
>> issues came up a long time ago. But the culture within the NFB is the
>> same as it was back when we made those mistakes. We need to start
>> believing that when we fight for our rights, we're helping our society.
>> We're correcting a mistake. That helps us all.
>>
>>
>>
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