[Nfb_of_georgia] Call for Letters to the President

[Anil Lewis NFBGA]

Dear Colleagues,
 
we need your help.  Take action today.
 
If you have been educated in Braille either in school or through a
rehabilitation agency, and you lead a productive life because of this
knowledge, or if you have been denied Braille instruction at any point, and
you feel that your life has been impacted by the struggles you have faced in
becoming literate in Braille, the world needs to hear your story. We have
received many submissions from blind people all across the country-some
telling the uplifting stories associated with the positive effects of being
literate, others calling us to action with compelling stories of struggles
faced as a result of growing up illiterate-but we still need your
testimonies.
 
In October we will present our collected stories to President Barack Obama,
demonstrating through our own voices the power of Braille literacy. We will
share our hopes and dreams with him; we will tell him about the struggles we
have faced in becoming literate and the success that has come from our
knowing Braille. In addition, we will award the author of each accepted
submission a Louis Braille Commemorative Silver Dollar to show our
appreciation for your help. Please add your voice to the growing number of
blind people speaking in support of Braille and help us change the future of
literacy in this country.
 
To submit your story online, visit www.braille.org <http://www.braille.org/>
and click the link entitled "Letters to Obama." In order to have your work
considered for inclusion in our book, your submission must be received no
later than August 28.
 
Thank you for all that you do to bring about positive change for all blind
people. I look forward to reading your stories.
 
Yours Sincerely,
Fred Schroeder