<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485316589473_48198">Tanner,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485316589473_48197"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485316589473_47291">Yeah, I agree. We probably should not be bashing our president on a public and national list surv that belongs to the National Federation Of The Blind, especially right before going to Washington Seminar where we are trying to get legislation done.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485316589473_47495"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485316589473_47512">Also, this posting is actually really not along the lines of what the National Federation of the blind is trying to promote.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485316589473_47702"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485316589473_47672">I was new once too, and believe me, I'm just starting to grow out of going off on people and it was a hard lesson to learn.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485316589473_47612"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485316589473_47613">Using profanities is probably not a good idea. You have prominent people on your list including national representatives.<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485316589473_47732"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485316589473_47733">When I was new to the federation one of my mentors gave me some really great advice. Every day you should try to take at least 15 minutes and read a Kernel story, braille monitor article, or a speech. Learn all you can about the Federation. <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485316589473_48009"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485316589473_48010">We promote love and togetherness and that is what you need to continue to do. We can't promote or build anything if we are going to start promoting hate towards the people we need.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485316589473_47263"><span></span></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485316589473_47265">Sincerely,
<br><br>Megan Homrighausen
<br><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485316589473_47293">East Valley Chapter President<br>National Federation Of The Blind Of Arizona</b>
<br>480-510-6196<br><div id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3130"><br></div><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3132" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3133" style="">National Federation Of The Blind Principles<br><br>1.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3134" style="font:7.0pt;"> I</span></span></span>t
is respectable to be blind. It’s okay to be blind. Being blind is
something that we need not feel troubled or embarrassed about, concerned about
or emotionally exhausted over. It’s okay to be blind.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3136" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3137" style=""><br>2.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3138" style="font:7.0pt;"> T</span></span></span>he real problem of blindness is not the absence of vision but is
the social misconceptions and stereotypes that exist about blindness. It is not the physical absence of eye sight but it is what society has come to
believe about our blindness. We reject the misconceptions that society has and
we accept that the physical absence of our sight is not the big problem.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3140" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3141" style=""><br>3.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3142" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>With proper training and opportunity the average blind person can
do the average job in the average place of work.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3156" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3157" style=""><br>4.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3158" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>Blindness
is simply one of many human characteristics, like being tall or being short,
being big or small, being bright or average. Blindness is simply one of many<br>characteristics.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3175" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3176" style=""><br>5.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3177" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>Blindness
can be reduced to the level of an inconvenience or physical nuisance. <span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3188" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3189" style=""><br>6.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3190" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>We
believe in the effectiveness of alternative non visual techniques.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3213" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3214" style=""><br>7.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3215" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>If
we want equal rights we need to accept equal responsibility.</div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Monday, January 23, 2017 8:33 PM, Tanner Gers via NFBA-Phoenix <nfba-phoenix@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1204035676"><style><!--
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--></style><div><div class="yiv1204035676WordSection1"><div class="yiv1204035676MsoNormal">Hey Federationists</div><div class="yiv1204035676MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv1204035676MsoNormal">Do you know what’s going on with Trump and the “leaders” he is appointing to his cabinet?</div><div class="yiv1204035676MsoNormal">Such as appointing the head of Exxon Mobile (oil company), to head up the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)?</div><div class="yiv1204035676MsoNormal">WTF?</div><div class="yiv1204035676MsoNormal">If that’s not weird enough, you should consider his appointment of Betsy Devos to the Secretary of Education. She doesn’t understand the law, she doesn’t have disabled students in her thought process, or lack there of, and there’s now a petition to prevent her from being confirmed as Secretary of Education.</div><div class="yiv1204035676MsoNormal">Would you join me and over 7,000 individuals, and counting who have signed this petition to prevent a billionaire from destroying the foundation for blind individuals getting an education and achieving gainful employment?</div><div class="yiv1204035676MsoNormal">Do it right here…</div><div class="yiv1204035676MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv1204035676MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.change.org/p/united-states-senate-do-not-confirm-betsy-devos-as-secretary-of-education?utm_source=action_alert_sign&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=702644&alert_id=DZJRyWADLh_TjUAyMS9Je7E%2Fwq4XEQWks3%2BIQeEhp4DvjvZDX9YX24%3D">https://www.change.org/p/united-states-senate-do-not-confirm-betsy-devos-as-secretary-of-education?utm_source=action_alert_sign&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=702644&alert_id=DZJRyWADLh_TjUAyMS9Je7E%2Fwq4XEQWks3%2BIQeEhp4DvjvZDX9YX24%3D</a></div><div class="yiv1204035676MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv1204035676MsoNormal">Tanner</div><div class="yiv1204035676MsoNormal">2<sup>nd</sup> VP of the Phoenix chapter of the National Federation of the Blind</div><div class="yiv1204035676MsoNormal"> </div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>NFBA-Phoenix mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:NFBA-Phoenix@nfbnet.org" href="mailto:NFBA-Phoenix@nfbnet.org">NFBA-Phoenix@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfba-phoenix_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfba-phoenix_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBA-Phoenix:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfba-phoenix_nfbnet.org/megan.homrighausen%40yahoo.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfba-phoenix_nfbnet.org/megan.homrighausen%40yahoo.com</a><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>