[Nfbc-info] Call to Action

[Angela Fowler]

Hello fellow Californians,

    All are encouraged to attend the hearing described in the below message.
Also, I and several people from the River City chapter will be at the
capitol this Wednesday, March 21 at around 9:30 am. We will be visiting the
offices of those on the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review,
passing out information and talking with the senators and their staff about
the impact of the budget cuts mentioned below. If you can make it to the
capitol on Wednesday at around 9:30 am, please contact me at 530-902-0987,
or reply to this message. 

Hope to see all of you at the capitol this week. 

 
Sincerely,
Angela Fowler 


Hello Member & Friends,

We need your help!  On Thursday, March 22 at 9:30 A.M. the Senate Committee
on Budget and Fiscal Review will hold a hearing in the capitol. 

We need blind people to appear at that hearing.  I would like to know who is
available for this critical job.  The committee will be considering budget
cuts at that time.  This is the time for all of us to step up and be seen at
the capitol.

The cuts are going to hurt blind children who attend the California School
for the Blind, as well as, the two schools for the deaf.  The cut is 1.8
million dollars.  The message we need to communicate is that they are
forgeting that there was a 1.5 million dollar cut last year.  Together that
equals 3.3 million dollars.  This is not fiar to all blind children who
benefit from the technology training and support outreach programs to school
districts all over the state.

We need members to actually visit the Budget committee members offices. I
will be sending that information out as well as talking points for people to
stress when they visit the offices. 

Blind people need to be visible and heard.  If you cannot make it to the
hearing, you can still visit the offices before then.  The message will
still be loud and clear.  

Thank you,
Mary Willows, President
National Federation of the Blind of California