[Nfbc-info] Call to Action

[Mary Willows]

Thursday
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Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Call to Action


> Is that Wednesday or Thursday?
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 18, 2012, at 9:29 PM, "Angela Fowler" <fowlers at syix.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
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