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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi fellow Federationists,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am very happy to report, as John Pare did on the NFB of Maryland list, that we had a very successful protest at the Goodwill store in downtown Baltimore, Maryland. I was very happy to be a part of this protest. We handed out many flyers and got the attension of many people who saw us as they were passing the Goodwill store, and even convinced some people not to shop at the Goodwill when they heard about that company’s policy of paying workers with disabilities subminimum wages. Although nobody who worked at the store actually came out and talked to us, they most definitely saw us and were looking at us and our signs. I didn’t personally see or get to talk to anybody from the local Baltimore media, although I did see a reporter from an online publication called Working in These Times and heard most of the interview he conducted with our public relations director and our Greater Baltimore chapter President Chris Danielsen. We have a lot of pictures and updates from our protest which were posted on the NFB Facebook page for anybody who is interested; in fact, my profile picture on Facebook is a picture of me holding my sign and marching in the protest. All in all, it was both a fun and a successful protest, and to top it off, Dr. Maurer and some of the national center staff took us all out to dinner at the Green Turtle (a bar/restaurant chain exclusive to Maryland) across the street from the protest cite afterwards! A good time was had by all!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I would be very interested to hear reports of other protests conducted by other chapters in Maryland and our other affiliates around the country. Did you get the public’s attension? Did you convince some people not to shop at the Goodwill store at which you were protesting? Did you receive any media attension?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I look forward to hearing your reports!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chris Nusbaum<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>