[NFBMI-Talk] NFBMI-Talk Digest, Vol 172, Issue 21

Thu Oct 29 13:18:26 UTC 2020

For the record, what I have written still stands.  I am in regular  contact with the Kalamazoo chapter members and its president  who is also a member of our state board of directors.    I speak to NFB staff and leaders in our national office on a regular basis.  I am in full support of the responses to your previous emails that were sent by those in the chapter who responded to you.  Asking those on this list to write to WMU was irresponsible especially since, as you well know,  the chapter and leaders of our student division are in the process of working on this matter.  As to your status as a chapter member you would have to pay dues to qualify as a member of the Kalamazoo chapter and the Michigan affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind.  Those who subscribe to this list have a right to know what actions are sanctioned by the leadership at all levels of this organization.     
Michael Powell
President
National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
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As I said, I was invited to post this by our chapter president.

On Oct 28, 2020, at 7:35 PM, nfbmi-talk-request at nfbnet.org wrote:

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Today's Topics:

  1. Re: Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) sponsors Higher
     Education Survey (Michael Powell)
  2. Fwd: [Colorado-Talk] A Rocky Mountain Convention Beckons
     (Amy Sabo)

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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:38:22 -0400
From: "Michael Powell" <mpowell7583 at yahoo.com>
To: "'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [NFBMI-Talk] Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) sponsors
   Higher Education Survey
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Greetings all. 
As president of the national Federation of the blind of Michigan I would
like to point out that the NFB speaks with one voice and any requests
inviting or directing any of our members to participate in any project or
survey need to be cleared through leadership.  
Other disability groups or organizations do not speak for us and we do not
presume to speak for them even if we have similar points of view.  When our
national organization allows a survey to be promoted on its list or website
it is with the understanding that NFB is not necessarily sponsoring or
endorsing a particular project, promotion or group. 
If you have any questions concerning this, or the policy of our national
organization concerning such matters, you are welcome to contact me off
list.
My contact information is listed below.
Michael Powell
President
National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
(586)754-1325
Mpowell7583 at yahoo.com
president at nfbmi.org
-----Original Message-----
From: NFBMI-Talk [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa
Irving via NFBMI-Talk
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 12:53 AM
To: nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Lisa Irving
Subject: [NFBMI-Talk] Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) sponsors Higher
Education Survey

Hello All, 

At the suggestion of Robert Parsons I am posting the following information
for your consideration. Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) is a national
disability rights advocacy organization that advocates and litigates on
organizations and classes of individuals with disabilities to enforce civil
rights and other laws that make our lives better. 

DRA is currently conducting a survey of higher education students with
disabilities across the United States. I have pasted the text about the
survey and a survey link as well as contact information for the east coast
DRA office. 

Disability Rights Advocates is investigating the experiences of higher
education students who are denied disability-related accommodations for
remote learning.

We would greatly appreciate if you would complete the following survey if
you have confronted access barriers in remote learning.

If you would prefer to share your experiences via email or phone, please
contact Jess Miller-Suchet by email at 

jmiller-suchet at dralegal.org <mailto:jmiller-suchet at dralegal.org> 

or by phone at (510) 665-8644.

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Remote Learning in Higher Education

Logo of Disability Rights Advocates, a non-profit corporation

Disability Rights Advocates (DRA), a non-profit law center in Berkeley,
California, is investigating the experiences of higher education students
who are

denied disability-related accommodations for remote learning. The questions
below ask about your personal experience with requesting disability-related

accommodations before and after your college/university began remote
learning. This survey is entirely voluntary - feel free to share only to the
extent

you are comfortable.

Your personal information will not be shared with anyone outside of DRA. We
will look at trends in responses, and may contact a handful of people to
follow

up regarding your experiences, but any information you share with us (on
this form or otherwise) will be kept strictly confidential.

This survey should only take 5-10 minutes to complete, and will help us in
our effort to ensure that all students who need disability-related
accommodations

are able to thrive in college and beyond. If you would prefer to share your
experiences via email or phone, please contact Jess Miller-Suchet at
jmiller-suchet at dralegal.org <mailto:jmiller-suchet at dralegal.org>  or

(510) 665-8644. For more information on Disability Rights Advocates and our
work, visit www.dralegal.org <http://www.dralegal.org> .

to share your experiences via email or phone, please contact Jess
Miller-Suchet by email at 

jmiller-suchet at dralegal.org <mailto:jmiller-suchet at dralegal.org> 

or by phone at (510) 665-8644.

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From,

Lisa  M. Irving 

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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 20:33:25 -0600
From: Amy Sabo <amieelsabo at gmail.com>
To: perform-talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org>, nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [NFBMI-Talk] Fwd: [Colorado-Talk] A Rocky Mountain Convention
   Beckons
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From: "Scott C. LaBarre via Colorado-Talk" <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 21:33:11 -0600
Subject: [Colorado-Talk] A Rocky Mountain Convention Beckons
To: State Affiliate Leadership List <state-affiliate-leadership-list at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Scott C. LaBarre" <slabarre at labarrelaw.com>, NFB of Colorado
Discussion List <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>

Greetings Everyone!!

You are cordially invited to the 66th Annual NFB of Colorado State
Convention being held in the Cloud surrounding the Rocky Mountains via the
Zoom Platform, October 29 through 31.  Convention registration is still open
but will close at noon Mountain time tomorrow, October 28th.  Registering
will make you eligible for door prizes.  Regardless of whether you are
registered or not, you are most definitely welcome to attend.  If you wish
to register, go to:

www.nfbco.org <http://www.nfbco.org>

and go to the first heading where you will find the Registration link.

Meetings begin at 9:30 A.M. Mountain on Thursday, October 29th.  The full
agenda is attached.  Most of the activities will be occurring in the Main
NFBCO Zoom Ballroom such as the Opening Ceremonies, NFBCO Live Track,
Resolutions, presentations from our sponsors and exhibiters, all general
sessions styled as Living the Lives We Want Sessions, and, of course, our
Virtual Banquet.  Please note that there are some breakouts and other social
events being conducted in other Zoom rooms, and all are listed in the
Agenda.

Here is the Main NFBCO Zoom Ballroom:

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/3895150172?pwd=dkhBNHI1QXBEdTFYR2lMYjhyNi9KQT09

Meeting ID: 389 515 0172

Passcode: 1111

One tap mobile

+17207072699,,3895150172#

Dial: 1-720-707-2699

When prompted for a meeting ID, enter: 389 515 0172 followed by pound.

No pass code required

Note:  We have provided a Rocky Mountain Zoom dial in number but any Zoom
dial up number will work as long as you enter the correct meeting ID.

We look forward to your imminent visit to Colorado!!  If you have any
questions, contact me at:

slabarre at labarrelaw.com <mailto:slabarre at labarrelaw.com>

With warm regards,

Scott LaBarre, President

NFB Colorado

hello all,
i'am forwarding to you all the agenda for our state convention for the
nfb of co which is this weekend. please share with one all and, of
course you all can come in and, join in the fun all is welcome here!
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