[Nfbmo] Fw: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] Call for Letters to the President

[Gary Wunder]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Schroeder, Fredric" <FSchroeder at nfb.org>
Subject: Call for Letters to the President
    

> Dear Colleagues,
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> There are just three days left in our Letters to President Obama
> campaign, and we still need your help.
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> If you have been educated in Braille either in school or through a
> rehabilitation agency, and you lead a productive life because of this
> knowledge, or if you have been denied Braille instruction at any point,
> and you feel that your life has been impacted by the struggles you have
> faced in becoming literate in Braille, the world needs to hear your
> story. We have received many submissions from blind people all across
> the country-some telling the uplifting stories associated with the
> positive effects of being literate, others calling us to action with
> compelling stories of struggles faced as a result of growing up
> illiterate-but we still need your testimonies.
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> In October we will present our collected stories to President Barack
> Obama, demonstrating through our own voices the power of Braille
> literacy. We will share our hopes and dreams with him; we will tell him
> about the struggles we have faced in becoming literate and the success
> that has come from our knowing Braille. In addition, we will award the
> author of each accepted submission a Louis Braille Commemorative Silver
> Dollar to show our appreciation for your help. Please add your voice to
> the growing number of blind people speaking in support of Braille and
> help us change the future of literacy in this country.
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> To submit your story online, visit www.braille.org
> <http://www.braille.org/>  and click the link entitled "Letters to
> Obama." In order to have your work considered for inclusion in our book,
> your submission must be received no later than August 28.
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> Thank you for all that you do to bring about positive change for all
> blind people. I look forward to reading your stories.
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> Yours Sincerely,
> 
> Fred Schroeder
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