[Nfbmo] Kansas City Meet the Blind Month Proclamation

Ruby Polk r.polk1 at sbcglobal.net
Mon Oct 3 02:34:27 UTC 2011


Hi Gary,

Below is the Meet the Blind Month Proclamation from Kansas City. Please place it on the List Serve for us.

Thanks, Ruby



MEET THE BLIND MONTH 

 PROCLAMATION

 City of Kansas City, Missouri  A Proclamation "National Federation of the Blind Meet the Blind Month" WHEREAS, the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) was founded in 1940 to end discrimination against the blind and to secure first-class citizenship for all blind persons; and WHEREAS, today the Federation, representing more than fifty thousand members across the country continues to work to secure equal rights and opportunities for the blind; and WHEREAS, the NFB works to change attitudes about blindness by providing information about blindness to parents, teachers, school administrators, and business, political, social, and civic leaders; and   WHEREAS, since blind people and blindness are still frequently misunderstood, the National Federation of the Blind has developed a public education campaign, Meet the Blind Month, to create opportunities for the people of [State] to learn firsthand that blind people are basically like everyone else; and                 WHEREAS, the Missouri affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind, invites neighbors, coworkers, and classmates to join them at various Meet the Blind events throughout the month of October to learn how blind people lead full and active lives.  NOW, THEREFORE, I, Slyvester James, Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, do hereby proclaim the month of October, 2011, as: National Federation of the Blind MEET THE BLIND MONTH and urge all the citizens of Kansas City, Missouri and surrounding areas to accept this invitation to meet members of the National Federation of the Blind, the voice of the nation’s blind.  Signed and SealedThis 1st Day of October, 2011, Mayor Sylvester James,  

 

Ruby J. Polk
Braille Skills of Kansas City
816-305-9993
Essential For The Twenty-First Century



More information about the NFBMO mailing list