[Nfbmo] FW: Kansas City Meet the Blind Month Proclamation

[Gary Wunder]

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Of Ruby Polk
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 9:34 PM
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Subject: [Nfbmo] Kansas City Meet the Blind Month Proclamation

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
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