[Nfbmo] What's Up Today?

[Shelia Wright]

Do you Tweet? If so Did you today?

It's not too late. The more tweets, the more effective our campaign will be.

 

Be sure to include the hashtag in your message.

What's a Hashtag? It's the number sign so it should look like this: #fixwia

 

Missouri Senators

Sen. Claire McCaskill 

@clairecmc

 

Sen. roy Blunt

@RoyBlunt

If you are new to Twitter, 

Remember that a tweet can only be 140 characters.

That's simple for some and not so simple for some of us. 

 

Facebook is a way to be heard too.

Both Sen. McCaskill and Senator Blunt are on Facebook. 

 

So, if you don't Tweet, don't be left out.

Emails and phone calls work too!

 

 

Let's send a strong message that Section 511 of Title 5 does not belong in
WIA. It doesn't belong in today's society. After 75 years of more of the
same, it's time for new approaches to putting individuals who are blind and
disabled to work. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: Nfb-legislative-directors
[mailto:nfb-legislative-directors-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sloan,
Rose
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 2:49 PM
To: 'Nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org'; Ryley Newport (ryley at apse.org)
Subject: [Nfb-legislative-directors] #FixWIA Wednesday Update

 

HI Legislative Directors, 

 

I am happy to report that thanks to your efforts and the efforts of our
partners in our #FixWIA campaign, APSE, I have either seen tweets or been
told that the Senators of the following states have been asked at least once
to #FixWIA by striking 511 and the language that moves RSA from Labor to
Education.  Kudos to the states that have had several tweets and emails sent
to their senators.  

 

Arizona

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts 

Michigan

Mississippi

Missouri

Minnesota

Montana

Nebraska

North Carolina

North Dakota

New Jersey

New York

Oklahoma

Oregon

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Texas

Utah

Virginia

Vermont

Washington

Wisconsin

 

Even if you see your state on the list, if you have not already, please
contact your Senators via email or twitter to ask them to please #Strike511
from WIA.  

 

Thank so much for all of your work!!  Let's see if we can break 40 states!  

 

Tomorrow I'll send you the number of times #FixWIA was used on twitter.
Let's break 250!  

 

You all rock!  

 

Rose

 

 

Rose Sloan

Government Affairs Specialist

 

"Eliminating Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities" 

http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages

 

National Federation of the Blind

200 East Wells Street 

Baltimore, MD 21230

rsloan at nfb.org <mailto:rsloan at nfb.org> 

(410)-659-9314 ext 2441

 

The National Federation of the Blind needs your support to ensure blind
children get an equal education; to connect blind veterans with the training
and services they need; and to help seniors who are losing vision continue
to live independent and fulfilling lives. To make a donation, please go to
<http://www.nfb.org> www.nfb.org.

 

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