[Nfbmo] writing to Senator Blunt

[Gary Wunder]

I very much appreciate knowing this. I will have to be more careful about looking after I dictate.

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> On Jul 15, 2014, at 4:55 PM, Carol Coulter via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Great letter Gary. Just want to let you know that where you talk about "add their voices to ours" to came out as the numeral two and ours said hours as in the time. I assumed you dictated this and just thought you would like to know how it appeared in print. See you soon.
> Carol
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> -----Original Message----- From: Gary Wunder via Nfbmo
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 2:40 PM
> To: 'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'
> Subject: [Nfbmo] writing to Senator Blunt
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> Hello, folks. Late last week I wrote to you, forwarding a request from Jesse
> Hartle that we contact Sen. Roy Blunt. Here is the letter that I wrote to
> him. I hope others of you have done so already. Thanks for your help. Gary
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> Hello, Lauren. I write to encourage Senator Blunt's support of the treaty on
> the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. One of the
> greatest needs of blind people is access to information, and, in truth, we
> need a worldwide effort to address this. Blindness is a low incidence
> disability. This means that people are apt to ignore us when they designed
> products, goods, and services for the general public. A worldwide treaty
> will not only help blind people around the world by ensuring that they have
> basic rights that we take for granted, but it will allow them to add their
> voices two hours as we work for the kind of equality of opportunity that
> makes all the difference in whether or not blind people are integrated into
> the fabric of our society as students, employees, and fully participating
> citizens. Please encourage the Senator's support, and do me the courtesy of
> telling me where he stands on this issue. Thank you very much.
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> Gary Wunder, President
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> National Federation of the Blind of Missouri
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> Gary Wunder, President
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> National Federation of the Blind of Missouri
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