[NFBMO] Perhaps posting late, but hurray for us

Tue Oct 23 17:54:31 UTC 2018

Good article!

Thank you to the Jeff City Chapter for getting this done.

I am a little put off by the word "awareness" as it relates to
blindness.  It just sounds so negative to me.  As for the press, maybe
we should think about our priorities as an organization and then
consider how we can make those interesting to the press.  We should
need to see a blind parent have their child removed in order to get
press coverage of the issue.  But that's an easy one.  What about
getting coverage of an issue like inaccessibility in higher ed?  That
may not be as dramatic.

I don't have the answers, but I don't know that we want our press
centered around awareness as much as the action we are taking to
conquor these issues.

Julie

On 10/23/18, Gary Wunder via NFBMO <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> What would the claim be? Would it be the private contractor issue?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBMO [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Schulz via
> NFBMO
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2018 9:44 PM
> To: 'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'
> Cc: Bryan Schulz
> Subject: Re: [NFBMO] Perhaps posting late, but hurray for us
>
> Hi,
>
> I liked the last paragraph about employment.
> Do you think an eeoc claim would help or hurt?
> Bryan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBMO <nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Gary Wunder via NFBMO
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2018 5:56 PM
> To: 'NFB of Missouri Mailing List' <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Gary Wunder <GWunder at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [NFBMO] Perhaps posting late, but hurray for us
>
> This was in the Jeff City newspaper. We found it in a Google search. The
> challenge in your question is a good one. I believe that every success we
> have makes it that much harder to use things that once made it easy for us
> to get into the press. There would've been a time when I could've gotten
> into the Columbia newspaper just by taking a vacation. Imagine a blind man
> getting on an airplane and going to a strange airport and finding a strange
> hotel and finding his room and going to restaurants and going to shows and
> getting back home safely. Wow have we underestimated the blind. But we are
> no longer at the bottom of the stairs. We aren't at the top either, but we
> don't get the kind of newspaper articles we used to get just by walking in
> a
> parade or by holding a garage sale. We do have to figure out how to get
> more
> press, and we need every good mind we have to figure it out. What problem
> do
> we want society to help us solve, and how do we publicize it?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBMO [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Schulz via
> NFBMO
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2018 1:26 PM
> To: 'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'
> Cc: Bryan Schulz
> Subject: Re: [NFBMO] Perhaps posting late, but hurray for us
>
> Hi,
>
> Good job but why do we get zdero press?
> On the news, they are always saying x month is y disease awareness month.
> Bryan Schulz
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBMO <nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Roger Crome via NFBMO
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2018 12:38 PM
> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Roger Crome <rogerc at lifecilmo.org>
> Subject: Re: [NFBMO] Perhaps posting late, but hurray for us
>
> Thank you for sharing this Gary.  I would like to thank Shelia Wright,
> Melissa Kane and Rita Lynch for being very proactive in getting this
> accomplished.  Awesome job ladies!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBMO [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gary Wunder via
> NFBMO
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2018 11:11 AM
> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
> Cc: Gary Wunder
> Subject: [NFBMO] Perhaps posting late, but hurray for us
>
> Monday was "White Cane Awareness Day," Gov. Mike Parson proclaimed.
>
>
>
> The National Federation of the Blind announced the proclamation and shared
> its wording.
>
>
>
> The proclamation noted every blind citizen has the right to carry a white
> cane which "symbolizes the ability to achieve a full and independent life
> and
>
> the capacity to work productively in competitive employment."
>
>
>
> The cane also allows "every blind person to move freely and safely from
> place to place," the proclamation said, and "makes it possible for the
> blind
> to
>
> fully participate in and contribute to our society and to live the lives
> they want."
>
>
>
> For the last 10 years, the National Federation of the Blind has operated a
> "free white cane program" that makes the canes available to blind and
> visually
>
> impaired individuals.
>
>
>
> Parson's proclamation also reminded Missourians state law "requires that
> motorists and cyclists exercise appropriate caution when approaching a
> blind
> person
>
> carrying a white cane," and the law "also calls upon employers, both public
> and private, to be aware of and utilize the employment skills of our blind
>
> citizens, by recognizing their worth as individuals and their productive
> capacities."
>
>
>
> The governor said the state "can and should facilitate the expansion of
> employment opportunities for, and greater acceptance of, blind persons in
> the competitive
>
> labor market," and that Missouri's "schools, colleges and universities
> (should) offer full opportunities for training to blind persons."
>
>
>
> Parson also called on "employers and the public to utilize the available
> skills of competent blind persons, and to open new opportunities for the
> blind
>
>
>
>
>
> Gary Wunder
>
> gwunder at earthlink.net
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>
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-- 
Julie A. McGinnity
MM Vocal Performance, 2015; President, National Federation of the
Blind Performing Arts Division; First Vice President, National
Federation of the Blind of Missouri