[NFBNJ] The Blind Doctor Book Club Challenge Conference Call scheduled for Monday, June 25, 2018 at 8:00 All Are Welcome

Sun Jun 24 15:35:46 UTC 2018

    Greetings to all!
Please read the valuable information provided below by Linda Melendez and 
committee members of the Sports and Recreation Division of the NFBNJ.

She has provided a reminder of information for those that will be attending 
the book club scheduled for Monday, June 25 at 8:00 pm.

In addition, a list of titles for future consideration is located below.

Grab a book or two, a cup of coffee and read the words that will raise your 
expectations to live the life you want!
Warmly,
Joe

We care. We share. We grow. We make a difference
Joe Ruffalo, President
National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
973 743 0075
nfbnj1 at verizon.net
www.nfbnj.org
Raising Expectations To Live The Life You Want!
Your old car keys can be keys to literacy for the blind.
Donate your unwanted vehicle to us by clicking
www.carshelpingtheblind.org
or call 855 659 9314

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Joe:

Can you please send the following invitation from the Sports and Recreation
Division to the NFBNJ distribution list?

Thank you,
Linda Melendez, President
Sports & Recreation Division of the National Federation of the Blind of New
Jersey
732-421-7063 <(732)%20421-7063>
Email: lindamelendez220 at gmail.com

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The Sports and Recreation Division NFBNJ Book Club Challenge will be
having a Book Club conference call hosted by Janie Degenshein on Monday,
June 25, 2018 at 8:00 to discuss the amazing book “The Blind Doctor”.  The
NLS BARD entry for the blind doctor: the Jacob Bolotin story: a biography
DB64720 Perlman, Rosalind; reading time: 8 hours, 13 minutes.

To participate in the book club please dial: 1 515 604 9570 access code
612068 followed by the pound. If you have any questions please contact Jane
Degenshein 973 736 5785 or email at jdegen16 at comcast.net*.*

Also, listed below is the NFB Recommended Reading List.
Books:

·        Blind Ambition: One Woman's Journey to Greatness Despite Her
Blindness
DBC01886; Hairston, Ever Lee.
Reading time: 6 hours, 28 minutes

·        Blind justice: Jacobus tenBroek and the vision of equality
DB59656; Matson, Floyd W; Library of Congress.
Reading time: 6 hours, 55 minutes

·        Building the Lives We Want
https://nfb.org/pubs/building-the-lives-we-want

·        Kenneth Jernigan: The Master, The Mission, The Movement
DB48985; Jernigan, Kenneth.
Reading time: 7 hours, 58 minutes

·        Life Without Sight; My Journey Into The Worlds Of The Sighted And
The Blind
dbc01887 Allen, Agnes F.
Reading time: 3 hours, 19 minutes

·        No barriers: a blind man's journey to kayak the Grand Canyon
DB87291; Weihenmayer, Erik; Woodruff, Bob; Levy, Buddy.
Reading time: 19 hours, 36 minutes

·        The Adversity Advantage: turning everyday struggles into everyday
greatness
DB63609; Stoltz, Paul Gordon; Weihenmayer, Erik.
Reading time: 11 hours, 18 minutes

·        The blindness revolution: Jernigan in his own words
DB59457 Omvig, Jim H.
Reading time: 20 hours, 23 minutes

·        The Disability Rights Movement
DB49998; Kent, Deborah.
Reading time: 32 minutes

·        The power of love: how Kenneth Jernigan changed the world for the
blind
DB86625; Walhof, Ramona; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 11 hours, 10 minutes

·        Thunder dog: the true story of a blind man, his guide dog, and the
triumph of trust at Ground Zero
DB73300; Hingson, Michael; Flory, Susy.
Reading time: 7 hours, 19 minutes

·        Touch the top of the world: a blind man's journey to climb farther
than the eye can see
DB51505; Weihenmayer, Erik.
Reading time: 12 hours, 3 minutes

·        Walking alone and marching together :: a history of the organized
blind movement in the United States, 1940-1990
DB31066; Matson, Floyd W; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 45 hours, 2 minutes

·        Soaring into Greatness : A Blind Woman's Vision to Live Her Dreams
and Fly
DBC03051; Hamilton, Gail L.
Reading time: 16 hours, 37 minutes.

·        The blind doctor: the Jacob Bolotin story : a biography
DB64720; Perlman, Rosalind.
Reading time: 8 hours, 13 minutes.

  *Kernel Books:*

·        As the twig is bent
DB37264; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 24 minutes

·        Beginnings and blueprints
DB43490; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 7 minutes

·        Freedom
DB63799; Maurer, Marc; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 8 minutes

·        Gray pancakes and gold horses
DB46924; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 20 minutes

·        I can feel blue on Monday
DB50888; Maurer, Marc; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 22 minutes

·        If Blindness Comes
DB38282; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 3 hours, 41 minutes

·        Like cats and dogs
DB44869; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 25 minutes

·        Making hay
DB41854; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 42 minutes

·        Not much of a muchness
DB56408; Maurer, Marc; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 7 minutes

·        Oh, wow!
DB50895; Maurer, Marc; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 20 minutes

·        Old dogs and new tricks
DB42341; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 9 minutes

·        Reflecting the flame
DB50642; Maurer, Marc; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 10 minutes

·        Remember to feed the kittens
DB48986; Maurer, Marc; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 24 minutes

·        Safari
DB54769; Maurer, Marc; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 4 minutes

·        Standing on one foot
DB38289; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 23 minutes

·        Summit
DB56407; Maurer, Marc; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 7 minutes

·        Tapping the charcoal
DB41029; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 9 minutes

·        The freedom bell
DB37292; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 40 minutes

·        The Journey
DB41320; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 17 minutes

·        To touch the untouchable dream
DB47132; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 18 minutes

·        Toothpaste and railroad tracks
DB40557; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 13 minutes

·        Wall-to-wall Thanksgiving
DB44870; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 27 minutes

·        What color is the sun
DB33142; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind
Reading time: 2 hours, 5 minutes

·        When the blizzard blows
DB39194; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.
Reading time: 1 hour, 12 minutes
Speeches:

·        2017 – Innovation, Blindness, and the Emerging Pattern of Thought
https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/2017/banquet-speech-2017.html

·        2017 – Presidential Report
https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/2017/presidential-report-2017.html

·        2016 – The Understanding of Fear and the Power of Progress
https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/banquet-speech-2016.html

·        2016 – Presidential Report
https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/presidential-report-2016.html

·        2015 – The Federation at Seventy-Five: The Determination of Value
and the Reflection of Hope
Text Format:
https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/banquet-speech-2015.html
Audio format:
https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/banqspeech/2015_banquet_address.mp3

·        2014 – Ten Years of Progress in the Jernigan Institute: A Letter
to the Friend I Never Met
https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm14/bm1408/bm140807.htm

·        1993 - The Nature of Independence
https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/addres93.htm.

·        1991 - Reflecting the Flame
https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/convent/banque91.htm

·        1983 - Blindness: Handicap or Characteristic
https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/fr/fr02/Issue4/f020401.html

·        1965 - The Federation at Fifty
https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/convent/banque90.htm
1965 - Blindness: Concepts or Misconceptions
https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/convent/blndnesc.htm

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[NFBNJ] The Blind Doctor Book Club Challenge​ Conference Call scheduled for Monday, June 25, 2018 at 8:00 All Are Welcome

[NFBNJ] The Blind Doctor Book Club Challenge Conference Call scheduled for Monday, June 25, 2018 at 8:00 All Are Welcome