[Nfbofnc] FW: Building the Lives We Want and National Channels

[charles parker]

FYI

Charles Parker

 

From: NFB-NEWSLINE Team [mailto:swhite at nfb.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 9:00 AM
To: Charles Parker
Subject: Building the Lives We Want and National Channels

 

September 9, 2015

We are pleased to announce the creation of an NFB National Channel on
NFB-NEWSLINE! For subscribers using the telephone access method, you will
find the new NFB National Channel under Option 1 from the main menu, in
addition to NFB-NEWSLINE News and the NFB-NEWSLINE How-To Booklet.

One of the first offerings on our NFB National Channel is the National
Federation of the Blinds recently published ebook, Building the Lives We
Want: The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary History of the National Federation of
the Blind. We hope you will join us in revisiting and celebrating NFB
history through this exciting new ebook. To find this book on NFB-NEWSLINE
using the telephone access method, press 1 off the main menu for National
Channels and NFB-NEWSLINE information, press 1 again for the NFB National
Channel, and press 1 once more for Building the Lives We Want: The
Seventy-Fifth Anniversary History of the National Federation of the Blind.

This new ebook can also be read from the NFB-NEWSLINE mobile app by looking
under your favorites, or on our website at www.nfbnewslineonline.org, by
searching within Publications Organized Alphabetically. 

You can also download the book from the NFB website by visiting:
https://nfb.org/pubs/building-the-lives-we-want.

Here is a brief blurb about the new ebook, Building the Lives We Want: The
Seventy-Fifth Anniversary History of the National Federation of the Blind,
from its editor, Deborah Kent Stein:

>From its beginning in 1940, the National Federation of the Blind has been
the driving force behind a powerful people's movement. It has raised
expectations, shattered assumptions, and broken down barriers to secure the
full participation of blind people in every aspect of society. Building the
Lives We Want traces the history of the blindness movement from its dawn in
the nineteenth century to the founding of the Federation in Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania. The story continues with the first efforts at grassroots
organizing and the emergence of the Federation as an instrument of change.
The book portrays Federationists working tirelessly for access to education,
employment, and equal rights. 

The work of the Federation has been carried forward through the dedicated
efforts of thousands of men and women fighting for equality, security, and
opportunity for all blind people. This ebook brings the story of the
movement to life through the voices of its leaders and rank-and-file
members. In addition to the extensive material in the text itself, the book
amplifies the story through dozens of photographs and hundreds of links to
articles, speeches, and songs. It demonstrates how, through seventy-five
years of collective action, working together with love, hope, and
determination, blind people are finding the freedom to build the lives they
want." 

We have also included the Braille Monitor and Future Reflections on the new
NFB National Channel. Both the Braille Monitor and Future Reflections are
also still available as part of the Blindness Specific menu under Option 5.

In the future we will be adding more content to the NFB National Channel. We
plan to include the Presidential Release and the Independence Market
Catalog. Interested in seeing other material added to the NFB National
Channel? Please share your suggestions with us by calling (410) 505-5896 or
emailing swhite at nfb.org. We look forward to hearing your ideas!

We hope you enjoy our new NFB National Channel, the new ebook, Building the
Lives We Want: The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary History of the National
Federation of the Blind, and we look forward to hearing your ideas about
content you'd like added to the NFB National Channel. 

Your NFB-NEWSLINE Team

NFB-NEWSLINE, A service of the National Federation of the Blind

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want
blindness is not what holds you back.