[NFBOH-Cleveland] Cleveland Chapter Updates

[Suzanne Turner]

Cleveland Members,

I hope you are well and preparing to cook with our 5 Chefs starting a week
from today

I emailed two recipes to get you started. If you need me to email you any of
the recipes, let me know.

I wanted to inform you that the Cuyahoga County Chapter has invited
Cleveland to their Holiday party. It will be on Saturday, December 18, 2021
at 2:00. The address is 11616 Detroit Avenue.

Also, Cleveland now has a Secretary. Shirley Patterson has agree to serve
and our Vice President will mentor her through the process. Please
congratulate her on her new position.

In 2022 I will appoint Committees. They are as follows,
Legislature
Membership
Employment
Senior 
Community Service
Recreation
Fundraising

If you would like to serve, please reach out to me.

Below is the State of Ohio Committees and if you want to serve at the state
level, please reach out to the Affiliate President at RCHPAY7 at gmail.com.

Here are the State Committees below!
  
2022 NFBO Committee Descriptions

1: AWARDS COMMITTEE
Charge: To oversee the awards process, to provide information and feedback
when necessary, and to make reasonable judgments about NFBO awards.

2: BELL COORDINATOR
Charge: To communicate and help with planning the inhouse bell program and
to organize the bell Academy and plan efficient ways to promote and execute
the important programs. 

3: COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE
Charge: To educate the Ohio Affiliate about the professional and personal
benefits of community service, to encourage chapters, divisions, and
individuals to participate in projects in their communities, to encourage
members to identify or develop and implement their own service projects, and
to educate  the public about NFB philosophy and the skills and abilities
blind people bring to community service

4: CONSTITUTION  Committee
Charge: To make sure that all NFBO constitutions follow the state and
national constitutions, both philosophically and rhetorically.

5: RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE
Charge: To oversee the submission process and to write and distribute
clearly articulated and philosophically sound resolutions. 

6: DEAF-BLIND Committee
Charge: To aid and provide information to those who are in this unique
community and to serve as a vehicle to foster a positive relationship for
the deaf-blind community. 

7: EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Charge: To inform the president about policies, legislation, strategies, and
initiatives in which NFBO should be engaged to improve educational
opportunities for blind youth throughout the state.

8: FINANCING THE MOVEMENT COMMITTEE including (SUN coordinator, Jernigan
Fund coordinator, PAC coordinator)
Charge: To make members aware of these specific organizational fundraising
opportunities and to implement strategies to increase participation. 

9: FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Charge: To investigate added opportunities to increase NFB-O resources and
to implement effective fundraising strategies and programming. 

10:  LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
Charge: To increase the organization's visibility and effectiveness in the
state legislature and to continue to support our efforts in Washington
throughout the year. 

11: MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Charge: To implement effective strategies to recruit and retain members and
to reinvigorate the chapters and divisions of NFBO. 

12: PROMOTION AND PUBLICITY AND NEWSLINE COMMITTEE
Charge: To assist with updating the content on  the Newsline service, as
well as, promoting and advertising NEWSLINE. Members on this committee
should be proficient computer users.
To develop content and suggest creative ways to promote NFBO branding.
Responsibilities include research audience preferences and discover current
trends, create engaging text, image and video content, design posts to
sustain readers' curiosity and create buzz around new issues, stay up to
date with changes in all social platforms ensuring maximum effectiveness,
train leaders how to use social media in a cohesive and beneficial way.
, and oversee social media accounts. 

13: SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
Charge: To conduct the affiliate scholarship program and to develop and
implement effective strategies to increase the visibility of the program and
increase participation. 

14: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee The charge for the committee
is to provide education and training, guidance and advocacy where needed.
Our diverse community includes, but is not limited to, the intersectionality
of ability, age, religion, race, ethnicity, culture, gender identity or
expression, and sexual orientation.

15: Employment Committee
To inform the president about policies, legislation, strategies, and
initiatives on why NFBO should be involved to improve employment
opportunities for blind persons throughout the state and beyond; the
importance of holding various platforms on accessible technology,
socializations skills, resume writing, career exploration and preparing
employers for interviewing and hiring blind people; also prepare members for
the National and various Career Fairs through, Learning about new employment
resources. Networking and interviewing techniques; finally educating members
on the significance on how to advocate for reasonable accommodations,
rehabilitation services and other vital resources to aid one in being
productive and successful in obtaining and maintaining a career.    

National Federation of the Blind of Ohio (NFBO)
Suzanne Turner, Ohio Affiliate Vice President
Cleveland Chapter, President
 (216) 990-6199

Please click on the links below to learn more about the organization

The Ohio Affiliate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGe_1qGbkX8

"Live the life you want" featuring, National President, Mark Riccobono
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DesLNDBpYVE&feature=share

Visit and take a moment to like our Facebook Page!
https://m.facebook.com/NationalFederationOfTheBlindOfOhioClevelandChapter/ 

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.