[NFBOK-Talk] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] It's Time to #FeedTheBookFamine

Wed Nov 11 20:51:23 UTC 2015

Hello all-

Please engage in the Twitter blast, if you are a Twitter user,  below on
Thursday November 12th regarding the Marrakesh Treaty. We will not allow the
book famine for the blind to continue any longer. 

Your help, as always is greatly appreciated.

Thanks, 

Jeannie

From: Nfbnet-members-list [mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Cazares, Gabe via Nfbnet-members-list
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 3:32 PM
To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org; NCB Staff <NCBStaff at nfb.org>
Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] It's Time to #FeedTheBookFamine

Howdy Federation Family,

As you know, we have been working diligently to urge the individuals who are
directly involved with the drafting of the Marrakesh Treaty ratification
package to wrap up their work promptly, so the package can be transmitted to
the Senate as soon as possible. Since March we have been hearing that this
was "imminent," and yet, the package has still not been sent over to the
Senate.

In order to encourage the drafting process along, we are  reminding our
partners that it is time to #FeedTheBookFamine. On Thursday November 12,
2015, we are urging all of our members to tweet the following individuals to
remind them that people with disabilities want to read, and that the
Marrakesh Treaty will expand our access to books. There is a real
opportunity here to #FeedTheBookFamine!

Valerie Jarrett

Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs
and Public Engagement

@vj44

Maria Town

Assistant Director, Office of Public Engagement

@maria_m_town

Cathy Novelli

Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment

@cathyNovelli

Judith Heumann

Special Advisor for International Disability Rights

@IntDisability

As Federationists, I urge you to be active on Twitter Thursday. Remind our
partners that Americans with disabilities will strongly benefit from this
treaty. Below, please find some sample tweets, but also feel free to create
your own. Additionally, attached to this message is a Twitter 101 document
which gives an overview of this social media platform, as well as other tips
and tricks to ensure this is a successful campaign. This document was
created by our very own Danielle Trevino, Coordinator for Social Media and
Member Engagement. 

As you craft your tweets be firm but polite, and please remember to use the
hash tag #FeedTheBookFamine.

If you have any questions prior to, or on Thursday, please do not hesitate
to reach out to me.

Let's go #FeedTheBookFamine so we can live the lives we want!

300 million #pwd, 300 million reasons to #FeedTheBookFamine.
#MarrakeshTreaty

Same Book, same time. #FeedTheBookFamine #MarrakeshTreaty @IntDisability
@cathyNovelli

There are 300 million hungry minds in the world. @IntDisability, you can
help #FeedTheBookFamine.

...Gabe

Gabe Cazares

Government Affairs Specialist

National Federation of the Blind

200 East Wells Street

At Jernigan Place

Baltimore, MD 21230

E:  <mailto:gcazares at nfb.org> gcazares at nfb.org

P: 410-659-9314 Ext. 2206

T: @gmcazares

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.

To make a donation to the National Federation of the Blind Imagination Fund
campaign, please visit  <http://www.nfb.org/ImaginingOurFuture>
www.nfb.org/ImaginingOurFuture

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/nfbok-talk_nfbnet.org/attachments/20151111/6baecca1/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Marrakesh Tweets.docx
Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Size: 19027 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/nfbok-talk_nfbnet.org/attachments/20151111/6baecca1/attachment.docx>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: An Introduction to Twitter.docx
Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Size: 20539 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/nfbok-talk_nfbnet.org/attachments/20151111/6baecca1/attachment-0001.docx>
-------------- next part --------------
An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed...
Name: Untitled attachment 00068.txt
URL: <http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/nfbok-talk_nfbnet.org/attachments/20151111/6baecca1/attachment.txt>