[NFBSATX] Fwd: [NFBT] Don't Deny, Aim High!- We need your letters of support

[Harry Staley]

All please see the below message.

Harry Staley
President

National Federation of the Blind
San Antonio

330-718-1876
Hstaley at nfbtx.org

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Jonathan Franks <jfranks at nfbtx.org>
> Subject: [NFBT] Don't Deny, Aim High!- We need your letters of support
> Date: December 2, 2017 at 11:19:24 AM CST
> To: member at nfbtx.org
> Cc: txabs at nfbnet.org
> 
> Fellow Federationists,
> I hope that this message finds you well. I am writing to you as a
> member of the National Association of Blind Student’s Legislative and
> Advocacy Committee and as the Chairperson of the Legislative and
> Advocacy Committee of the Texas Association of Blind Students.
> Washington Seminar is fast approaching and hundreds of members of the
> National Federation of the Blind will be climbing Capitol Hill and
> advocating for equality for all blind people. The purpose of this
> email today is that the NABS Legislative and Advocacy Committee are
> collecting letters regarding your stories of inaccessibility in your
> academic fields. We are all working hard in effort to have Congress
> pass the Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education Act
> (HR 1772 / S 2138)
> 
> The legislation will authorize the creation of voluntary guidelines to
> help colleges and universities meet the needs of blind students and
> students with other disabilities that make it difficult or impossible
> to read print.
> 
> We will be presenting your letters regarding inaccessibility to our
> Congressional representatives during Washington Seminar. I would like
> to encourage you all if you have not already done so to please write a
> story and make your voice heard. You also do not have to be a student
> to write these letters, you can write your letters of support
> especially if you are in the teaching field, a technology instructor
> or simply are in support of passing this legislation.
> 
> Here is more information on the bill.
> https://nfb.org/aim_high
> 
> You may email your letters to me at
> jfranks at nfbtx.org
> 
> If you have any questions on how to write your letter, please feel
> free to contact me at anytime.
> 
> Warm regards and thank you,
> 
> Jonathan Franks BSW
> Board Member
> National Federation of the Blind of Texas
> Graduate Student
> MSW Program
> Texas State University
> 
> 
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> obstacles between blind people  and our dreams. You can live the life
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