[NFBSF] Fwd: Save the Date: June 27, 2025 Helen Keller Day Protest: Justice for the DeafBlind

Laura Millar laura at lauramillar.com
Tue Jun 10 11:26:29 UTC 2025


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From: Decertify Lighthouse Now <decertifysflh at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Subject: Save the Date: June 27, 2025 Helen Keller Day Protest: Justice for
the DeafBlind
To: Decertify Lighthouse Now <decertifysflh at gmail.com>


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Save the Date: June 27, 2025Helen Keller Day Protest: Justice for the
DeafBlind

June 6, 2025



Happy Friday Supporters!



Three weeks from today, we will have our Helen Keller Day Protest: Justice
for the DeafBlind
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on June 27th from 10 AM to 2 PM at Ed Roberts Campus, Berkeley. Below the
flyer is our Volunteer Sign Up Form.



It has been more than eight months since the launch of our Campaign. We
attempted to engage LightHouse management in dialogue about our community's
significant concerns, but our efforts were ignored. We sent a letter
to the Disability
Rights California
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of the Federal Communications Commission
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in February 2025. Still, it instructed us to provide specifics, implying
that our collective voice and the many petition signatures do not matter to
the government.



Between the launch of our Campaign and today, many iCanConnect consumers
submitted complaints to the FCC, and they were largely ignored, mainly
because the FCC wants them to share their concerns in a way that is not
accessible to them but accessible to the rest of America. The FCC is
unconvinced by the emotional pleas of DeafBlind consumers, not even the
videos of real people sharing real stories.



That is mainly because the FCC listens only to Brandon Cox and Diana
McCown, who are too happy to tell lies and get away with them. Why is this
the case? We think it is because of ableism: Cox and McCown are sighted and
hearing, and we do not matter because we are DeafBlind. No wonder our
government is full of ableists who proclaim their belief in American civil
rights on the one hand and ignore Americans they deem not to matter on the
other.



We remind our supporters that this Campaign is not just about Californians.
We are lucky to have some of the country's most passionate disability
rights advocates living in California (including the one who actively
helped ensure the creation of iCanConnect), and they are among our ardent
champions. Across America, many DeafBlind individuals are struggling to
access communications so they can stay in touch with their families,
friends, and emergency services. The FCC is not doing enough to monitor
iCanConnect programs nationwide, and its consumer complaint process
discriminates against DeafBlind individuals. We urge the FCC to certify a
single national organization that will be more accountable and better
understand our needs. Decertify LightHouse Now
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Thank you,



Decertify Lighthouse Now Campaign Team
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Image Description: At the top of the image, a bold caption reads:

"HELEN KELLER DAY PROTEST: JUSTICE FOR THE DEAFBLIND”.

A vintage-style satirical cartoon depicts a nervous-looking Brandon Cox in
a corporate suit standing in front of an office building labeled
"LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired." A towering figure of
Helen Keller looms above him, appearing to scold him. In the foreground,
miniature DeafBlind protesters with white canes and protest signs—reading
“DeafBlind Lives Matter” and “Decertify LightHouse Now”—demonstrate outside
the building.

The sky is cloudy, and the tone is tense and critical.

At the bottom, the caption reads: Friday, June 27, 2025.

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Ed Roberts Campus, Berkeley, CA 94703
Take Action

Helen Keller Day Protest Volunteer Form:

https://forms.gle/7YRF5V27ihCXQQ576
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