[nfbwatlk] Fw: [blindkid] Want to change perceptions of blindness with your positive video images?

[Mike Freeman]

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From: "Grace Tiscareno-Sato" <grace at babymilagro.org>
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Sonya L. Sigler" <sonya.sigler at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 12:59 AM
Subject: [blindkid] Want to change perceptions of blindness with your 
positive video images?


Hello listservers. For those that subscribe to Future Reflections 
magazine, you'll see this short announcement in the upcoming issue.
I wanted to give this community a sneak peek at this exciting initiative 
first and a chance to get involved right away.
Below is the announcement, how you can get involved in sharing your 
video for this purpose, and where to go for more information.
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Two mothers in the San Francisco Bay area have launched an exciting 
project to promote positive images of blind children and adults. If you 
have short home videos of your blind child reading Braille, playing the 
flute, wrestling with siblings, climbing a tree, or engaged in any other 
activity, ordinary or extraordinary, please submit them for inclusion in 
the Liberate Us Library. Other ideas for videos to share include public 
speaking, independent mobility, sports and recreation, or a performance. 
(Blind adults are invited to submit videos too.)


The collection of videos will become a YouTube channel, taking advantage 
of a vital communications medium used by millions of people worldwide. 
Liberate Us will orchestrate a national media outreach campaign to share 
the video collection so that positive images hit the airwaves at the 
same time they are spread online.


Here's your chance to participate in an initiative that can truly break 
down stereotypes and show the public how real blind people go about 
their lives. Liberate Us is seeking funding from foundations to produce 
personal success stories professionally in video, audio, and written 
forms. Having video examples as a YouTube channel is a critical step in 
the grant-writing process. Your videos will be instrumental in the 
awareness campaign and inspirational to families of young blind 
children. Please join in.


Step One: Upload a one- to three-minute video clip that supports this 
awareness message at <www.youtube.com>. Here are two sample videos: 
<www.youtube.com/watch?v=YntKTaa3ciw> and 
<www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL0d6J0gxl0>. Once your video is uploaded, copy 
the unique URL in your browser window and continue.


Step Two: Go to <www.babymilagro.org>. Find the "tell us your story" box 
and describe the video clip - the person, the event, and anything else 
you want the audience to know. Paste in the unique URL to your YouTube 
video with your story and send it.


That's it. You can also burn videos to a CD and mail them to:
Liberate Us Video Library Project
ATTN: Grace Tiscareño-Sato
22539 Cisneros Drive
Hayward, CA 94541


If you want to know more about this initiative, please read the article 
at <www.liberate-us.org>. Questions? You can write to me directly at 
grace at liberate-us.org. We look forward to seeing your videos!

Grace Tiscareno-Sato

NOPBC California
Twitter: GraceTiscareno




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