[Nfbwv-talk] Fw: [announce] Employment Project

Fri Jul 20 00:59:41 UTC 2012

not sure why you can't. It looks fine to me.
keri

"Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away; and all the things I want to 
say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will speak 
my heart."
--Robert Sexton

"For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there 
is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to 
receive it."
--Ivan Panin

Find that guy that will pick up every piece of your shattered heart & put it 
back together; Replacing it with a piece of his.
----- Original Message ----- 
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> Cana't read this message.
> Joyce
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> keri
>
> "Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away; and all the things I want 
> to
> say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will 
> speak
> my heart."
> --Robert Sexton
>
> "For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth 
> there
> is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere 
> to
> receive it."
> --Ivan Panin
>
> Find that guy that will pick up every piece of your shattered heart & put 
> it
> back together; Replacing it with a piece of his.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Mitch Pomerantz
> To: leadership at acb.org ; announce at acb.org ; 'ACB List'
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 4:52 PM
> Subject: [announce] Employment Project
>
>
> Colleagues:
>
> The information below may be of interest to those of you who are currently
> employed.
>
>
> Mitch Pomerantz, President
> American Council of the Blind
> **********
> "Blind People at Work in the world:
>
> Some often incredible but true success stories".
>
>
>
>
>
> CALL FOR SUCCESS STORIES.
>
>
>
>
>
> Thirteen years ago, the book "Blind People at Work" got published in 
> France
> under my direction to give blind people, organizations trusted with their
> professional guidance, public and private employers and the general public 
> a
> better knowledge of the jobs we could access to. Thanks to 106 success
> stories, more than 75 activities were then presented, covering very
> different aspects, such as:
>
>  a.. Reception-Communication,
>  b.. Administration,
>  c.. Agriculture,
>  d.. Arts and Shows,
>  e.. Craft industry,
>  f.. Commerce-Trade,
>  g.. Teaching-Education,
>  h.. Industrial issues,
>  i.. Law,
>  j.. Medical-Paramedical,
>  k.. Politics,
>  l.. Press-Audiovisual,
>  m.. Sciences-Research-Computer science,
>  n.. Social work.
>
>
> The publication was successful since under various formats, more than 
> 1,500
> copies of the book were sold, several radio programs and TV interviews 
> took
> place, many press articles were published, and I received a great number 
> of
> success stories.
>
>
>
> Since May 1999, the blind employment situation has changed: some new 
> careers
> have appeared, jobs considered < traditional > are disappearing, whereas
> some others are still very common and buoyant in the employment market. 
> Even
> if the global economy crisis and the growth of unemployment in the 
> developed
> countries are increasingly challenging for the disabled employment, in 
> spite
> of the measures undertaken in many countries to encourage it, I maintain
> that any blind person who wants it must, like any other citizen, have the
> right to work so as to obtain decent resources and occupy his/her place in
> the society.
>
>
>
> That's the reason why the book publisher in 1999 has just accepted to 
> issue
> with me a second edition, planned for the second half of 2013.
>
>
>
> We wish to do better than the first time:
>
> -          Thanks to the support of WBU members associations, which help
> will be required during the General Assembly of next November, and thanks 
> to
> the facilities of communication offered today by the web, I wish to gather
> success stories from all over the world, whereas in the first issue hardly
> more than 10% of the articles were coming from out of France. The 
> experience
> taught me that in Asia, Africa, America or elsewhere, even if cultures and
> economic conditions are very different from those of Europe, we can 
> collect
> innovating experiences and good practices to emulate so as to extend the
> range of occupations accessible to blind or seriously visually impaired
> people.
>
> -          An issue in English, and maybe in other languages, will greatly
> help widen the dissemination of this book.
>
> -          Its distribution will be offered to every WBU members
> associations, and they might create in situ some adapted format releases.
>
> -          An electronic version could be made available on line so that 
> the
> visually impaired can download it.
>
> -          Any other suggestion is more than welcomed.
>
>
>
> Each success story, of between 5 to 7,000 spaced characters, will clearly
> present the job practiced, the challenges faced and how they were 
> overcome,
> the technical support received, the positive aspects to underline and
> recommendations to make to any other person wishing to take the same
> professional path. The story will be chosen according to its originality,
> the clearness of the information contained and the possibility to 
> replicate
> it in other countries.
>
>
>
> If you are totally blind, that is if you cannot use any vision remain at
> work, if the revenue you obtain from your job is enough for you to make a
> living, if you are satisfied with the activity you are developing, and if
> you wish to share your experience with other blind people, I would greatly
> appreciate your contacting me either by e-mail: blindatwork at phchazal.fr ; 
> or
> by post: 3 rue des Chantiers 75005 Paris (France), preferably in French,
> English, Italian or Spanish. Together, we will shape you success story. I
> will also give an answer to any additional question you may have.
>
>
>
> Around thirty of the contacted people to contribute with their story have
> answered favorably, but this is only the beginning and I'm still very much
> in need of you all to carry out my project. So please talk about it to all
> your friends. I also thank in advance all the associations that will 
> receive
> this letter and disseminate it through their newspapers and information
> bulletins, on their sites. Because the more success stories I'll receive
> from you, the more different this second "Blind People at Work" release 
> will
> be from the first and the more interest it'll raise and, as it occurred in
> 1999, the closer it'll be from reaching its goal.
>
>
>
> It was my pleasure to prepare the first issue, since it was for me the
> opportunity to meet many people and discover their extremely exciting
> success stories. If you so wish, you can help me and repeat this wonderful
> experience.
>
>
>
> Many thanks to you all and warm regards,
>
>
>
>
>
> Philippe CHAZAL.
>
>
>
> Contact information:
>
> e-mail: blindatwork at phchazal.fr ;
>
> or by post: 3 rue des Chantiers 75005 Paris (France
>
>
>
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