[Njabs-talk] brief introduction

[EVELYN E. VALDEZ]

Hi Sean, I'm so happy that you are now part of our NJABS list serve/mailing list. There's lots of great discussions, feedback, and participation from everyone here. If you ever may have a question about NFB, blind students, college and everything and anything that goes with that, employment, technology, or something that you're unsure about, just feel free to ask and I'm sure anyone on NJABS-talk will be able to answer it. NJABS has monthly teleconferences every second Sunday of the month at 8pm and I will be sending out friendly reminders with the call-in teleconference number and conference code so looke out for that. We currently are having a Tupperware fundraiser so if anyone wants info on that, please let me know. So far we've raised about $150.00 and I look forward to seeing you participate in NJABS. 
Good luck this semester, 
Evelyn 
-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: spo2105 at columbia.edu 

> Hello, 
> 
> I just subscribed to the mailing list and thought that I should 
> briefly introduce myself. I am a first-year undergraduate at Columbia 
> University's School of Engineering and Applied Science. I am also one 
> of the latest recipients of a state scholarship from our NJ chapter of 
> the NFB. As many of you may know, this involved attending the 
> convention last weekend. I greatly enjoyed the event. Though bored at 
> times, I loved learning about the progress of the organization and how 
> we are changing what it means to be blind. Some of the presentations 
> made me think that many problems and misconceptions can be solved with 
> different ways of reasoning and challenging, (if that's not the 
> meaning of the square watermelon metaphor, could someone please 
> explain it to me?). The greatest thing the convention confirmed for me 
> was that I should have gotten involved with NJABS when I first heard 
> of it at the convention about two years ago. I hope to remain updated 
> on information concerning this division and blind students in general. 
> 
> Thank You. 
> 
> Sean O'Keefe 
> spo2105 at columbia.edu 
> 
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