[Njabs-talk] A Great Opportunity to Allow for a Great Future for Millions!!

[Melissa Lomax]

Hello All, 

For most of us, we have learned about issues facing the blind and some of us have even devoted their time and effort to address and change the current state of these issues.  But have we stopped to think about the issues facing other disabled people?  And have we ever tried to change these?  They deserve all that we deserve and a combined effort to strive for equality would be the greatest way to get what we, and all others, deserve.  So why not join in and help out with a campaign to reach people across the WORLD by sharing the message: we ALL deserve equality!  

Here is a great opportunity for this summer that was sent to me.  Applications are due this Friday May 21st so if you are interested, think fast!  I applied and you should too!  

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From: Pamela Gaston 
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 9:57 AM
To: Amelia Ricciardi; Greg Patty; John Walsh
Cc: Bernice Davis
Subject: Youth Disability Advocates Needed! Open Hand "Youth Ability
Summit"

 

Youths aged 12-21 who we are interested in creating international change
for peers with disabilities through human rights advocacy and
cutting-edge awareness raising techniques are invited to apply to attend
the Open Hands "Youth Ability Summit" in Damascus, Syria August 1-3
2010. Those selected will receive a free, round-trip ticket from
anywhere in the continental U.S. and full accommodations to attend the
Summit. 

 

At the Summit, participants will work together with Syrian youth
involved in disability rights advocacy to share our cultures and
perspectives, learn about the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities, 

and to create an action-packed, youth-centered global awareness
campaign. Attending the conference in Damascus will also provide a
unique opportunity to experience one of the world's oldest
continuously-inhabited cities. Damascus, renowned as a major cultural
center of the Middle East, was chosen as the 2008 Arab Capital of
Culture and boasts some of the finest antiquities and historical sites
in the region. Syria is an extremely safe tourist destination, with no
petty crime. 

 

The Youth Ability Summit is being organized by the Open Hands
Initiative, dedicated to improving people-to-people understanding by
emphasizing our basic shared values and common humanity and the Victor
Pineda Foundation, an educational non-profit organization that promotes
the rights and dignities of young people with disabilities. 

Attending the conference in Damascus will also provide a unique
opportunity to experience one of the world's oldest
continuously-inhabited cities. Damascus, renowned as a major cultural
center of the

 

Open Hands "Youth Ability Summit" 

Apply at:
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/291837/Open-Hands-Youth-Ability-Summit

 

Applications must be received by May 21, 2010 

Questions? Contact Rachel Walsh, Open Hands Initiative, 917-544-7260 

*please note that all participants can be accompanied by one
guest/parent/or guardian. All travelers must have a valid U.S. Passport
that does not expire within 6-months of the date of travel. 

 

 

 

Pamela L. Gaston

Department of Human Services

Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired

153 Halsey St. 6th. Flr.

P.O. Box 47017

Newark, NJ 07101

 

Office: (973) 648-6149

Cell:    (973) 900-2564

Fax:    (973) 648-2043

www.cbvi.nj.gov

 

"The best and most beautiful things are not seen or heard, but felt in
the heart." ...Helen Keller

NJ Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired

          Celebrating 100 Years of Service    

                             1910 - 2010                           

 



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