[Njabs-talk] Public Apology

[EVELYN E. VALDEZ]

Evelyn,
Please discuss with the students that you would need to discuss.
I had replied to him with some positive words.

Best,
Joe 
 
To: President of the NFBNJ; 

Mr. Joe Ruffalo and all members of the NFBNJ.  

I am Khalil Abdul-Majid and I am a member of the NFB  

of Delaware.  I wish to offer a public apology for my negative 

language during the NFB NJ State Convention 2010.  I apologized to 

you Mr. Joe Ruffalo on Saturday/November 6 2010 regarding 

my negative actions/language, but I want to offer my public apology to 

Ms. Catherine Elizabeth Newman for speaking very negatively to her because 

she did not deserve the way I spoke to her.  Ms. Catherine Elizabeth Newman 

deserves much, much better than that.  I've apologized to Ms. Catherine 

personally, but I spoke to her so negatively in public (during the NFBNJ 2010 

State Convention), so I feel that the least I can do is to offer my public 

apology to her.  Ms. Catherine Elizabeth Newman is a genuine woman with 

remarkable qualities and works hard and very efficiently for blind 

students.  Her dedication to the NFB is outstanding and she goes all out to 

ensure that young blind students become productive/successful members of 

society.  Mr. Ruffalo, I was not aware that some of the NFB NJ student 

members were listening to me while I was speaking to Ms. Catherine 

Elizabeth Newman so negatively.  I am not offering any excuse about not 

knowing who was around at the time of my negative behavior sir, I have mentioned 

that I did not know who was around, listening to all of that because I've really 

upset Catherine, especially when some of the student members of the NFB NJ 

listened.  Sir, I feel absolutely horrible about the entire situation and I 

did not have to react the way I did that day.  I hope that this apology be 

made public within the NFBNJ web site for all to read, but most importantly, 

that Ms. Catherine Elizabeth Newman will know for certain that I am truely, 

deeply and sincerely sorry for the way I treated her so rudely and 

negatively.  Ms. Catherine Elizabeth Newman and the members of 

the NFBNJ has seen me at my worst, and I sincerely apologize to you all for my 

actions and behaviors with the hopes that you all would please forgive me, 

especially you Catherine Elizabeth Newman.  I hope that I will be given 

another chance to show you all my best, not my worst.  


Sincerely, 

Khalil Abdul-Majid