[NJABS-Talk] Fwd: Partnering and Accessibility

[Jonathan Zobek]

Hello Students,

Please see the following message from President Linda Melendez.

Best,
Jonathan

Sent from my iPad

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Ellen Sullivan <ems553 at comcast.net>
> Date: April 28, 2021 at 06:16:37 EDT
> To: Mary Jo Partyka <choirnfb at gmail.com>, macbiggers at yahoo.com, rysteve at comcast.net, Dan Facchini <danfb at verizon.net>, Richard Fox <richardfox1 at comcast.net>, Phil Harrison <pbharrison39 at comcast.net>, Jane Degenshein <Jdegen16 at comcast.net>, Jonathan Zobek <jrzobek at gmail.com>, Carol Castellano <blindchildren at verizon.net>, Ed Godfrey <edgodfrey1957 at gmail.com>, Annemarie Cooke <Aec732 at gmail.com>, Zoraida Krell <krellbz at gmail.com>, Mary Fernandez <trillian551 at gmail.com>, brianna murray <brianna2393 at gmail.com>
> Cc: Linda Melendez <president at nfbnj.org>, Ellen <ems553 at comcast.net>, Joe Ruffalo <Nfbnj1 at verizon.net>
> Subject: Partnering and Accessibility
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> From the Desk of Linda Melendez, President, National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
> Submitted by Ellen Sullivan, Affiliate Secretary
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> Greetings Chapter and Division Presidents and Committee Chairs,
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> I received this from President Riccobono’s weekly notebook and would like you to share with the members of your chapter/division/committee. Thank you:
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> Partnering and Accessibility:
> We believe that accessibility is important, and we urge our national partners to improve their accessibility, too. We should also keep this in mind when we are partnering and looking for speakers at the local and state level. Calling out the truth about an inaccessible web page in a private and polite manner is appropriate. Keep in mind that if we invite organizations to present to our members whose websites are not fully accessible, we are not being true to our brand or our mission. Let's make sure we tell those we work with when their websites are not accessible to us.
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> Warmly,
> Linda Melendez, President
> National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
> 732-421-7063
> Email: president at nfbnj.org
> Website: www.nfbnj.org
> Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238
> Twitter: @NFBNewJersey
> YouTube: NFBNJTransformDreams
> Live the life you want.
> 
> The National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Everyday we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.
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