[Nyabs] Nyabs Digest, Vol 14, Issue 8

Tue Apr 26 18:35:12 UTC 2011

Greetings Everyone,

Hope all is well with everyone and most of you is enjoying this wonderful weather and a great spring break.  The purpose of this e-mail is I am reading the notes in reference to the NJABS student convention in New Jersey, and unfortunately I am not able to open the link to review the flyer.  When I click on the link I receive a blank page.  Can someone please resend the flyer for the convention, I very much interested in learning more about the convention.

Thank you in advance and for your time and patience in this matter.

Best regards,

Carla L. Lewis-Irizarry, MPA
917-346-7611
carla.lewis-irizarry at spsmail.cuny.edu

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Today's Topics:

   1. Fwd: NJaBS Student Convention Flyer (Kathryn Carroll)
   2. NJABS student seminar (Kathryn Carroll)
   3. Re: email (wmodnl wmodnl)
   4. Fwd: [nabs-l] Fw: National Federation of the Blind and Law
      School Admissions Council Agree to Settlement (Darian Smith)
   5. Fwd: [nabs-l] Calling All Students!: May's Nabs Membership
      Conference Call (Darian Smith)

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:22:55 -0400
From: Kathryn Carroll <carroll.kathryn.e at gmail.com>
To: New York Association of Blind Students Discussion List
        <nyabs at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [Nyabs] Fwd: NJaBS Student Convention Flyer
Message-ID: <4DB5E62F.2060806 at gmail.com>
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Hi NYABS,

Attached is the flyer for the NJABS student seminar. Please disseminate
at will.

Kate

-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        NJaBS Student Convention Flyer
Date:   Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:11:47 +0000 (UTC)
From:   EVELYN E. VALDEZ <tweetybaby19 at comcast.net>
To:     carroll.kathryn.e at gmail.com, erival at sbcglobal.net,
alexandera.castillo at gmail.com, djdan567 at gmail.com,
hamlet.diaz at gmail.com, justind41 at yahoo.com,
luz.gonzalez at dhs.state.nj.us, mfils-aime at njtransit.com,
mark.colasurdodc at msn.com, marrielomax at aol.com, pcs2001 at caa.columbia.edu,
hogansrabiah at gmail.com

So here it is!
New jersey Association of Blind Students Student Convention Flyer!
Attached is our flyer.
Please circulate and spread the word.

Thanks so much,
Ms. Evelyn Valdez
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:33:58 -0400
From: Kathryn Carroll <carroll.kathryn.e at gmail.com>
To: New York Association of Blind Students Discussion List
        <nyabs at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [Nyabs] NJABS student seminar
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Hi everyone,

Attached are the different routes available to get to the NJABS student
seminar. See email below - transportation will be provided from the bus
and train stations closest to the actual location. Let's make an effort
to help our neighbors!

Kate

-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Re: student seminar
Date:   Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:25:58 -0400
From:   Shafeka Hashash <njabstudents at gmail.com>
To:     Kathryn Carroll <carroll.kathryn.e at gmail.com>

Hey my name is Shafeka Hashash, NJABS vp great to hear you'd like to
attend. Here are some options for travel by bus or train. We would
provide someone to pick you up from either the bus stop or train
station to get to the exact location. This would at most be a 1 mile
drive fyi. Anyway I did not know which method of transportation you
preferred so hear you go its in the attachment.

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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:41:13 -0400
From: wmodnl wmodnl <wmodnl at hotmail.com>
To: <nyabs at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nyabs] email
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I sent all the info to Alex.  I will forward the message to you.
Thanks.

> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:03:23 -0400
> From: carroll.kathryn.e at gmail.com
> To: nyabs at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nyabs] email
>
> Will,
>
> Did you get around to registering an email for the group?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Kathryn Carroll
> St. John's University School of Law Class of 2013
> (Ph) 347-455-1521
>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:32:23 -0700
From: Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [Nyabs] Fwd: [nabs-l] Fw: National Federation of the Blind
        and Law School Admissions Council Agree to Settlement
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From: "Scott C. LaBarre" <slabarre at labarrelaw.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:15:10 -0600
Subject: [nabs-l] Fw: National Federation of the Blind and Law School
Admissions Council Agree to Settlement
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Cc: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>

FYI

Please distribute this far and wide.  We are particularly interested
in hearing about the experience of those who will be applying to law
school through LSAC.  Everything should now be accessible, or at least
starting in the fall.
----- Original Message -----
From: Freeh, Jessica
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 8:08 AM
Subject: National Federation of the Blind and Law School Admissions
Council Agree to Settlement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:

Chris Danielsen

Director of Public Relations

National Federation of the Blind

(410) 659-9314, extension 2330

(410) 262-1281 (Cell)
cdanielsen at nfb.org

National Federation of the Blind and
Law School Admissions Council Agree to Settlement
LSAC Will Make its Web Site Fully Accessible to the Blind

Baltimore, Maryland (April 26, 2011): The National Federation of the
Blind (NFB) today announced that it has settled a lawsuit with the Law
School Admissions Council, Inc. (LSAC) regarding access to the LSAC
Web site (www.lsac.org) by blind people.  As part of the settlement,
LSAC will provide full and equal access to its Web site for blind
users by September 1, 2011.  Changes will be made to the LSAC Web site
that will allow blind users utilizing screen access technology, which
converts what is on the computer screen into synthesized speech or
Braille, to read and interact with it.  The accessibility requirements
extend to all parts of the Web site on which services or products are
made available to prospective law school applicants or to LSAT and
Credential Assembly Service registrants, including, but not limited
to, the process of applying to law schools through lsac.org and the
documents and practice tests LSAC makes available online.

Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind,
said: "Access to Web sites is critical to the full and equal
participation of blind people in all aspects of modern life.  In this
instance, access is especially critical, since without it blind people
experience significant barriers to entering the legal profession.  The
National Federation of the Blind is pleased to have reached a
settlement with the Law School Admissions Council and we look forward
to working with its officials and technical staff in the coming
months.  It is our sincere hope that other educational entities and
credentialing organizations that provide vital services over the
Internet will follow LSAC's example and take affirmative steps to
provide full access to their Web sites by blind consumers."

Deepa Goraya, a named plaintiff in the suit, said: "As someone who has
gone through the law school application process and struggled to use
the Law School Admission Council's Web site, I am pleased to see that
the Web site will be made fully accessible and the process of gaining
admission to law school will now be easier for all blind people who
are interested in entering this noble profession."

Under the settlement, the National Federation of the Blind will
perform semi-annual accessibility testing of the LSAC Web site until
September 1, 2012.

The National Federation of the Blind is represented in this matter by
Daniel F. Goldstein of the Baltimore firm Brown, Goldstein, and Levy;
Laurence W. Paradis, Anna Levine, and Karla Gilbride of the Berkley
firm Disability Rights Advocates; and Scott C. LaBarre of the Denver
firm LaBarre Law Offices.

###

About the National Federation of the Blind

With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is
the largest and most influential membership organization of blind
people in the United States.  The NFB improves blind people's lives
through advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs
encouraging independence and self-confidence.  It is the leading force
in the blindness field today and the voice of the nation's blind.  In
January 2004 the NFB opened the National Federation of the Blind
Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in the
United States for the blind led by the blind.

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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:37:18 -0700
From: Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [Nyabs] Fwd: [nabs-l] Calling All Students!: May's Nabs
        Membership      Conference Call
Message-ID: <BANLkTik8kG-+6DJ0hA0k=a6TEN1CeH0U8A at mail.gmail.com>
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Liz Bottner <liziswhatis at hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:59:26 -0500
Subject: [nabs-l] Calling All Students!: May's Nabs Membership Conference Call
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>

Greetings fellow students,

For the topic of May's NABS Membership Committee conference call, we of the
Membership Committee turn to you! Three possible topics have come head to
head, and we need a winner. That is where you come in!

The proposed topics are the following:

1. A call all about technology and the strategies used to be a successful
student.

2. A Sports and Recreational Activities call.

3. A call that stemmed from a recent list serve topic questioning the
validity of the blind majority membership requirement within the NFB.

To cast your vote, please send an e-mail to

nabs.membership at gmail.com.

In the subject line of the e-mail, please indicate your choice: Technology,
Sports or Philosophy.

You have until Monday, May 2 to get your votes in. At that time, the numbers
will be tabulated and the topic of choice soon revealed! Additionally, in
your e-mail expressing your vote, if you have ideas of guest speakers for
the call, (even if that would be you yourself), please let us know. We want
to hear from you!

Technology, sports or philosophy, which will it be? You decide!

Sincerely,

Your Nabs Membership Committee

Liz Bottner
Co-Chair Membership committee
National Association of Blind Students

Guiding Eyes Graduate Council

GEB Voicemail:  800-942-0149 Ext. 2531

e-mail:

 <mailto:liziswhatis at hotmail.com> liziswhatis at hotmail.com

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 <http://unsilenceddream.livejournal.com/>
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