[Ohio-talk] Great news from Cleveland!

[COLLEEN ROTH]

Hi Cheryl,
Your event sounds wonderful. I think it would have been really rewarding and exciting to be there.
Having experienced people show us how to do things is a great way of learning them and figuring out what our best gifts and talents are.
I am glad that Marci Kaptur's Representative was there since her office is so sread out.
This would have been something for us to do in Toledo and I know we still need to get her to cosponsor the Bill on Fair  Labor. I do not think she has done this yet.
Have a great day!

Colleen Roth



----- Original Message -----
From: Cheryl Fields <cherylelaine1957 at gmail.com>
To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List ohio-talk at nfbnet.org
Date: Monday, May 20, 2013 2:59 pm
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Great news from Cleveland!

>
>
> Hello Barb,
> The Cleveland Chapter would like to thank you and Bob for being therre
> on Friday evening. We thank the Cuyahoga Chapter for their support,
> and all other guests, volunteers, and members. Hip hip hooray on our
> collective success! Barb, your experience and input really made it
> happen, thanks  again!
> We would encourage other chapters to be persistant, and if we can be
> of any assistance just let us know.
> Stay cool, drink plenty of water,
> Cheryl fields
> 
> On 5/20/13, Barbara Pierce <bbpierce at pobox.com> wrote:
> > I joined the Cleveland chapter Friday evening for a round table discussion
> > with reps from Marcy Kaptur's office and Marcia Fudge's office. Bev Charles
> > from the Fudge staff said that her boss was on both bills as a cosponsor. I
> > know that she had not been as of noon that day, so I gently said that her
> > name did not appear on Thomas, which was absolutely true. If Bev had
> > announced that the staff had decided that Ms. Fudge would support both
> > bills
> > that very day, she would have had the credit for that decision and the
> > thanks of the entire audience.
> >
> > I have now talked with Kyle Williams of Fudge's Washington staff, and he
> > assures me that they have given her name to the lead sponsors of both
> > bills!
> > She really is now on both bills, or she will be as soon as the list catches
> > up with the staff's action.
> >
> > I am absolutely certain that this would not have happened without the hard
> > work of the Cleveland chapter, and especially of Suzanne Turner. This
> > experience demonstrates why getting to members of Congress in the district
> > is so valuable.
> >
> > All three women in the Ohio congressional delegation are now cosponsors of
> > the space available bill, and the only two Ohioans on the Fair Wages for
> > Workers with Disabilities Act are Joyce Beatty and Marcia Fudge. Ohio now
> > has 11 cosponsors of the space available bill. We are over half way there.
> > Please do everything you can to increase our numbers on both bills, and
> > congratulations to Cleveland.
> >
> > Barbara
> >
> >
> > Barbara Pierce
> >
> > President Emerita
> >
> > National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
> >
> >
> >
> >
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