[Ohio-talk] Great news from Cleveland!

[Cheryl Fields]

Hi Colleen,
We should have more of these legislative round table discussions
together. As Beverly Charles said on Friday evening "The squeeky wheel
gets the grease!" and it is true. We should organize a phone banking
event, and include our families and friends, swanp the offices of
congressional hold outs and see what happens. Tell me what you think,
I will be on line on Friday afternoon. Talk to you soon, stay cool and
drink plenty of water,
Cheryl Fields

"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things
brought together."
 - Vincent Van Gogh


On 5/20/13, Eric Duffy <eduffy at deltav.org> wrote:
> I want to thank  and congratulate everyone who helped make this happen.
> This
> shows what we can accomplish when we are united and work together with a
> single purpose. In other words, this is an example of collective action at
> its best.
>
>
>
> Eric
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cheryl
> Fields
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 2:59 PM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
> 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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Peace