[Ohio-talk] Cincinnati Chapter News

[Sheri Albers]

You got it Ali! Thank you very much.

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> On Oct 13, 2018, at 10:38 AM, Ali Benmerzouga <ali.benmerzouga at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Great job Sheri! 
> 
> Thanks for letting the public know about what the white cane means to Blind
> people, and what we can confidently, proudly and independently do with it on
> a daily basis. The sky is the limit so far!
> 
> We can certainly live the life we happily want, blindness is for sure not
> what holds us back!
> 
> As our late NFB President, Kenneth Jernigan more or less said,  "we need to
> replace every cannot by yes I can, then  look for the how to/alternative,
> and happily assure ourselves by actively saying why not!" Hence, if there is
> a serious will, there is always a way/many ways to handle the task!
> 
> Keep the good work up!!!
> 
> Thanks for sharing.
> 
> Ali
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Sheri Albers via
> Ohio-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 9:52 AM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>; NFB
> of Ohio Cincinnati Chapter List <cinci-nfb at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Sheri Albers <sheri.albers87 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Ohio-talk] Cincinnati Chapter News
> 
> Good Morning NFB of Ohio,
> 
> On Monday, the NFB of Cincinnati celebrated White Cane Awareness Day and
> Meet the Blind Month in downtown Cincinnati. We met at City Hall and had
> Vice Mayor Christopher Smitherman read our two proclamations, while I spoke
> on the history behind the event. We then did our annual White Cane Walk to
> Fountain Square, where we had a Meet-And-Greet with the public to hand out
> literature, and broke out into dance, led by Clovernook Center for the Blind
> and Visually Impaired. It was a beautiful day in the Nati! Thank you to all
> who participated.
> 
> Here is the link to the news story from WCPO Channel 9:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ5-15NdRds
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Sheri Albers, Vice President
> 
> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
> 
> 513.886.8697
> 
> Sheri.albers87 at gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
> expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
> between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
> blindness is not what holds you back.
> 
> 
> 
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