[Perform-Talk] division news and updates

[Amy Sabo]

thanjks gary for your input on this thought about having thre division
write a piece about blind actors for the monitor. maybe Julie or the
board could pursue this in the upcoming year or someone else who is in
that capacity could seek out this possibility! this thread was for a
update from one of the board members about what happened at convention
year with the activities of the division but, thanks for your input on
this list! and, keep on reading on as well too!




sincerely,
amy

On 9/5/17, Gary Wunder via Perform-talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I am not a close follower of this list, but I post to make a request. We
> have been running articles during 2017 focusing on what your division is
> all
> about--breaking the glass ceiling, getting more blind people as actors, and
> actively exploring how to combat what seem to be real barriers that need
> attention. Unfortunately we have heard nothing from the people who ought to
> know the most about this and have the most to win if we succeed and lose
> if,
> through our organization's failure to understand, we do nothing.
>
> I need articles from your division. Who has tried to get a job as an actor
> and been denied. What were the circumstances? We seem to agree that blind
> people should be cast to play blind people. Do we have blind actors who
> have
> applied for recent roles in which sighted actors with fantastic name
> recognition have been cast? What do we think about blind people being
> limited to roles in which a blind person is being played? If we believe we
> can be sighted actors, how do we act sighted in a way that is convincing to
> a sighted audience?
>
> I suspect many of you have ideas, but does the division have thoughtout
> positions in response to these questions? Am I more likely to get an
> article
> if I take contributions from anyone who wants to comment, or should the
> Monitor publish a position adopted by the division?
>
> I look for your guidance. I believe that, absent a division response, our
> concern comes off looking pretty hollow. I think we have more to offer than
> complaining and that any move to solve this problem will require us. It
> usually does, and the best solutions are the ones in which we are involved.
>
> Though I will monitor this list, feel free to write to me at
> gwunder at nfb.org
>
> Thank you for reading, and please keep reading the Braille Monitor or start
> reading if you aren't a regular reader.
>
> Gary
>
>
>
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