[Txabs] Reminder: Texas ACE Contacts

[Gabe Cazares]

Howdy Fellow Federationists,

I hope y'all had a wonderful weekend! I'm just resending the following
message to encourage everyone to reach out to these offices sometime this
week. We need to keep the pressure up on ACE.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me
off-list.

Thanks,

 

...Gabe

 

Gabe Cazares

281-965-9583

Twitter: @gmcazares

 

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From: Gabe Cazares [mailto:gcazares10 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 6:26 PM
To: txabs at nfbnet.org; members at nfbtx.org
Subject: Texas ACE Contacts

 

TABSters and NFB of Texas Family,

I'm writing to encourage everyone to reach out to Texas' Ace
representatives. University of Houston System Chancellor and University of
Houston President Renu Khator currently serves as ACE's Vice Chair, and is
slated as its Chair-Elect. Diana Natalicio, President of the University of
Texas at El Paso, is currently serving is ACE's Immediate Past-Chair. Since
some have reached out wanting to help who don't have a Twitter account, I
have compiled contact information which includes phone numbers and Email
addresses.

If you make a phone call or send an Email, please keep your message short,
concise, and most importantly on topic. Also, if you do call, please send me
an Email letting me know you have done so, we will then be able to track the
number of phone calls placed. If you send an Email, please CC me in that
email at:  <mailto:gcazares at nfbtx.org> gcazares at nfbtx.org, again this will
assist us in tracking the number of Emails that are sent.

For those of you that are on Twitter, please do your part, now. Composing a
tweet takes about 30 seconds, if you are having trouble coming up with
messaging of your own, search the hashtag #TEACHAct for ideas; borrow some
of the content, customize it, and send.

Everyone who will be tweeting and Emailing, don't forget to include links to
either the blog post by President Riccobono, the op-ed by NFBMA President
Kyle Shachmut, or the recently launched TEACH Act video produced by our
national center staff. Links to all three can be found below. Finally, don't
forget to include @ACEducation and the hashtag #TEACHAct in all your tweets.

Let's keep up the pressure on ACE!

 

...Gabe

 

Links:

President Riccobono's blog post:
<https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/unachievable-or-unwanted-why-ace-opposed-acc
essibility-guidelines>
https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/unachievable-or-unwanted-why-ace-opposed-acce
ssibility-guidelines

Kyle Shachmut's op-ed:
<http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/09/05/education-technology-college-
lobbyists-are-keeping-disabled-students-behind/jQ8UFe44BeFBumbTTqBzFL/story.
html>
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/09/05/education-technology-college-l
obbyists-are-keeping-disabled-students-behind/jQ8UFe44BeFBumbTTqBzFL/story.h
tml

TEACH video:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU4MBIluhD0&feature=em-upload_owner>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU4MBIluhD0&feature=em-upload_owner

 

ACE Reps' Contact Info:

 

Renu Khator - Vice Chair / Chair-elect 
Chancellor, University of Houston System and President, University of
Houston

Link to Email form: http://www.uh.edu/president/about/contact/

Phone: (713) 743-8820

Twitter: @UHpres

 

Diana Natalicio- Immediate Past Chair 
President, The University of Texas at El Paso

Email: dnatalicio at utep.edu

Phone: (915) 747-5555

Twitter: @utepnews

 

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