From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Thu May 2 10:10:56 2013 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 03:10:56 -0700 Subject: [Uabs] Announcing the NABS mentoring program Message-ID: <1C0CA936-395C-43BB-8777-F33463B0BC89@gmail.com> Greetings: The National Association of Blind Students is excited to announce that we will be hosting a mentoring program as part of the activities for students at the 2013 NFB national convention, being held in Orlando Florida from July 1 to July6. We will be pairing students up with one-on-one student mentors who are experienced with national convention and, ideally, share professional and other interests. I know, this sounds great. But, to make it work, we need your participation! We are looking for folks who would be interested in having, or serving as, a student mentor during the week of convention. When selecting mentees, we will give preference to first-time convention attendees. But if there is enough space, we would like to open it up to those of you who have already attended a convention as well. In order to be a mentee, you must: Be a high school junior or senior, or a current college or graduate student (nontraditional students are welcome); and Be available to attend a welcome meeting with us on Monday, July 1 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. If you want to apply to become a mentee, please fill out a short survey at: http://nabslink.org/drupal/content/mentee-form In order to be a mentor, you must: Have attended at least one NFB convention before; Be a current college or graduate student, or have graduated within the last two years (nontraditional students are welcome); and Be available to attend a welcome meeting with us on Monday, July 1 from 6:00-7:30 p.m., and then be willing to spend some time with your mentee throughout the week. If you want to apply to become a mentor, please fill out a short survey at: http://nabslink.org/drupal/content/mentor-form Please share this with your friends or anybody who might be interested. Thank you for your interest in this new NABS program! Darian Smith 2nd Vice President, National Association of Blind Students dsmithnfb at gmail.com www.nabslink.org Follow the National Association of Blind Students on twitter: @nabslink -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Thu May 9 17:59:04 2013 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 10:59:04 -0700 Subject: [Uabs] Reminder: Announcing the NABS mentoring program In-Reply-To: <1C0CA936-395C-43BB-8777-F33463B0BC89@gmail.com> References: <1C0CA936-395C-43BB-8777-F33463B0BC89@gmail.com> Message-ID: <3EF16E42-6347-4303-A9CA-368F8CDE1A09@gmail.com> > Greetings: > > > > The National Association of Blind Students is excited to announce that we will be hosting a mentoring program as part of the activities for students at the 2013 NFB national convention, being held in Orlando Florida from July 1 to July6. We will be pairing students up with one-on-one student mentors who are experienced with national convention and, ideally, share professional and other interests. I know, this sounds great. But, to make it work, we need your participation! > > > > We are looking for folks who would be interested in having, or serving as, a student mentor during the week of convention. When selecting mentees, we will give preference to first-time convention attendees. But if there is enough space, we would like to open it up to those of you who have already attended a convention as well. > > In order to be a mentee, you must: > > Be a high school junior or senior, or a current college or graduate student (nontraditional students are welcome); and > Be available to attend a welcome meeting with us on Monday, July 1 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. > If you want to apply to become a mentee, please fill out a short survey at: > > http://nabslink.org/drupal/content/mentee-form > > > > In order to be a mentor, you must: > > Have attended at least one NFB convention before; > Be a current college or graduate student, or have graduated within the last two years (nontraditional students are welcome); and > Be available to attend a welcome meeting with us on Monday, July 1 from 6:00-7:30 p.m., and then be willing to spend some time with your mentee throughout the week. > If you want to apply to become a mentor, please fill out a short survey at: > > http://nabslink.org/drupal/content/mentor-form > > > > Please share this with your friends or anybody who might be interested. > > > > Thank you for your interest in this new NABS program! > > Darian Smith > 2nd Vice President, National Association of Blind Students > dsmithnfb at gmail.com > > www.nabslink.org > Follow the National Association of Blind Students on twitter: @nabslink > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Sat May 11 19:26:03 2013 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 12:26:03 -0700 Subject: [Uabs] The National Association of Blind Students Presents: The Basics of NFB Philosophy Message-ID: Greetings Fellow Students! We have all no doubt heard the term "Federation Philosophy" at one point or another, but how many of us can say that we truly understand it's meaning? Fortunately we have experienced leaders in the Federation to explain the basics of NFB Philosophy to those of us who really want to understand it, and are curious enough to ask questions. Join NABS as we welcome special guest presenter Pam Allen, President of the NFB of Louisiana, treasurer of the NFB board of directors, and Director of the Louisiana Center for the Blind (LCB) as we discuss what exactly is the philosophy of the national Federation of the Blind. We are excited to have such a respected and admired member of our movement taking time out of her evening to have this discussion, so we really hope you can join us. When: Thursday, May 16th, 2013. 9p.m. ET. Call: (605) - 475 - 6700 and enter code 7869673. Darian Smith 2nd Vice President, National Association of Blind Students dsmithnfb at gmail.com www.nabslink.org Follow the National Association of Blind Students on twitter: @nabslink From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Thu May 16 23:17:30 2013 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 16:17:30 -0700 Subject: [Uabs] The National Association of Blind Students Presents: The Basics of NFB Philosophy In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > > > Greetings Fellow Students! > We have all no doubt heard the term "Federation Philosophy" at one point or another, but how many of us can say that we truly understand it's meaning? > Fortunately we have experienced leaders in the Federation to explain the basics of NFB Philosophy to those of us who really want to understand it, and are curious enough to ask questions. > > Join NABS as we welcome special guest presenter Pam Allen, President of the NFB of Louisiana, treasurer > of the NFB board of directors, and Director of the Louisiana Center for the Blind (LCB) as we discuss what exactly is the philosophy of the national Federation of the Blind. > We are excited to have such a respected and admired member of our movement taking time out of her evening to have this discussion, so we really hope you can join us. > > When: Thursday, May 16th, 2013. 9p.m. ET. > Call: (605) - 475 - 6700 and enter code 7869673. > > > Darian Smith > 2nd Vice President, National Association of Blind Students > dsmithnfb at gmail.com > > www.nabslink.org > Follow the National Association of Blind Students on twitter: @nabslink > From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Fri May 17 03:47:00 2013 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 20:47:00 -0700 Subject: [Uabs] The Epic Philosophy call. Message-ID: Greetings Federation family, I would like to take this opportunity to thank each of you for making this philosophy call a wonderful success. We talked about a lot of great things and asked a lot of important questions which were only limited by time (we all have places to go in the morning, of course). I would like to Thank Pam Allen and Anil Lewis for spending their time and sharing their wisdom with us, as they communicated their experiences/ shared their love for the federation and support for NABS. Words cannot express the excitement and energy i felt from you all, and I Thank you for spending over two hours learning, giving and gaining. The truth is, we all are a part of this great movement and together we can do exceptional things. Hopefully, we never forget this. If for some reason we do, we have friends, family in the federation that will remind us, and stand with us as we push for personal success, and full independence for the blind. Best, Darian From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Sun May 19 21:28:16 2013 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 14:28:16 -0700 Subject: [Uabs] Fwd: NOPBC Style Show Application References: <1368974066.37417.YahooMailNeo@web5804.biz.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I have been asked to circulate the following Begin forwarded message: > From: Kim Cunningham > Subject: NOPBC Style Show Application > Date: May 19, 2013 7:34:26 AM PDT > To: Darian Smith > Reply-To: Kim Cunningham > > Darian, > Would you please send out the attached invitation to the NABS listserv? You are welcome to send to any other listservs who would meet the age requirements also. > > Thank you for your help! > > Sincerely, > Kim Cunningham > 2nd V.P., NOPBC > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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