[VABS] VABS Movie and Mingle Recap: What Was Missed

[Christopher Nusbaum]

This sounds like a very exciting event, and a great way to get students involved while having a good time! Connections are what we're all about, and it seems like VABS is doing a wonderful job of fostering them. Way to go!

I hope you are planning to conduct similar events across the state, as VA is a big state and one which covers a wide area. As is understandable with states of this size, there are areas which don't receive wide Federation coverage—the area in which I go to school, for example. It's important to reach out to students in these areas as well, but I'm sure you already know that. Congratulations on a soccessful start to a worthy project!

Chris Nusbaum

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> On Aug 27, 2017, at 12:26 PM, Robert Parsons via VABS <vabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello VABS
> 
> 
> 
> So yesterday was the first VABS social event, Movie and Mingle. This event,
> aimed at allowing students to meet that may have never crossed paths or
> spoken before, was the beginning of more events like it. Students met at the
> United Artist West Tower Regal Cinemas in the West End of Richmond and saw
> Anna Bell: The Creation, a horror film. Aside from understanding how to work
> the descriptive audio devices, and Robert screaming like a girl, the movie
> portion of this event was almost seamless. After the movie, the gang piled
> into an Uber and went 11 blocks east to have lunch at TGI Friday's, where
> the camaraderie and fellowship ensued while endless appetizers were
> devoured. There were a few high points that came out of this event:
> 
> 
> 
> 1.    We have a new student member, LaTeia Randolph. She is a student from
> Williamsburg that attends Reynolds Community College in Richmond. I am
> adding her to the list as I write this.
> 2.      We have learned that Regal cinemas have the most abundant amount
> of descriptive audio devices in Richmond. Unlike other theaters, the one we
> attended can serve up to 15 blind individuals that require them in one
> sitting. 
> 3.    TGI Friday's has the best cheesecake ever. Ok, maybe that one was a
> personal highlight.
> 
> I would like to thank the students that registered, attended and mingled. I
> especially want to thank the students that came from Northern Virginia to
> attend this event. I hope that their attendance sends a message to the whole
> group that distance is not the easy way out of attending an event that VABS
> throws. Don't let your fear of travel or finance stop you from having a good
> time, because when it is time to face the real world and you are invited
> places that won't always be3 attractive to a friend, coworker, or
> supervisor. Stay tuned for more emails about upcoming VABS events. 
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
> Robert E. Parsons Jr.
> 
> President, Richmond Chapter
> 
> President, Virginia Association of Blind Students
> 
> National Federation of the Blind of Virginia
> 
> Randolph Macon College '18 
> 
> Phone: 804 200 3275
> 
> "Without struggle, there is no progress." -Frederick Douglass
> 
> 
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