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

[Naim Abu-ElHawa]

Dear Fellow VABS MEMBERS:
Good Day!
I am proud to be a part of The Virginia Association of Blind Students; We are in a safe haven for an abundance of networking opportunities. This is only a starting point for one to grow and expand his or her professional and personal networks. Please take full advantage of every networking opportunity that shell arise through The Virginia Association of Blind Students. Thank you, all! Thank you so much!


Many Thanks And Much Respect.

Sincerely,



Naim Muawia Abu-El Hawa

Student: Northern Virginia Community College.
Member: Virginia Association of Blind Students.
Member: National Association of Blind Students.
Member: National Federation of the Blind.

Email Address: nmabuelhawa at gmail.com

Cell Phone Number: (202) 848-8932

"It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow."
Robert H. Goddard

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> On Aug 28, 2017, at 11:37 AM, Christopher Nusbaum via VABS <vabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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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