[VABS] Gift Card

[Michael Munn]

Hi Robert, does the letter has to be colege accessability issue or what?
can I write my letter about my middle school?
Best reguard
Michael Munn

Michael Munn
Member:
Virginia Association of Blind Student
Delicate:
Virginia Association of Blind Student
Student of:
Hadley Institute for the Blind
www.hadley.edu
Email address:
michaelrbms at gmail.com


On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 2:39 AM, Robert Parsons via VABS <vabs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> All
>
> This is a great opportunity for you to make your voice count in our state
> and nationwide. Please send any letters detailing your trouble with
> inaccessibility or any good reports of accessible learning materials to me
> at rob.parso3389 at gmail.com. I think that all of you should want to win a
> gift card for $25, so what will it hurt for you to take 145 minutes to
> write down a story of what happened with your accessibility journey? I look
> forward to reading your letters.
>
> Best
>
> Robert E. Parsons Jr.
> President, Richmond Chapter
> President, Virginia Association of Blind Students
> National Federation of the Blind of Virginia
> President, French Club
> Secretary, Caribbean American Student Alliance
> Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society ‘15
> Randolph Macon College '18
> Phone: 804 801 7674
> "Without struggle, there is no progress." -Frederick Douglass
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: VABS [mailto:vabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Andre Hill via
> VABS
> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2017 6:16 PM
> To: vabs at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Andre Hill <andrehill6188 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [VABS] Gift Card
>
> Good Evening Fellow VABS Members,
>
> I hope that this letter finds you all safe and sound.
>
> As President Parsons' said in his previous email that we need to get at
> least 5 letters from you explaining your interactions with inaccessibility
> materials whether it is positive or negative.
>
> I imagine some of you might be thinking that your story probably won't
> make a difference but that is not the case. We have made significant
> changes in the world of disability right and many of those changes started
> with letters from parents, teachers, advocates and especially STUDENTS just
> like you who told your stories and let your voices be heard. Each year,
> more and more students are facing the future unprepared because of
> inaccessible materials in schools. This must stop now!! The future is ours
> to shape and mold but we must do it together and I am asking for your help.
>
> Besides being able to let your voice be hear and make lasting change, we
> are adding an incentive, we are raffling off a $25 gift card. Any student
> who sends us a letter will be placed in a drawing to win that gift card.
> Only one letter per person.
>
> We are asking that all of the letters are turned in by December 18, 2017
> at 11:59pm.
>
>
> Yours Sincerely,
>
> Andre' E. Hill
>
> -Chair, Legislative Committee
> Virginia Association of Blind Students
> National Federation of the Blind
>
> -Member- Planning Activities Committee & Alumni Advisory Council Maryland
> Youth Leadership Forum
>
> -Student Member
> Electronic Information & Technology Advisory Board Tidewater Community
> College
>
>
> "I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm
> going is what inspires me to travel it.”-Rosalía de Castro
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