[VABS] Gift Card

[Andre Hill]

Michael,

Since the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act covers K-12
accommodations, we would need a letter regarding your postsecondary
education experience when it comes to accessible materials.


Andre'

On Nov 18, 2017 9:08 AM, "Michael Munn via VABS" <vabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> 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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