[Mn-abs] Fwd: [NFBMN-News] Our 2011 Day At The Capitol!

[Jordan Richardson]

Hey fellow students,

This is a tremendous opportunity to show the strength of the Minnesota
Association of Blind Students.  We must show the new legislature that
students care about these issues too.

Hope to see you on the 19th,
Jordan Richardson
mabs president

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From: Jennifer Dunnam <jennifer.dunnam at earthlink.net>
Date: 3 January 2011 22:19
Subject: [NFBMN-News] Our 2011 Day At The Capitol!
To: nfbmn-news at googlegroups.com


 To All Minnesota Federationists:



Our annual Day at the Capitol will take place on January 19, 2011.  This is
the day when Federationists from all over the state make our presence and
our issues known at the Minnesota Legislature, and we need you to come and
be a part of it.   Below is the information you'll need in order to be ready
for the day.



Before January 19, please do three things:



1) Know who your senator and representative are.  If you don’t know yet, you
can find out by either calling House information at 651-296-2146 and telling
them your address, or by going to
http://geo.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/districts/start.html

and entering your address.



2) Make an appointment to meet on January 19 with your representative and
senator.  You can find their contact information at the website or phone
number above.  Please make the appointments no earlier than 8:45 a.m.



3) Call Judy Sanders at 612-375-1625, to tell her with whom and what times
your appointments have been scheduled.  She will be coordinating the
schedule for the day and organizing teams so that no one has to go to a
legislator's office alone.  Those of you who live in districts where there
are many other Federationists living as well will want to coordinate with
one another and/or check with Judy ahead of time to see if an appointment
has already been made with your legislator.



On January 19:



Our headquarters for the day will be in room 300 North in the State Office
building, located at 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd in St. Paul.
Someone will be in the room all day to watch our belongings and to perform
other coordinating tasks.



The day begins at 8:15 A.M.  with the reading of the fact sheet and
discussion of the issues we will be bringing to our legislators, as well as
other logistics and questions you may have about the day.  Please arrive
promptly so we can get started right at 8:15. After going over the issues
together, we will divide up into teams.  Each team will be given a stack of
index cards with location information for the offices of the legislators and
appointment times.  Teams will go around the state office building and the
Capitol to meet with as many legislators as we can.  We will also be
distributing our fact sheet to legislators who are not available to meet
with us.



Please make plans to attend our Day at the Capitol--our legislators need to
see us in full force and to be informed about the issues important to blind
Minnesotans.  Even if you cannot be with us for the entire day, your help is
needed for whenever you can be there.



I look forward to seeing you all on January 19, 2011!  If you have any
questions, please feel free to call or e-mail!

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-- 
Jordan Richardson
President, Minnesota Association of Blind Students
lilrichie411 at gmail.com
“It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as
possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for
both yourself and others will come.”
--Dalai Lama