[nabs-l] Protests on College Campuses

[Justin Salisbury]

Fellow Federationists:

I've been thinking about an idea for how NABS can contribute to the legislative work of the National Federation of the Blind, and I have talked with a few friends about it. Now, I want to ask what the NABS membership thinks of it.

We could coordinate protests on college campuses and do it strategically to raise awareness to our legislative causes. I bet there are a lot of college students who would stand up and protest subminimum wages if they only knew about it. We could do it with our other bills, too,

Another dimension we could add is If we coordinated them to be all on the same day, or at least multiple ones on the same day. This could help us get national media attention. For example: Today, students at Harvard, Yale, Louisiana Tech, and four other universities protested the outdated practice of paying wages like three cents per hour to workers with disabilities.

This would require heavy involvement of local students, but the returns could be amazing.

What do people think of this idea?

Yours,

Justin

Justin Salisbury - Running Thunder Phoenix
Graduate Student
Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness
Louisiana Tech University
Email: jms132 at latech.edu<mailto:jms132 at latech.edu>
Twitter: @SalisburyJustin

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