[nfb-talk] NFB beginnings

Wed Aug 9 22:43:10 UTC 2017

Even in parts of this country those can be issues.  For example, I live in a 
geographically large fairly rural and most of the blind people live in more 
concentrated areas in the southern part of the state.  I live in the 
hinterlands up north, nice area but not an easy area to meet more blind 
folks because of transportation issues.  One way we handle this problem is 
to have what we refer to as conference phone calls.  These calls involve 
calling a conference number and having a number of people talking to each 
other in the same call.  That has become easier to do now because many of us 
in this country now have unlimited long-distance plans which allow us to 
call anywhere in the continental United States without being charged extra. 
Of course it's better to meet in person, but this does help quite a bit in 
allowing us to have regular meetings.

Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
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From: adrijana prokopenko via nfb-talk
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I live in a small country and the blind people are all scattered
around. There is a state blindness association, but I think time came
for us to do something different. it proves hard because for many
transportation and financial matters are a problem to keep meeting
others more often.

On 8/8/17, Star Gazer via nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I haven't read NFB's book.
> Some you may enjoy are My Eyes Have A Cold Nose
> And Meet My Girls.
> Both involve dog users, but the take-away at least for me is that like 
> with
> all things, those who have the will and the support network and the good
> timing to be born at the right time can do just about anything. Get enough
> of those people together and change happens.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ringlein,
> Ellen via nfb-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 8:24 AM
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Ringlein, Ellen <ERinglein at nfb.org>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] NFB beginnings
>
> Adrijana,
>
> You may find it interesting to read part or all of the book Walking Alone
> and Marching Together, which covers the first fifty years of NFB history.
> Here are link to the book online.
>
> HTML version:
> https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/books/books1/wamtc.htm
>
> Audio version
> https://nfb.org/WAMT
>
> Cordially,
>
> Ellen
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of adrijana
> prokopenko via nfb-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2017 5:19 AM
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> Cc: adrijana prokopenko
> Subject: [nfb-talk] NFB beginnings
>
>  Hi all,
>
>  Wondering if anyone here has ever been in contact with the NFB founders 
> or
> anyone else who was greatly involved since the Federation's beginnings and
> how it all started? I found the basics on the NFB site, but I am getting 
> to
> wonder what things were like then for the blind on a daily basis, how it
> was
> that they could meet and hold meetings and make arrangements of all kinds
> at
> that time when orientation and mobility and other blindness skills were 
> not
> much known or taught to the blind. I am sure that the founders and others
> who were involved have already proved themselves and their abilities, but 
> I
> guess it is always nice to hear stories of all kinds that may lead someone
> somewhere. Not everywhere in the world the blind have equal opportunities
> and I hope it would be of help to some of us.
>
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