[Nfbc-info] Call to Action

[Angela Fowler]

The Hearing is Thursday, we will be passing out information Wednesday. 

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Is that Wednesday or Thursday?  


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On Mar 18, 2012, at 9:29 PM, "Angela Fowler" <fowlers at syix.com> wrote:

> Hello fellow Californians,
> 
>    All are encouraged to attend the hearing described in the below
message.
> Also, I and several people from the River City chapter will be at the 
> capitol this Wednesday, March 21 at around 9:30 am. We will be 
> visiting the offices of those on the Senate Committee on Budget and 
> Fiscal Review, passing out information and talking with the senators 
> and their staff about the impact of the budget cuts mentioned below. 
> If you can make it to the capitol on Wednesday at around 9:30 am, 
> please contact me at 530-902-0987, or reply to this message.
> 
> Hope to see all of you at the capitol this week. 
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> Angela Fowler
> 
> 
> Hello Member & Friends,
> 
> We need your help!  On Thursday, March 22 at 9:30 A.M. the Senate 
> Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review will hold a hearing in the capitol.
> 
> We need blind people to appear at that hearing.  I would like to know 
> who is available for this critical job.  The committee will be 
> considering budget cuts at that time.  This is the time for all of us 
> to step up and be seen at the capitol.
> 
> The cuts are going to hurt blind children who attend the California 
> School for the Blind, as well as, the two schools for the deaf.  The 
> cut is 1.8 million dollars.  The message we need to communicate is 
> that they are forgeting that there was a 1.5 million dollar cut last 
> year.  Together that equals 3.3 million dollars.  This is not fiar to 
> all blind children who benefit from the technology training and 
> support outreach programs to school districts all over the state.
> 
> We need members to actually visit the Budget committee members 
> offices. I will be sending that information out as well as talking 
> points for people to stress when they visit the offices.
> 
> Blind people need to be visible and heard.  If you cannot make it to 
> the hearing, you can still visit the offices before then.  The message 
> will still be loud and clear.
> 
> Thank you,
> Mary Willows, President
> National Federation of the Blind of California 
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