[Nfbf-l] Fwd: White Cane Safety Day Event In Orlando!!!

David Evans drevans at bellsouth.net
Mon Oct 4 15:57:52 UTC 2010 



Dear All,

The Palm Beach County Chapter, of the National Federation of the Blind, will 
be staging it's White Cane Safety Day on Friday, October 29, with a 
demonstration at the very busy intersection of Congress Ave. and Forest Hill 
Blvd.
This location will bring us together with no less than 4 police departments, 
who be observing and enforcing the White Cane Law for us.  We will 
circumnavigate the intersection, with the change of the lights, with our 
White Canes, Guide Dogs and friends from 10 AM to 1:00 PM.
We will have a Press Conference at Noon and the reading of a Proclamation.
The rally address is 1733 South Congress Ave. and there will be an 
information table, chairs and a water station.  Afterwards we will have 
lunch at one of the cafes in the shopping center on the corner.
We will be passing out copies of the White Cane Law to drivers and 
passersby.  We have invited many other groups and organizations to come and 
join us and increase awareness of the White Cane Law.
The TV Media will be in attendance

On October 16, we will be taking part in our 5TH. annual "Dining in the 
Dark" event in Support of the Florida Outreach Center for the Blind.  More 
than 150 people are expected at this years event and honors such as the 
Doctor Thomas Hardig Award will be presented to a deserving Blind person who 
has done great work in our area to advance the lot of Blind People .
On October 5, We will be receiving a Proclamation from our County 
Commissioner proclaiming the Month of October as Blindness Awareness Month 
and The observance of our White Cane Safety Day.

David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.

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> LIghthouse Central Florida Is Planning a White Cane Safety Day Event on
> Friday Oct. 15, 2010 .
> They are planning refreshments and the whole Gig. More information to
> follow from Mary Clark at Lighthouse. If you want to contact her call
> 407-898-2483
>
> White Cane Safety Day: A Symbol of Independence
> by Marc Maurer
> In February of 1978 a young blind lady said, “I encounter people all of 
> the
> time who bless me, extol my independence, call me brave and courageous,
> and  thoroughly miss the boat as to what the real significance of the 
> white
> cane  is.”
> The National Federation of the Blind in convention assembled on the 6th 
> day
> of July, 1963, called upon the governors of the fifty states to proclaim
> October 15 of each year as White Cane Safety Day in each of our fifty
> states.  On October 6, 1964, a joint resolution of the Congress, HR 753, 
> was
> signed  into law authorizing the President of the United States to 
> proclaim
> October 15  of each year as “White Cane Safety Day.” This resolution said: 
> “
> Resolved by  the Senate and House of Representatives…, that the President 
> is
> hereby  authorized to issue annually a proclamation designating October 15 
> as
> White  Cane Safety Day and calling upon the people of the United States to
> observe  such a day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.”
> Within hours of the passage of the congressional joint resolution
> authorizing the President to proclaim October 15 as White Cane Safety Day, 
> then
> President Lyndon B. Johnson recognized the importance of the white cane 
> as a
> staff of independence for blind people. In the first Presidential White 
> Cane
> Proclamation President Johnson commended the blind for the growing spirit
> of independence and the increased determination to be self-reliant that 
> the
> organized blind had shown. The Presidential proclamation said:
> The white cane in our society has become one of the symbols of a blind
> person’s ability to come and go on his own. Its use has promoted courtesy 
> and
> special consideration to the blind on our streets and highways. To make 
> our
> people more fully aware of the meaning of the white cane and of the need
> for  motorists to exercise special care for the blind persons who carry it
> Congress, by a joint resolution approved as of October 6, 1964, has 
> authorized
> the President to proclaim October 15 of each year as White Cane Safety
> Day.
> Now, therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of
> America do hereby proclaim October 15, 1964 as White Cane Safety Day.
> With those stirring words President Johnson issued the first White Cane
> Proclamation which was the culmination of a long and serious effort on the
> part of the National Federation of the Blind to gain recognition for the
> growing independence and self-sufficiency of blind people in America, and 
> also
> to gain recognition of the white cane as the symbol of that independence 
> and
> that self-reliance.
> The first of the state laws regarding the right of blind people to travel
> independently with the white cane was passed in 1930. In 1966, Dr. Jacobus
> tenBroek, the founder of the National Federation of the Blind, drafted the
> model White Cane Law. This model act--which has become known as the Civil
> Rights Bill for the Blind, the Disabled, and the Otherwise Physically
> Handicapped-–contains a provision designating October 15 as White Cane 
> Safety
> Day. Today there is a variant of the White Cane Law on the statute books 
> of
> every state in the nation.
> From 1963 (and even before) when the National Federation of the Blind
> sought to have White Cane Safety Day proclaimed as a recognition of the 
> rights
> of blind persons, to 1978 when a blind pedestrian met with 
> misunderstanding
> regarding the true meaning of the white cane, is but a short time in the
> life  of a movement. In 1963, a comparatively small number of blind people 
> had
> achieved sufficient independence to travel alone on the busy highways of
> our  nation. In 1978 that number has not simply increased but multiplied a
> hundredfold. The process began in the beginning of the organized blind
> movement and continues today. There was a time when it was unusual to see 
> a
> blind person on the street, to find a blind person working in an office, 
> or to
> see a blind person operating machinery in a factory. This is still all too
> uncommon. But it happens more often and the symbol of this independence is
> the  white cane. The blind are able to go, to move, to be, and to compete
> with all  others in society. The means by which this is done is that 
> simple
> tool, the  white cane. With the growing use of the white cane is an added
> element–-the  wish and the will to be free–-the unquenchable spirit and 
> the
> inextinguishable  determination to be independent. With these our lives 
> are
> changed, and the  prospects for blind people become bright. That is what 
> White
> Cane Safety Day  is all about. That is what we do in the National 
> Federation
> of the Blind
> _Model  White Cane Law_
> (http://www.nfb.org/nfb/model_white_cane_bill.asp?SnID=1772185191)
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