[nfbmi-talk] Fw: [NH_ADAPT] an manefesto from NFB 1971 that still rings true

[joe harcz Comcast]

Interesting that this shows up on my old Neew Hampshire ADAPT list. These are sure words for the likes of MCB to weiahg heavily.


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From: ADAPT
Date: Mon, May 31, 2010 at 3:43 PM
Subject: an manefesto from NFB 1971 that still rings true
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In 1971 the leader of the organized blind movement in the United
States sent a message to the agencies serving the blind. This is what
he said:

If you tell us that you are important and necessary to our lives, we
reply: It is true. But tear down every agency for the blind in the
nation, destroy every workshop, and burn every professional journal;
and we can build them all back if they are needed. But take away the
blind, and your journals will go dusty on the shelves. Your counselors
will walk the streets for work, and your broomcorn will mold and rot
in your sheltered shops. Yes, we need you; but you need us, too. We
intend to have a voice in your operation and your decisions since what
you do affects our lives. We intend to have representation on your
boards, and we intend for you to recognize our organizations and treat
us as equals. We are not your wards, and there is no way for you to
make us your wards. The only question left to be answered is whether
you will accept the new conditions and work with us in peace and
partnership or whether we must drag you kicking and screaming into the
new era. But enter the new era you will, like it or not.

Kenneth Jernigan delivered that emphatic message at the 1971
convention of the National Federation of the Blind

http://nfb.org/legacy/books/books1/wam13.htm


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