[Blindtlk] Fwd: ACB Radio: Quiet Cars on the Next Marlaina

[David Andrews]

>
>From: Marlaina on ACB Radio marlaina at acbradio.org
>To: friends at acbradio.or
>
>The issue of quiet cars is very much in the news these days.  And, it is
>an
>issue which impacts all of us.
>
>On the next Marlaina, I will be joined by Karen Gourgey, ACB New York,
>and
>Debbie Kent Stein, National Federation of the Blind of Illinois.
>  These women have been working on the quiet car issue, and have joined
>forces to move this issue along and keep it on the radar screens of
>those
>who need to be aware of the potentially life-threatening impact these
>hybrid
>vehicles can have on people who are blind.
>
>Karen Gourgey, President of the Greater New York Chapter of ACB of New
>York,
>has a background in education and is currently employed at the Computer
>Center for visually Impaired People at Baruch College, City
>University of New York; she has held a position with the College since
>1980.
>She has been involved in advocacy issues of concern to people with
>visual
>disabilities since the 1970's, and is committed to continually working
>to
>bring accessible computer and technologies to the hands of blind people.
>Additionally, Karen is co-chair of ACB's Environmental Access Committee.
>
>Debbie Kent Stein is the First Vice President of the National Federation
>of
>the Blind of Illinois, and President of its Chicago chapter.  She is a
>freelance writer, mostly of books for children and young adults.  She
>has a
>background in social work, and worked for several years in
>community mental health in New York City.  She chairs NFB's Committee on
>Automobiles and
>Pedestrian Safety, also known as the Quiet Cars Committee.
>
>I think you will agree that these two women are the leaders in our
>community
>when it comes to this topic.  I am very eager to interview them and
>learn
>from them.  This is such an important issue, I urge each and every
>listener
>to ACB Radio to join me for this program, learn the facts and then what
>you
>can do.  One voice is power, many voices together are voices of
>empowerment
>with a chorus of creating change.
>
>
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>
>Marlaina
>
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