[Colorado-talk] A bit of NFBCO History

Thu Aug 10 01:49:35 UTC 2017

Wow! I was a hyoung Federationist in training.  I remember well that
building at 17th and Emerson streets! I also rememb er well Judy Miller, and
I followed her suit against the Denver public schools.  Judy taught a Sunday
afternoon class for young blind kids at the Jewish Community center back
then. I didn't get to meet Lyle Neff until some 6 years later, when I joined
the NFB of Denver. Dianne McGeorge and Ray were my role models back then.
Yes NFB of Colorado has indeed come a long way Since those days!

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From: Colorado-Talk [mailto:colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Diane Mcgeorge via Colorado-Talk
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Subject: Re: [Colorado-talk] A bit of NFBCO History

I rarely respond to our Colorado Talk though I never miss reading it.  All
who contribute do such a great job. 

But I have to respond to the one on NFBCO history.
We were a young, struggling affiliate in those days and yet we did a lot for
blind people.
And yes, I remember that snow storm!
The convention brought back so many memories for me and it also emphasized
the tremendous growth we have made over the years.
All right, you 200s  and 3-year-olds, now you see what you can do over the
next number of years.
We have so many bright, competent leaders coming along and our president
knows how to develop them and does a tremendous job.
Congratulations to all of us!
Diane

In case you don't know who Ms. Judy Miller was at the time of that
convention...just ask me!
C olorado fought for the right to Judy as a blind teacher to teach in the
Denver public schools.  And we won!
Now blind people can teach anywhere in this state and never stop to think
how all that came into being.
So, adain, contraulations to all of us!

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From: Colorado-Talk [mailto:colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Dan Burke via Colorado-Talk
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2017 4:28 PM
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Cc: Dan Burke
Subject: Re: [Colorado-talk] A bit of NFBCO History

very cool!

On 8/9/17, ann--- via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> nicely told Chip, I can really imagine that first event! Thanks, Ann
>
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>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [Colorado-talk] A bit of NFBCO History
>> From: Chip Johnson via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: Wed, August 09, 2017 9:38 am
>> To: "'NFB of Colorado Discussion List (colorado-talk at nfbnet.org)'"
>> <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Chip Johnson <cjohnson at cocenter.org>
>>
>>
>> While looking for something else on www.nfb.org<http://www.nfb.org>, 
>> I ran across this article from the Braille Monitor of Janurary, 1973 
>> in a section called Roundup of State Conventions. As you can see, we 
>> were alive and well back then.
>>
>> COLORADO CONVENTION
>> by
>> John W. Bear
>> The National Federation of the Blind of Colorado, formerly Colorado 
>> Federation of the Blind, held its annual convention at the Holiday 
>> Inn in Fort Collins, Colorado, on Saturday and Sunday November 11-12, 
>> 1972. Two busy days began when President Lyle Neff called the 
>> convention to order shortly before 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning.
>> President Lyle Neff is to be commended for an excellent job of 
>> chairing the convention, in spite of innumerable changes in his 
>> original program and what he felt was his own lack of experience.
>> Mr. Manuel Urena, formerly of the Iowa Commission for the Blind, had 
>> been scheduled as the main speaker but became ill. Although not asked 
>> until about 9:00 p.m. the previous Thursday, Perry Sundquist, editor 
>> of The Braille Monitor, came to Colorado from California and gave two 
>> excellent talks as well as assisting in other activities. Other 
>> speakers included Dr. H. A. Fonkin, ophthalmologist; Mr. James 
>> Shubert, administrator of the Colorado Library Services of the Blind 
>> and
Physically Handicapped; Mrs.
>> Marie Stauter, chairman of our legislative committee; and Mr. Ray 
>> McGeorge, chairman of the NFB of Denver overseas book committee. Mr.
>> McGeorge pointed out that the cost of mailing these books, for 
>> example, between July 1 and November 1, 1972, over three thousand 
>> books at a cost of nearly one thousand dollars was becoming a heavy 
>> burden for the NFB of Denver. Mrs. Ruth Ashby, president of the NFB 
>> of Denver, has suggested an appeal to all affiliates of the NFB for 
>> help, especially since the already high cost makes it nearly 
>> impossible to send much-needed Braille books and writing supplies and
materials for teaching arithmetic.
>> Most of the delegates recovered sufficiently from an excellent 
>> banquet dinner and dance Saturday night and attended Sunday morning's 
>> session. The resolutions committee presented four resolutions 
>> concerning the resistance of Denver Public Schools to the employment 
>> of blind teachers; that the NFB of Colorado would donate $200 for the 
>> overseas Braille book program; the plans of the Colorado Library for 
>> the Blind to move Braille books to Salt Lake City, Utah; and the 
>> National Accreditation Council, all of which were approved by the
delegates.
>> Miss Judy Miller was elected as correspondence secretary to fill a 
>> vacancy created by a resignation.
>> Some of the highlights of the affiliate presidents' reports were: 
>> Denver, completion of the Red Cross First Aid Classes, the Braille 
>> Book Bank, part of the college student materials of the National 
>> Braille Association to be located in the NFB of Denver's building at
>> 901 East 17th Avenue, Denver, and shipment of Braille books to 
>> underdeveloped countries; Colorado Springs, one of its members who is 
>> black and who is one of the top students at her university has raised 
>> her family and is competing with some four thousand younger students; 
>> Grand Junction, some of its members being certified as lay counselors 
>> and in related professions in work with drug and alcohol abuse and 
>> mental health; Fort Collins, extensive outdoor activities and musical 
>> projects; and Greeley, its efforts to enroll as members students in 
>> the special education classes at Northern Colorado University.
>> The delegates voted unanimously to change the name to National 
>> Federation of the Blind of Colorado. The convention ended shortly 
>> after noon, but the rest of the day was taken up with our efforts to 
>> get home through a typical Rocky Mountain Eastern Slope snowstorm 
>> which started suddenly about 10 o'clock but by afternoon had made a 
>> slushy, slick mess out of most highways and streets.
>> Chip Johnson
>> Technology Instructor
>>
>> Colorado Center for the Blind
>> Phone: 303.778.1130 Ext: 227
>> Fax: 303.778.1598
>> 2233 W. Shepperd Ave.
>> Littleton, CO 80120
>>
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>> Chip Johnson
>> Technology Instructor
>>
>> Colorado Center for the Blind
>> Phone: 303.778.1130 Ext: 227
>> Fax: 303.778.1598
>> 2233 W. Shepperd Ave.
>> Littleton, CO 80120
>>
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