[NABS-L] Come Get Involved With This Year's Advocacy Committee

[Lindsay Adair]

Hello everyone!!!

My name is Lindsay Adair, and I am one of the co-chairs for the 2024–2025
advocacy committee. I’m so excited to send this message out because we have
a lot of plans in store and myself included along with, Kaleigh Brendle,
who is our chair, Kyle Garcia, and Kelsy Tallant, our fellow co-chairs,
would like to get all of you involved and hear all of your amazing
suggestions/ideas.

And without further ado, here are some of the amazing things we have
planned for this year. To get the school year rocking and rolling, we are
planning a back-to-school call to discuss accommodations you are allowed in
college and what you should do if your professor makes a mistake. This call
will kick off our series of disability advocacy resilience education (dare)
calls we plan to host throughout the year. The call will take place on Monday,
September 9,  at 8:00 p.m. Eastern, and we will be sending a zoom link very
soon.

Our committee will form two task forces - a legal/governmental task force
and an interpersonal task force. The governmental task force will help
students to understand their legal rights as blind people and the arguments
they can use when advocating for accommodations and equal treatment.
Meanwhile, the interpersonal task force will touch on strategies we can use
to communicate when advocating in any given situation.

We strive to be inclusive and engaging for everyone and would love your
feedback on how we can make our committee better. If you are interested in
joining our task forces, please do not hesitate to reach out. With your
help, our committee will become stronger. On behalf of the Advocacy
Committee, welcome, and we can’t wait to see where the journey will take us.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Kaleigh Brendle at
kaleighbrendle at gmail.com.

All the Best,

Your Advocacy Committee