[Nfb-seniors] Nfb-seniors Digest, Vol 5, Issue 8
pinkhawaii at gmail.com
pinkhawaii at gmail.com
Wed Apr 16 12:24:21 CDT 2008
Dear fellow blind Seniors.
With more than 50,000 touted members and THE SELF APPOINTED VOICE OF THE
BLIND, I am surprised that there is not more communication among the blind.
Free high speed Internet communication and free bus passes are discouraged.
Communication is the basis of education. As a matter of fact any ADA rules
are hardly enforced. Why are we, the blind, so hostile to other blind???
With my LOVE of ALOHA to ALL h.g. pink
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> 1. Congressman Sessions to Serve As Honorary Chairman of NFB
> March for Independence (Freeh, Jessica)
> 2. Legislative Alert Action Needed for Higher Education Bill
> (David Andrews)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:19:44 -0500
> From: "Freeh, Jessica" <JFreeh at nfb.org> (by way of David Andrews
> <dandrews at visi.com>)
> Subject: [Nfb-seniors] Congressman Sessions to Serve As Honorary
> Chairman of NFB March for Independence
> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> CONTACT:
> Chris Danielsen
> Public Relations Specialist
> National Federation of the Blind
> (410) 659-9314, ext. 2330
> (410) 262-1281 (Cell)
> <mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>cdanielsen at nfb.org
>
> Congressman Sessions to Serve As
> Honorary Chairman of NFB March for Independence
>
> Dallas, Texas (April 15, 2008): The National
> Federation of the Blind (NFB) announced today
> that Congressman Pete Sessions (TX-32) will serve
> as honorary chairman of the NFB?s second annual
> March for Independence. The March for
> Independence?A Walk for Opportunity will take
> place on the morning of Wednesday, July 2, as
> part of the convention of the National Federation
> of the Blind to be held this year in Dallas.
>
> ?All Americans, including the blind, deserve an
> equal opportunity to rise as high as their talent
> and ambition will allow,? said Congressman
> Sessions. ?I share this fundamental belief with
> the National Federation of the Blind, and that is
> why I am honored to serve as honorary chairman of
> the March for Independence?A Walk for Opportunity.?
>
> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National
> Federation of the Blind, said: ?We are pleased to
> have a pillar of the Dallas community and a
> dedicated public servant like Congressman
> Sessions join our March for Independence this
> year. We look forward to continuing to work with
> the Congressman to achieve the full integration
> of the blind into society on a basis of equality.?
>
> For more information about the March for
> Independence, including how to participate and
> how to sponsor a marcher, visit
> <http://www.marchforindependence.org>www.marchforindependence.org.
> To learn more about the National Federation of
> the Blind, visit <http://www.nfb.org>www.nfb.org.
>
>
> ###
>
>
> About the National Federation of the Blind
>
> With more than 50,000 members, the National
> Federation of the Blind is the largest and most
> influential membership organization of blind
> people in the United States. The NFB improves
> blind people?s lives through advocacy, education,
> research, technology, and programs encouraging
> independence and self-confidence. It is the
> leading force in the blindness field today and
> the voice of the nation's blind. In January 2004
> the NFB opened the National Federation of the
> Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and
> training center in the United States for the blind led by the blind.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:53:03 -0500
> From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
> Subject: [Nfb-seniors] Legislative Alert Action Needed for Higher
> Education Bill
> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
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> >
> >Fellow Federationists:
> >
> >
> >
> > Members of the House and the Senate
> > are currently working to resolve the
> > differences between H.R. 4137 and S. 1642, the
> > Higher Education reauthorization bills that
> > passed last year. We expect that the floor
> > action on the final Higher Education
> > legislation will take place by the first of
> > May. As you all know, the House version (H.R.
> > 4137) includes provisions to create a
> > commission to study the problem of inaccessible
> > textbooks in higher education, as well as to
> > propose legislation to solve this
> > problem. This language is found in Section 766
> > (A), (B), and (C). We now need to ensure that
> > this language is included in the final Higher Education bill.
> >
> >
> >
> > Below is a list of the House and
> > the Senate committees that are working on this
> > legislation. If your Senator or Representative
> > appears on this list, please call him or her,
> > and ask that they include the House language in
> > Section 766 (A), (B), and (C) in the final
> > version of the Higher Education
> > legislation. If you are not represented on the
> > below list, please contact the House Committee
> > on Education and Labor, and the Senate
> > Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
> > Pensions, and urge them to include this
> > language. We need to make these phone calls by
> > this Friday, April 18. You may be connected to
> > your member, and the two Committee offices by
> > calling the Capitol switchboard at (202)
> > 225-3121. Thank you all very much for your work on this important
> matter.
> >
> >
> >
> >Jesse Hartle
> >
> >Government Programs Specialist
> >
> >NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >House Committee on Education and Labor
> >
> >Rep. George Miller (D-CA), Chair
> >
> >Rep. Dale E. Kildee (D-MI)
> >
> >Rep. Donald M. Payne (D-NJ)
> >
> >Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ)
> >
> >Rep. Robert C. Scott (D-VA)
> >
> >Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
> >
> >Rep. Rub?n Hinojosa (D-TX)
> >
> >Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)
> >
> >Rep. John F. Tierney (D-MA)
> >
> >Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
> >
> >Rep. David Wu (D-OR)
> >
> >Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
> >
> >Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA)
> >
> >Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
> >
> >Rep. Ra?l M. Grijalva (D-AZ)
> >
> >Rep. Timothy H. Bishop (D-NY)
> >
> >Rep. Linda S?nchez (D-CA)
> >
> >Rep. John P. Sarbanes (D-MD)
> >
> >Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA)
> >
> >Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IA)
> >
> >Rep. Mazie K. Hirono (D-H)
> >
> >Rep. Jason Altmire (DPA)
> >
> >Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY)
> >
> >Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL)
> >
> >Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY)
> >
> >Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT)
> >
> >Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
> >
> >Rep. Howard P. Buck McKeon (R-CA), Ranking Minority Member
> >
> >Rep. Thomas E. Petri (R-WI)
> >
> >Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI)
> >
> >Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE)
> >
> >Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN)
> >
> >Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers (R-MI)
> >
> >Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL)
> >
> >Rep. Todd Russell Platts (R-PA)
> >
> >Rep. Ric Keller (R-FL)
> >
> >Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
> >
> >Rep. John Kline (R-MN)
> >
> >Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
> >
> >Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX)
> >
> >Rep. Tom Price (R-GA)
> >
> >Res. Comm. Luis G. Fortu?o (R-PR)
> >
> >Rep. Charles Boustany Jr. (R-LA)
> >
> >Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
> >
> >Rep. Randy Kuhl (R-NY)
> >
> >Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT)
> >
> >Rep. David Davis (R-TN)
> >
> >Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
> >
> >Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), Chair
> >
> >Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT)
> >
> >Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
> >
> >Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD)
> >
> >Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
> >
> >Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
> >
> >Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
> >
> >Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)
> >
> >Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)
> >
> >Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
> >
> >Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
> >
> >Sen. Michael B. Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Minority Member
> >
> >Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH)
> >
> >Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
> >
> >Sen. Richard M. Burr (R-NC)
> >
> >Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
> >
> >Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
> >
> >Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT)
> >
> >Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)
> >
> >Sen. Wayne Allard (R-CO)
> >
> >Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK)
>
>
>
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--
Dr. Heinz-Guenther Pink
Advocate and program evaluator for the blind, deaf and handicapped.
Member: NFB Communication Council
and ATRC Advisory Council of the State
Member of Senator Chun Oakland's Deaf-Blind Task Force.
Founder: Computer College of Hawaii since 1963, pinkhawaii at gmail.com
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