[nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times Union-Jacksonville

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Or, to put it another way, you might land on your asphalt in the parking 
lot.  (giggle)
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> Oh me,
> Wow you have swell balance.
> I would think going off curbs would make you land on your parking lot.
> smile,
>
> --Dar
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> Every saint has a past
> every sinner has a future
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tai Tomasi" <tai.tomasi at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 10:41 PM
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>
>>I was one of the three brave rollerbladers. It was a blast and totally
>>worth
>> it!
>> Tai
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of dmgina
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>> Now I can hardly stand on my feet,
>> Wouldn't want to be on the roller glades.
>>
>>
>> --Dar
>> www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/5779
>> Every Saint has a past
>> Every Sinner has a future
>>
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>> From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
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>>
>>>
>>>>Subject: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times Union-Jacksonville
>>>>
>>>>Their "march for
>>>>
>>>>Independence" touted jobs and education.
>>>>
>>>>By DON SCHANCHE Jr. Associated Press
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>ATLANTA - At sunrise Tuesday, hundreds of people - most tapping the
>>>>ground with white canes and a few making the trip on roller blades -
>>>>marched en masse from a downtown hotel to a city park more than half a
>>>>mile away to make a point:
>>>>
>>>>Blind people can do what other people do.  The early morning event,
>>>>organized by the National Federation of the Blind, was billed as a
>>>>civil rights march.
>>>>
>>>>"We are here to march for independence for blind people across America,"
>>>>said parade marshal Larry Streeter, a school principal from Raleigh, 
>>>>N.C.
>>>>"We're here to change what it means to be blind and let the world know
>>>>we are indeed able people who have many talents."
>>>>
>>>>Two of the main goals: jobs and education.
>>>>
>>>>"The blind have a 70 percent unemployment rate, and we have a 10
>>>>percent rate of being taught to read and write Braille in our schools
>>>>in this country," said NFB President Marc Maurer, a lawyer from 
>>>>Maryland.
>>>>
>>>>The NFB also has pushed for accessibility in other areas. In June, the
>>>>group won an agreement with the nation's largest non-bank owner of
>>>>automated teller machines to improve access for blind people at ATMs
>>>>in malls, gas stations and pharmacies.
>>>>
>>>>Maurer said the NFB - founded in 1940 and now with more than 50,000
>>>>members - decided to Incorporate a march into this year's annual
>>>>convention in Atlanta because the city was the symbolic heart of the
>>>>Civil rights movement for racial equality in the 1960s, Congressman
>>>>John Lewis, D-Atlanta, a veteran of that movement, led the march.
>>>>
>>>>Organizers said 1,000 or more people look part. The Atlanta police
>>>>estimate was 700.
>>>>
>>>>Al Ella, t3, a computer consultant from Boston, was on hand with his
>>>>guide dog, Zion. Born with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye
>>>>disease, Elia said his vision had dropped to a point where he could no
>>>>longer do his job without retraining.
>>>>
>>>>He said his most important issue is access to study materials for
>>>>advanced degrees. Although educators now are required to provide
>>>>blind-accessible school books in grades K-12, Elia said, "They still
>>>>haven't done that for college and advanced degree texts. I can tell
>>>>you from trying to get study materials to go to law school, it's
>>>>something
>> that needs to happen."
>>>>
>>>>Picture (not included):
>>>>
>>>>U.S. Rep. John Lewis (second from right), D-Ga., leads the
>>>>
>>>>National Federation of the Blind march in Atlanta Tuesday.
>>>>
>>>>Marching with him were Anil Lewis, president of the Georgia
>>>>
>>>>Federation of the Blind, and Thelma Goodwin, a member of the
>>>>
>>>>Georgia organization.
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