[nfb-talk] state con attendance

[kaye zimpher]

I am in my 30s and I agree with your statement that computers have 
depersonalized human contact. I got in to the federation when I was 19. I 
joined because I received a student slate in the mail advertising if you 
will the Washington Seminar and I went. I always knew that I could be a 
"better blind person," but I had no idea how true that was until I came to 
DC. Then I realized that all the hooey my family had been feeding me about 
staying in my parents house for what seemed like ever and going to college 
but possibly never getting a job was false! I bounced around a bit and like 
a lot of young folks at first I did not want to attend the general sessions. 
I went to convention to have fun, drink and meet guys, I did not go for 
seminars. My how things have changed. In my case years went on and year 
after year I went to more sessions and drank less and finally found the 
"right guy." But little by little the philosophy came to me. Every little 
bit helps and even though young folks may not be ready to sit in an all day 
"boring" affair, the little they will pay attention to will increase over 
time and they will get it just in time for them to become awesome leaders. 
In my state we concentrate on the youth a lot. We have a couple of awesome 
programs and let me tell you, some of the kids well, students, are pretty 
cool. I know that one day they will be our leaders and that hopefully being 
around us as an affiliate will help them as they go to college and work and 
do whatever they need to do.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] state con attendance


>I became interested in the NFB as a "younger blind" person and now I am an
> "older" blind person and I'm still here. I think that actually computers 
> and
> the internet have greatly depersonalized human contact and many young 
> people
> just don't see the point. Wow, that really makes me sound old.
>
> Sherri
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T. Joseph Carter" <tjcarter at bluecherry.net>
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 10:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] state con attendance
>
>
> I think it's going to vary a lot.  We had a fairly sizable group in Oregon
> this year, but nothing like Colorado!  I think that it may be that we have
> not done as well as we need to at reaching out to the younger blind as
> perhaps we should.
>
> I'm still within that demographic (although I guess I won't be for all
> that much longer now), and I'm not sure how to gain and keep the attention
> of people like me either.
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 07:10:47PM -0500, richard payne wrote:
>> I think this is a problem across the country.
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