[Nfbnet-members-list] Fwd: Thru Our Eyes: Wednesday, August 15 at 8:00 pm eastern, Anil Lewis, Interview/HR 3086 and Our Next Steps

[David Andrews]

>
>Greetings to all!
>The interview scheduled for Wednesday, August 15 is extremely timely.
>Dave, please forward to all of our NFB email lists.
>Anna, please archive.
>Vincent, please post on the state website
>Anil, for your information
>John, for your information.
>Anil and John, please forward to the 45 organizations that are 
>supporting the effort to repeal 14 C.
>Bea, please distribute to all on our email lists.
>Brian, please distribute to all on your email lists.
>Best,
>Joe Ruffalo
>
>***
>
>On Wednesday, August 15 at 8:00 pm eastern, Thru Our Eyes host, Joe 
>Ruffalo will interview Anil Lewis, Director of Strategic 
>Communications of the National Federation of the Blind.
>Featured will be the unfair, discriminatory and immoral practice of 
>paying people with disabilities sub-minimum wages.
>The discussion will highlight the following:
>HR3086, Fair Wages For People With Disabilities
>Is it legal to pay people with disabilities less than the minimum wage?
>How is this justified?
>What is the lowest wage being paid to a person with a disability?
>What type of work does a sub-minimum wage person performed?
>What are some of the negative impacts of section of 14C provisions?
>How do we correct this injustice?
>Why was Goodwill chosen?
>What will the protest accomplish?
>What are the legislative  challenges?
>We invite you to call with your questions and comments by dialing 
>the toll free number:
>1 888 572 0141.
>
>Following are various options for accessing and or listening live to these
>broadcasts:
>
>No internet is required, just use your phone and dial 1 347 215 7037
>(Some charges may apply)
>For internet access to live or previous shows:
><http://www.thruoureyes.org/>www.thruoureyes.org
>
>or for JAWS and other screen reader users:
><http://m.thruoureyes.org/>http://m.thruoureyes.org
>
>To watch LIVE shows go to:
><http://www.thruoureyes.org/simulcastfeed.html>http://www.thruoureyes.org/simulcastfeed.html
>To listen to archived audio podcasts
>Click/Enter on the listen to get the audio only or to watch video of
>past shows go a bit further down the > page for the view and
>click/enter there for audio and video
>To listen to the live show via phone, call:
>1 347 215 7037.
>(Some charges may apply)
>To phone in with a suggestion, comment, or just a shout out:
>Call toll free:
>1 888 572 0141
>Looking forward to having you join us on the night of the shows but
>if you can't listen or view live then you can subscribe to the
>podcasts by the following links:
>Subscribe to Audio podcasts:
><http://www.thruoureyes.org/podcasts/WTOERadio.xml>http://www.thruoureyes.org/podcasts/WTOERadio.xml
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/nfbnet-members-list_nfbnet.org/attachments/20120808/a0b3868b/attachment.html>