[Nfbnet-members-list] Building the Lives We Want and National Channels

[NFB-NEWSLINE Team]

September 9, 2015

We are pleased to announce the creation of an NFB National Channel on 
NFB-NEWSLINE! For subscribers using the telephone access method, you 
will find the new NFB National Channel under Option 1 from the main 
menu, in addition to NFB-NEWSLINE News and the NFB-NEWSLINE How-To Booklet.

One of the first offerings on our NFB National Channel is the 
National Federation of the Blinds recently published ebook, Building 
the Lives We Want: The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary History of the 
National Federation of the Blind. We hope you will join us in 
revisiting and celebrating NFB history through this exciting new 
ebook. To find this book on NFB-NEWSLINE using the telephone access 
method, press 1 off the main menu for National Channels and 
NFB-NEWSLINE information, press 1 again for the NFB National Channel, 
and press 1 once more for Building the Lives We Want: The 
Seventy-Fifth Anniversary History of the National Federation of the Blind.

This new ebook can also be read from the NFB-NEWSLINE mobile app by 
looking under your favorites, or on our website at 
www.nfbnewslineonline.org, by searching within Publications Organized 
Alphabetically.

You can also download the book from the NFB website by visiting: 
https://nfb.org/pubs/building-the-lives-we-want.

Here is a brief blurb about the new ebook, Building the Lives We 
Want: The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary History of the National 
Federation of the Blind, from its editor, Deborah Kent Stein:

 From its beginning in 1940, the National Federation of the Blind has 
been the driving force behind a powerful people's movement. It has 
raised expectations, shattered assumptions, and broken down barriers 
to secure the full participation of blind people in every aspect of 
society. Building the Lives We Want traces the history of the 
blindness movement from its dawn in the nineteenth century to the 
founding of the Federation in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The story 
continues with the first efforts at grassroots organizing and the 
emergence of the Federation as an instrument of change. The book 
portrays Federationists working tirelessly for access to education, 
employment, and equal rights.

The work of the Federation has been carried forward through the 
dedicated efforts of thousands of men and women fighting for 
equality, security, and opportunity for all blind people. This ebook 
brings the story of the movement to life through the voices of its 
leaders and rank-and-file members. In addition to the extensive 
material in the text itself, the book amplifies the story through 
dozens of photographs and hundreds of links to articles, speeches, 
and songs. It demonstrates how, through seventy-five years of 
collective action, working together with love, hope, and 
determination, blind people are finding the freedom to build the 
lives they want."

We have also included the Braille Monitor and Future Reflections on 
the new NFB National Channel. Both the Braille Monitor and Future 
Reflections are also still available as part of the Blindness 
Specific menu under Option 5.

In the future we will be adding more content to the NFB National 
Channel. We plan to include the Presidential Release and the 
Independence Market Catalog. Interested in seeing other material 
added to the NFB National Channel? Please share your suggestions with 
us by calling (410) 505-5896 or emailing swhite at nfb.org. We look 
forward to hearing your ideas!

We hope you enjoy our new NFB National Channel, the new ebook, 
Building the Lives We Want: The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary History of 
the National Federation of the Blind, and we look forward to hearing 
your ideas about content you'd like added to the NFB National Channel.

Your NFB-NEWSLINE Team

NFB-NEWSLINE, A service of the National Federation of the Blind

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the 
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise 
the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create 
obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life 
you want blindness is not what holds you back.