[Nfbnet-members-list] SHARE WIDELY: National Federation of the Blind Is Seeking to Support DREAMers

[President, National Federation of the Blind]

National Federation of the Blind Is Seeking to Support DREAMers

As the principal vehicle for collective action for the blind in the 
United States, the National Federation of the Blind is committed to 
enabling all blind people, irrespective of immigration status, to 
live the lives we want. To better inform our current and future 
advocacy and policy strategies, the National Federation of the Blind 
is collecting the following information to better understand the 
impact of the administration's recent decision to rescind the 
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program among the blind 
in the United States. The information collected will be used to:
    * Identify DREAMers who are blind in order to better understand 
the impact on blind people and help inform the National Federation of 
the Blind regarding ways the organization can best provide assistance.
    * Develop an aggregate summary of the blind people in the United 
States who participate in the DACA program, which can be shared with 
government officials, advocates, and other interested parties.
    * Develop statistical analyses on the unemployment rate among the 
blind before and after the establishment of the DACA program.
    * Highlight general narratives of blind people living the lives 
they want because of the DACA program.
    * Coordinate a community of blind DACA recipients in order to 
maximize the resources available.

If you or someone you know is blind and receives DACA benefits, 
please complete the National Federation of the Blind DACA form at the 
below links (available in Spanish and English), or share this 
information with them. If you know of a DREAMer who does not have 
internet access, we would appreciate your helping them complete the form.

Spanish NFB DACA form: <https://nfb.org/daca-es>https://nfb.org/daca-es
English NFB DACA form: <https://nfb.org/daca>https://nfb.org/daca

Together with love, hope, and determination, the National Federation 
of the Blind transforms dreams into reality. Through this effort we 
seek to support the hopes and dreams of blind people seeking to be 
fully contributing members of our nation.


Mark A. Riccobono, President
200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 659-9314 | Officeofthepresident at nfb.org
Twitter: @Riccobono


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