[nfbwatlk] National Advocacy Seminar Reminder (fwd)

[Mike Freeman]

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Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 09:57:18 -0400
From: "Frye, Dan" <DFrye at nfb.org>
Subject: National Advocacy Seminar Reminder

Affiliate Presidents:

This is to remind you that an Advocacy Skills Seminar will be presented 
at the NFB National Convention in Dallas this July. The seminar is 
scheduled to occur on Wednesday, July 5th from 7:00-10:00 PM in the 
Governor's Lecture Hall, Tower Lobby, in the headquarters hotel. Those 
attending will enjoy an opportunity to acquire or enhance their skills 
of advocacy which may be used on behalf of blind people needing our 
support and assistance. These skills, in fact, will be useful in making 
audience participants better advocates in general.

I have tried to develop an agenda that is responsive to the identified 
priorities of grassroots members who completed the content survey for 
this program. The seminar is divided into two parts--a general skills 
section and an issue-specific section during which time you may learn 
about advocating in particular circumstances often encountered by blind 
people, e.g. rehabilitation and Special Education contexts. Attached, 
please find the agenda for this event so that you may get a sense of 
what to anticipate from the seminar. I trust that the diversity of 
substantive topics and the caliber of seminar presenters will appeal to 
you and your membership.

Do plan to come. Please, at a minimum, consider designating at least one 
person from your affiliate delegation to attend so that the information 
and resources shared at this seminar may be circulated among our local 
membership. Ideally, please distribute this bulletin widely, and 
encourage everybody you know to plan to attend.

Should you have questions, please feel free to contact me. I look 
forward to seeing many of you at the Advocacy Skills Seminar on 
Wednesday, July 5, from 7:00-10:00 pm. it will be an interactive, 
information-packed, practical, hands-on session. Please help make this 
inaugural convention activity the success that I know it can be.

With Kind Regards,

Daniel B. Frye
Manager of Affiliate Action Advocacy and Training
National Federation of the Blind
Department of Affiliate Action
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Telephone: (410) 659-9314 Ext. 2208
Cell: (410) 241-7006
Fax: (410) 659-6893
E-Mail: dfrye at nfb.org
Web Address: www.nfb.org
"Voice of the Nation's Blind"
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