Spring 2022

Volume 88, Number 2

A Publication of the

National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, Inc.

100 East 22nd Street

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404

Convention Alert

Exciting times are coming in NFB conventions. Keep these in mind as you plan your activities throughout the coming year.

Progress at SSB in DEED

By Chuk Hamilton, Director, State Services for the Blind.

(Editor’s Note: This presentation about State Services for the Blind (SSB) was made at the semi-annual convention of the National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota on May 20, 2006. SSB is a division of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).)

Greetings from the Mayor of St. Cloud

(Editor’s Note: The following letter was sent to the semi-annual convention on May 20, 2006. Dave Kleis is a long-time friend of the NFB of Minnesota; first for many years in the Minnesota Legislature and now as the Mayor of St. Cloud. He co-sponsored our NFB-NEWSLINE® funding legislation as one of his last acts in the legislature before being elected mayor.)

City of St. Cloud

Report On the Semiannual Convention

Over sixty people gathered at O'Hara's Restaurant in St. Cloud on May 20, 2006 to hold our semiannual state convention and celebrate the 35th anniversary of our Central Minnesota chapter. A day packed full of information, fun and friendship began shortly before 9:00 a.m. with coffee and rolls.

How I Became a Federationist

By Jeff Thompson

(Editor’s Note: Jeff Thompson is a member of our Metro Chapter, a graduate of Blindness: Learning in New Dimensions (BLIND), and the president of our student division. He currently teaches industrial arts at BLIND. He is a winner of a 2006 NFB national scholarship, and plans to continue his education in history and political science at the University of Minnesota.)

Black, Blind and Beautiful — Breaking the Chains of Paternalism

By Chris Nisan, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

(Editor’s Note: The following article was published in the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder on June 14, 2006. Michele Gittens, Carrie Gilmer, and Philip Richardson are members of our Metro Chapter. Michele Gittens is a graduate of Blindness: Learning in New Dimensions (BLIND), and Jordan Richardson has attended BLIND’s Buddy Program during several summers.)

Les Affaires

Blind Children Have Dreams to Realize

By Joyce Scanlan, President

(Editor’s Note: This was the keynote speech at our parents’ seminar on May 6, 2006.)

Summer 2006

Volume 72, Number 3

Quarterly Publication of the

National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, Inc.

100 East 22nd Street

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404