CMCNFB Chapter President’s Report

Dear Chapter Members, Friends, and Colleagues,

Well, we did it.  This is the first publication of “eye” on Central Minnesota NFB of Minnesota newsletter.  We are most grateful to Lori Peglow, who is the editor of this newsletter.  None of us here in the CMC chapter can say thank you enough to Lori for her willingness to take on this publication.  Many thanks, Lori!

By Chris Kuell

(Editor’s Note:  This example of how attending the NFB national convention has changed the lives of so many of us is reprinted from the Fall/Winter 2012 issue of The Federationist In Connecticut publication of the NFB of Connecticut.  On a personal note, this year in Orlando will be my 44th convention, and all of them were educating, entertaining, and motivating.)

By Shawn Mayo

(Editor’s Note: This is the winner of the 2012 Metro Chapter essay contest.)

By Emilie Gossiaux

(Editor’s Note:  Emilie gave this address at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), and repeated it at the 2012 semiannual convention of the NFB of Minnesota, while she was a student at Blindness: Learning in New Dimensions (BLIND).  She has now graduated from BLIND and returned to her studies at the Cooper Union in New York, using the new skills and confidence she gained at BLIND.)

Good evening friends, family, teachers, faculty, and the graduating class of 2012.

By Jennifer Dunnam

Here we are, in a brand new year with much work ahead and many exciting opportunities to build on the work we did in 2012, to make the coming year even better.

Volume 79, Number 1

Quarterly Publication of the

National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, Inc.

100 East 22nd Street

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404

Voice:  (612) 872-9363

Website:  www.nfbmn.org

Tom Scanlan, Editor

Email tom.scanlan@earthlink.net

WE ARE CHANGING

Many people are involved in getting this issue to you.  The writers can write and the editor can edit, but until the material is printed, brailled, recorded, and distributed, it is just a computer file.  Therefore, we owe great thanks to the following people for the work they do in producing this publication.

The purpose of the National Federation of the Blind is two-fold — to help blind persons achieve self-confidence and self-respect and to act as a vehicle for collective self-expression by the blind.  By providing public education about blindness, information and referral services, scholarships, literature and publications about blindness, aids and appliances and other adaptive equipment for the blind, advocacy services and protection of civil rights, development and evaluation of technology, and support for blind persons and their families, members of the NFB strive to educate the publi

Metro Chapter — Twin Cities area; meets at 10:00 a.m. on the third Saturday of every month at NFB of MN Headquarters, 100 East 22nd Street in Minneapolis

Riverbend Chapter — New Ulm area; meets at 9:00 a.m. on the third Saturday of every month in New Ulm; contact Monica Buboltz at 507-354-5680 for meeting location

Rochester Chapter — Rochester area; meets at 7:00 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of every month at Peace United Church of Christ in Rochester 

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

The Annual NFB of Minnesota Convention will be October 26-28, 2012 in Duluth at the Radisson Hotel, 505 West Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota 55802.  Members received a letter with details about a month before the convention, and the letter is on our website at www.nfbmn.org.