Recipes
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July 2003
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Recipes
This month's recipes
come from members of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio.
Sylvia
Cooley
Roast
Chicken with Lemons
by
Sylvia Cooley
Sylvia
Cooley is secretary to the editor of the Braille Monitor. She has worked
for the NFB since 1989. She and her family have raised their own chickens for
Frontispiece
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August/September, 2003
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The
banquet room at the 2003 convention
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The Rest of Reality
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The
Rest of Reality
An
Address Delivered by Marc Maurer
President,
National Federation of the Blind
at the Banquet
of the Annual Convention
Louisville,
Kentucky, July 3, 2003
The velvet black of the
night sky bedight with jeweled stars beckoned;
The ever-changing
Promoting Harmony in the Field of Work with the Blind
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Promoting
Harmony in the Field of Work with the Blind:
Federal
Policies That Enhance Opportunity
by
Joanne Wilson
Joanne
Wilson prepares to deliver her convention remarks.
From the Editor: Tuesday
afternoon, July 1, Dr. Joanne Wilson, commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Fred Schroeder addresses the convention
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Orientation
and Mobility,
Competence
and Hypocrisy
by
Fredric K. Schroeder
Fred
Schroeder addresses the convention.
From the Editor: On
Thursday, July 3, Dr. Fred Schroeder, former commissioner of the Rehabilitation
Services Administration and currently a research professor at San Diego State
Constitution
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Constitution
of
the National Federation of the Blind
as
Amended 1986
ARTICLE
I. NAME
The
name of this organization is the National Federation of the Blind.
ARTICLE
II. PURPOSE
The
purpose of the National Federation of the Blind is to serve as a vehicle for
collective action by the blind of the nation; to function as a mechanism through
Frontispiece: NFB Corp
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October,
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The
NFB Corps has been in action for a little over a year now. Since a majority
of its members have been students, it has been most active in the summers. Shortly
after the national convention the 2003 volunteers gathered at the National Center
for training. Some of the group are pictured here, around the table in the Center's
south conference room. Left to right they are Rosy Carranza, Louisiana; Ameenah
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Brianna Nelson]
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Memorial for Brianna
Nelson
by
Marc Maurer
Brianna
Nelson
On the evening of July
18, 2003, Brianna Nelson, the seven-year-old daughter of Carl and Danelle Nelson,
died. She had been on a swimming expedition conducted as part of the training
program for blind children operated by BLIND, Incorporated, the training center
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Dr
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October,
2003
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The Truth about Choice
by
Fredric K. Schroeder, Ph.D.
Dr.
Fredric Schroeder
From the Editor: Last
spring, long before Resolution 2003-101 on rehabilitation choice caused great
discussion at our convention, I asked former commissioner of the Rehabilitation
Services Administration, Dr. Fred Schroeder, to write an article for the Braille
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Merry-Noel Chamberlain]
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October,
2003
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Psst, Pass It On
by
Merry-Noel Chamberlain
From the Editor: Merry-Noel
Chamberlain is a teacher of the visually impaired and holds National Orientation
and Mobility Certification (NOMC). She lives in Des Moines, Iowa, and demonstrates
high standards for Braille reading. The point she makes in the following article
is important. This is what she says:
Merry-Noel