[Nfbc-sj] MISSION STATEMENTS OF THE NFB

[Gursimrat Otal]

This is great. I would replace the word equality with equity though. Thank
you for sharing!

On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 9:56 PM Brian Buhrow <buhrow at nfbcal.org> wrote:

>         Hello fellow Chapter members.  Our current tag line is:
> Live the Life you  Want; blindness is not what holds you back.
>
> In cleaning out my home office, I came across the 2007 NFB of California
> agenda.  In that
> agenda is  the mission statement of the NFB as we promoted it that year.
> I thought I would
> type it in here, since I think it captures, quite well, much of the work
> we've done over the
> years and the work we continue to do as we proceed through Meet the Blind
> Month, October.
>
> Mission Statement:
> The Ultimate Goal of the National Federation of the Blind is the complete
> integration of the
> blind into society on a basis of equality.  This objective includes the
> removal of legal, economic, and
> social discrimination and the education of the public to new, and and more
> accurate concepts
> concerning blindness.  It means the right of the blind to work along with
> their sighted peers
> in the professions, skilled trades, and regular occupations.
>
> -thanks
> -Brian
>
>
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