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It is not about chapter size. It is about chapter effectiveness.
By John Bailey
Over the years, I have had the pleasure of visiting many of our state NFB chapters.
One common wish I heard from chapter leaders was that they were frustrated because they didn’t have the membership numbers they wanted. After listening to them for a while, I realized they were comparing themselves to some idealized group with lots and lots of members, resources, and money in the bank.
Are You Following Someone Else's Dream?
Too many young people wind up in jobs they hate because they followed someone else's advice about how to use their talents. You would think that after a certain age we would be capable of making major choices independent of the influence of family, friends, or career guides, but too often we allow someone else's well-intentioned promptings to steer us in directions we would never have chosen for ourselves.
A Mother's Advocacy
The following remarks were delivered to the NFB of Virginia state convention on November 4, 2017 by Gao Lai.
3 Steps to Launch a Website
For those of you interested in entrepreneurship, we try to run articles from time to time to help you in that venture. Without a doubt, setting up a website is essential to your operation. Here are a few ideas on how to get started.
Launching your own website does not have to be as complicated as people make it out to be. In fact, you can knock it out in a few simple steps:
2021 Resolutions
Resolution 2021-1
Accessible Education Materials
WHEREAS, access to the full curriculum is vital for participation in in-person and virtual education settings for all students; and
WHEREAS, Accessibility barriers impede full access to the educational environment for blind and low vision students and for others with print disabilities; and
2020 Presidential Report
Before there was Zoom, the internet, telephones, or even the Postal Service, we needed ways to share messages and keep people connected. In ancient Israel, to mark the calendar, people needed to know when the new year began.
Chapter Chatter Part 2: Intention, Prevention, and Intervention
Chapter Chatter Part 2: Intention, Prevention, and Intervention
Christine Faltz Grassman,
President, Potomac Chapter
10% of conflicts is due to difference in opinion and 90% is due to wrong tone of voice.
— Susan Wiertzema
Board Meeting Minutes for May 2019
From Sarah Patnaude, Substitute Recording Secretary
National Federation of the Blind of Virginia NFBV
Meeting of the Board of Directors
Saturday, May 18, 2019
1pm-4pm
Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired
Library and Resource Center
395 Azalea Avenue
Richmond, VA 23227
BELL on Youtube
The following appeared in the December 2017 issue of The Vigilant, our former newsletter: