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 in October or November 2009 in the Metro area. Members will receive a letter with details about a month before the convention, and the letter will be on our website at www.nfbmn.org.

By Judy Sanders, Secretary

A lively crowd was present for our semiannual convention at our headquarters in Minneapolis on April 18, 2009. People arrived early for registration, rolls and coffee.

By Chuk Hamilton, Director, Minnesota State Services for the Blind (SSB)

(Editor’s Note: This presentation was given at the National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota semiannual convention on April 18, 2009.)

By Robert Duncan, Interim Director of Education, Minnesota State Academy for the Blind

(Editor’s Note: This presentation was given at the National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota semiannual convention on April 18, 2009.)

By Brenda Johnson

(Editor’s Note: We have come to know Brenda Johnson through our Saturday School. Her son, Austyn, has been attending and she has jumped into Federationism with both feet. She has not only been a prolific baker for our bake auction, but is very active in our parents division and is helping plan future events for the division.)

By Matthias Niska

By Jennifer Dunnam, President

We in the NFB of Minnesota have certainly experienced our share of both challenges and successes during 2009 thus far. It is hard to believe the year is nearly half-finished.  

Volume 75, Number 2

Quarterly Publication of the

National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, Inc.

100 East 22nd Street

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404

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.

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.

Tim Aune duplicates the cassette tape edition and makes the master copy for the compact disc edition.