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• <br />0 <br />PROCLAMATION <br />WHEREAS, the Nationat Federation o6 .the Bt.ind .is .the tangeat <br />organization o6 .the bt.ind .in the United States, with oven 50,000 <br />membenb; and <br />WHEREAS, the Nationat Federation o6 .the Bt.ind has been and <br />continues to be .in6t&umentat .in 6eeun.ing th-tough ,the tegi6tat.ive <br />prtoce66, the enactment o6 .Caws which help att bt.ind citizens to <br />achieve 6.irbt cta66 status; and <br />WHEREAS, "White Cane" taws have been passed .in att 50 states <br />which pnoh.ibit d.isc,%im.ination against the bt.ind and mandate that <br />equal access to att public 6acit.itie6 and accommodations, .inetud.ing <br />but not t.im.ited to housing and t&ansportation, be a66o&ded to btind <br />citizens; and <br />WHEREAS, under the pnov.i6.ion o6 the taw, bt.ind pe&aons ane to <br />be p&ov.ided equat employment oppo&tun.ity; and <br />WHEREAS, through these taws, the white cane and dog guide have <br />come to be viewed as 6ymbot6 o6 .independence 60& bt.ind peopte; and <br />WHEREAS, the Nationat Fede&atdon o6 the Bt.ind .is changing <br />attitudes about bt.indness, which continues to hetp bt.ind people to <br />activety pa&tie.ipate .in and eontn.ibute to the economic, aoe.iat and <br />pottt.icat t.i6e o6 the community; and <br />WHEREAS, this organization de6enve6 to be recognized 60& .its <br />positive activity .in making t.i6e better 6or att bt.ind peopte through <br />.its worthy goats o6 secu,%ity, oppontun.ity and equatity; and <br />WHEREAS, due to these statutes, October 15th o6 each yea& .is <br />&ecogn.ized as White Cane Day, which p&ov.ides the Nationat Federation <br />o6 the Bt.ind an opportunity to Bette& .in6o&m and educate the genenat <br />pubt.ic about the goats, programs and activities o6 bt.ind peopte. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, we, the City Councit o6 the City o6 <br />.in keeping with the provisions o6 the "White Cane" taws <br />goats and a6p.i&at.iona o6 the Nationat Federation o6 the <br />he&eby p&octa.im Octobe& 15, 1985 a6 WHITE CANE DAY. <br />Signed and seated this 7th <br />day o6 October, 1985. <br />--L. <br />F&ancis L. Buck <br />Mayo& <br />Chartotteay.itte, <br />and the aims, <br />Bt.ind, do <br />