Education and Welfare Committee
About the Committee
The Missouri council of the Blind has an Education and Welfare Committee consisting of a chairman elected by the committee and a legally blind delegate from each regular affiliate.
Its function is to keep the membership informed of pending legislation affecting legally blind persons.
Each legislative session, MCB sponsors a day at the Capitol inviting the affiliate delegates and other interested parties to address their legislators with the concerns of the blind and visually impaired.
The committee also assists in advocating for the rights of the blindness community by working with other state agencies and organizations.
Every year it participates in the Disability Rights Legislative Day by strongly encouraging its members to attend the event.
MCB also sponsors its members to attend the Legislative Education Project administered by the Governor's Council on Disability.
In addition, the Chairman of the committee attends the American Council of the Blind's Legislative Seminar held in Washington D.C. assisting the national organization with legislation effecting all blind Americans.
MCb is also a proud member of the Coilition of Organizations on Accessible Technology (COAT).
For information on legislation effecting the blindness community on a local, state, and national level, please feel free to contact the Chairman of the Committee.
Contact the Committee
- Committee Chair - Jerry Annunzio
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