[Libs-Or] Fwd: Stand Up to Large Corporations, Support the Right to Read

[Diedre Conkling]

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From: Ted Wegner, ALA <twegner at alawash.org>
Date: Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 12:48 PM
Subject: Stand Up to Large Corporations, Support the Right to Read
To: Diedre Conkling <diedre08 at gmail.com>


    [image: A billboard reads that Exxon's high octane lobbying blocks
books for the blind]<http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/IFGWTDBJVR/LBCXTDBLAD/9652165416>
Time is running out: Sign this White House petition
<http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/IFGWTDBJVR/HLMSTDBLAE/9652165416>to ensure the
right to read for the visually impaired.

Next week the World Intellectual Property Organization will meet to
negotiate an international treaty for the blind. Big companies like Exxon,
GE, and Caterpillar have been working hard to restrict accessible book
formats from the blind.

Making reading materials more available to the blind will not negatively
impact these companies whatsoever, and yet they fight against the right to
read. Please sign the petition today and urge the Obama Administration to
support the right to read.

Here's how to sign the
petition<http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/IFGWTDBJVR/IAOETDBLAF/9652165416>
.

   1. You must have whitehouse.gov account to sign the petition but it is
   very easy to obtain one.
   2. Simply click the 'Create An Account" button. You will be asked your
   name and email.
   3. Upon entering that information, you will receive an email from
   whitehouse.gov with a link back to the petition.
   4. Once you click that link, your account will be verified and you can
   sign the petition.

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*Diedre Conkling**
Lincoln County Library District
P.O. Box 2027
Newport, OR 97365
Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066
Work email**: **diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org*<diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org>
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