Category: Events
Catch Our Dreams Please join us for the 2nd Annual Catch Our Dreams Fundraiser Live and Silent Auction The National Federation of the Blind of California is raising money for low vision and blind high school students to attend the 2013 Science Camp. This much anticipated three day opportunity is available for up to […]
Grants to the 2012 National Federation of the Blind Convention Are Now Available! Your presence at the national convention is important! By your presence, you are a part of the largest gathering of blind people held anywhere in the world. The Federation needs your ideas and your voice, and you need the strength and knowledge […]
To be read at all chapter meeting: Legislative update: As many of you know, the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review committee’s subcommittee on education held a hearing on March 22 to discuss a proposed 1.8 million dollar cut to the budget of the state special schools. Should this cut go into effect, the California School […]
March 8, 2012 To Be Read At Chapter Meetings: What Makes the NFB Different? Recently, I attended a presentation of California agencies that serve the blind. I was struck not by what I heard, rather, by what I did not hear. It caused me to think about what makes the NFB different from agencies serving […]
The East Bay Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of California is granting $500 to a lucky somebody to help get them to their first national convention of the National federation of the Blind, NFB. The convention will be held in Dallas, Texas, from June 30 to July 5, 2012. If you are […]