Press Room

Event:   National Federation of the Blind Youth Slam

Dates:  July 30 – August 4, 2007

Place:  National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute
          1800 Johnson Street
          Baltimore, Maryland 21230
          (410) 659-9314

Attention: Science, Education, and Feature Editors

Baltimore, Maryland (July 12, 2007): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation’s oldest and largest organization of the blind, awarded $122,000 in scholarships to thirty blind scholars at its 67th annual convention in Atlanta, Georgia.  Among the recipients was Sachin Dev Pavithran of Providence, Utah, who was awarded the Kenneth Jernigan Scholarship fo

Baltimore, Maryland (July 13, 2007): The National Federation of the Blind, the nation’s oldest and largest organization of blind people, presented its Newell Perry Award to Dr. Raymond Kurzweil at the organization’s recent convention in Atlanta.  This distinguished award was given in recognition of Dr.

Baltimore, Maryland (June 27, 2007): The National Federation of the Blind, the nation’s oldest and largest organization of blind persons, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Cardtronics Inc., which has the largest ATM network in the United States, today announced a landmark agreement that will make the vast majority of the ATMs owned, sold, or serviced by Cardtro

Baltimore, Maryland (June 20, 2007): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) has named Sister Margaret (Meg) Fleming, principal of St.