Rideshare Denials Due to Service Animals:
NFB and NAGDU are gathering video interviews about Uber and Lyft denials from travelers with service animals. We hope to capture stories that describe the significant barriers and stress travelers experience with each denial and to use these videos in our advocacy efforts. If you were denied a ride by Lyft or Uber because of your service animal anytime between October 1, 2021, and present and would like to participate in a recorded Zoom interview, please contact the NAGDU board at 346-439-7444 or [email protected].
Please Share Content with our Communications Team:
Our affiliates sponsor great content, and our outreach and communications teams can repurpose and magnify it. We are asking that you record content like presentations, podcasts, panels, and the like and send the link to your recorded content with a quick explanation of what the content consists of, to [email protected]. Please record anything you are doing as it is too easy to miss good content. We don’t know how powerful a presentation or panel will be until it is done. Let’s capture our amazing stories told across the country.
2022-2023 Teachers of Tomorrow Program:
Individuals in the United States who are currently studying to be teachers of blind students or career teachers who are currently employed teaching blind/low-vision students in PK-12 settings are encouraged to apply for the next cohort of NFB Teachers of Tomorrow. This is an immersive, professional development program that connects teachers of blind and low-vision students to the lived experiences of blind people. This program will begin in the fall of 2022 and continue throughout the 2022-2023 school year, culminating in a gathering at our 2023 National Convention. For more information and to apply, visit https://nfb.org/programs-services/education/teachers-tomorrow.
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