Stevie Wonder Visits the Jernigan Institute and Engages in Some Sports Fun

Stevie Wonder was in Baltimore to receive an honorary doctorate from the Johns Hopkins University. He visited NFB while here so we could share with him our recent work. During Stevie’s tour with President Riccobono, the President showed him our Braille wall, where we wrote “Welcome Stevie” in Braille.

When we undertook the remodeling of the fourth floor Barney Street wing in 2019, it was always our intention to add the PowerShowDown to the space. However, you remember what happened in March of 2020, and pursuing it was not a priority because no one was staying here. Next we had trouble connecting with a manufacturer to build us a table. The game is not popular in the United States, so we had to find someone out of the country. While on the tour, Stevie found the table which we had just set up earlier that day, so he was one of the first to play on it with President Riccobono.

We were delighted to have this tremendous musical legend visit with us and believe he came away with a real appreciation of what we do for him and other blind people.