Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice visits the Jernigan Institute

The National Federation of the Blind was pleased to welcome the Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice, or Disability Caravan for short, to the NFB Jernigan Institute on September 3 and 4, 2024. The Disability Caravan is a collective of disabled people, and our allies, driving across America this year, visiting several cities, including many that are important to the history of the disability rights movement. On the morning of September 3, the Caravan traveled from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, site of the Federation’s founding in 1940, to our headquarters in Baltimore. For the next two days, a number of Federationists and friends were able to visit the Caravan and learn about its mission to share a message that encourages civic engagement and voting, raises awareness of current issues facing the disability community, and works to organize a national approach to address these issues. The Caravan will continue its travels through November. If you’d like to know more about it and whether it will be coming to your city, you can visit its website at www.thedisabilitycaravan.com.