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The Blind & Visually Impaired Center of Monterey County. Position: Rehabilitation Specialist

The Blind & Visually Impaired Center of Monterey County is pleased to announce a job opportunity for its center located in Pacific Grove, CA.  For more information please contact Jeannie Cordero, Program Director, at 831-649-3505 or by email at vision@blindandlowvision.org.   JOB DESCRIPTION 1/02/09   Position: Rehabilitation Specialist   Hours: 37½ hours per week, FTE         … Continue reading The Blind & Visually Impaired Center of Monterey County. Position: Rehabilitation Specialist →

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Latest Senior University Update

All remaining Senior University (Senior Action Network) classes scheduled for SFPD Taraval have been canceled, including the March 2 class. The public speaking training segment originally scheduled for February 16 has been rescheduled. The new date and location is: March 2, 9:30 am to 12:00 pm Mission Creek Community, 225 Berry Street Cantonese translation will … Continue reading Latest Senior University Update →

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TV Feature on SAFE this Saturday

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Catch Jessie Lorenz, LightHouse Director of Advocacy and Public Policy, on Access SF. She is being interviewed about the Sidewalks Are For Everyone campaign. The program airs this Saturday, February 21 at noon on Channel 29. It will also be simulcast on the web at www.accessf.org/guide/watch/. Access SF 1 is San Francisco’s award-winning public access … Continue reading TV Feature on SAFE this Saturday →

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Bob Planthold Sets His Cites on Illegal Motorcycle Parking

By Joe Eskenazi [Bob] Planthold, a former city ethics commissioner who walks with braces and crutches after a childhood bout with polio, notes that this article will show you little-used law allowing cities to hire the disabled to enforce disabled parking access laws. Based upon his survey of the six square blocks around City Hall … Continue reading Bob Planthold Sets His Cites on Illegal Motorcycle Parking →

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U.S. Representatives Edolphus Towns and Cliff Stearns Introduce Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act, NFB Applauds Measure

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  January 28, 2009 12:17 PM Eastern Time   National Federation of the Blind Press Release CONTACT: Christopher S. Danielsen Director of Public Relations National Federation of the Blind (410) 659-9314, extension 2330 (410) 262-1281 (Cell) <mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org>cdanielsen@nfb.org> WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Representatives Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY) and Cliff Stearns (R-FL) today introduced H.R. 734, a bill intended to protect … Continue reading U.S. Representatives Edolphus Towns and Cliff Stearns Introduce Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act, NFB Applauds Measure →

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SAFE Press Conference and Walking Tour

PRESS ADVISORY 214 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco Ca 94102 Tel:415-431-1481; Fax 415-863-7568; TTY: 415-431-4572, info@old.lighthouse-sf.org Press Contact:  Jessie Lorenz (415) 694-7361, jlorenz@old.lighthouse-sf.org LightHouse for the Blind kicks off their Sidewalks are for Everyone (SAFE) campaign Where:  19th Ave and Taraval Street When:   2:00 pm, January 16, 2009 The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually … Continue reading SAFE Press Conference and Walking Tour →