BGL workforce excursions the Nationwide Federation of the Blind Headquarters in Baltimore. – Go Well being Professional

A workforce of ten Brown, Goldstein & Levy attorneys and employees members visited the Nationwide Federation of the Blind headquarters in Baltimore on July 24. NFB Membership Constructing Coordinator Danielle McCann and NFB Schooling Packages Coordinator Karen Anderson led the workforce on a enjoyable, informative 90-minute tour of the power, the place the BGL workforce realized in regards to the historical past of the Federation, realized extra about day-to-day operations at its headquarters, and met members of the NFB neighborhood.

The NFB established their headquarters in Baltimore in 1978. Since then, their constructing has grown to embody a whole metropolis block. In 2004, the NFB headquarters given the named the Jernigan Institute after Dr. Kenneth Jernigan, an early chief within the blind rights motion and on the NFB. The power homes many options and assets, together with fashionable laptop labs, coaching services, convention areas, full-service eating services, the Jacobus tenBroek Library, the Independence Market, and the Worldwide Braille and Expertise Heart for the Blind.

These in attendance embrace attorneys Monica Basche, Lauren Kelleher, and Erin O’Neill; summer season associates Erin Turvey, Christina Williams, and Helen Zhang; and employees members Maya Campbell, Kayle Hill, Andi McIver, and Alicia Moskal.

The BGL workforce has a protracted historical past of collaboration with the NFB, and we’re dedicated to standing beside them in our combat for justice and the breaking down of boundaries that blind folks and their households face every single day. Founding companion, Dan Goldstein, first took on the function of the NFB’s counsel in 1986. Since then, BGL has represented practically 50,000 NFB members, successful vital victories in groundbreaking and extremely impactful circumstances. Our work with the NFB has formed how courts interpret the People with Disabilities Act and has sought – and located – justice for shoppers in circumstances starting from employment, training, know-how accessibility, parental rights, voting and extra. Companion Eve Hill presently leads BGL’s work on behalf of the NFB with assist from the agency’s sturdy incapacity rights observe space workforce.

Thanks to Danielle, Karen, and the entire NFB workforce for a beautiful morning!

Study extra about our dedication to incapacity rights right here.

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