[Nfb-science] Fwd: NFB Youth Slam News Now Available

[David Andrews]

>Subject: NFB Youth Slam News Now Available
>Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:07:32 -0400
>From: "Riccobono, Mark" <MRiccobono at NFB.ORG>
>
>Blind Youth Making History at the National Federation of the Blind Youth Slam
>A 2007 STEM Leadership Academy
> 
>Nearly two hundred blind and low vision students from all around the United States arrived in Baltimore on July 30 to attend this four-day academy designed
>to engage and inspire the next generation of blind youth to consider careers falsely believed to be impossible for the blind.
> 
>The first day saw the students arrival at the Charles Commons dormitory on the Johns Hopkins University campus, followed by a rousing opening ceremony.
> Keep up to date with all our students through the materials prepared and posted by the students and mentors of the
>Slam News!
><http://www.blindscience.org/ncbys/Youth_Slam_News.asp>http://www.blindscience.org/ncbys/Youth_Slam_News.asp
> 
>Visit frequently during the week to see the latest news directly from the next generation of blind leaders and innovators!
> 
>Mark A. Riccobono
>Executive Director, Jernigan Institute
>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
>1800 Johnson Street
>Baltimore, Maryland   21230
>Phone: (410) 659-9314 ext. 2368
>Fax: (410) 659-5129
>Email: <mailto:mriccobono at nfb.org>mriccobono at nfb.org
>Web: <http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org
> 
>Learn about the most dynamic gathering for blind youth ever-- the NFB Youth Slam!
><http://www.blindscience.org/ncbys/Youth_Slam.asp>http://www.blindscience.org/ncbys/Youth_Slam.asp