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Little Learner Casey, Little Learner Mom Latasha and family smile while wearing sunhats in various colors

Mom Touts How Little Learners Program Supported Her Family

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It’s Giving Tuesday and we’re asking our LightHouse Community to donate today to our LightHouse Little Learners Program. The LightHouse Little Learners supports young children who are blind,...
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Sterling Adaptives Demos OrCam Products at LightHouse, 12/7

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Bay Area company Sterling Adaptives, which supplies the most technologically advanced equipment and software currently available for people who are blind or have low vision, will demo two OrCam...
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A photo from Into The Dark. Against a dark background, five figures appear, their bodies lit as if by a handheld flashlight. Three in the background link arms leaning away from each other as if in despair, or maybe rapture, while one figure sits on the ground in front, cradling the head of the fifth, prone figure, in her lap as the arm of the figure outstretched on the floor reaches up toward the trio standing behind

Gravity Access Services & LightHouse Partnership Continues with Into the Dark, Featuring Blind Performers

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Gravity Access Services, a Bay Area company that provides services to make live performances accessible to people with disabilities, has had an ongoing partnership with LightHouse to offer accessible outings...
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An instructor watches as a man uses a long white cane. Beneath text reads, “LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired welcomes the Earle Baum Center to our community.” To the right of text, are the LightHouse and Earle Baum logos.

Charting a New Path: Earle Baum Center and LightHouse Unite

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Today, we are thrilled to announce a significant milestone in the history of LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Earle Baum Center of the Blind. Earle Baum...
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A teenage girl, Marie-Laure Leblanc, sits in front of a old time radio microphone

Watch Netflix’s ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE Miniseries with LightHouse

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LightHouse invites our students and community members to join us virtually Tuesdays in November to watch the Netflix limited series ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE.   Based on...
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A promotional poster for Netflix’s ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE screening at The Roxie. A girl, Marie-Laure, stands on a beach at the water’s edge in a blue, short-sleeved dress, with a white cane beside her. A city burns in the background, with planes overhead.

Netflix’s ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE Special Screening, 10/25

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 LightHouse cordially invites our community members to a free special screening of episode one of the Netflix limited series ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, which will be followed...
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A group of LightHouse staff and community members promoting the Safe Streets project

LightHouse Staff Share Their White Cane Stories

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On October 15, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared the first-ever White Cane Safety Day in the United States. Later, in 2011, President Barack Obama declared October 15 as Blind Americans Equality Day. This...
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POSPONED: LightHouse + Vision Zero: Autonomous Vehicle Forum

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Please note: The event has been postponed. LightHouse is proud to once again be partnering with Vision Zero SF to bring conversations and efforts to increase pedestrian safety in San...
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Alex Flores stands behind a table of cleaning products, manufactured at LightHouse Sirkin Center, at the 2023 NIB Expo

LightHouse Honors Employee of the Year, Alex Flores, at NIB Conference and Expo in Washington DC

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Every year, National Industries for the Blind (NIB) holds their annual Training Conference and Expo just outside their headquarters city of Alexandria, Virginia, in Washington D.C. During this five-day...
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LightHouse Logo in persimmon and black. The word LightHouse is bookended by a braille L and a braille H. Words read LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

LightHouse Board Meeting Open to the Public, November 2

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Members of the public are invited to attend the Thursday, November 2 meeting of the Board of Directors of San Francisco’s LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired. This meeting...
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