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Employment Opportunity: Director of Events, Craigslist Foundation

Organization: Craigslist Foundation
Job Title: Director of Events
Schedule: Full time
Location: San Francisco, CA
Date: August 23, 2009

Organizational Overview: Founded in 1999 to harness the tremendous goodwill generated bycraigslist.org, Craigslist Foundation connects people to opportunities, resources, and inspiration for building stronger, healthier communities and neighborhoods. At its core, Craigslist Foundation is a catalyst for community vitality. We…

09/14/2009 / The LightHouse / Employment, Technology / No comments

Visually impaired riders and MUNI working together

Check out these three videos starring LightHouse staff. These videos are meant to inform MUNI drivers and passengers about the needs of visually impaired riders.

Courtesy

Announce it!

Tech…

09/14/2009 / The LightHouse / Transportation and Travel / No comments

Northern California Entertainment and Recreation Listing September 11, 2009

This listing is compiled by the Vision Loss Resource Center at the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired. It is compiled weekly as a service to the blind and visually impaired community of Northern California. If you have meeting or event information that would be appropriate for inclusion in this list please email…

09/11/2009 / The LightHouse / Arts and Entertainment, Sports and Recreation / No comments

Job Opening: Whistlestop HR Manager

We are looking for an HR Professional Change Agent!

The Job: Human Resource Manager

The Organization: The Marin Senior Coordinating Council, better known as the Whistlestop, with offices located in San Rafael, CA, helps Marin County’s older adults and disabled individuals live active and healthy independent lives by providing transportation, nutrition, and multicultural programs in a…

09/11/2009 / The LightHouse / Accessible Reading and Braille, Employment / No comments

To work or not

People with Disabilities

To work or not—the choice is yours
BY PATRICIA YEAGER

A Real-Life Story
One day in Kansas, a man who’d been a quadriplegic for 30+ years went to the doctor. He took off his clothing for an examination. When the surgical resident, who had never met the man, came in, he did not see the…

09/10/2009 / The LightHouse / Employment, Technology / No comments

The LightHouse Infocus Summer 2009, As I See by Anita Shafer Aaron, Executive Director

The LightHouse Infocus
Summer 2009, Volume 11, Number 2

Thank you for reading this newsletter. As a vital part of the blind and visually impaired community, the LightHouse is dependent on the gifts of our many supporters. Gifts, at any level, are always appreciated and have a positive affect on the community. For information about donating…

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Project HIRE: New Opportunity for Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired: An Online Employment Preparation Program

Are you interested in finding a job? Are you a senior or recent graduate from high school OR a senior or recent graduate from college? If you answer yes to both of these questions, we have a program for you that is being offered online, and it’s free! We know that youth who are…

09/09/2009 / The LightHouse / Education / No comments

Internships: the Berkeley Fellowship Oral History Project

Besides being valuable for an aspiring journalist or sociologist, the following internships could be great a great experience for anyone who is interested in facilitating future oral history projects in the visually impaired and/or disability communities.

The Berkeley Fellowship Oral History Project is seeking two stipended interns for September 2009 -- June 2010. The internship…

09/08/2009 / The LightHouse / Accessible Reading and Braille, Employment / No comments

San Francisco public transit update. BART/MUNI elevator closure.

The Montgomery Station is the next station to get a new street level
enclosure in San Francisco.

On Wednesday, September 9, 2009, we will close the street elevator at
Montgomery Street Station in order to replace the structure which houses
the elevator entrance on the street level. The elevator will be shut down
for approximately three and one half…

09/08/2009 / The LightHouse / Transportation and Travel / No comments

National Federation for the Blind's Braille Readers are Leaders expands!

This contest is a great way to motivate new Braille learners. LightHouse staff Lisamaria Martinez won first prize when she was seven years old for reading 2,081 Braille pages in 3 months! Even with the explosion of digital reader options like Victor Stream and Book Sense, Lisamaria says, Braille is still my favorite way…

09/08/2009 / The LightHouse / Accessible Reading and Braille / No comments