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<DIV>Just click on the link below to access the Youth Slam Audio News -</DIV>
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<H1>Youth Slam<BR>Slam News Audio</H1></DIV>
<H2>Slammin' in the Streets</H2>
<DIV>What's happening at NFB Youth Slam? What's on the minds of the mentors
and students here at the University of Maryland? What do people really think
about blindness and what is possible? Follow our slam news crew as they hit
the streets to find out.</DIV>
<DIV><A
title=http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/knowAnySTEM1.mp3
href="http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/knowAnySTEM1.mp3"
target=_blank>Do you know any blind scientists, technologists, engineers, or
mathematicians?</A></DIV>
<DIV><A
title=http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/howHasSlamChangedYou.mp3
href="http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/howHasSlamChangedYou.mp3"
target=_blank>How has being at Youth Slam changed you?</A></DIV>
<DIV><A
title=http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/whatTheyDidNotLetYouDo.mp3
href="http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/whatTheyDidNotLetYouDo.mp3"
target=_blank>What did they not let you do in science because of your
blindness?</A></DIV>
<H2>Slam People</H2>
<DIV>The NFB Youth Slam attracts many dynamic, successful, and inspiring blind
people. below you will find interviews conducted by our very own Slam News
students, some of whom are reporting for the very first time.</DIV>
<DIV><A
title=http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/janeshaInterviewsSerena.mp3
href="http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/janeshaInterviewsSerena.mp3"
target=_blank>Serena Olsen, World Traveler</A></DIV>
<DIV><A
title=http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/chrisDowneyInterview.mp3
href="http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/chrisDowneyInterview.mp3"
target=_blank>Chris Downey, Architect</A></DIV>
<DIV><A
title=http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/mikeMayWayFun.mp3
href="http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/mikeMayWayFun.mp3"
target=_blank>Mike May, Way Fun Coordinator</A></DIV>
<DIV><A
title=http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/mikeMaySight.mp3
href="http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/mikeMaySight.mp3"
target=_blank>Mike May on regaining his sight</A></DIV>
<DIV><A
title=http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/maurerInterview1.mp3
href="http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/maurerInterview1.mp3"
target=_blank>Dr. Marc Maurer, president, National Federation of the Blind, on
being president</A></DIV>
<DIV><A
title=http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/maurerInterview2.mp3
href="http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/maurerInterview2.mp3"
target=_blank>Marc Maurer, president, National Federation of the Blind, on
kissing</A></DIV>
<H2>Slammin' around Campus</H2>
<DIV>In addition to our projects, many other exciting events take place at the
NFB Youth Slam. From our sports and games night to our Youth Slam talent show,
the Slam News team has the inside scoop on what's happening all over campus
and beyond.</DIV>
<DIV><A
title=http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/talentShow1.mp3
href="http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/talentShow1.mp3"
target=_blank>Listen to the NFB Youth Slam talent show.</A></DIV>
<H2>Blindness in the News</H2>
<DIV>Every week the National federation of the Blind reaches out to influence
public policy about blindness. During the week of NFB Youth Slam, students
participated in a press conference and met national political figures. Below
is a sampling of their experiences.</DIV>
<DIV><A
title=http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/pressConferenceAudio.mp3
href="http://www.blindscience.org/images/ncbys/media/Slamnews2009/pressConferenceAudio.mp3"
target=_blank>NFB of Maryland Files Complaint Against Baltimore City
Schools</A></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both">Lenora J. Marten, President<BR>FOPBC/NFBF-Parents
Division<BR>NFB-Jacksonville Chapter Secretary<BR>NOPBC/PLP<BR><A
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