Welcome to the CCB Courier for May 9, 2025.
From the CCB Membership Committee:
Join us for Friday Night Live with the CCB Membership Committee!
Friday, May 9th, 5:30PM PT
Relax and connect with CCB friends on the second Friday of each month from 5:30–7:30 PM PT.
Enjoy casual conversations, current events, share personal news, comedy, or your favorite music. Pop in, pop out.
All ages welcome! We look forward to seeing you there! For Zoom link and more info email:
joe.derrick.green@gmail.com
or call (916)393-0662
From the Silicon Valley Council of the Blind:
Mike Marlin will be joining our Chapter meeting virtually on Saturday May 17. The meeting begins at 10am with participant introductions and then right into the program. All are invited to join. For the Zoom link, please contact Alice Turner at: alicem1957@concast.net
Braille Institute Library Event
Braille Institute Library will be hosting a special author talk event featuring Eric Nusbaum, author of “Stealing Home: Los Angeles, The Dodgers and the
Lives Caught in Between" recently added to BARD DBC12129
He will be in conversation with Gustavo Arellano of the Los Angeles Times. We hope you will join us Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM at Braille Institute Library, 741 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90029 or Online Via Microsoft Teams. We have FREE parking and lunch for in-person attendees! Register at https://bit.ly/4hZcWRD or phone (323) 660-3880.
From Inclusive Diversity of California:
Greetings IDC members and friends,
The IDC Program Committee is pleased to inform you of our next program which will be a book chat. Please save the date noted below. Details will follow soon.
Topic: IDC Book Chat Book: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the age of color Blindness by Michelle Alexander: DB74560
When: Sunday, June 22 at 4:00 PM Pacific, 7:00 PM Eastern
Where: Zoom
Stay tuned for details.
From the Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles.
In the May/June 2025 issue of National Geographic History, Jim Briscoe reads about the Hello Girls in WW-One. These brave women fought to keep Americans safe,
https://airsla.org/all-podcasts/ng-history/
The May 5 issue of Science, read by Merrick Schneider, relates how cuts to NIH has hurt Deaf Scientists’ programs.
https://airsla.org/science-airsla/
All this and more at, https://airsla.org/
Thank you for reading.
