Vol. 68, No. 5                                                                                                                                                     May 2025                   Contents   Convention Bulletin 2025   New on the Agenda: The United States Access Board will be at National Convention   From Fear to Empowerment: Moms’ Stories of Raising Blind Children by Z’Leah N. Liburd   Crossing the Bay Bridge by Cassie McKinney   A Mother of Faith and Strength: Interview with Mississippi's Linda Lankston Clay by LaShawna Fant   Beyond the Chatbot: Innovations in the Fast-Changing World of AI by Jonathan Mosen   Blindness in Current Political Discourse: Stemming a Toxic Tide by Chris Danielsen   From the President’s Desk   National Federation of the Blind and Blind Students Sue West Virginia University for Discrimination   Resolution Reminders by Donald Porterfield   Lawsuit Alleges that New York Courts Systemically Discriminate Against Blind Jurors in Grand Jury System   Disability Advocates Sue Social Security Administration and DOGE to Stop Unlawful Cuts to Social Security Services   Monitor Miniatures   Photo and Web List Issue: [MAY 2025] Photos: Z’Leah N. Liburd Cassie McKinney LaShawna Fant Linda Lankston Clay Jonathan Mosen Chris Danielsen Mark Riccobono Donald Porterfield 2 photos came with bay bridge article- in need of captions   Web Links: www.nfb.org www.nfbnet.org Facebook.com/nationalfederationoftheblind YouTube.com/NationsBlind www.nfb.org/planned-giving www.nfb.org/make-gift https://nfb.org/get-involved/national-convention/first-timers-guide. https://www.access-board.gov, https://www.bookshare.org/ https://www.stepupforstudents.org/for-parents/scholarship-details/unique-abilities/ https://www.fsdbk12.org/cane-quest https://dbs.fldoe.org/?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://www.fsdbk12.org/https://www.fsdbk12.org/braille-challenge https://hadley.edu https://lighthouseblv.org/?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://www.maxiaids.com/?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://www.loc.gov/nls/ https://lighthouseblv.org/ https://notebooklm.google.com https://browngold.com/ https://www.drofwv.org/ nopbc.org