Speeches and Reports

The very heart and soul of our movement can be discerned from one landmark speech or one comprehensive bundle of resolutions.  

Read these signal speeches and reports, study their poignant words, ponder their broader meanings, employ the wisdom of our leaders in your daily life, and distribute the word of the Federation to your family, friends, neighbors, and the general public so that we may all come to know the truth about blindness!

• National Convention Banquet Speeches
  Without a doubt, the banquet speech is the highlight of each year's national convention.  In addition, there are a few other signal convention speeches which are so monumental that they have often been confused for banquet speeches (such as "The Nature of Independence"). 
• National Convention Presidential Reports
  The presidential reports offer a concise historical record of the National Federation of the Blind's powerful movement from year to year.  The reports since 1990 are available online. 
• National Convention Resolutions
  The policies of the Federation are established by resolutions adopted by the national convention. 
• Presidential Releases
  For many years, our national president has disseminated information to our members across the United States by way of a short recording highlighting major events of the recent past and approaching future.  Calls to action have spread like wildfire among our grassroots movement, often due to these highly anticipated releases on cassette tape.  Starting in December of 2005 with Presidential Release Number 335, President Maurer has now made these important pieces of news available online. 

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