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Kodi Lee Teams up with Foundation Fighting Blindness and Two Blind Brothers for Music to our Eyes Livestream Music Series

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Monday, December 14, 2020
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COLUMBIA, Md., Dec. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Foundation Fighting Blindness ,the world's leading organization committed to finding treatments and cures for blinding retinal diseases, presents the second installment of their livestream music series, Music to Our Eyes.

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  • COLUMBIA, Md., Dec. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Foundation Fighting Blindness ,the world's leading organization committed to finding treatments and cures for blinding retinal diseases, presents the second installment of their livestream music series, Music to Our Eyes.
  • This special holiday edition of the series features Kodi Lee on Thursday, December 17, 2020, at 7 p.m.
  • Kodi Lee is a 24-year-old blind and autistic musical prodigious savant who can recall any music he hears after only one listen.
  • "We're excited to be collaborating with Two Blind Brothers again for a livestream musical performance with Kodi Lee," says Jason Menzo, COO at the Foundation.

Historic Effort To 'End Blindness' Marks Major Milestone With Leading Scientists Recognized For Pioneering Work At VIP Ceremony Featuring Tribute To Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Thursday, December 3, 2020
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The Greenberg Prize awards ceremony will feature Art Garfunkel, Margaret Atwood, Al Gore, Michael Bloomberg, and Sen. Chris Coons among other luminaries.

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  • The Greenberg Prize awards ceremony will feature Art Garfunkel, Margaret Atwood, Al Gore, Michael Bloomberg, and Sen. Chris Coons among other luminaries.
  • Grammy Award-winning jazz artist Diane Schuur, who was blind from birth due to Retinopathy of Prematurity, will share a few special words.
  • The Greenberg Prize ceremony will also feature a moving tribute to the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a longtime supporter of the End Blindness movement.
  • The tribute will include exclusive footage of Justice Ginsburg reading from Hello Darkness, My Old Friend, the memoir of End Blindness 2020 co-founder Sanford D. Greenberg.