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Healthy Democracy: Voter Engagement Brainstorm
Tues, October 17, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, In-Person
Join us in our ongoing efforts to enhance voter engagement in San Mateo County! We will build on the momentum from our successful August Voter Engagement Brainstorm.
What to Expect:
Identifying Outreach Opportunities: We'll locate geographical and demographic gaps in our outreach efforts and strategize ways to bridge these gaps effectively.
Strengthening Partnerships: We'll discuss detailed plans for partnering organizations on voter engagement events.
Securing Funding: We'll work on developing comprehensive proposals that can be submitted to the County and funders for funding support.
Limited space. Please register only if you can attend in person.
Thrive RISE October Meeting: Beyond Preparedness - Earthquake Mitigation in San Mateo County
Wed, October 25, 10:00 - 11:00 am, Virtual
This month, millions of Californians will participate in the Great Shakeout, an annual earthquake drill practiced by people around the world. While earthquake preparedness is crucial to helping us train our bodies and minds to properly react to real earthquakes, one of the most effective ways of keeping our communities safe during earthquakes is by strengthening our built environment to withstand shaking. This means reinforcing older buildings and infrastructures, and securing furniture and heavy objects in our homes, offices, childcare, and community spaces.
Sarah Atkinson, Earthquake Resilience Policy Manager at SPUR, will provide an overview of earthquake probability in our region, types of structures at risk of collapse or damage, and preemptive actions that San Mateo County organizations and agencies can take to help reduce the risk of earthquakes within their communities.
All organizations are welcome at this meeting, regardless of sector or experience in responding to community emergencies. Registration is not required for these recurring meetings. Please save this link as a recurring event on your calendar for the last Wednesday of the month.
Thrive Wellness Wednesdays: The HeartMath® System - Connecting Hearts and Minds
Wed, October 25, 3:00 - 5:00 pm, Virtual
Don't miss out on this 2-hour workshop led by HeartMath's Organizational Division Co-Directors, Robert Browning and Sheva Carr, as they guide you through powerful techniques that connect the heart and mind.
Discover how to self-regulate your autonomic nervous system and emotions through heart rate variability self-regulation to reduce stress and optimize over 1,400 physiological events in the body and brain. These methods can help you improve physical and psychological wellness, cognitive capacity, resilience, innovative solution-seeking, greater fulfillment, better teaming, and access to evidenced-based intuitive clarity/inner guidance.
We will also learn how to apply self-regulation to visioning and strategy in the workplace for improved hiring, staff engagement, retention, and collaborative success.
Each participant who attends will be given the option to follow up with a complimentary private (individual or team) consultation with a licensed HeartMath trainer. Read more about HeartMath here.
*Zoom information will be provided to registered attendees.
Environment & Sustainability TAG: Turning Green Into Gold - Free Resources, Consulting, & Rebates for Resilience & Sustainability
Thurs, October 26, 2:30 - 4:00 pm, Virtual
Learn how to join a growing network of green-certified organizations across San Mateo County that are taking measures to lower their environmental impact. The San Mateo County Green Business Program, which serves both businesses and nonprofits, offers free resources, technical assistance, and up to $1,000 in rebates for local organizations to adopt sustainability and climate resilience measures.
Lawrence Nussbaum, Senior Consultant at Environmental Innovations, will speak about the Green Business Program for County of San Mateo, administered by the Office of Sustainability. Lawrence will provide an overview of how the program works, what types of sustainability and resilience measures are available through rebates, and how to get your organization started in the certification process.
Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications (OCPSC): Capacity Building Workshop for CBOs - Census 101 - How to Use Census Data
Wed, October 18, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
The Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications (OCPSC) is coordinating with the US Census Bureau on a training about accessing census data to strengthen nonprofit organizational capacity on using data for decision-making, grant proposal writing, and outreach tactics. Designed for the novice data user, this workshop presents an overview of the Decennial Census and the American Community Survey (ACS), which provides data on various topics from the nation to the block level.
Unitedly: Be Visible, Be the Change - Conversations to Advance Asian & Pacific Islander Communities
Fri, November 3, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Please join Unitedly in a fireside chat with Alyson Suzuki, Founder and CEO of Unitedly, and Bernice Chao, an award-winning Creative, Speaker, and Co-author of The Invisibility Mindset.
Redwood City Parks and Arts Foundation: The Business and Marketing Side of Being an Artist - What They Don’t Teach You in Art School
Thurs, November 9, 5:15 - 7:00 pm
Join Redwood City Parks and Arts Foundation for a free panel discussion onthe business and marketing side of being an artist and what they do not teach you in art school. Each speaker will give a presentation, and then participate in a panel discussion led by Jorge Calderon.
Featuring: Christine Koppes, Curator and Director, Curatorial Affairs Institute of Contemporary Art SF (ICA SF); Danny Sanchez, Associate Director, Themes and Projects - San Francisco; Heather Marx, Principal, Heather Marx Art Advisory.
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