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Thrive Events
District Lines and Donuts & District Lines and Dessert
Tues, October 12, 9:00 - 10:00 am & Tues, October 12, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Join us for an informal hands on conversation about current San Mateo County district lines, population changes, and how to get involved in the redistricting process and why you should care. This event will be co-hosted with Jim Lawrence, Chair of San Mateo County’s Redistricting Commission. This will be a space for the community and our nonprofit partners to come together to learn and have an honest conversation about where we are in the process. We look forward to seeing you there!
Please reach out to Yajaira Ortega if you have any questions about this event. The conversation will be virtual, so BYOD (bring your own donuts/dessert. We promise to supply those as soon as we meet in person again!)
Voter Education and Outreach Advisory Committee (VEOAC) Meeting
Wed, October 20, 9:00 - 10:00 am
Everyone who is interested in voter outreach is welcome. We will receive a report from the County Elections Office about turnout from the last election, and we will review our outreach. Note that the meeting is only one hour.
Co-chaired by San Francisco Peninsula People Power, the County Elections Office, and Thrive Alliance
Continuing the Discussion on Planning for Collective Climate Goals
Thurs, October 28, 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Join Thrive to continue the series designed to collectively focus climate goals based on your priorities. In this meeting, we will continue our work on identifying issues impacting climate change and justice, and move onto the next step of developing specific themes on the collective climate goal areas. Read more about the previous meeting and add on to the live document.
This session will be facilitated by Matt Biggar, Ph.D., Founder of Connected to Place.
San Mateo County Collaborating During Disaster - Informational Meeting
Mon, November 8, 2:00 - 3:30 pm
As San Mateo County moves towards creating its own VOAD/COAD, (Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster, Community Organizations Active in Disaster), SFCARD, Thrive Alliance, Red Cross Northern California Coastal Region, Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, and San Mateo County Department of Emergency Management invite you to discuss how San Mateo County Community Based Organizations, Faith Based Organizations and Government can better coordinate during disasters. We will discuss what a VOAD/COAD is, how it can work in our County, and how it will benefit San Mateo County’s disaster response.
We will be joined by special guest Marsha Hovey, Interim Executive Director of CADRE (Collaborating Agencies’ Disaster Relief Effort), Santa Clara County's VOAD/COAD, to talk about our neighboring county's experience.
Acterra is now accepting applications for the 2022 Business Environmental Awards. If you have a compelling product, technology or innovation around sustainability leadership in the Bay Area under one of these categories, they invite you to apply:
Spare the Air Leadership Award (sponsored by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District)
Sustainable Food Systems Leadership Award
The deadline to apply is Friday, December 10, 2021. (Early bird pricing available through November 15 with completed application and payment.)
San Mateo County's Vaccine Education Taskforce: COVID-19 Collective Healing
Thurs, October 14, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
The San Mateo County's Vaccine Education Taskforce invites you to attend their upcoming COVID-19 Collective Healing event. During this event you will learn how to have effective conversations with your friends and family about the COVID-19 vaccine, updates on masking and staying safe, as well as additional support resources for mental health wellness, food and housing.
League of Women Voters: Sea Level Rise, Erosion, and Flooding on the San Mateo County Pacific Coastline
Thurs, October 14, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
The Leagues of Women Voters of North & Central San Mateo and South San Mateo County are pleased to host the sixth online forum in their series of discussions on Building Resiliency for a Changing Climate in partnership with OneShoreline. Public participation is encouraged to discuss how sea-level rise, erosion, and flooding will affect the San Mateo County coastline including Pacifica, Half Moon Bay, Pescadero, La Honda and other communities. Climate change will affect residents, businesses, community services, and infrastructure we all rely on for healthy and safe communities.
Featuring: Debbie Ruddock, Half Moon Bay Vice Mayor and San Mateo County Flood and Sea Level Rise Resiliency District (OneShoreline) Board Vice Chair; Don Horsley, San Mateo County Supervisor and OneShoreline Board Member; Len Materman, CEO, OneShoreline; Ryan Marquez, Associate Civil Engineer, City of Pacifica; Jim Pruett, General Manager, San Mateo County Harbor District; John Doughty, Public Works Director, City of Half Moon Bay; Isabel Parés Ramos, Resource Conservation Specialist, San Mateo County Office of Sustainability; Kellyx Nelson, Executive Director, San Mateo Resource Conservation District.
Community Vision: An Introduction to Depreciation for Nonprofits
Wed, October 20, 10:00 - 11:30 am
Join Community Vision for their upcoming webinar designed for community organizations interested in deciphering the concept of depreciation. Depreciation is a reduction in the value of an asset (such as a building, furniture, office equipment, machinery, etc.) with the passage of time. In this webinar, they will cover what depreciation is all about, the factors that impact depreciation, and why it’s important for nonprofits to know about depreciation.
Featuring: Kshama Kanakoor, Financial Management Consultant, Community Vision; Risa Blumlein Keeper, Managing Consultant, Grantmaking & Financial Management, Community Vision; Nate Schaffran, Co-Director of Lending, Community Vision.
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative: Media Training – Telling Your Story of Impact
Thurs, October 28, 9:30 - 11:00 am
Join Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Kerry-Ann Hamilton, KAH Consulting Founder and CEO, to discuss media training and how to tell your story of impact. This session will:
Provide a window into the media landscape, what makes stories newsworthy, and how reporters frequently think and act.
Offer tools to prepare talking points and navigate media interviews.
Work through techniques like “bridging” and “flagging” to ensure the final story includes the key messages you want your audiences to receive.
Hosted by KAH Consulting Founder and CEO Kerry-Ann Hamilton.
Art Guild of Pacifica's 63rd Annual Members Show & 62nd Annual Awards Exhibit
Fri, October 29 – Sun, December 12
Sanchez Art Center is proud to host the Art Guild of Pacifica’s 63rd Annual Members Show and 62nd Annual Awards Exhibit. The 63rd Annual will fill both the East and West Galleries, and the Main Gallery will display works by 2020 exhibition award winners Misha Flores, Tanya Lin, and Sheldon Yee. Bring your smartphone or tablet to fully experience Lin’s photographs with augmented reality (AR).
A reception will be held on Fri, October 29, 7:00 – 9:00 pm (health protocol permitting at the time), with music by Vivace with Carl Herder, Rob Hughes, and Alan Lee.
Center for Excellence in Nonprofits: Nonprofit Leadership Certificate Boot Camp (Virtual)
Tues, November 2 - Thurs, November 4
Join Center for Excellence in Nonprofits for their upcoming Nonprofit Leadership Certificate Boot Camp for a chance to learn from industry experts, explore the nonprofit business model, develop or augment management skills, and gain a robust toolkit of resources to excel and sustain yourself in a nonprofit career. They have embedded timely content (coping resources, fundraising strategies, etc.) and fostered an inclusive environment where participants can create authentic connections with peers and receive/provide support during this difficult time.
For COVID-19 health and vaccine information for San Mateo County, visit San Mateo County Health.
COVID-19 Communications
The County of San Mateo Office of Community Affairs provides these COVID-19 prevention, testing, and vaccination communications for you to share with your community. For additional communications click here.
Getting vaccinated can keep you from spreading the virus that causes COVID-19 and creating new variants. When you’re ready to get vaccinated, we’re here to help. Visit myturn.ca.gov to check walk-in sites near you. Let’s get you there. #VaccinateALL58
Every 10 years, electoral districts throughout the U.S. are redrawn to equalize the district populations. This process is called redistricting. Remember that you are the expert in your community and the County wants to hear your input!SmcDistrictLines.org
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