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Thrive Events
Thrive RISE (Resilience in Shared Emergencies): Emergency Response Plan Development for Nonprofits
Thurs, April 13, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Virtual
During and immediately after hazardous events and emergencies, staff need to know what to do to protect their own safety, client safety, and prevent secondary hazards like fires and gas leaks. In this 2-hour training, nonprofits and community-based organizations will learn how to develop emergency plans to promote staff and client safety during emergencies and disasters. This course will focus on immediate life safety planning in nonprofit spaces and provide participants with a blueprint for developing an emergency plan appropriate for their organization.
* Zoom information will be sent to registered attendees.
This forum will use the California Community Schools Partnerships model as a frame for growing and developing connections and communication between community-based organizations (CBOs) and school districts. You can look forward to:
Structured conversations between districts and CBOs
Introduction to InPlay, a new online activity guide for summer and afterschool programs aimed at lowering barriers to access for underserved families in expanded learning time
Join us on April 19 in person or via Zoom to hear a presentation from Dr. Mindy Romero, Director of the Center for Inclusive Democracy, about voter turnout in the November 2022 General Election. There will also be information from the San Mateo County Election Division on the updated Elections Administration Plan as well as the Voter Accessibility and Language Accessibility Advisory Commissions.
This will also be an opportunity to share and hear from other organizations that are doing voter registration, education, and outreach. There will be a group discussion to generate ideas as to what other activities we should undertake in San Mateo County to continue to increase voter participation, especially in under-represented communities.
Thrive RISE Monthly Meeting: Special Session - Coordinating Childcare in Disasters
Wed, April 26, 10:00 - 11:30 am
The disasters our communities have experienced this winter have reminded us once again just how vulnerable the childcare sector is to shock events like flooding, power outages, and acts of violence. When childcare facilities shut down, parents, including first responders, are unable to work and children miss out on important peer social and learning time. Coordinating alternative childcare spaces in disasters is crucial to meeting the economic and socio-emotional needs of families during emergencies. Thrive RISE, in partnership with Project Camp, are laying the groundwork to be able to launch temporary childcare spaces during emergencies, but this work requires the engagement and participation of education, childcare, and other community stakeholders.
Join us at the next Thrive RISE meeting for this special session on coordinating childcare in disasters. Participants will also have the opportunity to share other organizational updates. All are welcome!
Thrive RISE (Resilience in Shared Emergencies): Nonprofit Functionality & Continuity of Operations After Disasters
Thurs, May 11, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Virtual
Disasters and emergencies impact staff availability, communications, available funding and resources, and access to facilities, which can inhibit an organization's functionality and ability to provide its critical services to communities. This 2-hour training will cover the planning steps nonprofits should take to support the continuity of operations, including developing backup communications, contingency plans for staff availability, and more.
* Zoom information will be sent to registered attendees.
Who is Peninsula Clean Energy? They are our community electricity provider! If you live in San Mateo County you are automatically enrolled and are helping the environment and saving money. Want to learn more? Click here.
The Climate Reality Project: Climate Justice for All Project Grant
Application Deadline: Fri, May 12
The Climate Reality Project is seeking applicants for their Climate Justice for All Project Grants. This program is designed to provide funding to 10 organizations led by and serving frontline communities interested in implementing project-based solutions that address environmental injustices. The selected organizations will receive a one-time grant of up to $20,000, access to a curated library of resources, and opportunities to help amplify and spread their message in partnership with The Climate Reality Project and peer organizations.
Note: Proposed projects should start in July 2023 and end in March 2024.
Sponsored Employment Program (SEP) 2023
Application Deadline: Thurs, May 15
One East Palo Alto (OEPA) and its partners, College Track, El Concilio of San Mateo County, JobTrain, Live In Peace, and Belle Haven Community Development Fund, are hiring young people ages 14 to 24 years old for the Sponsored Employment Program (SEP). SEP is a crime prevention initiative that provides summer employment, mentoring, and community connectedness opportunities for young people at the highest risk in East Palo Alto (EPA) and Belle Haven/Eastern Menlo Park (EMP).
Note: Applicants must be residents of EPA or EMP and be able to supply proof of their right to work in the United States.
Reusable San Mateo County: Celebrate Earth Month with Reusable Takeout Containers
The City of Burlingame has launched the Reusable Foodware Pilot Program. The City was awarded a grant from San Mateo County to implement a pilot for 2-3 local restaurants to use reusable foodware for takeout orders to reduce waste. Coconut Bay is the first restaurant participant!
In celebration of Earth Month, Reusable San Mateo County is offering restaurant gift cards and other reusable prizes to customers who snap a photo of themselves with their takeout containers from Coconut Bay and tag @reusableSMC during the month of April. To learn more about the program click here.
Note: Reusable San Mateo County is coordinating the program on the City’s behalf.
Community Events
Sanchez Art Center: Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition
Fri, April 14 to Sun May 21
Join Sanchez Art Center for their upcoming Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition. Juror Renee Cyla Villasenor, Inaugural Programs Manager, and Curatorial Associate, at the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco, selected over 55 pieces from an impressive collection of more than 900 entries by artists on the left coast (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington). The exhibition, per Villasenor, shares “works dealing with deeply personal facets of identity to joyful expressions of color and form. It was important to highlight the effect the eventful and emotional past couple of years have had, which can be seen in the expansive range of medium and subject matter reflected in the works selected.”
Join Fuse Theatre for Equity Tool Box "Playshop". This virtual workshop focuses on resilience and integrates somatic practices while teaching anti-oppression principles through various games and exercises. This is constructed as a play workshop to encourage participants in the path of pleasure activism, to engage in social justice from the attitude of gratitude or a disposition of joy and curiosity.
Pour yourself a cup of coffee and join Fuse Theatre for a Creative Coffee Hour: A Space for Artists to Meet and Make Together. During this event, Fuse Theatre will be talking about the art they are loving and the art they are working on. There will even be an opportunity to create some art together.
Artists of all kinds are welcome, and participation is free.
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