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Thrive Events
Second Annual Climate Summit for San Mateo County Adaptation and Equity: Building Power for Community Resilience
Wed, October 11, 2023, 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
South San Francisco Conference Center Spanish Translation Provided
Learn from communities at the forefront of addressing climate change across the county as we take steps to prioritize community-led planning, build power among community-based organizations, and secure funding for community resilience.
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.
Redwood City Parks and Arts Foundation: Performing Arts Mini Grants for Event at the CZI Community Space
Application Deadline: Fri, October 13
The Redwood City Parks and Arts Foundation, in collaboration with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, is pleased to invite performing arts organizations in San Mateo County, CA, to apply for their Performance Arts Mini-Grant. Accepted proposals will be awarded a mini-grant of up to $5,000, $10,000, or $15,0000 in order to accommodate several groups/organizations to produce events that align with the art exhibition theme. If you are a nonprofit organization or a community group based in San Mateo County, or whose programs serve San Mateo County residents, and are involved in the performing arts, you are eligible to apply. To learn more and apply click here.
Peninsula Clean Energy
Do you see Peninsula Clean Energy on your PG&E bill? That’s how you know you are saving money! How much? Visit Peninsula Clean Energy’s website for a sheet to calculate your savings.
Minimum Wage Rises to $17.06 an Hour Beginning New Year's Day in Unincorporated San Mateo County
San Mateo County’s minimum wage will rise to $17.06 an hour in unincorporated areas starting Jan. 1, 2024, as an automatic pay increase. The minimum wage must be paid to employees who work at least two hours a week, with few exceptions. Employers regardless of size must pay workers at least $17.06 for all time worked within the geographic boundaries of unincorporated San Mateo County. This new minimum wage will be $1.06 per hour higher than the state’s minimum wage, which is scheduled to increase to $16 an hour on Jan. 1, 2024. To learn more click here.
Community Events
Santa Clara County Supervisor Simitian and the City of Mountain View: $100 A Day – Documentary Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Wed, October 4, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian and the City of Mountain View invite the community to attend a free documentary film screening of $100 A Day and a panel discussion about wrongful conviction. Attendees will hear from a panel of policy and legal experts who will discuss wrongful incarceration and updates to public policy since the 2003 passage of Assembly Bill 1302.
Authored by Simitian when he was in the California State Assembly, the legislation provided expedited compensation to Rick Walker, a man wrongly convicted of a crime he didn't commit, and for which he was imprisoned for more than a decade. He spent the remainder of his life working to support individuals who were wrongfully incarcerated through advocacy and changes in public policy.
Note: This event is suggested for people 12 years and above due to the subject matter, though anyone can attend.
The Parent Venture: Youth Mental Health - Building Hope and Resilience in Uncertain Times
Thurs, October 5, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Being an adolescent today is different. In addition to the usual developmental challenges, youth are grappling with school success, social media, racial inequity, and real-life events like school shootings, climate change, and natural disasters. In this special presentation, Clinical Health Psychologist David B. Feldman, Ph.D. will discuss coping strategies and healthy habits in support of children and teens. Dr. Feldman is a Professor of Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University, considered one of the nation’s foremost experts on hope. He will be joined by Mark Cloutier, MPP, MPH, Chief Executive Officer at Caminar.
This special presentation is sponsored by Caminar, in partnership with The Parent Venture.
The Parent Venture: Brain Trauma, Concussion, and CTE - What Should Families Know?
Tues, October 10, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability among children ages 1 to 19 years in the United States. Join The Parent Venture for a critical Community Forum on brain trauma, concussion, and CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) hosted by the Sequoia Healthcare District. During this event, Neuroscientist Samantha Bureau, PhD, Concussion Legacy Foundation, will offer professional expertise on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in youth.
This event is sponsored by Sequoia Healthcare District, in partnership with The Parent Venture.
The Parent Venture: Work, Parent, Thrive - Rethinking Rest
Thurs, October 12, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
How do we find rest in our busy, daily lives as parents, caregivers, and community members? Can we find practical strategies to help us work, parent, and support thriving children and families? During this event, Clinical Psychologist Yael Schonbrun, Ph.D., author of Work, Parent, Thrive, and Silicon Valley futurist Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, Ph.D., author of Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less, will offer science-based strategies to help families manage the balance of work, play, and parenting.
This event is sponsored by generous donors from the Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation and the San Mateo County Office of Education, in partnership with The Parent Venture.
The Parent Venture: Never Enough - When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic - And What We Can Do About It
Wed, October 18, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
In the ever more competitive race to secure the best possible future, today’s students face unprecedented pressure to succeed. Yet this drive to optimize performance has resulted in skyrocketing rates of anxiety, depression, and even self-harm. Parents, educators, and community leaders are facing the same quandary: how can we teach our kids to strive toward excellence without crushing them?
Join The Parent Venture and bestselling author Jennifer Breheny Wallace (Never Enough) as they investigate the deep roots of toxic achievement culture and find out what we must do to fight back. Drawing on interviews with families and educators, Wallace exposes how the pressure to perform is not a matter of parental choice, but baked into our larger society and spurred by increasing income inequality and dwindling opportunities.
This event is sponsored by generous donors from the Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation and the San Mateo County Office of Education, in partnership with The Parent Venture.
Peninsula Family Service: Thanks for Giving Luncheon
Fri, November 17, 10:30 am - 3:00 pm
Join Hillsborough Auxiliary to Peninsula Family Service (PFS) for a gathering of friends and a day of shopping, dining, and giving at their annual Thanks For Giving Luncheon on Friday, November 17 at the Hillsborough Racquet Club in Hillsborough. They are delighted to feature vendors who are all kindly donating 20% of their sales from the day to Peninsula Family Service. They will also be honoring their Sustainer of the Year and have an opportunity to support PFS Older Adult Services via the Fund-A-Need “Overcoming Loneliness through Care and Connections.”
Please invite your friends and enjoy a lovely fall afternoon! Even if they are out of town, they can support the Fund-A-Need and can enter for a chance to win an exciting donation drawing.
The Riekes Center's Harvest Festival and Open House
Sun, October 22, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
You and your loved ones are invited to The Riekes Center's Harvest Festival and Open House which will be a celebration of community, togetherness, and the spirit of fall. During this event, you can explore a pumpkin patch, test your skills at archery, express your creativity with art projects, and conquer an obstacle course. There will be festivities for all ages.
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