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UPCOMING EVENTS(more info below) November 3o – Women’s Coffee at Sam’s*December 14 – In-Person at Mgt. Todd!** Every Mon. & Thu. – Spahr Senior GroupsEvery Tue. – Trans/Non-Binary Support Grp.* Sponsored by the Social Committee / requires registration / link to flyer linked below for more information** Save the date! More information soon. To join the Spahr Senior GroupMondays, 7 to 8 pm, &Thursdays, 12:30 to 2 pm,click the purple button below the Butterfly Heart or here:  Join Group New participants are warmly welcomed!If you’re zoom-challenged, let me know and I’ll work with you! Topical Thursdays12:30 to 2 pmNovember 25 Harvest FeastRecognizing that many of […]

The Sonoma County Library is offering virtual events throughout the month of December. We have programming for all ages, including yoga, music history, film discussions, and more! Registration is required for all events. Check out a selection of our December events below! Kids & FamiliesHelp get your child ready to read with bilingual family storytime on Wednesday, December 15, at 10:30 am! Join a children’s librarian and model the everyday practices of talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing with books, fingerplays, rhymes, and songs.  For families and caregivers with children, ages 0-6.Relax and have fun with Ozlem’s all-ages yoga classes! Join us for […]

Celebrate kindness with your library this holiday season! We all need community, now more than ever, and we’re offering several opportunities to share the love at each of our branches. Interested? Find out how you can get involved below! Donate food. Sonoma County Library partners with local organizations to help alleviate hunger in our community. Drop off canned goods and other food items in a donation barrel at any library branch.  Share what you are thankful for. Help make our Gratitude Trees grow by adding a leaf of your own! Trees are located at your local library and available all through the […]

History buffs rejoice! We have added several new resources to the Sonoma County Library Digital Collections site, including a historical photo map viewer and an updated Local History Index. Find out more about these collections below!  The Historic Photo Map Viewergraphically provides the location for nearly 35,000 photos taken within Sonoma County, and is a great way to discover new images in our collection. The tool also allows a view of locations over time, from 1942 (for selected areas) through 2018!  The Local History Index is a tool for researching Sonoma County people, places, organizations, and events referenced in books, journals, and newspapers found […]

HOLIDAY MEAL FREE TO ALLThursday, Dec 2 from 11am – 1pm Your invited to join us to celebrate our annual holiday meal! This year we will be serving YOU. Traditional holiday menu, with vegetarian options too! More info below. Due to COVID restrictions we ask that you do not bring any food to the meal. All of the food is provided and served by the SASC Board of Directors.RSVP required as we are limited in space. Details are on the webpage when you register! RSVP TO OUR HOLIDAY MEAL Did you know ANYONE can become a member at the Sebastopol Area Senior Center? […]

LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline 1947-2000.Wednesdays 1:30-3pm. Online via Zoom. On Wed., 11/24join us for a conversation about Lesbian/Gay Parenting inthe 1970s-80s. Please contact me to enroll and get a Zoom invite: cdungan@santarosa.edu

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2021Saturday, November 20th, 4pm-6pm At Osher Marin JCC200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael  Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was founded in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people lost to violence since Rita Hester’s death, and began an important tradition that has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. TDOR founder Gwendolyn Ann Smith, says “Transgender Day of Remembrance seeks to highlight the losses we face due to anti-transgender bigotry […]

SoCo’s LGBT+ Community has lost a beloved community member, Lori Zee. Please come out for a celebration of life for Lori Zee. Here are the details: November 20, 2021R3 in Guerneville.5-9pm. This would have been Lori’s birthday. Come out and dance to music that Lori played for many years at many events as a wonderful DJ.Come share stories. Come support each other.

We are reaching out with a reminder that Equality California (EQCA) will soon be sending out surveys to school districts throughout California for the purpose of updating the information in their Safe and Supportive Schools report, which is published every two years (see here for the most recent edition). This report is a vitally important source of information for LGBTQIA+ families seeking to understand the degree to which their school district is implementing supportive measures for LGBTQIA+ students and families.  As reflected on this map, most school districts in Sonoma County did not respond when the survey last went out in 2018. If you have […]

LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline 1947-2000. Wednesdays 1:30-3pm. Online via Zoom.  On Wed., 11/17 we’ll be talking about Transgender History with Jacqui  Nugent. Please contact me to enroll and get a Zoom invite: cdungan@santarosa.edu