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Part one will take place on March 17th from 9-11 am and part two will take place on March 18th from 9-11 am. Zoom links for both parts will be shared with all attendees. LGBTQ Connection is pleased to offer their LGBTQ Best Practices Training via Zoom! Our trainers are bilingual and can answer questions in English or Spanish, but this training will be held in English. LGBTQ Connection is offering the Napa & Sonoma County communities and local organizations a chance to learn from and participate in LGBTQ Connection’s highly reviewed LGBTQ Best Practices training. This workshop helps attendees to better reach […]

Join us on Saturday, March 13 from 2-4pm for the first of three virtual North Bay LGBTQI Families 2021 Symposium workshops! These spring workshops will align with our Symposium theme of Build, Protect, Advocate, and our first workshop (“Build”) will cover family building topics for LGBTQIA+ people, such as fertility and conception for queer and trans people, the foster to adopt process, and talking to kids about donor conception. Panelists and speakers will include:*Alice Ruby, Executive Director of The Sperm Bank of California*Nico Opper, maker of the documentary film “The F Word: A Foster-to-Adopt Story”*Rebecca Elowen, owner of Hearthstone Midwifery, […]

Sonoma County LGBTQI Community Center efforts – 1972 to the present. We’ll be covering the Penngrove WomanCenter, River Queen Women’s Center, LEGACY/Pride Center – from 1972 to the present. To register for the LGBTQI Timeline class please click on the appropriate link below. If you have not taken any classes through SRJC in the past year, you are considered a New Student. NEW STUDENTS need to first complete an application for Santa Rosa Junior College at  https://santarosajuniorcollege.formstack.com/forms/srjc_noncredit_application_for_admission. REGISTERED AND CONTINUING STUDENTS can enroll in the class at: https://santarosajuniorcollege.formstack.com/forms/non_credit_enrollment_form Use the following course info: OAP 505. Section 7072. I will send out the zoom invites on Monday.

Covid-19 News for Seniors How to get your vaccine if you’re still searchingA friend recently gave me an insight into how to better your chances of getting a shot soon. A greater supply of vaccine seems to be becoming available so hopefully more people are being notified by their provider that they can schedule their shots. In addition to signing up with your regular provider, you might consider signing up with several drugstores who offer vaccine shots. After signing up, you’ll likely find “no apppointments available” when you go to the site unless you search for them soon after midnight when they make more […]

LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline 1947-2000. Wednesdays 1:30-3pm. Online via Zoom. Next week,  Wed. 3/3/21, we will be talking about the AIDS epidemic in  Sonoma County.  Please contact me to enroll  in this FREE class and get a Zoom invite: cdungan@santarosa.edu

The Spahr Center’s first Advocacy Day, held in 2020, was a powerful gathering of LGBTQ+ and HIV-positive residents of Marin and their allies with members of the Board of Supervisors. You may remember that many of the Supervisors asked us to visit them once The Spahr Center had completed its 5 year Strategic Plan.  We will be returning to the Board of Supervisors with our newly released vision for the agency’s work moving forward. We will also bring renewed vigor to ensure that Marin County is a supportive and empowering place for all of its residents! See our Strategic Plan, titled […]

Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at Food For Thought. Thank you so much for your continued support! At FFT, we’re spreading the love by providing nurturing food to our neighbors in need. Will you join us? You’ve heard a lot from us about how food is medicine—that healthy food improves health and saves on health care expenses. But did you know that love is also medicine? This year, too many of our seriously ill Sonoma County neighbors are spending Valentine’s Day alone—and hungry. And because of COVID-19, demand for our services has more than doubled in the past year. People in our community need […]

LGBTQI History: A Sonoma County Timeline 1947-2000.Wednesdays 1:30-3pm. Online via Zoom. Next week, Wed. 2/10/21, we will be talking about the history ofWomen’s Weekend. Please contact me to enroll in this FREE class and get a Zoom invite: cdungan@santarosa.edu

Covid-19 News for SeniorsSee the announcement in the next section about our Thursday senior zoom group on February 4th when a coronavirus and vaccine expert will join us to provide information and answer our questions. Sign up now to be informed of when you can be vaccinated. Marin County has a form online where you can sign up to be notified when vaccine is available for you. Since supplies of vaccine are limited, people 75 and over as well as healthcare workers and those in residential facilities are prioritized. As more becomes available, additional populations will become prioritized. Sign up for notification here. The best place to get Coronavirus […]