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The Napa Valley College LGBT Studies Program invites you to attend a special workshop in celebration of Pride this JunTURNING SHAME INTO PRIDEWith Finn Deerhart, Founder of Queer Connect Many of us gay, queer, and trans men enter into this world with secrecy and shame surrounding our sexualities. From birth, sex and spirit are divided, separate parts of our personalities that often seem to be in conflict with each other. We may spend our entire lives trying to get back to a sense of wholeness within ourselves. We tend to make choices about sex, the emotional and physical safety of […]

Join the 2019 Parent Leadership Circle! We are seeking the next succession of proactive parent volunteers to take on leadership roles within North Bay LGBTQI Families. Working alongside our active founding members, the Leadership Circle will form a cohort and move through a series of workshops and team building activities over the next 6 months. Parent Leaders will be empowered to host and organize 1 NBF event of their choice to keep our community of LGBTQI families active. Cohort will meet at a farm in Sebastopol. Cohort TrainingsWorkshops (2-4 hours long, times to be announced)      ○ Sunday, April 14th:            […]

Our pantry is open Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from noon – 5pm. Please come in to visit us during those hours. If there is something you’d like us to stock in the pantry please contact Bri at bsilva@thespahrcenter.orgCal Fresh 2019 UpdateGreat News! For the first time, beginning in June 2019, clients who have Social Security Income will be able to apply for CalFresh and receive a monthly benefit of $130 deposited onto an EBT card. You can’t apply until June 2019 but we can help you apply once June rolls around. Contact your Case Manager or Benefits Advocate for assistance.  Give OUT Day on April […]

Local Sonoma County transgender community members and their allies are sponsoring a march in Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa at 1pm on Sunday, March 31st.  The purpose of the event is to support a national day of action for transgender visibility in the pursuit of equal protection and inclusion for members of the North Bay community. The theme of this year’s event is DUE equals Trans Rights.  DUE stands for Diversity, Unity, and Equity because our strength is in our diversity; our power is in our unity, and achieving equity needs to happen now. “That the local community needs to see […]

Caregivers are invited to improve their skills by attending one of eight, free, LGBT+ Awareness Trainings through November hosted by the IHSS Public Authority, Sonoma County Area Agency on Aging, SAGECare and LGBTQ Connections. The free program will train and certify 180 care providers about the needs of LGBT+ older adults and LGBT+ adults with disabilities. The first four-hour class will be Thursday, April 11, from 9-11am, at the Adult & Aging Division in Santa Rosa. Pre-registration is required online at ihss041119.eventbrite.com. The training helps care providers that work for IHSS, private agency homecare, and assisted living or skilled nursing facilities improve services for Sonoma County LGBT+ […]

County officials are working to bring programs to help businesses get back on their feet. State and Federal officials are still working to determine Federal Disaster status that will unlock FEMA support.  The Local Assistance Center set up at the Bank of America Building in Guerneville will be open from 9-6 through next weekend – go there for individual advice on programs open for residents, workers, and businesses.  There are two loan disaster assistance programs that businesses should look into right away: *****California Small Business Loan Guarantee Program &Disaster Relief Loan Guarantee Programwww.ibank.ca.gov │916.341.6600 │ SBFC@ibank.ca.govUse of FundsNew ConstructionInventoryWorking CapitalLines of CreditAgricultureDisaster […]

Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival 2019 is pleased to partner again with OUTwatch, Wine Country’s LGBTQI Film Festival, to offer a slate of films curated by the OUTwatch producers as part of our program. Look for the OW icons in the program! SDFF 2019: 4 LGBTQI features, 2 LGBTQI shorts plus 4 more films about strong women: LGBTQI FeaturesThe Rest I Make Up Friday March 29, 4pm   Rialto Cinemas® #9Leitis in Waiting Friday March 29, 7:30pm Rialto Cinemas®  #7Singing For Your Lives Friday March 29, 4:15-5:45  Brent Theater – Sebastopol Center for the ArtsBaghdad To the Bay Sunday March 31, 2-4pm Rialto Cinemas®  #7 LGBTQI ShortsA Great Ride before Baghdad to the Bay Sunday March 31, 2-4pm, […]

a On Saturday afternoon, March 23, musicians and faculty from the Santa Rosa Symphony Institute for Music Education will play music in various Railroad Square venues. These “Music Around Town” performances are free to the public. The Institute has partnered with a select group of historic businesses and venues to create community and expose more people to classical music and the amazing array of SRS education programs. The public is invited to stroll through the shops, restaurants and galleries as chamber ensembles of 2-14 young musicians and faculty perform 20-30 minute sets. This unique event will be held 2-5 PM […]