Jan 20
O&M Immersion Program with Guide Dogs for the Blind
(All day)
Jan 13 – Jan 19
Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) is now offering an Orientation & Mobility Immersion Program! Our week long program is designed to develop those O&M skills most relevant to guide dog mobility. Students will work with specially trained O&M specialists at one of our partner organizations and will be instructed on various techniques such as:
- Increasing awareness of the environmental information available to a guide dog traveler.
- Developing an understanding of how to use auditory information like traffic sounds to remain oriented and to achieve correct alignment during general travel and street crossings.
- Using auditory information to analyze different types of intersections and determine the best time to initiate street crossings.
- Developing the ability to estimate the distance walked relative to the time taken (time-distance estimation).
Students will also participate in exercises to help simulate travel with a guide dog (Juno exercises) and learn to apply their sensory awareness and travel skills in a practical way. First time students will get to participate in Juno exercises with a guide dog instructor followed by an experience walk with a guide dog on the same route.
For more information, or to apply for a future program please visit us at guidedogs.com or contact Danielle Velken, Outreach, O&M Program Coordinator at dvelken@guidedogs.com | 415-492-4121 | 800-295-4050 ext 4121 (Toll Free)
Read more: O&M Immersion Program with Guide Dogs for the Blind
O&M Immersion Program with Guide Dogs for the Blind
(All day)
Jan 13 – Jan 19
Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) is now offering an Orientation & Mobility Immersion Program! Our week long program is designed to develop those O&M skills most relevant to guide dog mobility. Students will work with specially trained O&M specialists at one of our partner organizations and will be instructed on various techniques such as:
- Increasing awareness of the environmental information available to a guide dog traveler.
- Developing an understanding of how to use auditory information like traffic sounds to remain oriented and to achieve correct alignment during general travel and street crossings.
- Using auditory information to analyze different types of intersections and determine the best time to initiate street crossings.
- Developing the ability to estimate the distance walked relative to the time taken (time-distance estimation).
Students will also participate in exercises to help simulate travel with a guide dog (Juno exercises) and learn to apply their sensory awareness and travel skills in a practical way. First time students will get to participate in Juno exercises with a guide dog instructor followed by an experience walk with a guide dog on the same route.
For more information, or to apply for a future program please visit us at guidedogs.com or contact Danielle Velken, Outreach, O&M Program Coordinator at dvelken@guidedogs.com | 415-492-4121 | 800-295-4050 ext 4121 (Toll Free)
Read more: O&M Immersion Program with Guide Dogs for the Blind
O&M Immersion Program with Guide Dogs for the Blind
(All day)
Jan 13 – Jan 19
Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) is now offering an Orientation & Mobility Immersion Program! Our week long program is designed to develop those O&M skills most relevant to guide dog mobility. Students will work with specially trained O&M specialists at one of our partner organizations and will be instructed on various techniques such as:
- Increasing awareness of the environmental information available to a guide dog traveler.
- Developing an understanding of how to use auditory information like traffic sounds to remain oriented and to achieve correct alignment during general travel and street crossings.
- Using auditory information to analyze different types of intersections and determine the best time to initiate street crossings.
- Developing the ability to estimate the distance walked relative to the time taken (time-distance estimation).
Students will also participate in exercises to help simulate travel with a guide dog (Juno exercises) and learn to apply their sensory awareness and travel skills in a practical way. First time students will get to participate in Juno exercises with a guide dog instructor followed by an experience walk with a guide dog on the same route.
For more information, or to apply for a future program please visit us at guidedogs.com or contact Danielle Velken, Outreach, O&M Program Coordinator at dvelken@guidedogs.com | 415-492-4121 | 800-295-4050 ext 4121 (Toll Free)
Read more: O&M Immersion Program with Guide Dogs for the Blind
O&M Immersion Program with Guide Dogs for the Blind
(All day)
Jan 13 – Jan 19
Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) is now offering an Orientation & Mobility Immersion Program! Our week long program is designed to develop those O&M skills most relevant to guide dog mobility. Students will work with specially trained O&M specialists at one of our partner organizations and will be instructed on various techniques such as:
- Increasing awareness of the environmental information available to a guide dog traveler.
- Developing an understanding of how to use auditory information like traffic sounds to remain oriented and to achieve correct alignment during general travel and street crossings.
- Using auditory information to analyze different types of intersections and determine the best time to initiate street crossings.
- Developing the ability to estimate the distance walked relative to the time taken (time-distance estimation).
Students will also participate in exercises to help simulate travel with a guide dog (Juno exercises) and learn to apply their sensory awareness and travel skills in a practical way. First time students will get to participate in Juno exercises with a guide dog instructor followed by an experience walk with a guide dog on the same route.
For more information, or to apply for a future program please visit us at guidedogs.com or contact Danielle Velken, Outreach, O&M Program Coordinator at dvelken@guidedogs.com | 415-492-4121 | 800-295-4050 ext 4121 (Toll Free)
Read more: O&M Immersion Program with Guide Dogs for the Blind
O&M Immersion Program with Guide Dogs for the Blind
(All day)
Jan 13 – Jan 19
Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) is now offering an Orientation & Mobility Immersion Program! Our week long program is designed to develop those O&M skills most relevant to guide dog mobility. Students will work with specially trained O&M specialists at one of our partner organizations and will be instructed on various techniques such as:
- Increasing awareness of the environmental information available to a guide dog traveler.
- Developing an understanding of how to use auditory information like traffic sounds to remain oriented and to achieve correct alignment during general travel and street crossings.
- Using auditory information to analyze different types of intersections and determine the best time to initiate street crossings.
- Developing the ability to estimate the distance walked relative to the time taken (time-distance estimation).
Students will also participate in exercises to help simulate travel with a guide dog (Juno exercises) and learn to apply their sensory awareness and travel skills in a practical way. First time students will get to participate in Juno exercises with a guide dog instructor followed by an experience walk with a guide dog on the same route.
For more information, or to apply for a future program please visit us at guidedogs.com or contact Danielle Velken, Outreach, O&M Program Coordinator at dvelken@guidedogs.com | 415-492-4121 | 800-295-4050 ext 4121 (Toll Free)
Read more: O&M Immersion Program with Guide Dogs for the Blind
O&M Immersion Program with Guide Dogs for the Blind
(All day)
Jan 13 – Jan 19
Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) is now offering an Orientation & Mobility Immersion Program! Our week long program is designed to develop those O&M skills most relevant to guide dog mobility. Students will work with specially trained O&M specialists at one of our partner organizations and will be instructed on various techniques such as:
- Increasing awareness of the environmental information available to a guide dog traveler.
- Developing an understanding of how to use auditory information like traffic sounds to remain oriented and to achieve correct alignment during general travel and street crossings.
- Using auditory information to analyze different types of intersections and determine the best time to initiate street crossings.
- Developing the ability to estimate the distance walked relative to the time taken (time-distance estimation).
Students will also participate in exercises to help simulate travel with a guide dog (Juno exercises) and learn to apply their sensory awareness and travel skills in a practical way. First time students will get to participate in Juno exercises with a guide dog instructor followed by an experience walk with a guide dog on the same route.
For more information, or to apply for a future program please visit us at guidedogs.com or contact Danielle Velken, Outreach, O&M Program Coordinator at dvelken@guidedogs.com | 415-492-4121 | 800-295-4050 ext 4121 (Toll Free)
Read more: O&M Immersion Program with Guide Dogs for the Blind
LightHouse Community Winter Trip with ETC
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Jan 18 – Jan 20
LightHouse Community Winter Trip with ETC
Friday, January 18th through Sunday, January 20th
Each year, LightHouse partners with our friends from Environmental Travel Companions (ETC) for their always awesome overnight White Water Rafting and Sea Kayaking excursions. In 2019 LightHouse is excited to announce that we will be adding one more of ETC’s epic adventures to our calendar. In January the LightHouse Community Services team invites all students ages 14 and up that are blind or have low vision to join us for our first ETC winter trip during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. Our adventure will take us to the Sierra Nevada where we will meet our friends from ETC at their winter cabin in Arnold. The weekend will consist of all-day cross country skiing Saturday and a hike through the world's largest giant sequoias Sunday, before we return to the Bay Area on Sunday afternoon. Our trip will be led by the always fantastic ETC guides who will introduce you to basic skiing techniques and work with you at your skill level to challenge you while experiencing the fun and magic of ETC's winter trips.
Who: Youth and Adults that are blind or have low vision (ages 14 and up)
What: LightHouse weekend winter adventure with friends from ETC
When: Depart 4:00 p.m. Friday, January 18th and return 5:00 p.m. Sunday, January 20th Where: ETC Winter Cabin in Arnold, CA
Cost: The cost of the trip is $150.00 per student and includes overnight accommodations, food, ski equipment and round trip transportation
RSVP: Please note limited space is available and students must submit payment and ALL necessary paperwork before one's spot in the trip will be confirmed. The deadline to sign up for this trip is Wednesday, January 9th. If you are interested in signing up for this trip or have any questions, please contact Jamey Gump at (415) 694-7372 or youth@lighthouse-sf.org. For more general information about the ETC Cross Country Ski program please visit http://www.etctrips.org/adventures/skiing.
O&M Immersion Program with Guide Dogs for the Blind
(All day)
Jan 13 – Jan 19
Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) is now offering an Orientation & Mobility Immersion Program! Our week long program is designed to develop those O&M skills most relevant to guide dog mobility. Students will work with specially trained O&M specialists at one of our partner organizations and will be instructed on various techniques such as:
- Increasing awareness of the environmental information available to a guide dog traveler.
- Developing an understanding of how to use auditory information like traffic sounds to remain oriented and to achieve correct alignment during general travel and street crossings.
- Using auditory information to analyze different types of intersections and determine the best time to initiate street crossings.
- Developing the ability to estimate the distance walked relative to the time taken (time-distance estimation).
Students will also participate in exercises to help simulate travel with a guide dog (Juno exercises) and learn to apply their sensory awareness and travel skills in a practical way. First time students will get to participate in Juno exercises with a guide dog instructor followed by an experience walk with a guide dog on the same route.
For more information, or to apply for a future program please visit us at guidedogs.com or contact Danielle Velken, Outreach, O&M Program Coordinator at dvelken@guidedogs.com | 415-492-4121 | 800-295-4050 ext 4121 (Toll Free)
Read more: O&M Immersion Program with Guide Dogs for the Blind
LightHouse Community Winter Trip with ETC
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Jan 18 – Jan 20
LightHouse Community Winter Trip with ETC
Friday, January 18th through Sunday, January 20th
Each year, LightHouse partners with our friends from Environmental Travel Companions (ETC) for their always awesome overnight White Water Rafting and Sea Kayaking excursions. In 2019 LightHouse is excited to announce that we will be adding one more of ETC’s epic adventures to our calendar. In January the LightHouse Community Services team invites all students ages 14 and up that are blind or have low vision to join us for our first ETC winter trip during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. Our adventure will take us to the Sierra Nevada where we will meet our friends from ETC at their winter cabin in Arnold. The weekend will consist of all-day cross country skiing Saturday and a hike through the world's largest giant sequoias Sunday, before we return to the Bay Area on Sunday afternoon. Our trip will be led by the always fantastic ETC guides who will introduce you to basic skiing techniques and work with you at your skill level to challenge you while experiencing the fun and magic of ETC's winter trips.
Who: Youth and Adults that are blind or have low vision (ages 14 and up)
What: LightHouse weekend winter adventure with friends from ETC
When: Depart 4:00 p.m. Friday, January 18th and return 5:00 p.m. Sunday, January 20th Where: ETC Winter Cabin in Arnold, CA
Cost: The cost of the trip is $150.00 per student and includes overnight accommodations, food, ski equipment and round trip transportation
RSVP: Please note limited space is available and students must submit payment and ALL necessary paperwork before one's spot in the trip will be confirmed. The deadline to sign up for this trip is Wednesday, January 9th. If you are interested in signing up for this trip or have any questions, please contact Jamey Gump at (415) 694-7372 or youth@lighthouse-sf.org. For more general information about the ETC Cross Country Ski program please visit http://www.etctrips.org/adventures/skiing.
Women's March Oakland: Disabled Contingent
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Jan 19
Women’s March Oakland will be held on January 19, 2019 and they have secured a place at the front of the parade route for a pan-disability contingent. Join the Women’s March and LightHouse as we march the streets of Oakland to “harness the political power of diverse women and their communities in Oakland… to create transformative social change.”
Women’s March Oakland will be at Lake Merritt and the start of the disabled contingent will be under half a mile from Lake Merritt BART. More detailed location logistics will be released closer to the march date.
If you plan on attending please RSVP on our Eventbrite page. This will also ensure that you receive all important communication leading up to the march.
LightHouse is working with Women’s March Oakland and has the ability to pair you with a guide for access and visual interpretation of an exciting day! We know that a march of this size can provide barriers and we want to make sure you can participate. In order to request a guide, please request one on Eventbrite or contact Allyson Ferrari at aferrari@lighthouse-sf.org or (415) 694 – 7320. We can only provide so many guides, so please let Allyson know by Thursday, 1/10/19.
For more information you can visit the march website https://womensmarchoakland.org/ or contact Laura Millar at laura@lauramillar.com or (925) 321 - 8804
Fundamentals of Contact Improvisation with Jess Curtis/Gravity
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Jan 19
Fundamentals of Contact Improvisation with Jess Curtis/Gravity
Saturday, January 19, 1-5 PM
FREE Contact Improvisation is an improvisational dance form utilizing physical principles such as touch, momentum, gravity, friction, resistance, counterbalance, lifting and falling. Primarily practiced as a duet form, Contact trains the senses and reflexes to allow for nuanced communication through touch, and the playful interaction of weight and momentum in space. This workshop will focus on the fundamental skills of Contact Improvisation, in a way that can be useful to the first time contacter as well as offering more experienced contacters a variety of concepts and exercises to increase their skill and options in the dance.
We will address and practice 1) sustaining a clear point or points of contact. 2) Giving our weight through touch clearly and safely 3) Trusting our reflexes to find balance outside of the vertical and in motion 4) Moving our attention easily between our own body, our partners body and the space around us 5) Finding a variety of qualities in our dancing and our ability to move easily and intentionally between them 6) Finding our way easily into and out of dances.
To RSVP, contact Adult Program Coordinator Serena Olsen at solsen@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7316.
About Jess Curtis/Gravity: Jess Curtis is an award-winning choreographer and performer committed to an art-making practice informed by experimentation, innovation, critical discourse and social relevance at the intersections of fine art and popular culture. In 2000, Curtis founded his own trans-continental performance company, Jess Curtis/Gravity, based in Berlin and San Francisco. Curtis is active as a writer, advocate and community organizer in the fields of contemporary dance and performance, and teaches accessible Dance, Contact Improvisation and Interdisciplinary Performance courses throughout the US and Europe. He holds an MFA in Choreography and a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from the University of California at Davis. Learn more about Jess Curtis/Gravity at https://www.jesscurtisgravity.org/.
Image courtesy of Jess Curtis.
Read more: Fundamentals of Contact Improvisation with Jess Curtis/Gravity
LightHouse Community Winter Trip with ETC
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Jan 18 – Jan 20
LightHouse Community Winter Trip with ETC
Friday, January 18th through Sunday, January 20th
Each year, LightHouse partners with our friends from Environmental Travel Companions (ETC) for their always awesome overnight White Water Rafting and Sea Kayaking excursions. In 2019 LightHouse is excited to announce that we will be adding one more of ETC’s epic adventures to our calendar. In January the LightHouse Community Services team invites all students ages 14 and up that are blind or have low vision to join us for our first ETC winter trip during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. Our adventure will take us to the Sierra Nevada where we will meet our friends from ETC at their winter cabin in Arnold. The weekend will consist of all-day cross country skiing Saturday and a hike through the world's largest giant sequoias Sunday, before we return to the Bay Area on Sunday afternoon. Our trip will be led by the always fantastic ETC guides who will introduce you to basic skiing techniques and work with you at your skill level to challenge you while experiencing the fun and magic of ETC's winter trips.
Who: Youth and Adults that are blind or have low vision (ages 14 and up)
What: LightHouse weekend winter adventure with friends from ETC
When: Depart 4:00 p.m. Friday, January 18th and return 5:00 p.m. Sunday, January 20th Where: ETC Winter Cabin in Arnold, CA
Cost: The cost of the trip is $150.00 per student and includes overnight accommodations, food, ski equipment and round trip transportation
RSVP: Please note limited space is available and students must submit payment and ALL necessary paperwork before one's spot in the trip will be confirmed. The deadline to sign up for this trip is Wednesday, January 9th. If you are interested in signing up for this trip or have any questions, please contact Jamey Gump at (415) 694-7372 or youth@lighthouse-sf.org. For more general information about the ETC Cross Country Ski program please visit http://www.etctrips.org/adventures/skiing.
The events for the upcoming week are read aloud on our event hotline every Friday, which can be accessed by calling 415-694-7325. For more information about visiting the Adaptations Store, head to our shop page.
The LightHouse is scent-free. Please abstain from wearing colognes, perfumes, or other scented products. Additionally, coffee must be securely lidded at all times and citrus should not be peeled on the premises. Thanks for supporting our efforts to respect chemical sensitivities!
