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Events in November 2022

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Nov 3(1 event)

9:30 am: Little Learners Playgroup (online)


Nov 3

Bring your giggles and wiggles to Little Learners weekly Zoom Playgroup, Thursdays from 9:30am - 10:15am. Enjoy fun activities with your little one, ages 0-6, while learning strategies to support your child's visual, sensory, motor and concept development. Connect with other families who understand and share your experience raising a child who is blind, has low vision, or Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). Weekly activities are designed to be accessible for all, and to build upon monthly themes that you can integrate into your family routines. All are welcome!

For more information or to register, please email Jacqueline Barden at littlelearners@lighthouse-sf.org or call (415) 694-7657. Meet you in the Zoom Room!

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Nov 10(1 event)

9:30 am: Little Learners Playgroup (online)


Nov 10

Bring your giggles and wiggles to Little Learners weekly Zoom Playgroup, Thursdays from 9:30am - 10:15am. Enjoy fun activities with your little one, ages 0-6, while learning strategies to support your child's visual, sensory, motor and concept development. Connect with other families who understand and share your experience raising a child who is blind, has low vision, or Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). Weekly activities are designed to be accessible for all, and to build upon monthly themes that you can integrate into your family routines. All are welcome!

For more information or to register, please email Jacqueline Barden at littlelearners@lighthouse-sf.org or call (415) 694-7657. Meet you in the Zoom Room!

Nov 11(3 events)

(All day): Sensing the Seasons at EHC (in-person)

(All day)
Nov 11 Nov 13

Our always popular Sensing the Seasons Nature Education retreat returns to Enchanted Hills Camp at 3410 Mt Veeder Rd. in Napa. This session is open to blind and low vision high school students and recent high school graduates. This time around, we’ll focus on how fall effects the plants, animals, and landscape of the camp and how we sense these changes.  From our taste, to smell and even how things feel, fall brings many changes to camp. You’ll learn not only how to sense the changes, but also why they happen.

Cost: $50 for transportation. Thanks to the San Francisco Department of Disability and Aging Services for providing additional funding for this program.

To RSVP, contact Jamey Gump at youth@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7372 no later than November 4.

Transportation 

Round-trip transportation to EHC will be provided from the Ed Roberts Campus at 3075 Adeline St. in Berkeley. The shuttle to EHC departs at 1:00 pm on November 11 and returns to Ed Roberts Campus at 1:00 pm on November 13.

(All day): YES Weekend Workshop: Accessing Your Advocacy Toolkit (in-person)

(All day)
Nov 11 Nov 13

Where: Enchanted Hills Camp – 3410  Mount Veeder Rd. Napa, CA 94558

*Note: Limited transportation from Berkeley to Enchanted Hills Camp is available upon request. Please reach out for more details.*

LightHouse Transition Programs is excited to announce the return of our YES (Youth Employment Services) in-person workshops! We will be launching the first gathering this November at beautiful Enchanted Hills Camp, where students will have opportunities to learn, meet mentors, and enjoy the surrounding nature with new and old friends.

Each YES workshop is focused on themes valuable to the college/employment preparedness experience – this month we will be discussing all things advocacy. From practice on how to advocate with professors, employers and the community, to situations that require advocacy, and organizations that can help in these processes, students will finish the weekend with a toolkit of new ideas, understandings, and connections to help in future experiences.

YES workshops are monthly weekend-long learning experiences for youth and young adults who are enthusiastic about realizing their dream careers, emphasizing the vocational enrichment of low vision and blind youth, providing access to a multifaceted array of mentorship, employment readiness skills, and alternative accessible techniques. Each YES workshop focuses on a specific theme and offers an array of self-advocacy, assistive technology, living skills, and soft skills curricula empowering students to strive toward future employment or post-secondary educational success. The weekend is spent learning from blind and low vision mentors, connecting with blind and low vision peers, and engaging in creative hands-on activities which further support youth to explore and achieve their individualized and professional goals.

Learning Objectives:

1: Students will hear from professionals and mentors regarding advocacy resources such as blindness organizations and disability student services, and will have opportunities to ask questions and seek advice.

2: Participants will have opportunities to practice their advocacy skills during a series of interactive activities. They will receive support and advice from peers and mentors as they work towards gaining confidence facing new and unfamiliar situations.

3: By holding this workshop at Enchanted Hills Camp, students will be able to interact with a variety of blind and low-vision mentors, participate in large group team-building social activities, and hone mobility skills while exploring in a safe and supportive environment.

4: The over-night nature of the YES workshop provides opportunities for students to refine their workplace readiness soft skills including effective social and professional communication and independent living all while building community with their blind and low vision peers and mentors.

If you are interested in participating in the November YES Weekend Workshop, please: 1. Contact your Department of Rehabilitation counselor. The cost for this workshop is $950 and includes all activities, food, and lodging for the weekend.  to discuss workshop attendance and authorization. 2. Confirm attendance with Daisy Soto, Youth Services Coordinator by email at dsoto@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7328 . If you have any questions or would like to pay for your participation in this workshop, contact dsoto@lighthouse-sf.org. Note, space for this program is limited to 8 students and workshop attendance must be confirmed one week prior.

Please note: Proof of full vaccination against Covid-19 plus boosters when applicable is required to join this event.

RSVP by November 4 to Daisy Soto at DSoto@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7328.

10:00 am: Introductory Tactile Map Workshop (in-person)


Nov 11

LightHouse’s Rehabilitation Services and Media and Accessible Design departments are teaming up to present this free course on learning to read tactile maps.

This course is made possible thanks to a grant from the Federal Transportation Administration.

Prerequisites:

  • You must be an intermediate Braille reader
  • You must be aged 16 or up

In addition to the training, each student will take home free TMAPs of their residential area, one of the LightHouse San Francisco area at 1155 Market, as well as a tactile map of the Civic Center BART Station.

LightHouse Braille Instructor, Divina Carlson, and Senior Accessible Media and Braille Specialist, Frank Welte, along with tactile map aficionado, Jerry Kuns, will be facilitating this introductory training in the practical use of TMAP, tactile maps and tactile BART maps for Bay Area travelers. It must be noted that Jerry states he isn’t happier than when he has a good cappuccino in one hand and a tactile map in the other!

What will you learn?

  • Discover the value of tactile maps
  • Developing systematic strategies in your approach to exploration of tactile maps
  • Gaining deeper understanding of what a tactile map presents such as: symbols, line types, labels and distance, direction and environmental features.
  • Tactile discrimination techniques for map reading
  • Greater orientation to new environments
  • How could you have lived without tactile maps? How do I order more maps?

Come join us in learning the language of tactile maps. To attend, please contact Briana Kusuma, at BKusuma@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7335 no later than Friday, November 9. In your email, please provide Briana your full name, phone number and your residential address, so that we can produce your home map prior to the training.

Space is limited to 20 participants. Orientation & Mobility students may attend with their teachers. Because this is in-person, we are requesting that you provide proof of vaccination upon entry and wear a mask during the training.

 

 

 

Nov 12(2 events)

(All day): Sensing the Seasons at EHC (in-person)

(All day)
Nov 11 Nov 13

Our always popular Sensing the Seasons Nature Education retreat returns to Enchanted Hills Camp at 3410 Mt Veeder Rd. in Napa. This session is open to blind and low vision high school students and recent high school graduates. This time around, we’ll focus on how fall effects the plants, animals, and landscape of the camp and how we sense these changes.  From our taste, to smell and even how things feel, fall brings many changes to camp. You’ll learn not only how to sense the changes, but also why they happen.

Cost: $50 for transportation. Thanks to the San Francisco Department of Disability and Aging Services for providing additional funding for this program.

To RSVP, contact Jamey Gump at youth@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7372 no later than November 4.

Transportation 

Round-trip transportation to EHC will be provided from the Ed Roberts Campus at 3075 Adeline St. in Berkeley. The shuttle to EHC departs at 1:00 pm on November 11 and returns to Ed Roberts Campus at 1:00 pm on November 13.

(All day): YES Weekend Workshop: Accessing Your Advocacy Toolkit (in-person)

(All day)
Nov 11 Nov 13

Where: Enchanted Hills Camp – 3410  Mount Veeder Rd. Napa, CA 94558

*Note: Limited transportation from Berkeley to Enchanted Hills Camp is available upon request. Please reach out for more details.*

LightHouse Transition Programs is excited to announce the return of our YES (Youth Employment Services) in-person workshops! We will be launching the first gathering this November at beautiful Enchanted Hills Camp, where students will have opportunities to learn, meet mentors, and enjoy the surrounding nature with new and old friends.

Each YES workshop is focused on themes valuable to the college/employment preparedness experience – this month we will be discussing all things advocacy. From practice on how to advocate with professors, employers and the community, to situations that require advocacy, and organizations that can help in these processes, students will finish the weekend with a toolkit of new ideas, understandings, and connections to help in future experiences.

YES workshops are monthly weekend-long learning experiences for youth and young adults who are enthusiastic about realizing their dream careers, emphasizing the vocational enrichment of low vision and blind youth, providing access to a multifaceted array of mentorship, employment readiness skills, and alternative accessible techniques. Each YES workshop focuses on a specific theme and offers an array of self-advocacy, assistive technology, living skills, and soft skills curricula empowering students to strive toward future employment or post-secondary educational success. The weekend is spent learning from blind and low vision mentors, connecting with blind and low vision peers, and engaging in creative hands-on activities which further support youth to explore and achieve their individualized and professional goals.

Learning Objectives:

1: Students will hear from professionals and mentors regarding advocacy resources such as blindness organizations and disability student services, and will have opportunities to ask questions and seek advice.

2: Participants will have opportunities to practice their advocacy skills during a series of interactive activities. They will receive support and advice from peers and mentors as they work towards gaining confidence facing new and unfamiliar situations.

3: By holding this workshop at Enchanted Hills Camp, students will be able to interact with a variety of blind and low-vision mentors, participate in large group team-building social activities, and hone mobility skills while exploring in a safe and supportive environment.

4: The over-night nature of the YES workshop provides opportunities for students to refine their workplace readiness soft skills including effective social and professional communication and independent living all while building community with their blind and low vision peers and mentors.

If you are interested in participating in the November YES Weekend Workshop, please: 1. Contact your Department of Rehabilitation counselor. The cost for this workshop is $950 and includes all activities, food, and lodging for the weekend.  to discuss workshop attendance and authorization. 2. Confirm attendance with Daisy Soto, Youth Services Coordinator by email at dsoto@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7328 . If you have any questions or would like to pay for your participation in this workshop, contact dsoto@lighthouse-sf.org. Note, space for this program is limited to 8 students and workshop attendance must be confirmed one week prior.

Please note: Proof of full vaccination against Covid-19 plus boosters when applicable is required to join this event.

RSVP by November 4 to Daisy Soto at DSoto@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7328.

Nov 13(2 events)

(All day): Sensing the Seasons at EHC (in-person)

(All day)
Nov 11 Nov 13

Our always popular Sensing the Seasons Nature Education retreat returns to Enchanted Hills Camp at 3410 Mt Veeder Rd. in Napa. This session is open to blind and low vision high school students and recent high school graduates. This time around, we’ll focus on how fall effects the plants, animals, and landscape of the camp and how we sense these changes.  From our taste, to smell and even how things feel, fall brings many changes to camp. You’ll learn not only how to sense the changes, but also why they happen.

Cost: $50 for transportation. Thanks to the San Francisco Department of Disability and Aging Services for providing additional funding for this program.

To RSVP, contact Jamey Gump at youth@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7372 no later than November 4.

Transportation 

Round-trip transportation to EHC will be provided from the Ed Roberts Campus at 3075 Adeline St. in Berkeley. The shuttle to EHC departs at 1:00 pm on November 11 and returns to Ed Roberts Campus at 1:00 pm on November 13.

(All day): YES Weekend Workshop: Accessing Your Advocacy Toolkit (in-person)

(All day)
Nov 11 Nov 13

Where: Enchanted Hills Camp – 3410  Mount Veeder Rd. Napa, CA 94558

*Note: Limited transportation from Berkeley to Enchanted Hills Camp is available upon request. Please reach out for more details.*

LightHouse Transition Programs is excited to announce the return of our YES (Youth Employment Services) in-person workshops! We will be launching the first gathering this November at beautiful Enchanted Hills Camp, where students will have opportunities to learn, meet mentors, and enjoy the surrounding nature with new and old friends.

Each YES workshop is focused on themes valuable to the college/employment preparedness experience – this month we will be discussing all things advocacy. From practice on how to advocate with professors, employers and the community, to situations that require advocacy, and organizations that can help in these processes, students will finish the weekend with a toolkit of new ideas, understandings, and connections to help in future experiences.

YES workshops are monthly weekend-long learning experiences for youth and young adults who are enthusiastic about realizing their dream careers, emphasizing the vocational enrichment of low vision and blind youth, providing access to a multifaceted array of mentorship, employment readiness skills, and alternative accessible techniques. Each YES workshop focuses on a specific theme and offers an array of self-advocacy, assistive technology, living skills, and soft skills curricula empowering students to strive toward future employment or post-secondary educational success. The weekend is spent learning from blind and low vision mentors, connecting with blind and low vision peers, and engaging in creative hands-on activities which further support youth to explore and achieve their individualized and professional goals.

Learning Objectives:

1: Students will hear from professionals and mentors regarding advocacy resources such as blindness organizations and disability student services, and will have opportunities to ask questions and seek advice.

2: Participants will have opportunities to practice their advocacy skills during a series of interactive activities. They will receive support and advice from peers and mentors as they work towards gaining confidence facing new and unfamiliar situations.

3: By holding this workshop at Enchanted Hills Camp, students will be able to interact with a variety of blind and low-vision mentors, participate in large group team-building social activities, and hone mobility skills while exploring in a safe and supportive environment.

4: The over-night nature of the YES workshop provides opportunities for students to refine their workplace readiness soft skills including effective social and professional communication and independent living all while building community with their blind and low vision peers and mentors.

If you are interested in participating in the November YES Weekend Workshop, please: 1. Contact your Department of Rehabilitation counselor. The cost for this workshop is $950 and includes all activities, food, and lodging for the weekend.  to discuss workshop attendance and authorization. 2. Confirm attendance with Daisy Soto, Youth Services Coordinator by email at dsoto@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7328 . If you have any questions or would like to pay for your participation in this workshop, contact dsoto@lighthouse-sf.org. Note, space for this program is limited to 8 students and workshop attendance must be confirmed one week prior.

Please note: Proof of full vaccination against Covid-19 plus boosters when applicable is required to join this event.

RSVP by November 4 to Daisy Soto at DSoto@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7328.

Nov 14
Nov 15(1 event)

7:00 pm: College Spaces From Different Places: The Great Debate (online)


Nov 15

Are you a fan of chocolate or vanilla ice cream? Coffee or tea? Come to our November meeting ready to argue your case through a series of thought-provoking and fun topics during our College Spaces debate. We hope you’ll all be able to set those midterms aside for an evening and join us for some hilarious hot takes and intriguing discussions. Remember to RSVP and invite your blind and low-vision undergrad friends!

College Spaces from Different Places is a peer led student organization which cultivates connections and community for all undergraduate college students. College Spaces from Different Places is a group designed by and for low vision and blind students to have fun, build community, and share in our struggles and accomplishments. Many undergrads are currently missing out on forming social connections on their own college campus. Therefore, joining College Spaces from Different Places will give you an opportunity to come together with others from across the state. Leave your books and syllabi behind and join us!

RSVP by November 11 to Daisy Soto at DSoto@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7328.

Nov 16
Nov 17(1 event)

9:30 am: Little Learners Playgroup (online)


Nov 17

Bring your giggles and wiggles to Little Learners weekly Zoom Playgroup, Thursdays from 9:30am - 10:15am. Enjoy fun activities with your little one, ages 0-6, while learning strategies to support your child's visual, sensory, motor and concept development. Connect with other families who understand and share your experience raising a child who is blind, has low vision, or Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). Weekly activities are designed to be accessible for all, and to build upon monthly themes that you can integrate into your family routines. All are welcome!

For more information or to register, please email Jacqueline Barden at littlelearners@lighthouse-sf.org or call (415) 694-7657. Meet you in the Zoom Room!

Nov 18(1 event)

8:00 pm: Spanish Audio-Description Club (online)/Reunion de Audio Descripción en Español (en línea)


Nov 18

Looking for something new to do on Friday nights? We’re excited to announce a the return of the Spanish audio described movie club for  teens and young adults. Whether you’re a fluent speaker or just want to brush up on some Spanish skills and connect with friends over an action-packed movie, or show we hope you’ll join us every third Friday of the month at 8:00 PM!

This month we will be watching the next episode of Hawkeye, one of the latest Marvel series releases!

Friday, November 18, from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm

RSVP by November 17 to Daisy Soto at DSoto@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7328

Reunion de Audio Descripción en Español

Cuando:  Noviembre 18, 2022 8:00 – 10:00 P.M.

Quién: jóvenes ciegos y de baja vista.

RSVP: Para registrarse, contacten a Daisy Soto dsoto@lighthouse-sf.org o 415-694-7328

Buscando algo nuevo que hacer los viernes por la tarde? Estamos muy emocionados en presentar el regreso de nuestro programa para jóvenes, una reunión para mirar películas y series con audio descripción en español! No importa si son fluidos en español, o si simplemente quieren practicar el idioma un poco más conviviendo con amigos y mirando una nueva película. Espero que todos nos puedan acompañar para Este programa, cada tercer Viernes del mes a las 8:00 PM.

Este mes miraremos el siguiente capítulo de Hawkeye,  una de las nuevas aventuras de Marvel.

Nov 19(1 event)

1:00 pm: Polishing in the Park: San Francisco (in-person)


Nov 19

Polishing in the Park, a wood polishing club for youth, takes place once a month at different parks around the Bay Area. With each gathering, participants will have time dedicated to updating others about their projects and learning a little about that month’s mentor. Most importantly there will be time to polish with your blind and low vision friends. Students who sign up for the program will receive the basic materials and equipment to get started with wood polishing. Those students who remain active in the program and improve their skills will become eligible for additional raw materials that they can turn into art or gifts for loved ones.

November’s event takes place at the north end of the San Francisco Ferry Building located at 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco.

RSVP to Jamey Gump at JGump@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7372. Light refreshments and polishing supplies will be provided for those students who RSVP by Friday, November 18.

Nov 20
Nov 21(1 event)

9:30 am: Get Moving: Orientation and Mobility for Independent Travel (online)


Nov 21

This course is designed to offer foundational Orientation & Mobility knowledge, concepts, and skills in a friendly, small group atmosphere. It is intended for any individual who is new to blind and low vision skills training; waiting for 1:1 services; or would benefit from developing their existing skills with an in-depth O&M training refresher.

This course runs Mondays & Wednesdays November 21, 23, 28, & 30 and December 5, 7, 12 & 14, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am

RSVP by November 11 to Robert Alminana at ralminana@lighthouse-sf.org 415-694-7375 or Jennifer Hey at jhuey@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7376.

Nov 22
Nov 23(1 event)

9:30 am: Get Moving: Orientation and Mobility for Independent Travel (online)


Nov 23

This course is designed to offer foundational Orientation & Mobility knowledge, concepts, and skills in a friendly, small group atmosphere. It is intended for any individual who is new to blind and low vision skills training; waiting for 1:1 services; or would benefit from developing their existing skills with an in-depth O&M training refresher.

This course runs Mondays & Wednesdays November 21, 23, 28, & 30 and December 5, 7, 12 & 14, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am

RSVP by November 11 to Robert Alminana at ralminana@lighthouse-sf.org 415-694-7375 or Jennifer Hey at jhuey@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7376.

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Nov 28(1 event)

9:30 am: Get Moving: Orientation and Mobility for Independent Travel (online)


Nov 28

This course is designed to offer foundational Orientation & Mobility knowledge, concepts, and skills in a friendly, small group atmosphere. It is intended for any individual who is new to blind and low vision skills training; waiting for 1:1 services; or would benefit from developing their existing skills with an in-depth O&M training refresher.

This course runs Mondays & Wednesdays November 21, 23, 28, & 30 and December 5, 7, 12 & 14, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am

RSVP by November 11 to Robert Alminana at ralminana@lighthouse-sf.org 415-694-7375 or Jennifer Hey at jhuey@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7376.

Nov 29
Nov 30(1 event)

9:30 am: Get Moving: Orientation and Mobility for Independent Travel (online)


Nov 30

This course is designed to offer foundational Orientation & Mobility knowledge, concepts, and skills in a friendly, small group atmosphere. It is intended for any individual who is new to blind and low vision skills training; waiting for 1:1 services; or would benefit from developing their existing skills with an in-depth O&M training refresher.

This course runs Mondays & Wednesdays November 21, 23, 28, & 30 and December 5, 7, 12 & 14, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am

RSVP by November 11 to Robert Alminana at ralminana@lighthouse-sf.org 415-694-7375 or Jennifer Hey at jhuey@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7376.

Dec 1(1 event)

9:30 am: Little Learners Playgroup (online)


Dec 1

Bring your giggles and wiggles to Little Learners weekly Zoom Playgroup, Thursdays from 9:30am - 10:15am. Enjoy fun activities with your little one, ages 0-6, while learning strategies to support your child's visual, sensory, motor and concept development. Connect with other families who understand and share your experience raising a child who is blind, has low vision, or Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). Weekly activities are designed to be accessible for all, and to build upon monthly themes that you can integrate into your family routines. All are welcome!

For more information or to register, please email Jacqueline Barden at littlelearners@lighthouse-sf.org or call (415) 694-7657. Meet you in the Zoom Room!

Dec 2(1 event)

8:00 pm: Reel Escape Audio Description Club: Friday Evening Daredevils (online)


Dec 2

We all need an escape at times, and with the Real Escape Audio Description Club you can do just that with your blind and low vision friends. With the success of the first two seasons of Daredevil, we thought it would only be wise to continue the Marvel series with season three. Daredevil is at TV series about a blind attorney by day and vigilante by night. There will be time to watch each week’s episode and connect with your EHC and LightHouse friends.

Parents Please Note: The Daredevil TV Series has adult content and is rated TV-MA and contains the following: crude indecent language (L), explicit sexual activity (S), and graphic violence (V). Read a Parental Guide for Daredevil. If any youth under the age of 18 wish to join this program, they must have a parent or guardian contact a LightHouse youth team member with written permission for their child to participate.

RSVP to Jamey Gump at JGump@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7372.

 

 

Dec 3

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.

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