LightHouse will be closed on Monday, May 27 for the Memorial Day holiday.
The week's events
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Book Discussion: Fairest: A Memoir (online)
Book Discussion: Fairest: A Memoir (online)
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Jun 21In celebration of Pride Month, join The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Talking Books and Braille Center for a 3-week book study that examines one of the most deeply introspective memoirs on the market (Teen Vogue, 2020). Meredith Talusan’s Fairest: A Memoir is a raw, unfiltered look at race, class, sexuality, gender, and so much more. Talusan navigates through the complexities of growing up as a young kid with albinism in a rural community in the Philippines, who grew up to become a Harvard graduate, an artist and activist questioning the boundaries of gender, and discovering her place within the gay community.
Send your RSVP to Sabrina at sbolus@lighthouse-sf.org. Please RSVP to register and receive the event link and study guide.
Reader Discretion advised: This book contains scenes of a sexual nature and strong language.
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Meet You At The House (online)
Meet You At The House (online)
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Jun 22Pull up a comfy chair and join Community Outreach Specialist Sheri Albers in the LightHouse virtual living room to talk about all things LightHouse! Have you been experiencing changes in your vision that have been affecting your daily life, but did not know who to talk to? LightHouse in San Francisco may have the solutions you have been looking for. This is a safe place to bring the questions that you have been wanting to ask. As always, Raqi from the Adaptations Store will be on hand to let us know what is new in the world of low vision and blindness products.
To RSVP, contact Sheri Albers at 415-694-7331, or email salbers@lighthouse-sf.org.
Panel Discussion: My Disability is the Reason I'm so Flexible in the First place (online)Panel Discussion: My Disability is the Reason I'm so Flexible in the First place (online)
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Jun 22My Disability is the Reason I'm so Flexible in the First place
In a 2020 interview, Meredith Talusan said, "you know you can't do anything else you're capable of if you let the world define your normalcy, so when it tries to mark you as deviant, you fight back with your mind, your most flexible body part."
Join The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Talking Books and Braille Center for a discussion based on Meredith Talusan's article, "My Very Special Abilities: How My Disability Made Me Flexible." Panel members will discuss their experiences as Blind and Visually Impaired People in the LGBTQ+ community. This panel discussion follows a three-week book study of Talusan's book, Fairest: A Memoir.
Register, receive the event link and submit questions for the panelists.
Please RSVP to sbolus@lighthouse-sf.org
Article Link: My Very Special Abilities: How My Disability Made Me Flexible
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!
