3:00 pm: LightHouse + Vision Zero: Pedestrian Safety Forum (hybrid)
– May 1
LightHouse is proud to once again partner with Vision Zero SF to bring our community another public forum! On Wednesday, May 1, we are continuing our insightful conversations around pedestrian safety. What does an ideal pedestrian-friendly city or community space look like? How can accessibility and inclusion for people who are visually impaired play a key factor in urban planning? We’ll be discussing the accessible measures San Francisco and other cities around the world are implementing to increase pedestrian safety, as well as dream designs for optimal pedestrian safe zones, neighborhoods, and city centers. Join us and be part of this engaging and informational dialogue!
What: LightHouse + Vision Zero Pedestrian Safety Forum
When: Wednesday, May 1, 3:00 – 4:30 PM Pacific Time
Where: In person at the LightHouse HQ, 1155 Market Street, SF, 10th Floor or Virtually
Please Note: For those choosing to attend the forum virtually, a link to access the forum will be sent via email on Tuesday, April 30. If you plan on participating virtually, please be sure to include the correct email address you wish to be contacted at in the RSVP form. For those attending in person, please arrive promptly at 3:00 PM. Light refreshments will be provided.
Forum Panelists
Chris Downey, Architect with Architecture for the Blind
Dr. William Riggs, Professor at USF; Leader in Urban Technology, Transport & Automation
Warren Cushman, Community Organizer for Community Resources for Independent Living
This forum is made possible by generous funding from the San Francisco Public Health Foundation and the City and County of San Francisco.
“Meet me in the kitchen,” is a five-week course designed to empower LightHouse students with the non-visual techniques needed to prepare and present delicious meals independently. This course is created and taught by Bobbi Pompey, a Independent Living Skills Specialist with a passion for cooking and teaching. Each week you will learn non-visual kitchen skills, general cooking tips and tricks, and prepare a snack or meal.
Skills You Will Learn Include:
Organizing, labeling, and preparing your kitchen and work space
Measuring wet and dry ingredients
Using knives, kitchen appliances, blindness/low vision gadgets and other “tools of the trade”
Understanding how to build flavor profiles, decipher lingo used in recipes, and determine the doneness of food
Serving, garnishing, and presenting meals with multiple dishes to friends and family, and other guests
Course Schedule:
Session 1: May 10 - Welcome and Course Overview
This session will include staff/student introductions, a course overview, a tour of the kitchen, and an introduction to basic techniques for navigating a kitchen. Class will conclude with a lesson on pouring and spreading and the preparation of a snack.
Session 2, May 17 - Cracking the Code
By the end of this session, you will understand how to decipher common recipe lingo, develop delicious flavor profiles with spices stock a pantry with basic staples, and shop for groceries independently. Techniques for measuring will be used to create a spice rub and/or basic sauce.
Session 3: May 24 - Getting the Job Done
Knife skills are the main focus of this session. Students will make a simple one-pot soup and learn to determine when food is done.
Session 4: May 31 - Learning to Spin All the Plates
This class marks the transition into the more advanced portion of the course. Labeling, organizing, blindness devices, kitchen gadgets, and the use of small appliances will be covered as ways to add efficiency to meal preparation. You will prepare a three part meal during this session.
No class June 7
Session 5: June 14 - Putting On the Finishing Touches
Taking all the skills of previous classes you will learn to; serve yourself, serve others, set a table, and decorate and/or garnish a meal.
Spots in this fun and educational course are limited, so secure your participation by contacting Bobbi Pompey, BPompey@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7613 by April 26.
6:00 pm: Hands On Mapping: An Introduction to Tactile Cartography (In person)
– May 16
Save the Date!
Join LightHouse and special guest Josh Miele for this exciting event on Thursday, May 16, 6:00 - 8:00 PM at the LightHouse HQ in San Francisco, located at 1155 Market St., 10th Floor.
“Meet me in the kitchen,” is a five-week course designed to empower LightHouse students with the non-visual techniques needed to prepare and present delicious meals independently. This course is created and taught by Bobbi Pompey, a Independent Living Skills Specialist with a passion for cooking and teaching. Each week you will learn non-visual kitchen skills, general cooking tips and tricks, and prepare a snack or meal.
Skills You Will Learn Include:
Organizing, labeling, and preparing your kitchen and work space
Measuring wet and dry ingredients
Using knives, kitchen appliances, blindness/low vision gadgets and other “tools of the trade”
Understanding how to build flavor profiles, decipher lingo used in recipes, and determine the doneness of food
Serving, garnishing, and presenting meals with multiple dishes to friends and family, and other guests
Course Schedule:
Session 1: May 10 - Welcome and Course Overview
This session will include staff/student introductions, a course overview, a tour of the kitchen, and an introduction to basic techniques for navigating a kitchen. Class will conclude with a lesson on pouring and spreading and the preparation of a snack.
Session 2, May 17 - Cracking the Code
By the end of this session, you will understand how to decipher common recipe lingo, develop delicious flavor profiles with spices stock a pantry with basic staples, and shop for groceries independently. Techniques for measuring will be used to create a spice rub and/or basic sauce.
Session 3: May 24 - Getting the Job Done
Knife skills are the main focus of this session. Students will make a simple one-pot soup and learn to determine when food is done.
Session 4: May 31 - Learning to Spin All the Plates
This class marks the transition into the more advanced portion of the course. Labeling, organizing, blindness devices, kitchen gadgets, and the use of small appliances will be covered as ways to add efficiency to meal preparation. You will prepare a three part meal during this session.
No class June 7
Session 5: June 14 - Putting On the Finishing Touches
Taking all the skills of previous classes you will learn to; serve yourself, serve others, set a table, and decorate and/or garnish a meal.
Spots in this fun and educational course are limited, so secure your participation by contacting Bobbi Pompey, BPompey@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7613 by April 26.
“Meet me in the kitchen,” is a five-week course designed to empower LightHouse students with the non-visual techniques needed to prepare and present delicious meals independently. This course is created and taught by Bobbi Pompey, a Independent Living Skills Specialist with a passion for cooking and teaching. Each week you will learn non-visual kitchen skills, general cooking tips and tricks, and prepare a snack or meal.
Skills You Will Learn Include:
Organizing, labeling, and preparing your kitchen and work space
Measuring wet and dry ingredients
Using knives, kitchen appliances, blindness/low vision gadgets and other “tools of the trade”
Understanding how to build flavor profiles, decipher lingo used in recipes, and determine the doneness of food
Serving, garnishing, and presenting meals with multiple dishes to friends and family, and other guests
Course Schedule:
Session 1: May 10 - Welcome and Course Overview
This session will include staff/student introductions, a course overview, a tour of the kitchen, and an introduction to basic techniques for navigating a kitchen. Class will conclude with a lesson on pouring and spreading and the preparation of a snack.
Session 2, May 17 - Cracking the Code
By the end of this session, you will understand how to decipher common recipe lingo, develop delicious flavor profiles with spices stock a pantry with basic staples, and shop for groceries independently. Techniques for measuring will be used to create a spice rub and/or basic sauce.
Session 3: May 24 - Getting the Job Done
Knife skills are the main focus of this session. Students will make a simple one-pot soup and learn to determine when food is done.
Session 4: May 31 - Learning to Spin All the Plates
This class marks the transition into the more advanced portion of the course. Labeling, organizing, blindness devices, kitchen gadgets, and the use of small appliances will be covered as ways to add efficiency to meal preparation. You will prepare a three part meal during this session.
No class June 7
Session 5: June 14 - Putting On the Finishing Touches
Taking all the skills of previous classes you will learn to; serve yourself, serve others, set a table, and decorate and/or garnish a meal.
Spots in this fun and educational course are limited, so secure your participation by contacting Bobbi Pompey, BPompey@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7613 by April 26.
“Meet me in the kitchen,” is a five-week course designed to empower LightHouse students with the non-visual techniques needed to prepare and present delicious meals independently. This course is created and taught by Bobbi Pompey, a Independent Living Skills Specialist with a passion for cooking and teaching. Each week you will learn non-visual kitchen skills, general cooking tips and tricks, and prepare a snack or meal.
Skills You Will Learn Include:
Organizing, labeling, and preparing your kitchen and work space
Measuring wet and dry ingredients
Using knives, kitchen appliances, blindness/low vision gadgets and other “tools of the trade”
Understanding how to build flavor profiles, decipher lingo used in recipes, and determine the doneness of food
Serving, garnishing, and presenting meals with multiple dishes to friends and family, and other guests
Course Schedule:
Session 1: May 10 - Welcome and Course Overview
This session will include staff/student introductions, a course overview, a tour of the kitchen, and an introduction to basic techniques for navigating a kitchen. Class will conclude with a lesson on pouring and spreading and the preparation of a snack.
Session 2, May 17 - Cracking the Code
By the end of this session, you will understand how to decipher common recipe lingo, develop delicious flavor profiles with spices stock a pantry with basic staples, and shop for groceries independently. Techniques for measuring will be used to create a spice rub and/or basic sauce.
Session 3: May 24 - Getting the Job Done
Knife skills are the main focus of this session. Students will make a simple one-pot soup and learn to determine when food is done.
Session 4: May 31 - Learning to Spin All the Plates
This class marks the transition into the more advanced portion of the course. Labeling, organizing, blindness devices, kitchen gadgets, and the use of small appliances will be covered as ways to add efficiency to meal preparation. You will prepare a three part meal during this session.
No class June 7
Session 5: June 14 - Putting On the Finishing Touches
Taking all the skills of previous classes you will learn to; serve yourself, serve others, set a table, and decorate and/or garnish a meal.
Spots in this fun and educational course are limited, so secure your participation by contacting Bobbi Pompey, BPompey@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7613 by April 26.
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!
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