Calendar

Events in July 2023

  • Holiday: LightHouse Closed

    Holiday: LightHouse Closed

    (All day)
    Jul 3

  • Holiday: LightHouse Closed

    Holiday: LightHouse Closed

    (All day)
    Jul 4

  • Tecnologia para Todos (en línea)/Technology for All (online)

    Tecnologia para Todos (en línea)/Technology for All (online)


    Jul 6

    Join the LightHouse’s monthly access Technology Spanish meeting. Tecnología para todos is a space where users share their knowledge and experience. Each month, we talk about services, applications and devices available for blind and low vision users.
    This event will be conducted using the Zoom platform. You can connect to Zoom using a computer, an app, or by dialing in from any phone.

    Zoom meeting details will be provided when you rsvp by email to: JColon@lighthouse-sf.org or by calling 415-694-7323.

  • Contemporary Jewish Museum Descriptive & Haptic Tour (in-person)

    Contemporary Jewish Museum Descriptive & Haptic Tour (in-person)


    Jul 7

    How can art contribute to creating a more just and empathetic world? How might artists draw from their identity, culture, and heritage to inspire fresh perspectives on tradition? Join us for a thought-provoking in-person tour of "Cara Levine: To Survive I Need You to Survive" as we shed light on Jewish tradition and rituals, examining them through the prism of contemporary art, and connect to current social issues. We will explore artworks that delve into concepts of grief, the life cycle, and interconnectedness with our community and environment.

    In addition to verbal descriptions, this tour will provide a unique opportunity to engage with art through touch and sound.
    After the tour, stay around for an optional art activation inspired by the works experienced in the tour.

    The CJM is opening their doors early to offer private time for our group to explore the galleries, so please arrive by 10:00 so we may all be let in together.

    The museum is located at 736 Mission Street between fourth and third streets, across from Yerba Buena Gardens with BART and Muni access at Powell Street.

    RSVP by July 5 to Maia Scott at: Mscott@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7608.

  • The Business of Blindness: Coffee with Mike (online)

    The Business of Blindness: Coffee with Mike (online)


    Jul 10

    What does it mean to be blind or low vision? Mike Cole, a veteran of all things blindness, leads this call-in forum to discuss the many day-to-day ins and outs of blindness—from daily living in your home environment to navigating the vast expanse of bureaucracies.

    RSVP online for Coffee with Mike Cole, or contact Sabrina Bolus at SBolus@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7607.

    Toastmasters (online)

    Toastmasters (online)


    Jul 10

    We are an official Toastmasters Chapter and are supported by experienced Toastmasters mentors! This is a safe and fun place to develop skills of self-empowerment. Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs.
    RSVP online for Toastmasters or contact Sabrina Bolus at SBolus@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7607.
  • Writers Lane at the LightHouse: Personal/opinion essay with M. Leona Godin (online)

    Writers Lane at the LightHouse: Personal/opinion essay with M. Leona Godin (online)


    Jul 15

    Writers Lane at the LightHouse: A Writing Workshop Series with Blind Authors Spring & Summer 2023

    This virtual writing workshop series will help you grow confident in several genres: poetry, personal essay/op ed, journalism, and fiction. It will also address professionalism including: how to submit your work, how to pitch ideas to editors, and what it takes to have a writing career. Each month a visiting author will give students an overview of the genre, give an assignment for the following week, and provide spoken feedback on a portion of the work as well as suggestions for next steps.

    July 15 & 22: Personal/opinion essay with M. Leona Godin

    Upcoming workshops in this series:

    August 19 & 26: Professionalism with all authors

    RSVP online for Writers Lane at LightHouse: Personal/opinion essay with M. Leona Godin or contact Sabrina Bolus at SBolus@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-6707.

  • The Business of Blindness: Coffee with Mike (online)

    The Business of Blindness: Coffee with Mike (online)


    Jul 17

    What does it mean to be blind or low vision? Mike Cole, a veteran of all things blindness, leads this call-in forum to discuss the many day-to-day ins and outs of blindness—from daily living in your home environment to navigating the vast expanse of bureaucracies.

    RSVP online for Coffee with Mike Cole, or contact Sabrina Bolus at SBolus@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7607.

    Vision: Peer-led Support Group (online)

    Vision: Peer-led Support Group (online)


    Jul 17

    Vision is a peer-led drop-in support group that runs on a 12-week cycle of topics based on Hannah Fairbairn’s 2019 book, “When You Can't Believe Your Eyes: Vision Loss and Personal Recovery”. On the first and third Mondays of the month, we meet to discuss different topics and share our experiences, thoughts, and knowledge. We are people with similar experiences who genuinely want to support one another in all aspects of living independently with our changing vision. Reading is not required. However, if you would like topic details beyond our discussions, please refer to the book which is available on BARD (DBC11619).
    07/03: LIGHTHOUSE IS CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAY
    07/17: Practicing Skills and Social Interactions: Learning to be Assertive with Sight Loss (Chapter/Week 6)

    RSVP online for Visions: Peer-led Support Group, or contact Sabrina Bolus at SBolus@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7607.

  • Tecnologia para Todos (en línea)/Technology for All (online)

    Tecnologia para Todos (en línea)/Technology for All (online)


    Jul 20

    Join the LightHouse’s monthly access Technology Spanish meeting. Tecnología para todos is a space where users share their knowledge and experience. Each month, we talk about services, applications and devices available for blind and low vision users.
    This event will be conducted using the Zoom platform. You can connect to Zoom using a computer, an app, or by dialing in from any phone.

    Zoom meeting details will be provided when you rsvp by email to: JColon@lighthouse-sf.org or by calling 415-694-7323.

  • 30% & Growing (In-Person)

    30% & Growing (In-Person)


    Jul 21

    30% & Growing heads over the Bay Bridge into Berkeley! This month we will be gathering for drinks and socializing at Triple Rock Brewing (1920 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704), a local Berkeley classic. Come out and enjoy food, drinks and comradery with others who are blind and low vision in different stages of their career. For those interested, there will be a group meeting at Lighthouse and traveling to Triple Rock together.

    Contact Andrew Martinez at AMartinez@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7642 to RSVP.

  • Writers Lane at the LightHouse: Personal/opinion essay with M. Leona Godin (online)

    Writers Lane at the LightHouse: Personal/opinion essay with M. Leona Godin (online)


    Jul 22

    Writers Lane at the LightHouse: A Writing Workshop Series with Blind Authors Spring & Summer 2023

    This virtual writing workshop series will help you grow confident in several genres: poetry, personal essay/op ed, journalism, and fiction. It will also address professionalism including: how to submit your work, how to pitch ideas to editors, and what it takes to have a writing career. Each month a visiting author will give students an overview of the genre, give an assignment for the following week, and provide spoken feedback on a portion of the work as well as suggestions for next steps.

    July 15 & 22: Personal/opinion essay with M. Leona Godin

    Upcoming workshops in this series:

    August 19 & 26: Professionalism with all authors

    RSVP online for Writers Lane at LightHouse: Personal/opinion essay with M. Leona Godin or contact Sabrina Bolus at SBolus@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-6707.

  • The Business of Blindness: Coffee with Mike (online)

    The Business of Blindness: Coffee with Mike (online)


    Jul 24

    What does it mean to be blind or low vision? Mike Cole, a veteran of all things blindness, leads this call-in forum to discuss the many day-to-day ins and outs of blindness—from daily living in your home environment to navigating the vast expanse of bureaucracies.

    RSVP online for Coffee with Mike Cole, or contact Sabrina Bolus at SBolus@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7607.

    Toastmasters (online)

    Toastmasters (online)


    Jul 24

    We are an official Toastmasters Chapter and are supported by experienced Toastmasters mentors! This is a safe and fun place to develop skills of self-empowerment. Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs.
    RSVP online for Toastmasters or contact Sabrina Bolus at SBolus@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7607.
  • Meet You At The House (online)

    Meet You At The House (online)


    Jul 26

    Pull 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.

    RSVP to Sheri Albers at SAlbers@LightHouse-sf.org or 415-694-7331.

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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