Save the date and stay tuned for more details!

Join us at Spark Social SF on Thursday, June 5^th from 5pm to 7pm for some socializing and community! Coworkers and other community members are welcome to join. Please RSVP for the event here.

• Big ideas don’t grow in isolation – they flourish through collaboration. The Foundation for Social Connection and Healthy Places by Design invite you to their 2025 Social Connection Conference – Seeds of Connection – taking place October 28-30th in Atlanta, Georgia.

  Be the first to know when registration opens! Learn more here. 

digitalLIFT Lunch & Learn Webinar Series Thursday June 26 11am Pacific Time. Join us for a conversation exploring the digital challenges faced by the LGBTQIA+ community in terms of accessing telehealth, housing, and jobs due to limited digital access. Panelists include: Marco Suarez of San Antonio AIDS Foundation (SAAF), Roman Narvaez of Alamo Area Resource Center (AARC), Bailey Allmon of IBM, Wayne Wientjes of Living Positive San Antonio, and Kristi Waters, a community advocate.

Registration link: https://digitallift.org/event/lunch-learn-webinar-lgbtqia-tech-advocacy/ 

We are hiring a per diem speech therapist for SF and Oakland. we are also hiring per diem MSW for Oakland. if anybody is interested, please contact 510-813-1080

The Seniors’ Spectacular Fair, where seniors can enjoy free activities, entertainment, and connect with others!

Learn more and register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seniors-spectacular-fair-tickets-1354270582769?aff=oddtdtcreator 

October Meeting recording is accessible here. The February Meeting was a private internal coalition discussion.

• We were joined by Senior Program Manager Amy Eisenstein from the RRF Foundation for Aging to discuss what funders look for in grant proposals. Watch the recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr10cFZX8rs&t=3shere

• Watch the General Meeting recording here

• Lending a Hand: Peer Programs to Address Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults can be found here

• Barriers and Facilitators to Telemedicine for Older Adults in Specialty Clinics can be found here
• Community Based Organization's Perceptions on Evaluation can be found here

We met with a committee from Japan to discuss how to address social isolation and loneliness (SIL) in our world. The Japanese delegation also met with several local groups in the Bay Area (such as our partner Front Porch in the picture below) to learn about UCSF efforts to address SIL. Though we had much information to share, we were also excited about what we learned from efforts in Japan. 

• Welcome and Intro slides by Dr. Carla Perissinotto can be found here
• Anecdotes to Qualitative Data slides by Katie Wade and Katrina Hough can be found here

• Dr. Janet Myers' presentation on "Program evaluation: History, overview and why it matters for your program" can be found here
• Dr. Ashwin Kotwal's presentation on "Measuring Loneliness and Social Isolation and Collecting Data among Older Adults" can be found here