Bring a game to teach and share! Hosted by board game enthusiast the Marmot King, Games Night is a fun analog way to spend your Friday night.
Climate change endangers life on our planet — and even under the most ambitious mitigation timelines, we face devastating consequences to humans and ecosystems around the globe. Low-lying nations could face catastrophic flooding, equatorial regions may suffer lethal heat stress, vulnerable communities could see crop and water systems collapse, and the poorest people in the […]
The majority of books banned in the US are by or about LGBTQ people and people of color. Join banned authors Maia Kobabe, Sarah Hoffman, and Ian Hoffman as they discuss their experiences as banned authors, talk about the power of representation in literature, and explore how to fight back against this wave of information […]
Artificial Intelligence proponents say it automates mundane tasks, freeing people up for more creative and productive pursuits, making their lives easier. Opponents say it eliminates jobs, widening the wealth gap, making people's lives harder. We'll explore the divisive issue of AI in the workplace. SPEAKERS Jane Gong is the first Director of Emerging Technologies for […]
San Francisco and cities across the country are grappling with overlapping crises: fentanyl is claiming lives with no cure in sight, housing shortages are driving visible suffering on our streets, and people with behavioral health emergencies aren’t receiving proper care. Founded in San Francisco in 2018, Urban Alchemy is challenging decades of outdated social service […]
Shrinking seasons. Pauses in production. Hibernations. Closures. San Francisco Chronicle headlines about Bay Area theater in recent years haven’t exactly painted a rosy picture. Some observers wonder if we’re spiraling into an industry-specific doom loop: Will all the bad news mean fewer artists move here, leading to less art still? Of course, there have also […]
Join Vote Save America President, Shaniqua McClendon, and VSA Innovation Award recipients Kate Barr and Liz Minnella for an up-close look at how we’re shaking up democracy and building what’s next. It’s (way past) time to take some big swings on bold, creative solutions to build progressive power. (Because playing it safe? That’s how we […]
A supervisor just lost his seat for championing the Great Highway closure. The mayor has opened car-free Market Street to robotaxis and Ubers. Some bike lanes are more popular than others. Meanwhile, public transit is having an existential crisis. Is SF experiencing a four-wheeled revolt? Are long-held climate and safety goals taking a back seat? […]
Join us for a one-of-a-kind creative writing experience inspired by Dr. Nandita Dinesh’s acclaimed works Creative Writing and the Experiences of Others and An Interactive Book for Adventurous Readers. This dynamic workshop invites participants to engage deeply with the Mission District through guided writing prompts, sensory exploration of the neighborhood, and reflective storytelling. We'll start […]
Join Maz Jadallah and Steve Scheier for this important discussion. Maz Jadallah is a Palestinian American entrepreneur and long time resident of the Bay Area. His parents are Palestinian refugees from the 1948 Nakba, or “catastrophe”, that saw the mass displacement and dispossession of 750,000 Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Steve Scheier is a […]
This event is last in a 4 part Series on "Understanding Addiction and Recovery" at Manny's GLIDE staff regularly reverse overdoses and GLIDE has also tragically lost clients and community members to overdose. And GLIDE has the solution: a radically inclusive approach to health access pioneered by the Reverend Cecil Williams and influenced by the […]
Join North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton, the youngest state party chair in the country, as she speaks about the bold roadmap Democrats are pursuing in her state. Under her leadership in the last cycle, North Carolina Democrats kept the governor’s mansion blue, re‑elected Justice Allison Riggs to the state Supreme Court even after […]
