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Flummoxed with Facebook? Trumped by Twitter? Plain annoyed when you hear "just look it up online" when all you want is a phone number or public transportation information?
Join us on May 15 for the Aging and Disability Technology Summit, a day-long event aimed at demystifying the Internet and the latest broadband technologies.
Through knowledgeable speakers, hands-on interactive computer demos, in-depth workshops and one-on-one tutoring, you'll come away with the confidence to send email, search for information on Google and more.
Translation offered for plenary sessions, and bilingual docents in Spanish, Cantonese and Russian available for workshops and tutoring.
The Summit, open to all San Francisco seniors and adults with disabilities, will be held at City Hall. The cost is free, however, pre-registration is required. The Summit is sponsored, in part, by the Department of Aging and Adult Services and the
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program.
 To learn more, visit www.sfhealthyaging.org. Registration opens March 15th.
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We've Got A Brand New Blog!!!
Thanks to support from the Metta Fund, we have just launched a new Blog (or on-line Journal) in support of helping San Franciscans have a good life as we age. We are currently developing the curriculum and soon will be taking it "on the road" to many of the computer centers, churches and other sites where seniors and their supporters would benefit. The new project, called Healthy Aging Network Connections, will include training about how to access quality healthy information, connect with support and services and safely retrieve and store their personal health information on-line. Another outcome is to connect individuals with networks of support, whether their personal goal is to start walking, control their diabetes, eat healthier, or to just find more meaning and purpose in their lives. Connector Marcia Peterzell, with partner Linda Silver, is helping us shape this new training. Watch this space for more information, or subscribe to our new blog at www.sfhealthyaging.org. |
Free Book Offer Extended to March 31st 
Make a modest donation to the Community Living Campaign by March 31st and receive a free copy of this wonderful book, written by a long-time friend and colleague Elizabeth Boardman. Here are 3 ways to get your free book:
Donate $25 donation (or more) to CLC on-line HERE.
Send a check for $25.00 (or more) to CLC, P.0. Box 460400, SF, CA 94146.
Join the BACE Timebank and pledge an hour now to the Community Living Campaign HERE. (You can actually pledge your time now, and decide how to help out another timebank member later!)
Thanks, Elizabeth, for making this special book offer possible! And thanks to everyone who has already made their donation and gotten a free copy of this delightful book. We have raised nearly $1,000!
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 Senior Survival School and Senior University Present A Joint Senior Disability Advocacy Class Learn about resources like transportation and changing health benefits, offer feedback to local agencies, and practice advocacy skills (because we are all going to need them!) at the Mission YMCA, 4080 Mission at Silver Avenue. Spanish interpretation and healthy snacks included. Dates are March 13, 20, 27, and April 3 from 9:00 to Noon. For more info, call Sarah Jarmon at Planning for Elders, 415-703-0188 or Pi Ra at Senior Action Network, 415-546-2096. |
 Support Grassroots Advocacy... End the Medicare Home RuleLocal Medicare Advocate Peggy Coster has started an on-line petition to do away with the Medicare Home Rule. This policy refuses wheelchairs or home chore assistance for people with degenerative neuromuscular disablities. It creates painful isolation and costs taxpayers more in the end. So far, with your help, 857 people have signed. Help support Peggy's leadership by signing this petition HERE!
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Another Grand Opening - the Cyber Cafe at 711 Eddy Street
Northern California Presbyterian Homes and Services (NCPHS) and 711 Eddy Street are opening their new Cyber Cafe on March 21, 1:00 p.m. RSVP to Lana Litvak at llitvak@ncphs.org. Picture above is Aaron Low helping DAAS get the new touchscreen computers ready to go.
Staff and volunteers from the Department of Aging and Adult Services and the Community Technology Network are busy getting computers out and set up at more and more of the Senior Centers. See a list of sites and information about upcoming classes at www.sfconnected.info.
These sites are being funded, in part, by the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program as well as additional support at the host sites - in this case, NCPHS.
If you would like to volunteer at one of the up and coming Computer Centers, please contact Kerri Shannon at (510) 479-0931 or kerri@ctnbayarea.org.
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CLC Mondays at
360 Valencia Street
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March Computer Classes
Community Living Campaign (CLC) shows you how technology and social media are new tools to help individuals, neighbors and organizations reduce isolation and reweave community.
More detailed schedule of CLC classes and activities at www.clcsocial.org
Social Media Classes - 10:00 to Noon
Mondays, March 5, 12, 19, 26 - Beginning Facebook Class
If you are curious about joining Facebook, or have joined but are not sure what to do next, this Beginners Class hosted by the Community Living Campaign is for you. You will learn the basics and have fun checking out what everyone is talking about safely and at your own pace. Class Instructor is Rob McBride, a patient and experienced computer trainer who gets great reviews from his students.
Skype "Train the Trainer" Session
Monday, March 12 1:00 to 3:00
As new computer centers come on-line, we are getting ready to begin social media classes with the simple program called SKYPE that turns your computer into a cool video phone where you can talk to anyone whether across the street or around the world, for free. If you use Skype and are willing to help us teach others, please call Marie at 415-821-1003 and then join us for a
Train theTrainer session.
We are looking for volunteers (who can also earn timebank hours
on the BACE Timebank to help us with up-coming classes, like John David Boswell (above) did in the class at IT Bookman and Seth Mazow (at right) at Mission Neighborhood Centers.
Open Lab and Basic Skills Training
Mondays in March 9:00 to 3:00
Skilled CLC Staff & Volunteers On-Site
Open Lab and Basic Skills Training in Spanish
Tuesdays and Thursdays in March, 1:00 to 2:30 Open Lab
The Web World's your Oyster!!! Everyone is welcome! Call for further information or to sign up: CLC Computer Connections at 415-821-1003 or www.clcsocial.org
These trainings are provided, in part, with a grant from the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) and the support of the San Francisco Department of Aging and Adult Services.
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Around the City - Come Engage with Us
Computer Training and Special Activities
Tel-Hi Neighborhood Center
660 Lombard Street
Wednesdays, 9:00 to Noon
One on one tutoring (sign-up needed in advance) and open lab every Wednesday from 9:00 to Noon, in partnership with Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center and NEXT Village - San Francisco. Sign-up on site at Ruby's desk and then join CLC Connector Janis Kaempfe in the spacious lab for training.
Bethany Center
560 Capp Street
Thursday, March 15th 10:00 to Noon
Monthly gathering and computer demo
Thursday, April 5, 9:00 to Noon
One on one tutoring - sign up at the front desk - open to the wider community.
Laguna Honda Hospital
1st and 3rd Wednesdays from 2:00 to 3:00
Individualized Help/Instruction in the Library in partnership with Laguna Honda Activities Department. We are particularly looking for volunteers to join us on Wednesdays so we can provide everyone one-to-one assistance and be able to increase to every Wednesday. Jennifer Walsh is our lead Connector for Laguna Honda - for more information, contact her at turbo44444@aol.com .
During this past month, we participated with a number of our community-based partners at a Discharge Faire Faire hosted by the staff at Laguna Honda. Residents
 were invited to meet some of the agencies and organizations that will be available to support them as they return to community living. With more volunteers, we will be able to go weekly. See more pictures on our Community Living Campaign Facebook group. To learn about CLC events, or if you are interested in scheduling a "seeds of hope" computer introduction event for your own neighborhood or organization, please see www.clcsocial.org or contact Judy Auda at (415) 826-3194 or judyauda@yahoo.com.
  
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 CLC is going to Washington D.C. !!! CLC has been invited to make a presentation "Seniors, Social Media and the Fine Art of Community-building" at the Aging in America Conference in Washington DC the last week of March. We have raised most of the money for registration and airfare. We are looking for funds toward the shared hotel for 2 nights. If you can help us take our work to the big time, call Marie at (415) 821-1003.
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  Until June, Community Living Campaign will be working out of Mission*Social
972 Mission Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 821-1003
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