Above, L-R: Education Consultant and longtime OFC collaborator Dr. Rob Darrow, ONE Archives Foundation Associate Director of Education Erik Adamian, and OFC's Education Director Rick Oculto, at the 59th Annual California Council for the Social Studies conference in Orange County, Feb 28 - Mar 1, 2020.
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Educating educators
This past weekend our dream team of LGBTQI-inclusive K-12 history trainers were at the
59th Annual California Council for the Social Studies
conference in Orange County, making sure that the state's History and Social Science educators are well-equipped for a genuinely intersectional approach to all histories–inclusive of LGBTQI people and our contributions.
The collaboration between
ONE Archives
in Los Angeles and Our Family Coalition has been the work of these three, dedicated educators, enabling each of our organizations to do the work we do even better. That work for us, last year alone, meant trainings for over 1,000 educators.
The biggest winners are California's school children, who are beginning to experience K-12 History and Social Studies curricula in a new way: with LGBTQ people side-by-side along with everyone else they're studying. They deserve no less.
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Help our website's 2020 vision
We're knee-deep revamping our website, but we always want to learn a little more about what you want on it.
What do you need to know to keep your family thriving? We'll fold it into the new site if we can.
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Welcome, Drew!
We're thrilled to welcome
Drew Lakhardt
to the OFC Staff as our new
East Bay Programs Coordinator
!
Drew and their family have been a steady and warm presence at OFC events since 2015. Drew has spoken at two of our Womb to Grow alternative conception events, and has been facilitating our East Bay Playgroup. It's fitting: their family has been coming to it for years, first with one child, and then again with their second (pictured with Drew below, at our Tilden CampOut a few years back).
More about Drew–and the whole OFC crew, old and new–in the coming months. Meanwhile: a hearty and grateful welcome!
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Alameda County voters:
YES ON C
this Tuesday!
Measure C, also known as The Children’s Health and Childcare Initiative, is critical for Alameda County children, particularly kids from low-income families who desperately need access to high quality health and child care.
Measure C will:
- Expand access to high quality child care for all Alameda County families.
- Attract and retain excellent early educators to provide better care for our kids.
- Help to create access to early pediatric health care for all Alameda County kids.
- Ensure that Children’s Hospital’s Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center stays open and is fully staffed.
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If you haven't already voted by mail: do you have a plan for how you'll vote this Tuesday? Before or after work? With kid on hip, or after dropping them at school? This year, there's a lot to weigh in on, especially on behalf of our kids.
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[For further information or to RSVP for the groups & events below, please click the
more about
links]
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Trans Family Gathering: Oakland
East Oakland Sports Center
9161 Edes Ave
Enjoy some jumping fun with OFC! Trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming parents are welcomed to gather with us at the East Oakland Sports Center. We'll be located outside under the gazebo center serving food and snacks.
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Trans & GNC Family Nature Retreat: Point Bonita
Point Bonita YMCA
981 Fort Barry
At this weekend retreat in the marine headlands for trans, gender non-comforming and non-binary parents and their families, there will be hiking, campfires, games, and more for all ages at the Point Bonita YMCA!
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Queer Family Movie Matinee
New Parkway Theater
474 24th Street
Camp It Up! and Our Family Coalition bring you a Sunday afternoon dedicated to LGBTQ families watching a special private showing at the New Parkway Theater in Oakland.
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Second Parent Adoption
OakStop17
1721 Broadway
At this hands-on workshop, Emily Doskow, an attorney with decades of experience working with LGBTQ families, will describe current adoption rules and procedures, and then–for those ready to move ahead with it–help you prepare
every last page of the adoption paperwork
.
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Infant Massage Five-Week Series
Our Family Coalition
SF office
1385 Mission St
In this 5-week interactive class for LGBTQ+ parents with infants, you'll learn the basics of respectful, connective touch; a whole body massage routine; techniques to help with tummy issues; and gentle baby stretches that connect left/right brain neural pathways.
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• Prospective & Expectant Parents
Five more Monday evenings, 6-8pm
Bananas, 5232 Claremont Ave, Oakland
• East Bay Parent-Child Playgroup
Tuesday mornings: Mar 3, 10, 17, 24, & 31
10-11:30am | Destiny Arts, 970 Grace Ave,
Oakland
• Rainbow Family Night
1st Wednesdays: Mar 4, 5:30-7:30pm
Habitot, 2065 Kittredge St., Berkeley
• East Bay Music & Movement
Thursday mornings: Mar 5, 12, 19, & 26
10-11:30am. | Destiny Arts, 970 Grace Ave,
Oakland
• QTPOC Parents Group: Weekly/ EB
Wednesday evenings: Mar 11, 18, & 25
6-8pm | Destiny Arts, 970 Grace Ave, Oakland
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• Baby & Me
Monday afternoons: Mar 2, 9, & 16
3-4:30pm | Community Well, 78 Ocean Ave, SF
• LGBTQ Family Meet-Up
[parent-led]
1st Saturdays: Mar 7, 3-5pm
Community Well, 78 Ocean Ave, SF
• QTPOC Parents Group: Monthly/ SF
2nd Tuesdays: Mar 10, 6-8pm
OFC Office, 1385 Mission St. #340, SF
• OFC Parent Advisory Council
3rd Mondays: Mar 16, 6-8pm
OFC Office, 1385 Mission St. #340, SF
• Non-Birth Parent Meet-Up
[parent-led]
3rd Wednesdays, Mar 18, 6:30-8:30pm
Natural Resources, 1367 Valencia St., SF
• Toddle with Me:
LGBTQI+ Family Playtime
3rd
Saturdays: Mar 21, 4:30-6:30pm
Recess Collective, 2226 Taraval St., SF
• Drop-In Support for LGBTQI+ Parents
4th Tuesdays: Mar 24, 6-8pm
OFC Office, 1385 Mission St. #340, SF
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March 27 & 28
Oakland Asian Cultural Center
388 9th St., Oakland CA
We're proud to once again support the
California Adoption Conference
, a two-day event featuring talks and workshops for adoptive and foster families, adult adoptees and foster alums, birth parents, and adoption professionals.
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Host Homes
at the SF LGBT Center
is an innovative, community response to youth housing crisis. LGBTQ+ young adults (18-24) are paired with temporary San Francisco community hosts and receive case management services to help them secure stable housing.
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JOIN OFC AT THE JCC
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
3200 California St., SF
Monday, March 16, 7-9pm
Many of today’s young people are unprepared to enter our increasingly unpredictable world, says clinician Madeline Levine, Ph.D. Instead, intense academic pressure and projected parental stress have produced a generation that is exhausted, anxious, and overwhelmed.
Hear the latest neuroscientific research and learn day-to-day solutions for raising kids who are ready to face an unknown future with optimism, resilience, and confidence as Dr. Levine discusses her new book
Ready or Not
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Amplify
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• Genentech • Johnston, Kinney, & Zulaica, LLC • Katherine Delmar Burke School
Northwest Surrogacy Center • ORM Fertility • Reproductive Science Center • Room & Board
SF Human Rights Commission • Steve Disselhorst & Lorevic Rivera • Verizon
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