Community Living Campaign cultivates connections to help seniors and people with disabilities age and thrive at home. We advance the ideas, talents, and energies of older adults and people with disabilities through community-building, empowerment, and advocacy. CLC’s Community Connector and other neighborhood-based networks cultivate and strengthen the friendships and support residents need. Our empowerment programs help neighbors build the skills and tools needed to have a good life, whether that’s learning how to use technology, find employment, or be a strong advocate for themselves and others. Our advocacy helps individuals speak out and also brings together diverse coalitions to work toward a truly age- and disability-friendly city.
Our Chinese Connector Program is only one way that CLC is supporting, empowering and advocating for seniors and people with disabilities. Learn more about our values and what we have accomplished over the past year here in our Annual Impact Report.
Chinese Connectors
In 2024, our Chinese Program continued to evolve to meet neighbors’ changing needs. In person activities blossomed at the 
neighborhood level, including Tai Chi, dance, photo walks, in-person tech help, pot-luck celebrations, and many crocheted flowers! These flowers have been handmade by participants and have provided a reminder to those who might feel isolated or alone – they carry the message – Forget Us Not!
The Chinese Program’s online activities remain very popular, with almost 30 weekly online computer classes, two weekly singing classes, four cultural celebrations, and a weekly cultural language exchange program that includes English practice, a Mandarin class, and other healthy aging topics. Here is a link to the monthly activity calendar in English and Chinese. your donation for these lovely flowers will specifically help the Chinese Connector Program grow.
To learn more about our Chinese program, contact Wanda Liu at wanda@sfcommunityliving.org.
We have to step up our efforts to not be forgotten as we struggle to age and thrive in our own homes and communities. Funding for services and supports has not keeping pace with the demographics despite the fact that older adults are the fastest growing age group in the City. Combined with the number of younger adults with disabilities, we are nearly a third of San Francisco residents. And now the City’s budget woes make it more likely that we will be forgotten in favor of all the issues that make the headlines. 
At right is a pictures of what one finish product might look like. 
