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Computers & Digital Literacy

Come Visit Our New Computer Lab

July 25, 2024 by Marie Jobling

COMPUTER LAB OPEN HOUSE – COME TRY OUT OUR NEW COMPUTER LAB

Learn more about CLC’s Online and In-person digital literacy classes and tech support. Come see our new computer lab (thanks Dept. of Disability and Aging!), try out the new touch screen computers, attend a short class and learn what our Neighborhood Tech Connect (NTC) program has to offer.

The Week of August 19 thru August 23, 9:00 TO 4:00

1663 Mission Street, Suite 525

Planned Activities Include:

  • Try out the new computers
  • Sign up for the Digital Passport Project  
  • Bring some pictures to scan and save
  • Play Digital Passport Bingo & win prizes

Filed Under: Building Community, Computers & Digital Literacy, Events & Celebrations

Connect with Tech Week – Golden Gate Park Photo Walk

May 25, 2023 by Marie Jobling

Good Work Everyone

We have Dropbox links to pictures of our big events this year.  Let’s start with the Golden Gate Park Photo Walk!  Enjoy this video produced by students in the Chinese language classes to memorialize this walk in the park.

Golden Gate Park Photo Walk.  https://vimeo.com/830462143?share=copy

 

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Filed Under: Building Community, Chinese, Computers & Digital Literacy, Events & Celebrations

Connect with Tech Week – Mission Photo Walk

May 25, 2023 by Marie Jobling

Harvey Castro returned to lead this year’s Photo Walk in the Mission District.  Harvey provide a quick course to help participants take their best pictures looking at setting, perspective, using apps effectively, saving pictures to share with others.  Then they struck out on a guided tour to practice in the surrounding neighborhood.  Take a minute to enjoy what they saw!

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Filed Under: Building Community, Computers & Digital Literacy, Events & Celebrations

Preserving Pictures and Documents Through Scanning

May 25, 2023 by Marie Jobling

At part of Connect with Tech Week, CLC hosted a Preserving Memories event in our office at 1663 Mission Street, Suite 525. With a host of different scanners and staff help in English, Spanish and Cantonese, we helped a grateful group of participants learn. how it is done and take home their valuable images and documents on a CLC flash drive.  Watch for more scanning events in the near future.  For more information, contact event@sfcommunityliving.org. 

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Filed Under: Building Community, Computers & Digital Literacy, Events & Celebrations

Lunar New Year Celebrations Help Welcome the Year of the Rabbit

February 26, 2023 by Marie Jobling

The Chinese Community programming, under Wan He (Wanda) Liu has grown and expanded, building community and reducing isolation with computer classes, signing classes, cross-cultural celebrations and now Tai Chi in Chinese in the Crocker Amazon neighborhood.  Take a look of images from their most recent celebration to welcome the year of the rabbit.

 

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Filed Under: Building Community, Chinese, Computers & Digital Literacy, Diversity in Aging, Events & Celebrations

Crocker Amazon Is Growing!

February 26, 2023 by Marie Jobling

This month, Crocker Amazon Community Connectors grew, to better serve our neighbors, adding Tai Chi and Tech Help in Chinese. Come join us at Crocker Amazon clubhouse on Friday mornings for exercise and other activities in English and Chinese.  Thank you to San Francisco Recreation and Parks for helping us build community for seniors and people with disabilities in our community.

 

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Filed Under: Building Community, Computers & Digital Literacy, Exercise

CLC Chinese Language Programs Grow

December 3, 2022 by Marie Jobling

Community Living Campaign (CLC) works together with San Francisco neighbors to build the connections, skills, and resources we all need to age and thrive. Engaging our older adults and people with disabilities whose primary language is Cantonese or Mandarin has been part of this work since we started teaching computer classes in 2008.

During the pandemic, our Chinese-language trainers, led by Chinese Community Program Coordinator Wan He (Wanda) Liu, significantly increased the number classes and types of programming
to better meet these neighbors’ needs and interests. Jin Ying (Fiona) Ren, Cai Na (Donna) Li, Amy Yu, and Jin Ting (Leon) Zhang. These classes and activities are now consistently over-booked and we are seeking funding to further increase our capacity.

 The Growth of CLC’s Chinese Community Program

CLC’s effort to serve Chinese-speaking older adults and people with disabilities has benefited from Wanda and her team’s energy and commitment. From 2008 to 2019, CLC’s Chinese language computer trainers offered training and tutoring in senior centers across the San Francisco. When the pandemic hit in March 2020, these senior centers and libraries all closed, leaving students isolated at home. Wanda and her team called their students and found that more than half did not have internet at home. Our Chinese-language team has spent the past two and half years helping individuals bridge the digital divide, a most challenging proposition as most of the students use WeChat to communicate and did not have email address or experience with sites like Zoom. The team also helped provide devices and internet access as needed. There are now over 300 Chinese-speaking neighbors who regularly participate in the over 220 hours of online training and technical assistance each month.  As they developed confidence online, this growing base of students wanted more engagement. Wanda and her team responded with new activities.  First were quarterly cultural celebrations, which computer training students showcasing their other skills in singing, dancing, and playing Chinese musical instruments.  Students so enjoyed the early celebrations and so they asked for a singing class. After reaching 150 students in one class, we added a second one to try and meet the need. As student tech skills (and the community evolved), the cultural celebrations have evolved to include more student made videos expressing joy of the season and appreciation of their teachers. Throughout, the gratitude of participants is compelling.

Piloting Additional Classes and Activities

Last Year, the CLC Board of Directors opened a Microgrant process to staff in the organization, using a donor gift to launch. The goal was to encourage staff to identify and help address issues and
create opportunities that advance CLC’s Mission. Wanda proposed a Chinese and American Language and Cultural Exchange. The Board committee was enthusiastic about Wanda’s proposal and encouraged her to start planning. The project aims to close barriers between people of different language and cultural backgrounds, bringing people together and teaching the language and culture to one another. Each group would teach the other about their language and culture, and celebrate the cultural holiday together. Wanda has recruited volunteer ESL and Mandarin teachers plus native English-speaking colleagues. Using a combination of break-out groups on Zoom and a simple curriculum, individuals are given time to learn and to practice in small groups.

The target communities were the Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) and English-speaking seniors who are interested in learning the other language and culture.  Wanda’s proposal stated her motivation for this project was “to bring the people of different culture and who speak different language together. They can learn from each other and we hope they can understand and support each other as the community”. Participants’ desire to learn the language and culture of their new home country is strong.

Wanda and a team of English tutors launched the class on Wednesday, October 12 with nearly 100 participants.  With Wanda’s leadership and support from her team of Chinese language trainers and CLC colleagues, the program gained structure and more specific topics each week. This Chinese and American Language Exchange has the potential to grow beyond its current size if we can fund additional trainers. More funding and organizing support is needed to fulfill the Chinese-language team’s vision for a range of opportunities for Chinese seniors and people with disabilities.

This additional funding would enable Wanda and her team to:

 

  • Add a part time Chinese Community Connector to coordinate in-person and virtual classes in Cantonese and Mandarin such as writing/memoir, photography and video, and other topics, as well as to ensure a range of welcoming and inclusive activities at Community Connector locations as we add back in-person activities.
  • Increase the number of people who can participants in the Chinese-English Language Cultural Exchange
  • Increase the levels of support for individuals seeking to keep their devices working and connected to the internet.
  • Grow the staffing for the Chinese language computer and technical assistance efforts to serve more individuals in person.
  • Increasing monolingual Chinese community members’ access to the Essential Trip Card, NTC Computer Program device lending, home delivered groceries, and other CLC programs through better outreach and translation.

Filed Under: Building Community, Chinese, Computers & Digital Literacy, Diversity in Aging, Events & Celebrations, Volunteering & Giving Back

Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival

September 25, 2022 by Marie Jobling

CLC’S Chinese Language Computer Students once again shined in this celebration of culture and community.  This year’s virtual event featured live singing and dancing performances, as well as recorded performances that also showcased the video editing skills many participants have learned.

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Filed Under: Building Community, Chinese, Computers & Digital Literacy, Events & Celebrations

Mission Photowalk a Fun Learning Experience

May 30, 2022 by Marie Jobling

Harvey Castro lead a spirit workshop at Ruth’s Table followed by a walk around the Mission to capture some of the images on cell phones or tablets, followed by a session upon their return on how to share the photos with others.   This is such a fun idea that we are planning another session in other neighborhoods, including a Photowalk in the Chinese community.  Stay tuned to our newsletter for. more information.  

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Filed Under: Building Community, Computers & Digital Literacy, Events & Celebrations

Bridging the Digital Divide in Unique Ways

June 3, 2021 by Deborah Finestone

The need for more accessible and affordable technology to connect seniors and people with disabilities doesn’t end when the state officially opens.

Just because everyone is no longer sheltering in place doesn’t mean people — especially in underserved communities — don’t struggle with a lack of digital access, digital literacy, or tech support that have become so fundamental to our connected lives.

That’s why Community Living Campaign has partnered with the San Francisco Tech Council to regrant $50,000 in Equity and Innovation funding from Metta Fund to five community-based organizations that work to close the digital divide. We want to accelerate that work to decrease social isolation and improve wellness.

“We’re giving an opportunity to organizations that don’t have access to other funding so they can pilot ways to reduce social isolation and loneliness through tech access,” said Margot Rose Lederer, the equity and innovation pilot coordinator for the SF Tech Council.

“The pandemic was not all that different for some isolated seniors or adults with mobility challenges or who didn’t have access to transportation,” she said. “They always needed ways to connect to the world around them. It’s hard for them to attend things in person anyway, and that isn’t about to change.”

The whole grant process has also highlighted the need for multi-lingual tech training, so we’ve encouraged and supported groups that offer that.

Here are the organizations that received the grants.

Curry Senior Center

This group is funding Vietnamese-language digital literacy and tech training by lending tablets. This project focuses on the Tenderloin neighborhood, while the group also seeks to serve the LGBT community.

They’re providing tablets, training support and internet connectivity. They’re also expanding their digital resource programs for seniors.

Family Caregiver Alliance

They’re providing tablets, in-home support and internet connectivity for six months to Spanish-speaking caregivers. The goal is to improve health outcomes for the client as well as enable more professional learning and support for the caregivers. Caregivers have become especially isolated during the pandemic without the benefit of in-person and direct support.

“This group has struggled more with shifting to Zoom, in part because of their lack of tech,” Margot said. “Family caregivers also suffer from isolation and exhaustion due to the 24/7 nature of their roles.”

Felton Institute

“The focus here is on improving connectivity and access to health services for an often transient population,” Margot said. “That’s a challenge because it’s hard to keep in touch with people who move more than most.”

The Institute specializes in helping people with behavioral health challenges throughout the city; it’s in a good position to help this population.

Mission Neighborhood Center

This grant focuses on a small group of LatinX, Spanish-speaking seniors in the Mission District, partnering with health providers to improve wellness and fitness.

This group had exercise classes and health screenings before the pandemic. The grant enables them to integrate digital devices, like Fitbit step trackers. That lets individuals monitor themselves and keep up with their activities, Margot said.

Televisit

This nonprofit tech organization customizes tablets to make them simpler to use, targeting Chinese seniors. They’re also providing in-home support and internet connectivity. That makes it easier to participate in social activities and connect with family.

In particular, the tablets are designed for those with cognitive decline and linguistic, cultural and personal limitations.

Since receiving funding, this group has also incorporated classes on racism. The rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders has increased the tension and fear, especially in the senior community.

“In these pilots, we’ve enabled groups to innovate and iterate as the project progresses if they see an additional service they can contribute,” Margot said.

 

To find out more about the SF Tech Council, visit their website.

Learn more about other ways CLC helps people connect through technology, read this.

Filed Under: Aging with a Disability, Computers & Digital Literacy Tagged With: accessible, Computer Classes, computer training, isolation, video, Zoom

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