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Digital Passport: Tech Tools for Accessibility (Virtual)

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As Jennifer Walsh and Liz Dunlap delve into the various features of smartphones and other gadgets, discover how simple it is to customize your devices according to your needs and the tasks you need to accomplish.


This is part of the Digital Passport series.

 

 

HOW TO JOIN THE EVENT
You do not need to register ahead of time – only join about 10-15 minutes before this event starts. 

To join by phone, dial 888-475-4499 (toll-free) or 669-900-6833 (local).
Enter Meeting ID:  825 5491 8303, then press # twice.

To join with video, click this link:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82554918303 to register and join. Wait in the “waiting room” until the activity is ready to start.
Click on this sentence if you have issues joining the class by Zoom.

To create a friendly environment and minimize interruptions, we will close the activity to new participants 15 minutes after the start time. The above link will work on your tablet or your computer. You’ll be prompted to download a Zoom app the first time you use Zoom. If you’re using a PC or Mac, you can join from your web browser without using the Zoom software.

Digital Passport: Tech Tools for Accessibility (Virtual)

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Join Jennifer Walsh for a technology conversation with your gadgets to share how they make things easier for you in your everyday life. She will show unique ways to use smartphones and other gadgets to accomplish daily tasks. Technology is so much more than different kinds of computers. Having tools to make life more accessible doesn’t have to be stigmatizing.


This is part of the Digital Passport series

 

 

HOW TO JOIN THE EVENT
You do not need to register ahead of time – only join about 10-15 minutes before this event starts. 

To join by phone, dial 888-475-4499 (toll-free) or 669-900-6833 (local).
Enter Meeting ID:  825 5491 8303, then press # twice.

To join with video, click this link:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82554918303 to register and join. Wait in the “waiting room” until the activity is ready to start.
Click on this sentence if you have issues joining the class by Zoom.

To create a friendly environment and minimize interruptions, we will close the activity to new participants 15 minutes after the start time. The above link will work on your tablet or your computer. You’ll be prompted to download a Zoom app the first time you use Zoom. If you’re using a PC or Mac, you can join from your web browser without using the Zoom software.

LGBTQ+ Talk: Pride – 54 Years Strong! (Virtual)

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 Share your stories of your first Gay Pride Month! How did you celebrate, what did you do, where did you go? When was your first celebration? Parade? What do you remember feeling like, the energy in the air? What do you do now?

HOW TO JOIN THIS EVENT:
Registration ahead of time is not needed – only register about 10-15 minutes before the event start time.

To join by phone, dial 888-475-4499 (toll-free) or 669-900-6833 (local).
Enter Meeting ID: 870 7204 8045, then press # twice.

To join with video, click this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87072048045 to register and join.
Wait in the “waiting room” until the activity is ready to start.
Click on this sentence if you have issues joining the class by Zoom.

To create a friendly environment and minimize interruptions, we will close the activity to new participants 15 minutes after the start time. The above link will work on your tablet or your computer. You’ll be prompted to download a Zoom app the first time you use Zoom. If you’re using a PC or Mac, you can join from your web browser without using the Zoom software.

Connect with Tech Week: Tech Tools for Accessibility (Virtual)

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Join Jennifer Walsh for a technology conversation with your gadgets to share how they make things easier for you in your everyday life. She will show unique ways to use smartphones and other gadgets to accomplish daily tasks. Technology is so much more than different kinds of computers. Having tools to make life more accessible doesn’t have to be stigmatizing.

To register to join this class, please click this link:
https://sfpl-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lcOyqqjgqHtxIiG8VRF4vRVCS1LIuZvzd#/registration

For more info from the SF Public Library Calendar, please click this sentence.

311: How it Works and When to Use It (Virtual)

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Our SF Sidewalk Search Party team is presenting a training on San Francisco’s 311 system. Learn how to report problems to 311, including broken, unsafe, or blocked sidewalks due to the City’s tree roots or construction zones. You will learn 3 ways to issues: by phone, app, or website. If we know the kinds of problems we have and have a way of addressing them, we can make our neighborhoods safer and pleasanter places to be.


This is part of the Digital Passport Series

 

 

HOW TO JOIN THE EVENT
You do not need to register ahead of time – only join about 10-15 minutes before this event starts. 

To join by phone, dial 888-475-4499 (toll-free) or 669-900-6833 (local).
Enter Meeting ID: 875 2188 4135, then press # twice.

To join with video, click this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87521884135 to register and join. Wait in the “waiting room” until the activity is ready to start.
Click on this sentence if you have issues joining the class by Zoom.

To create a friendly environment and minimize interruptions, we will close the activity to new participants 15 minutes after the start time. The above link will work on your tablet or your computer. You’ll be prompted to download a Zoom app the first time you use Zoom. If you’re using a PC or Mac, you can join from your web browser without using the Zoom software.

Digital Passport: Tech Tools for Accessibility (Virtual)

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Join Jennifer Walsh for a technology conversation with your gadgets to share how they make things easier for you in your everyday life. She will show unique ways to use smartphones and other gadgets to accomplish daily tasks. Technology is so much more than different kinds of computers. Having tools to make life more accessible doesn’t have to be stigmatizing.


This is part of the Digital Passport series

 

 

HOW TO JOIN THE EVENT
You do not need to register ahead of time – only join about 10-15 minutes before this event starts. 

To join by phone, dial 888-475-4499 (toll-free) or 669-900-6833 (local).
Enter Meeting ID: 870 7204 8045, then press # twice.

To join with video, click this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89338247359 to register and join. Wait in the “waiting room” until the activity is ready to start.
Click on this sentence if you have issues joining the class by Zoom.

To create a friendly environment and minimize interruptions, we will close the activity to new participants 15 minutes after the start time. The above link will work on your tablet or your computer. You’ll be prompted to download a Zoom app the first time you use Zoom. If you’re using a PC or Mac, you can join from your web browser without using the Zoom software.

Digital Passport: SF Resources – 311 (Virtual)

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311: How it Works and When to Use It
Our SF Sidewalk Search Party team is presenting a training on San Francisco’s 311 system. Learn how to report problems to 311, including broken, unsafe, or blocked sidewalks due to the City’s tree roots or construction zones. You will learn 3 ways to issues: by phone, app, or website. If we know the kinds of problems we have and have a way of addressing them, we can make our neighborhoods safer and pleasanter places to be.


This is part of the Digital Passport Series

 

 

HOW TO JOIN THE EVENT
You do not need to register ahead of time – only join about 10-15 minutes before this event starts. 

To join by phone, dial 888-475-4499 (toll-free) or 669-900-6833 (local).
Enter Meeting ID: 870 7204 8045, then press # twice.

To join with video, click this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89338247359 to register and join. Wait in the “waiting room” until the activity is ready to start.
Click on this sentence if you have issues joining the class by Zoom.

To create a friendly environment and minimize interruptions, we will close the activity to new participants 15 minutes after the start time. The above link will work on your tablet or your computer. You’ll be prompted to download a Zoom app the first time you use Zoom. If you’re using a PC or Mac, you can join from your web browser without using the Zoom software.

Speak Up For The MUNI Services You Need!

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SPEAK UP FOR THE MUNI SERVICE YOU NEED!

On December 7, the SFMTA Board of Directors will vote on a Muni Service Plan for 2022. Their current proposal brings back a lot of service, but it does not restore Muni to pre-pandemic service levels, as the community has been asking for. The current proposal for 2022 Service includes the following:

  • The 3 Jackson and 47 Van Ness would remain suspended.
  • The 2 Clement would be restored with a modified route and would operate every 15 minutes all day on weekdays.
  • The 6 Haight/Parnassus would return every 20 minutes, and the 52 Excelsior and 66 Quintara would return to their past routes.
  • The 10 Townsend would be restored, but it would end at Sansome and Montgomery streets and run along 16th Street in Potrero Hill.
  • The 21 Hayes would be restored with a modified route and would run every 15 minutes.
  • The 31 Balboa would be rerouted to 5th Street, Townsend Street, 3rd Street and Harrison Street, with a terminal at the 4th and King Caltrain Station.

More details here.

Please ACT BEFORE DECEMBER 7 if this is not the Muni service you need!

  1. Call 415-646-2005
  2. Email TellMuni@sfmta.com and MTABoard@sfmta.com (cc your Supervisor and cathy@sfcommunityliving.org)

 

JOIN SDA’S CAMPAIGN FOR BUS SHELTERS: GIMME SHELTER!

From our partners at Senior & Disability Action: For years, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has been denying requests from neighborhood public transit riders to install a bus shelter with seating at bus stops that are without seats. Prior to the pandemic, the SFMTA has been removing numerous bus shelters as a solution to deal with the homeless and street drug trafficking issues. We at Senior & Disability Action find that those actions are in conflict with the Americans with Disabilities Act. People with disabilities and seniors need seating and shelter while waiting for the next bus. At this time, only 34% of current bus stops have seating, and these are distributed inequitably, with the northern half of the city twice as likely to have shelters as the southern half, particularly Bayview/Hunters Point.SFMTA really needs our (transit riders who are seniors and people with impairments) help in creating a Muni Service Network that really addresses our needs.

SDA has developed a survey and petition for the new Gimme Shelter campaign. The task of both is communicate to the SFMTA the need for all bus stops to have a shelter with seating. Please take and share with others:

The Survey
English: https://tinyurl.com/Gimme-Shelter-Survey
Chinese: https://forms.gle/1UCFGrheqXfdbEqc7
Spanish: https://forms.gle/deT4ZWP1v8AngZGY8

The Petition
English: https://forms.gle/bJqUsRpTYyCAPFEJ8
Chinese: https://forms.gle/QgExKtE5xXSWEoAMA
Spanish: https://forms.gle/YRNffsyUPGiK6G7s9

If you’d like a hard copy of the survey and petition, please contact Pi Ra at srira@sdaction.org.

HOW SHOULD THE CITY SPEND TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX REVENUE?

San Francisco has a half-cent sales tax that funds transportation projects. The City plans to renew the sales tax soon, so it’s currently developing a spending plan for the expected revenues. The spending plan doesn’t identify specific transportation projects to fund, but rather outlines the percentage of tax revenue that will be dedicated to different transportation program categories.To help develop this spending plan, the City is asking the public to share feedback on what transportation programs are most important to them.
 
Take the SFCTA survey to make your voice heard:
https://www.research.net/r/transportation-sales-tax
 

CLC is urging residents to mark the following programs as “Very Important,” so we make sure that older adults and adults with disabilities are prioritized:

  • Paratransit Service for Seniors and Persons with Disabilities
  • Neighborhood and Equity Priority Community Planning

More details at https://www.sfcta.org/ExpenditurePlan.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Dec 6 @ 1:30 pm; Land Use & Transportation Committee
Supervisor Peskin is calling a hearing on electric-powered scooters, after Nicole Bohn, the Director of the Mayor’s Office on Disability, was seriously injured after being hit by someone riding a scooter on a sidewalk.

Dec 13 @ 1:30 pm: Land Use & Transportation Committee
Supervisor Melgar is calling a hearing on the City’s responsibilities in maintaining safe and accessible sidewalks, as well as being accountable to public requests for sidewalk improvements. We’ll keep you updated, or stay tuned here: https://sfbos.org/meetings/land-use-and-transportation-committee.

LOWER SPEED LIMITS COMING TO SF STREETS

Thanks to a new state law, San Francisco now has more authority to set speed limits on our streets! That’s great news, since speed is a major factor in whether someone hit by a car lives or dies. Considering that older adults make up half of all pedestrians killed in San Francisco each year, lower speed limits could help us reduce this number.As early as January 2022, the SFMTA will lower speed limits by 5 mph (from 25 mph to 20 mph, or 30 mph to 25 mph) in key business activity districts (streets where at least half of the property uses are dining or retail). These speed limit changes require SFMTA Board approval, and the first seven corridors being brought to the Board for speed limit reductions from 25 to 20 mph include:

  • 24th Street, from Diamond to Chattanooga streets and from Valencia to San Bruno Avenue;
  • Fillmore Street, from Chestnut to Union streets and from Jackson to McAllister streets;
  • Haight Street, from Stanyan Street to Central Avenue and from Webster to Steiner streets;
  • Polk Street, from Filbert to Sutter streets;
  • Ocean Avenue, from Geneva Avenue to Victoria Street and from Junipero Serra Boulevard to 19th Avenue;
  • San Bruno Avenue, from Silver to Paul avenues; and
  • Valencia Street, from Cesar Chavez to Market streets

The SFMTA also plans to reduce speed limits on San Francisco’s high-injury corridors, where most traffic crashes are concentrated. You can learn more here about all the important speed limit changes that SFMTA is planning. In the meantime, let’s all slow down!

For more information about any of these transportation updates, please contact CLC’s Transportation Program Manager: Cathy DeLuca, cathy@sfcommunityliving.org, 415-638-9183.

Award Event Showcases Kindness

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The sixth annual Good Neighbor Award Event brought us together to celebrate the kindness and good work of some special neighbors.  If you missed the event or just want to relive, you can view the video of Good Neighbor Summer activities , meet the first round of honorees and the second round of honorees.   Or gosh, just sit back and view the event in it entirety.  

 

Bridging the Digital Divide in Unique Ways

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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.