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Intergenerational

Intergenerational Pride: What Do We Need to Thrive? (Virtual)

May 24, 2021 by Lauren Bactad

What do both elders and youth need to thrive?  Four panelists will be sharing their stories of resilience. The panelists, working with VideoOut, will build a bridge of shared intergenerational narratives by highlighting their unique, lived experiences through storytelling. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers.

We hope you can join this Pride month event sponsored by San Francisco LGBT Center, San Francisco Village, Community Living Campaign, and Openhouse.


HOW TO REGISTER FOR  THE EVENT AND JOIN IN:

To join by video from a PC, Mac, Linux, IOS or Android device, Click this link: https://sfcenter.zoom.us/j/96402212011
Password is: 594385

To join by phone, contact us at 415-821-1003 or email atlauren@sfcommunityliving.org at least one day prior to the event for the dial-in number, meeting ID, and passcode.

Find your local number: https://sfcenter.zoom.us/u/ac8g0lNLzC

The emailed Zoom 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.

Tagged With: Intergenerational, lgbtq, PRIDE

Fifth-graders learn what it’s like be older – by interviewing seniors

July 1, 2018 by Judy Goddess

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Fifth-graders and seniors at the Friends School storytelling event.

SENIOR BEAT – Once a week, a group of fifth graders visits some of the seniors who live at Valencia Gardens, down the street from their school, for games and conversation.

“People think that seniors are cranky, grumpy and mean. They’re not,” said student Jaxon Howard. “It was special to hear them talk about their lives.”

That’s just the kind of lesson the San Francisco Friends School hopes to impart. Learning in and from the community is an essential component of the curriculum at the Quaker school. Eighth-graders study homelessness and volunteer at St. Boniface Catholic Church. Fifth-graders explore aging: what it feels like to be older – problems with seeing, hearing, pains, and loss of mobility.

“The idea is to develop empathy and connection. Quaker education is all about relationships and developing connection,” said Guybe Slangen, director of community engagement.

So it was that in mid-April, a group of seniors from Valencia Gardens and other community groups sat down to be interviewed by students. In May, each student shared an elder’s story in “performances” in the school auditorium. The senior subjects were given front row seats, while parents, friends and some first-graders fanned out behind.

“I’m surprised that the seniors opened up to tell their stories to people they didn’t know instead of keeping them inside,” said fifth-grader Eliza Kingsland. “Hearing feedback from the seniors who came to our performance was very special.”

A story is a gift

The students dramatized lives filled with pets and friends, siblings and families crowded into one room; school and work, scary adventures and funny events. They told of being Jewish and hiding out during World War II, running from bombs in Europe and Japan, and having to leave your home country; of fires and explosions, not having enough food, and the deaths of friends and family.

“I wanted them to learn to balance the fun and happy moments with the sad moments, and to see how others handled problems,” said Jon Burnett, who has taught drama at the school for the past 16 years. “By fifth grade, they’re still very enthusiastic, very spirited, but they’re also starting to make some advanced choices. They’re going deeper and bigger in their thinking.”

The students had practiced their interviewing and note-taking skills and developed follow-up questions. In the weeks preceding the production. Burnett helped them flush out the stories. Together, they chose sound effects, costumes and props. “Stories make good drama, you remember good stories,” he said.

“It’s all about sharing stories with the people you interviewed,” added Slangen. “When someone gives you a story it’s a gift. It shows respect and gratitude when they give it to you and when you give it back.”

“I thoroughly enjoyed those kids,” said Robin Larsen, a  St. Francis Square resident who attended. “They were smart, polite, curious, good senses of humor, and already a few want to be journalists, which warms my heart.”

Filed Under: Building Community, SF Senior Beat Stories Tagged With: Intergenerational, Quaker, San Francisco Friends School, seniors, St. Boniface Catholic Church, storytelling, students interview seniors, Valencia Gardens

Our ‘Preserving Memories’ Project Went to the Oceanview and the Mission

June 2, 2018 by Marie Jobling

Come Scan with Us!

CLC had two big scanning events in May and is looking forward to your help in scheduling more. First, we  took our Fujitsu Scanners on the high school students in lab busily scanning and being serenaded by a blue tooth dancing flowerroad to the Oceanview Library for the Public Library’s Connect with Tech Week. City employees from COIT and other departments volunteered their time to help a dozen seniors learn how to scan their photos and other mementos.  

That same week, we then hosted a group of students from Lick Wilmerding High School at our 1663 Mission Computer Lab.  The students enthusiastically scanned early pictures of senior and disability programs and learned a bit about CLC’s work in the community.  

Got pictures you need scanned?   Give us a call at 415-821-1003 ext. 101 to arrange for us to come to you or for you to come to us.  The scanners are available at our computer lab at 1663 Mission Street, and will be heading out to Aquatic Park Senior Center on June 11 from 9-noon to hep participants there to preserve some of their treasured memories. 

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Filed Under: Building Community, Resources, Volunteering & Giving Back Tagged With: computer training, contribution, Intergenerational

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