Registration is now LIVE for the FREE Nonprofit Racial Justice Summit! This summit is designed to provide a learning space where we can deepen our understanding about how to meet the nonprofit racial equity pledge and to advance racial justice and equity within our institutions and in our community.
San Mateo County’s “Forgotten South Coast” includes historic farming, welcoming neighbors, and stunning beaches. Yet inadequate access to unpolluted water and limited housing expansion fuels inequities. Surprisingly, students don’t have clean water to drink at school, residents and business owners battle poor well water quality, and developers face sewage treatment challenges. Can’t we do better?
Spanish interpretation will be provided during the meeting.
Moderated by Irma Rodriguez Mitton of Sustainable Pescadero, the discussion will feature leaders addressing challenges and solutions such as: Dave Damrosch, Dearborn Spring Water System (small scale water systems), Rachel Majors & Ari Ochoa, NuLeaf Tech (wastewater solutions), Kellyx Nelson, San Mateo RCD (water resources), Peter Haase, Sherwood Design Engineers (greywater systems), Brae Hunter and Supervisor Don Horsley, County of San Mateo (county engagement).
Other voices are welcomed - from residents, businesses, government, and nonprofits. Contact us at sustainablepescadero@gmail.com or rebekah@thrivealliance.com to make sure your voice is represented.
Join CEOs and EDs of San Mateo County nonprofits at Thrive’s quarterly Leadership Circle Luncheon (virtual) for a County presentation by Robert Manchia, San Mateo County Chief Financial Officer on the progress stemming from the 2019-2020 County Community-Based Organization (CBO) Summit. We will review the compiled and categorized recommendations from CBO-SMC Work Groups. We will then have a follow-up discussion on changes, challenges and implementation of the recommendations. We will also be spotlighting member nonprofits sharing their experiences of contracting with the County.
Note: This event is exclusively for Thrive member Executive Directors and Chief Executive Officers of nonprofits operating in San Mateo County.
Featuring Special Guest Dr. Mindy Romero, Director of Center for Inclusive Democracy at USC.
Open to everyone.
Co-chaired by San Francisco Peninsula People Power, the County Elections Office, and Thrive Alliance
At this Thrive Community Forum, The County of San Mateo, Sequoia Healthcare District and Stanford’s Garner Center will present important tools and data on vaccine distribution and the effects of the pandemic on our communities.
Thrive invites nonprofit leadership, staff, and board members, along with local philanthropic, business, and government leaders to join us for this timely forum.
We live in an era of deep distrust of democratic institutions and disillusionment with our politics. Our democracy, at the national level, has rarely felt more fractured or more vulnerable. By adopting independent redistricting commissions, local governments can send a message to residents that our County is building a better democracy here at home. Independent redistricting commissions take one of the highest-stakes democratic processes that a local government will handle in a decade and gives it to a highly qualified and diverse group of residents of varying political persuasions. It helps ensure redistricting processes that are inclusive, accessible, honest, trustworthy, and driven by the community, and in so doing, restores faith in government and our local politics. Learn more about redistricting commissions and how to bring one to your city.
Join Thrive and California Common Cause Executive Director Jonathan Mehta Stein for this important training.
The Thrive Children & Education Peer Learning Series, which grew out of Thrive’s Out of School Task Force, will focus its 2021 efforts on mitigating learning loss in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic through various channels, including learning hubs, after school programs, early childhood education, and summer programs. The affinity group will meet monthly, and will be a space for providers to learn from each other and from both experts in the field and those investing in the work via government and philanthropy.
This first meeting will focus on updates from the Learning Hub Initiative and recruitment, retention and equity for learning hub providers from Heather Hopkins, of the Community Equity Collaborative, Linda Wolin, Senior Legislative Aide to Dave Pine. We will also have a special guest, Tim Garvin, President & CEO, United Way of Central Massachusetts. Tim will be talking about children, families, and Worcester Together, a successful learning hubs initiative model.
From snow-capped Sierras to showers and kitchen sinks to treatment plants, San Mateo County is blessed with clean water and restorative systems. Behind the faucet and beyond the drain, are San Mateo’s water sources robust enough for the challenges that lie ahead?
Topics:
Water Sources: Our regional water system- its historic beginnings, current state, and plans for the future - Tom Francis, BAWSCA
Water Supply Challenges: Overview of south coast water, supply-side droughts & infrastructure, and demand-side conservation & use - Irma Rodriguez Mitton, Sustainable Pescadero
Innovative Solutions: How current water reuse can be expanded to help address future water needs - Eric Hansen, Silicon Valley Clean Water
Join us for a refreshing update from intrepid local experts that have maintained our water’s flow and from regional sustainability heroes working to protect our supply for all generations. Learn how innovation and community engagement can lead us in finding solutions.
Once in a decade, after the Census results are submitted, the lines that determine who is represented in Congress, state Assembly, state Senate, city council, county boards of supervisors, school districts, and more are redrawn. This is your opportunity to make sure that your community can elect people that truly represent you. California’s redistricting process is transparent, but they need to hear from you. Join Thrive to learn from Julia Marks, Staff Attorney on the Voting Rights and Census Team of AAAJ-ALC, about the redistricting process and how to make your representatives more accountable. Introductory remarks by Pam D. Jones, core member of Menlo Together and redistricting community activist.
Cosponsored by The Grove Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus, Menlo Together.
Join the Haas Center’s Community Partnerships Committee and Thrive, The Alliance of Nonprofits for San Mateo County, as they discuss emerging practices and trends around virtual fundraising in the COVID era. The conversation will be led by a group of Bay Area development professionals and will be followed by industry specific breakout sessions.
Featuring: Vinney Arora, Founder, Arora Collective; Nivisha Mehta, Chief Development Officer, RAFT; Sachi Yoshii, VP Strategy & External Relations, East Bay Community Foundation.
An experienced Interim ED can help oversee the process of recruiting and onboarding new leadership. Come hear from two Interim EDs at different stages in their work, Suzanne Tan (on her 7th assignment) and Beth Schecter (too many to count), who will de-mystify the work that they do and share insights from their most recent interim assignments.
Amidst major disruptions and vast challenges in 2020, what lies ahead for sustainable and equitable transit on the Peninsula corridor? As pandemic shifts subside, do we come back to where we left, or leap forward to a new era of commute and leisure travel?
Hear from transit experts on the state of carbon-free transportation including:
Caltrain Electrification – Measure RR recap, Seamless Bay Area update, transit equity, and inter-County alliances (Adina Levin)
Biking & Sustainable Streets – new city/county bike plans, slow street permanency, and citizen needs & preferences (Emma Shlaes)
Commuter Shuttles & Ride Shares - new ideas for last mile and point-to-point transit (John Ford)
Electric Vehicle Growth – overcoming challenges to drive increased penetration rates (Rebecca Fisher)
After short panelist remarks, share your concerns, submit your ideas, and join in on the conversation. Working together, our community is more powerful and poised for vast reductions in transit carbon emissions and vehicle miles traveled (VMT).
Pam Jones of Menlo Together and Diane Leeds of San Francisco Peninsula People Power will be in conversation with Assemblymember Marc Berman, who has introduced legislation to mail a ballot to every registered voter and to require ballot tracking. They will discuss San Mateo County’s success in increasing the participation of traditionally low turn-out populations through the Voter’s Choice Act and explore opportunities for more participation from underrepresented communities.
Mark Church, the San Mateo County’s Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder and Chief Elections Officer will be providing an introduction. Discussion will be moderated by Petra Silton, Director of Advocacy & Education, Thrive.
The stressors of 2020 are leading to burnout and exhaustion among nonprofit professionals, and, as they say, “you can’t pour from an empty cup.” Join IsraAID and Thrive Alliance for a specialized self-care session specifically for nonprofit professionals, and learn how to fill your own cup in order to continue the important work of helping others. In addition to offering attendees a few moments of comfort and solidarity, this interactive self-care/mental health online session provides practical strategies and useful resources to improve your emotional well-being. The event will include a unique stress-management toolbox and information about our mind-body connection during long periods of stress, and how best to cope.
Featuring: Hagit Zeev, LMFT, Founder of Neshima Healing.
Let’s get to know each other and brainstorm ways we can share best practices with one another. This meeting will be a series of four 15-minute zoom breakouts of no more than 4-5 people per zoom room. You’ll introduce yourselves, your organization, your area of focus, how you serve the community and your ask or offer for the group.
Join Thrive and our special guest speaker State Senator Josh Becker for our Fourth Annual Holiday Mix & Mingle, a fun-filled networking event for nonprofit leaders and legislative aides to virtually mix, mingle and share some holiday cheer.
Join us for our monthly Voter Education and Outreach Advisory Committee (VEOAC) Meeting.
Motivated by concerns about the planet his 4-year-old daughter would inherit, filmmaker Damon Gameau embarked on a global journey to meet innovators and changemakers in the areas of economics, technology, civil society, agriculture, education and sustainability. This journey is the central premise for the film 2040, a story of hope that looks at the very real possibility that humanity could reverse global warming and improve the lives of every living thing in the process. Join Thrive and Citizen’s Climate Lobby for a, co-sponsored, screening of the award-winning climate documentary 2040.
We live in one of the most tech intensive areas in the world, yet, right here in Silicon Valley, families are struggling with distance learning and working from home because of lack of access to internet, weak internet connections, or inadequate equipment. This divide is increasing the inequities in our society and compounding the multiple crises our most vulnerable are facing. Join us to learn about new and existing initiatives aimed at bridging this divide, and to discuss how we can work across sectors to solve this urgent problem so our local vulnerable families don’t fall even further behind.
Join us for our monthly Voter Education and Outreach Advisory Committee (VEOAC) Meeting.
The stressors of 2020 are leading to burnout and exhaustion among nonprofit professionals, and, as they say, “you can’t pour from an empty cup.” Join IsraAID and Thrive Alliance for a specialized self-care session specifically for nonprofit professionals, and learn how to fill your own cup in order to continue the important work of helping others. In addition to offering attendees a few moments of comfort and solidarity, this interactive self-care/mental health online session provides practical strategies and useful resources to improve your emotional well-being. The event will include a unique stress-management toolbox and information about our mind-body connection during long periods of stress, and how best to cope.
This election is bringing big changes to the political landscape locally, state-wide, and nationally that will affect all of us and our work. Join us, Thrive Executive Director Georgia Farooq, and Thrive Director of Advocacy & Education Petra Silton to informally discuss the changes to our communities and our organizations that these elections have brought.
BYOCCC (Bring Your Own Chocolate Chip Cookies or your favorite comfort snack to your own computer screen).
Join Thrive Alliance, Center for Excellence in Nonprofits and Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits for a session on how nonprofits and philanthropy can and must work together toward economic recovery, social justice, and equity -- in service to the community. This will be an opportunity for nonprofit leaders to hear directly from Nicole Taylor regarding how the Silicon Valley Community Foundation will be moving forward. Participants will also be invited to submit their own questions during the registration process.
Join the Bay Area Urban Areas Security Initiative along with their co-hosts San Francisco Community Agencies Responding to Disaster and Thrive Alliance for a series, presented as two 90 minute Zoom webinars over a two-day period, designed to provide best practices in collaboration and coordination before, during, and after a disaster - whether it is an earthquake, wildfire or pandemic.
Do you want to take advantage of the real estate market downturn to manage your facility costs? Interested in free or low-cost space? Join Community Vision real estate consultants for a free webinar on rental readiness. In this webinar you will learn the requirements of being a commercial tenant and what you need to consider to be ready for leasing. The San Mateo County Out-of-School Support Taskforce will also share their work to identify free or low-cost facilities for out-of-school program providers.
Co-sponsored by Thrive Alliance of Nonprofits, San Mateo County Out-of-School Support Taskforce, and Build Up for San Mateo County’s Children.
Uniquely threatened by climate change but well positioned to think big, the City of Menlo Park began work in July 2019 to craft a new Climate Action Plan (CAP). Through a cooperative effort, Menlo Park City Council, staff, commissioners, and community studied and boldly adopted aggressive new measures in July 2020. Hear from Menlo Park’s 2030 CAP architects, analysts and authors about their road to establishing lofty goals – Carbon Zero by 2030 – and their process for outlining impactful solutions. The session includes the story of this journey as well as lessons learned and models for other cities to follow.
On September 4, 2020 Governor Newsom signed AB 2257 into immediate effect which substantially revises and clarifies AB5, California’s independent contractor law. AB 2257 exempts some musicians, performing artists and fine artists from the “ABC” test, AB5's stricter independent contractor test. Where does this leave your organization and your artists? Join San Mateo County Arts Commission, Thrive Alliance and attorney Shivani Sutaria of Shivani Sutaria Law Offices for a presentation on AB5 and AB 2257. We will follow the presentation with an informal conversation and time to connect with other arts and culture organizations.
Join us for our monthly Voter Education and Outreach Advisory Committee (VEOAC) Meeting.
Timely and tailored messaging is important for efficient voter engagement outreach. Join Thrive for a 30 minute training session. At the end of this session you will leave with a thorough understanding of:
The safety precautions being used for voting during COVID.
The many options for voting.
Answers to voter what-ifs. What if you haven’t registered, if you move, if you are without an address, if you need language assistance?
What resources are available to you- paper flyers, social media, etc.
What kind of messaging works best based on the latest research.
Thrive, in partnership with the Leagues of Women Voters of San Mateo County, is proud to co-host the Pros & Cons, a nonpartisan explanation of state propositions with supporting and opposing arguments. The North and Central San Mateo County League has teamed up with the South San Mateo County League to create a presentation for the whole County. After the presentation, there will be ample time for questions & answers. Feel free to download the Pros & Cons PDF , the Pros & Cons for Measure RR and visit Voter’s Edge CA for more information. Come and join us to get an understanding of the 13 ballot measures that we will be voting on soon!
