San Luis Obispo Climate Change Adaptation Workshop

Developing Local Strategies to Adapt to Climate Change Impacts
Join the discussion on climate change adaptation strategies for the San Luis Obispo region on July 14th from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 333 Madonna Road San Luis Obispo.
Climate Change Adaptation Workshop is $15 per person. To register and view the agenda online, visit http://climatechangeadaptationworkshop.eventbrite.com or call Shani Alford 916-448-1198 x330.
Key stakeholders and local government elected officials and staff in the region have been discussing potential strategies to address the impacts of climate change on Water, Health, Infrastructure, Agriculture, Coastal Marine and Tourism.
Now it’s your chance to get involved! The workshop will include a discussion of Climate Change projections for the San Luis Obispo region and the impacts they will likely have on your natural and socioeconomic systems. They will also share recommendations that local stakeholders have developed to help the county prepare for these impacts and discuss implementation strategies and potential obstacles that San Luis Obispo elected officials have identified.
The Local Government Commission in partnership with the National Center for Conservation Science & Policy and Susanne Moser Research and Consulting is organizing this effort through a one-year grant from the Kresge Foundation. The goal is to support local government officials, staff and stakeholders in developing adaptation strategies that cohesively consider economics, health, culture, social needs, transportation, infrastructure, ecosystem services, and natural resources.

“Beads & Bling”

2nd Annual Breast Cancer Fundraiser

"Beads & Bling" is a  ‘girls’ night out’ event from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, July 15th at Edna Valley Vineyard at 2585 Biddle Ranch Road off Highway 227 (Broad Street) south of San Luis Obispo Airport. The evening includes a jewelry and purse sale with everything priced at 40% off the retail price, along with gourmet appetizers, desserts, a no-host bar with Edna Valley wines, live music, raffles, and a silent auction.  This fundraiser will benefit Enhancement, Inc., a local nonprofit that works to improve the quality of life for breast cancer survivors.
Enhancement is also holding a raffle during the weeks prior to the event, and will continue to sell raffle tickets at the event and draw the winner at 7:00 pm.  The raffle basket, called “Indulgent Delights” is valued at $1,500 and includes overnight stays at the Cliffs in Shell Beach and Anderson Inn in Morro Bay, along with certificates for dinners, haircuts, skin and hair care products, massages, spa treatments, chocolates, wine, etc.  Loads of wonderful pampering gifts and surprises!  Tickets are only $10 each or 3 for $20 and are available by calling 771-8640 or at “Beads & Bling.” (It is not necessary to be present to win the raffle.) 

Besides the large raffle basket, other raffle items at the event include a crystal wall hanging from Lois Dirkes ($725 value), powered compact AktiMates speakers from Audio Ecstasy ($699 value),  and more. 
The event is generously being co-sponsored by Central Coast Thermography, Rees Family Medical and Audio Ecstasy, all of San Luis Obispo. 
Tickets for “Beads & Bling” are only $10 per person at the door.  For more information, call 771-8640 or visit the Enhancement website atwww.enhancementinc.org.
Proceeds from the event will help Enhancement continue to offer their Creative Healing Retreats for Breast Cancer Survivors; their Breast Cancer Care Fund; their Free Weekly Yoga Classes for All Cancer Patients; their Free Monthly Lymphedema Education Classes for All Cancer Patients; their monthly Free Breast Cancer Survivor Workshops, to name a few of their programs. 

Town Hall Forum on Women’s Health Care

Save the Date – January 22, 2010

Plan now to join the local chapter of the National Organization for Women to celebrate the anniversary of the Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision, at a Town Hall meeting on January 22, 2010, Friday, at 6 p.m. at the SLO Library. 

NOW is very pleased to announce the Town Hall forum will be moderated by Hilda Zacarias, candidate for 33rd Assembly District, and will focus on the current health care reform legislation in both Congress and the state of California, with an emphasis on how those bills affect access to health care for women.  Current proposed legislation denies abortion coverage in even privately paid insurance plans, depriving women of a constitutional right. Come hear the latest information. Be informed!

Following this forum, participants will join in the traditional candlelight march to support those women who died from unsafe and illegal abortions, then return to the library for socializing and refreshments.


 

Interfaith Worship to Kick Off Gay Pride Celebration

An interfaith worship service titled “God Loves Gays” will be held at the San Luis Obispo Mission Plaza in the amphitheatre, July 12 from 12:30 to 1:00 PM to kick-off the Gay Pride festivities. The service, led by clergy and lay leaders from several denominations, will emphasize the importance of faith among members of the gay community and their allies.

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