The Bay Area's shelter-in-place order has brought countless events usually held as in-person gatherings online. We're aiming to support local businesses in San Francisco and Oakland by highlighting five of these events each day.
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Here's your SF and Oakland online event calendar for Wednesday, June 17. Tune in for a look at the history of Recology, learn about how to provide support to transgender people during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, hear from award-winning author and journalist Meredith Talusan, and more.
Recology: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and The Artist in Residence Program
Join the Recology San Francisco Artist in Residence Program for a look at the history of Recology, the company that collects and processes waste, recycling and compost in San Francisco.
In this hour-long webinar, you'll learn how Recology is working to improve the sorting process for recycling while maintaining a focus on reducing and reusing, and what individual actions you can take to create an impactful change.
When: Wednesday, June 17, 10:30 a.m.
How to join: Via Eventbrite
Price: Free
Self Care Session for Formerly Incarcerated People & Family Members with Family Unity Matters
Join two Oakland-based nonprofits for an evening of healing and self-care, amid COVID-19 and recent civil unrest, for people directly impacted by the criminal legal system.
Hear from professional mental health experts, some of whom are themselves formerly incarcerated or family members of formerly incarcerated loved ones, who will share strategies and guide breakout groups.
This session is specifically for formerly incarcerated people, spouses of formerly or currently incarcerated loved ones, caregivers of children with incarcerated parents or family members of incarcerated loved ones.
When: Wednesday, June 17, 3 p.m.
How to join: Via Zoom
Price: Free
Fighting Back: Being Transgender in a Pandemic
According to San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society, transgender people face unique challenges during the ongoing COVID-19 emergency — among other issues, transgender people are more likely to experience unemployment, homelessness and inadequate access to health care, and shelter-in-place may lead to conflict with transphobic family members or housemates.
During this event, a panel of activists, healthcare specialists and community historians will consider the lessons of the AIDS crisis of the 80s and 90s and its effect on transgender people, and identify strategies to provide support to transgender people during the ongoing pandemic.
When: Wednesday, June 17, 6 p.m.
How to join: Via The GLBT Historical Society
Price: $0 – $25 (sliding scale)
"Fairest: A Memoir" — author Meredith Talusan in conversation with Jennifer Finney Boylan
Tune in to a virtual event with award-winning author and journalist Meredith Talusan, hosted by Upper Haight bookstore The Booksmith, for her new memoir "Fairest".
"Fairest" follows the path of a precocious boy with albinism from a rural Philippine village, who would grow up to become a woman in America. Talusan writes about coping with parental neglect while being treated as a public curiosity, the challenges of navigating circles of elite privilege and complex spheres of identity at Harvard, and the decision to transition to become a woman, despite the risk of losing a man she deeply loved.
According to event organizers, "her evocative reflections will shift our own perceptions of love, identity, gender, and the fairness of life."
When: Wednesday, June 17, 6 p.m.
How to join: Via Facebook Live
Price: Free, you can buy the book online
Castro Rotary welcomes Honey Mahogany
Join The Rotary Club of San Francisco – Castro for a talk with Honey Mahogany, first black transgender person to win an elected post in California, and the first drag queen to win an elected position in San Francisco.
Born and raised in San Francisco, Mahogany is a social worker and an elected member of the San Francisco Democratic Party. She is also co-founder of the Compton's Transgender Cultural District, a co-owner of The Stud, and currently works as a legislative aide.
When: Wednesday, June 17, 7 p.m.
How to join: Via Zoom
Price: Free
