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The Color of Autumn
Apr. 10, 2024
Pamela Weiss is an award-winning screenwriter, editor, producer and journalist, Pamela collaborates with industry mentors and professionals to shepherd heart-felt, funny and transcendent human stories. Media experience includes Boston Globe, Miami Herald, Knight-Ridder New Media and Capital-Gazette Publishing. Color of Autumn a Short Film In 1966 Chicago a sheltered Black eight-year-old is blindsided by cruel and casual racism while socializing with the children of her father’s white boss. Through the eyes of a grown woman, Color of Autumn retraces the memory of her precocious eight-year-old self, a Black girl who lives with her hardworking but assimilating parents, and her adoring and wise grandmother in a quaint little house on the South Side of Chicago. |
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Considering Our Earthquake Risk in the Bay Area
Apr. 24, 2024
Stephen Walter who is a retired seismologist with the U.S.G.S. Steve recently spoke to the MPC Ready community on the topic of Earthquakes. His talk was so compelling that it generated additional requests for him to speak to other groups, including the Atherton A.D.A.P.T. disaster prepared organization. Steve conveys earthquake science, with a focus on the Hayward fault, in a way that makes detailed information quite clear and compelling. |
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Club Brainstorming Session
May 08, 2024
We've had our review of the club accomplishments. Let's have a forward looking session! You can self select a table to brainstorm ideas for the club around topics like Service projects TGIW/Entertaining events Member attraction Fundraisers International's Projects
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Sheet Metal Trade and DEI
May 15, 2024
Angie Simon is past President of Western Allied Mechanical. She was and is actively involved in SMACNA (Sheet Metal and Contractors National Association) as Local and National President of that organization. Angie has led the Heavy Metal Experience, which is a successful effort to attract teens and young adults (especially disadvantaged) to the sheet metal trade. The program has grown from 3 Contractors holding the multi week summer HME, to 22 throughout the US, during this summer. Next year, 50 locations are going to be involved, with over 900 kids learning about the sheet metal trade |
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May 20, 2024 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
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Paths to Healthy Aging
May 22, 2024
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Her book: Message in a Matchbox
May 29, 2024
In the self-published book, Sara Fashandi explores her brother’s childhood in Tehran, Iran. Fashandi recounts Mohsen’s perseverance as he struggles to help provide for his family from as young as 6 years old and follows him through his teenage years as he finds ways to fight life’s onslaught of challenges. |
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How to Beat Common Sleep Problems
Jun. 12, 2024
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From Burnout to Brilliance: 3 Keys to Foster a Mental Health Friendly Workplace
Jun. 19, 2024
An entrepreneur, with a blossoming career, Bonny was besieged by a severe depression that threatened her success. While going to work for Fortune 1000, she filtered through countless healing modalities to combat her High-functioning Depression. Her TEDx talk on YouTube introduced the connection between neurodiversity and mental health. Now a Corporate Strategist and a Keynote Speaker, Bonny helps organizations unleash their team’s potential so they thrive and succeed.
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Aug. 10, 2024 7:00 a.m.
Join us for our annual scholarship bike ride in support of Menlo Park Rotary's college scholarships for local first in generation college attendees. The race starts at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with three longer routes along the Peninsula and a shorter family ride. Lunch and snacks provided. More information available soon. |