San Mateo County Pride Center

Happy MLK Day, everyone. We hope you spend some time to reflect on what we have accomplished and the hard work that still needs to be done. #queerheresmc #sanmateopride #smcpride #mlkday #mlkday2021

Join us for programming this week at the Pride Center! Monday (1/18)- The Pride Center is offline in observance of MLK day Tuesday (1/19)... Chair Yoga: 9:30-10:30am ** Youth Group(10-18): 4:00-5:30pm + Wednesday (1/20) Fit Fusion: morning Cardio Class- 9:30-10:30am ** Grown Folks (18-30)- 6:00-7:30pm + Thursday (1/21) Chair Yoga: 9:30-10:30am ** Friday (1/22) Friday Morning Tai Chi- 9:30-10:30am ** Queer Women's Group (18+)-6:00-7:30pm % Legend: ** Please contact [email protected] for information about joining the morning fitness groups + Please contact [email protected] for information about joining the Youth Group (10-18) & Grown Folks Group (18-30) % Please contact [email protected] for information about joining the Queer Women's Group (18+)/ Registration link for this group in the linktr.ee on homepage

Sorry for the last minute announcement. we will see you next week

Just want to send a reminder that the Queer Women's group is scheduled to meet on Friday, January 22! This is our first meeting of 2021 and we're excited to hold space with you! Just a reminder that this is a free, safe space open to all LGBTQ+ Women. Please feel free to share with your friends, colleagues, and networks, the more the merrier! Please see event link for more information about the group! https://www.facebook.com/events/735843924012071/

Reminders for special programs at the Pride Center- Beginning next week (1/20), the Pride Center and Mission Hospice are co-hosting a special 8-week online group specifically for LGBTQ+ community members (18+) who are experiencing grief. People in the LGBTQ+ community who have lost a loved one often have unique aspects of their grief experience. Sharing grief with others who understand the LGBTQ+ perspective can help them feel less alone. This free group & registration is ...required. Please contact Verna (She/Her) at [email protected] or 650-644-1632, or Andrew Garvin at [email protected] or 650-445-0515 for information about joining the group. THIS FRIDAY (1/15)- Please join us for a free screening and discussion of Selma (2014) from 6-8:30pm. This is the first of our two special events to celebrate the live and impact of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. To register, please use this link: https://tinyurl.com/RevolutionaryReels If you need support or have any questions, please contact [email protected] Please join us on Tuesday, 1/26 from 6-7pm for the second installment of MLK programming, for The Dream Continues, a poetry and spoken word workshop: https://tinyurl.com/TheDreamContinues

Save the date! On February 25th from 6-7:30 pm, join the San Mateo County Pride Center for a virtual Black History Month Intergenerational Dinner. In partnership with the African American Community Initiative, the Pride Initiative, and the LGBT Commission, we encourage members of the San Mateo Black and African Diaspora to celebrate a night of Afro-LGBTQ history. Mark your calendars, bring your food, and share community as we engage in an interactive presentation and group dialogue about the dinner theme, We Are Because They Do. For more information, please contact Azisa Todd at [email protected] Please use this link to register to attend: https://tinyurl.com/BlackHistoryDinner This is a free space open to all community members.

Just a reminder that the Pride Center will be offline on Monday in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This includes the Fit Fusion morning workout class and the Trans Peer Support Group. We will return on Tuesday, 1/19

Check out the latest post on blog written by our wonderful clinician, Verna. She writes about feeling gratitude in the New Year. "As we ring in a new year many people think about new year’s resolutions. I used to do resolutions until a few years ago. I never really stuck to my resolutions for very long (mainly because they were big and kind of scary). So now instead of a new year’s resolution I tend to focus on gratitude. Gratitude, for me, is giving time and energy to recognize the things, large and small, that I am grateful for." Please use this link to access the blog: https://sanmateopride.org/2021//gratitude-for-the-new-year/

JUST ANNOUNCED: Tonight's screening of Selma (2014) is postponed. Stay tuned for updates on when the screening will take place. Thank you so much!

This is a great opportunity to receive training to to become a peer group facilitator! Join us for this free workshop tomorrow afternoon hosted by our friends at Outlet. Please contact [email protected] or 650-887-7113 for information about joining the group

Just a reminder that the Pride Center will be offline on Monday, 11/9 in observance of Veteran's Day. The Trans Peer Support Group (18+) will be online as scheduled! Please use this link to register for the group: https://tinyurl.com/smcpc-transgroup1

In TWO WEEKS on Thursday, November 19th, the Pride Center and Stanford LGBTQ+ Health Program are co-hosting the second installment of Trans Talks. Trans Talks is a free workshop series where LGBTQ+ community members can ask questions on their health and wellness. Every month, a different professional from Stanford's LGBTQ+ Health Program will share information, lead a discussion and answer your questions. On November 19th, we will be discussing Trans-Inclusive safer sex pr...actices for all genders and sexual identities. Community members who are interested in attending are invited to submit questions to [email protected] or [email protected] in anticipation for the workshop. Pre-registration is required, please use this link: https://tinyurl.com/transtalk11-19 #queerheresmc #sanmateopride #smcpride #sanmateo #sanmateocounty #lgbtq #queer #trans #safersex #stanford #stanfordlgbtq #transresources #freeworkshop #safersexworkshop #safesex #transtalks

In our latest blog, one of our wonderful clinicians, Verna (she/her) wrote about her history with Dia de los Muertos and her path to celebrating it with her family. "I did not personally celebrate Dia de los Muertos (DDLM) until several years ago. Sure I had heard about it before this time, but I did not really know what it was all about. Before learning more about DDLM I felt like this was a day that other people celebrated; that it was not for me." To read more, please see our latest blog: https://sanmateopride.org/2020/11/happy-day-of-the-dead/

Thank you to everyone who attended QT Relationships: Accountability last night. We learned about self-accountability, accountability in relationships and accountability in community. Thank you to our amazing partners in CORA for holding this presentation and leading this important conversation. Join us for our next QT Relationships workshop on Tuesday, 11/17 from 5-6:30pm where we will discuss Boundaries. This is a free 6-week series open to LGBTQ+ Community members 18+ P...re-registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/QTrelationships For a full list of workshops, please see this link: https://tinyurl.com/QTRelationshipsFB

Happy Election Day, everyone! Your vote is your voice is your power. Please be sure to take care of yourself today, do something kind for your soul and your heart. We’re here for you! #queerheresmc #sanmateopride #lgbtq #sanmateocounty #queer #queerthevote

Tonight! Join the San Mateo County Pride Center and CORA for the third installment of QT healthy relationships, a 6-week bi-monthly workshop that focuses on building healthy relationships. This is a free group open to LGBTQ+ Community members 18+ & is scheduled for 5-6:30pm Tonight, we will be discussing Accountability. In this session, we will talk about what accountability isand what it isn’t! We will discuss several models of accountability and examine ways to bring thi...s essential skill into our relationships. Registration is required, please use this link to register for the groups: tinyurl.com/QTrelationships For more information about upcoming workshops, please see this link: https://fb.me/e/gzyY6SBaU