Don’t miss the Jamaica Awareness Association Celebrity Golf Classic annual charity event held to raise funds for JAAC’s ongoing projects, particularly its annual Health and Education mission to Jamaica and scholarship funding!  Registration starts at 9 am and tee time is at 11 am; please register by April 17, 2017.  Opportunities for sponsorship are available.  Please contact Pam Stephenson at 818-277-2254 or Roy Davidson at 661-857-5283 for more sponsorship details and/or to RSVP.  Payment can be made on the JAAC website using the DONATE button or by mailing check to JAAC P.O. BOX 351769, Los Angeles, CA 90035. Free event parking will be available.

Options

• Single golfer – $250
• Corporate Foursome – $1000 (a celebrity will make up a foursome)
• Corporate – $5000
• Executive  – $3000
• Tee sponsor – $100 (ask for brochures)

Don’t miss “Wings Over Malibu,” a fundraising event benefitting The Emily Shane Foundation.  The fabulous evening includes live entertainment, dancing, hand-crafted cocktails, a sumptuous dinner and dessert, live/silent auctions featuring a curated selection of one-of-a-kind items and experiences and more.  General admission tickets are $150; millennial tickets (27 and under) are $50; a limited selection of VIP tables and sponsorship packages are also available.  The event is hosted by Steven Weinberg.

Join PATH for a night of laughs at the historic Comedy Store in Hollywood. The lineup will include 8 international headliners and all proceeds go to PATH to help end homelessness. Get your tickets here!

Comedians:

• Neal Brennan – Co-creator of Chapelle show
• Darren Carter – Late Show, Comedy Central
• Vargus Mason – HBO, Disney's Lion Guard
• Ty Barnett – Last Comic Standing, Tosh.0
• Niki Glazer – Jimmy Kimmel, Conan
• Erik Myers – Court Ordered, Andrew Dice Clay's Blue Show

There is $8 validated parking just west of the Comedy Store on the south side of Sunset:

SP+ Parking
8570 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood CA 90069

Event is in Main Room. 21 and over admitted.

PATH’s mission is to end homelessness for individuals, families, and communities. PATH does this by building affordable housing and providing supportive services throughout California. In the past four years, PATH has helped nearly 7,000 people move off the streets and into permanent homes.

Instructor: Master Arnold Chien
 
Tai Chi is a martial art based on the theory of an ancient classic called “I Ching”.  Kinetic Tai Chi is created by Master Chien based on this foundation coupling with contemporary Physics of potential & kinetic energy. The training sessions include striking, throwing & submission techniques. There are 10 levels of form to advance. Combining this advanced physical routine with Tai Chi’s rich thinking, students will benefit lifelong health, achieve mental superiority and enjoy high level combat skills.
 
Thursdays      
9:00am-10:30am
 
Winter 1st:    1/26, 2/02, 2/09, 2/16
Winter 2nd:   2/23, 3/02, 3/09, 3/16
 
Spring 1st:   4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/04
Spring 2nd:  5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/01
 
Cost for Classes:

• $35 per month – members
• $45 per month – non–members
• $15 Drop In – per day
• 10% discount if you sign up for 2 sessions

Pre-registration preferred; To register please call the Education Department at 626-821-4623.

Grandmaster Arnold Chien is the founder of Kinetic Tai Chi, 2012 & 2014 Kungfu master at USC Pacific Asia Museum & 2008 Chinese idol in martial art category. In 2013, he became the first instructor to teach Tai Chi at the legendary Gold’s Gym Arcadia, CA. Chien’s heavy focus on the principle of softness to conquer hardness has helped students to achieve not only the physical limitations, but their mental ones as well, thereby reach the ultimate level of “soft as silk and hard as steel”.

Kendra Scott is a fashion lifestyle brand with 60 stores across the country. Founded on Family, Fashion and Philanthropy, the company is committed to giving back to local communities in a meaningful way.

This Thursday, April 27th between 6:00-9:00 pm, Create Now will be celebrated at the new Kendra Scott store at the Century City Westfield Mall.

Don't miss the delicious refreshments and beautiful jewelry. 20% of all proceeds will benefit Create Now so they can expand their arts programs to reach thousands more youth.

Don’t miss the LA Family Housing 2017 Annual Awards on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at The Rooftop @ the Lot in West Hollywood. Enjoy celebrity chefs, specialty cocktails, entertainment, silent & live auctions, and help end homelessness for children and adults across Los Angeles. For more information about sponsorship opportunities and ticket sales, visit .

The Back on My Feet Annual Foothill 5K Challenge Race isn't your average 5K. Feel the burn as you climb more than 1,000 feet on course, then reward yourself with spectacular 360 degree views of the San Gabriel Mountains from the summit and some discounted brews at the Golden Road Brewing Afterparty once you finish! Registration includes chip timing, a technical race t-shirt, and finishers’ swag.

All event proceeds support Back on My Feet’s mission to increase self-sufficiency among individuals experiencing homelessness and other underserved populations.

Volunteer stations include:

• Packet stuffing – 4/27/17 – 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
• Various Race day position – 4/30/17 – 6:30 am – 12 pm

To register or for more information please inquire here: https://techimpact.formstack.com/forms/5kchallengevolunteers2017

To find out more about Back on My Feet LA and other non-event volunteering opportunities, please visit www.la.backonmyfeet.org.

Event Website: http://give.backonmyfeet.org/5kchallenge

After a sold-out production at Carnegie Hall, Silent NO MORE returns to California on Thursday, April 27 at 7 pm! Join the cast for an inspiring, emotional, and educational evening, as individuals with hearing loss share their powerful life stories. A Q&A between the cast and audience follows the production.  The production is presented by No Limits, an organization After a sold-out production at Carnegie Hall, Silent NO MORE returns to California on Thursday, April 27 at 7pm! Join us for an inspiring, emotional, and educational evening, as individuals with hearing loss share their powerful life stories. A Q&A between the cast and audience follows the production, which is presented by No Limits, an organization that provides high quality education for deaf children and their families so they have the opportunity to not only attend college, but graduate from college.  Tickets are $10 per person.  An ASL interpreter and captioning will be available.  For more info or tickets, please call 310-280-0878 or email rsvp@nolimits-fordeafchildren.org.

Take part “Sistahs, Sexuality, and Mental Health Wellbeing,” a conference that will take place on Friday, April 28^th 2017, from 10 am – 2 pm at the Department of Water and Power located at 4030 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles. This project emerged out of partnerships between UCLA, Healthy African American Families (HAAF), Los Angeles Women’s Collaborative on HIV/AIDS, Fox Hills Ladera Healthy Family Association, Oasis Clinic, and I Choose Life in efforts to address the increase in sexually transmitted infections and diseases (STIs/STDs) that are occurring among African American women aged 50+.

 The series of dialogue groups (4 groups of 10-12 African American women aged 50+) to discuss topics about sexual health practices and mental health wellbeing as it pertains to aging has been completed.  Responses from the groups were transcribed and the data was analyzed to identify specific themes that emerged that are potential areas of attention and intervention.  A majority of the women identified difficulty with broaching conversations about sexual health with their physicians and partners and mental health issues as reasons for why older women in our community may engage in risky sexual practices.  

The purpose of this conference is to invite you as well as other members of the community to discuss the research findings from these groups as well engage in a conversation about some next steps for community prevention and intervention.  A dynamic panel of speakers have been gathered, including Yolanda Whittington, LCSW (Department of Mental Health), Claudia Spears, RN (Holman Methodist Church), and Nola Thomas, MA who have specific expertise on this topic.  Dr. Velma Union (Founder of One-Light International) will moderate the panel session. Please attend!

Click on this link to register and see the program schedule: https://sas50.splashthat.com/