Big Sunday happily welcomes you to Our Really Big Community Calendar.
We try to include all kinds of volunteering and helping opportunities for all kinds of interests, talents, passions, and ages! As you’ll see, these include volunteering opportunities (one-time and long-term) as well as the chance to support a nonprofit by attending fundraising events. Plus, of course, we include all of Big Sunday’s homegrown events, too! Whoever you are, and whatever you do, there is someone out there who could use your help.
If you have questions about our calendar, or would like to add a listing, please contact calendar@bigsunday.org or submit your event/opportunity via the button below.
“OPEN SISTER CIRCLE”
An invitation to inner happiness, sisterhood and turning your dreams into reality.
Learn To Stress Less, Love Yourself, Heal Yourself, Market Yourself and Build Wealth.
Inner City Cultural Center II, Inc. and Tuesday Conner present a FREE Seminar on “How To Live a Happy Life & Earn Your Worth”. The event is hosted by Royal Queens United on Friday, August 12th, 2016 at the Vision Theater, 3341 West 43rd PLACE, Los Angeles, CA 90008.
Royal Queens United are eclectic artists, businesswomen, entrepreneurs and teachers who help women align their vision to move with vision. Sisters of all ages and races are welcome to this Free Seminar; if they wish to develop the self confidence and the wisdom it takes to gain her worth. The Open Sister Circle is where you’ll hear the Secret to becoming a whole woman who's confident and wealthy and it’s Free.
Whether you want to start your own company, design your own line or break into the entertainment industry, Royal Queens United will teach you what you need to know to Change Your Life Today. They want to help you succeed and teach other women what they learned to share the wealth that’s available if you have the right tools. Come to the Open Sister Circle to open the door to your wealth and success. Don’t miss this life changing experience … it’s free!
Register Today for this Free event at www.tuesdayconner.com.
For more info, please contact opensistetcircle@gmail.com or call 818-714-4242.
Public Program United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Nazis used radio; today’s extremists use social media. Then as now, new technology provides extremists with unchecked ability to spread hate and prey upon disenfranchised audiences to realize their deadly agenda. This event will explore the tension between protecting free speech and limiting incendiary propaganda. What responsibility do technology companies, governments, and individuals have to limit uses of technology to keep our world safe?
Speakers
Mouafac Harb, Independent Media and Political Consultant and former News Director, The Middle East Radio Network
Dr. Steven Luckert, Senior Program Curator, Digital Learning and New Media
Moderator
Janine Zacharia, Carlos Kelly McClatchy Visiting Lecturer, Stanford University
Co-presented with Loyola Marymount University.
QUESTIONS/CONTACTS
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Registration Assistance
202.488.0460
calendar@ushmm.org
On Sunday, February 26, you can make a difference in the Jewish community in five meaningful ways and at locations throughout Los Angeles when you volunteer as part of Federation's Community Service Day. Choose from these ways to give back — and feel great about making time to make a difference:
- Day of Good Deeds — At Aegis of Granada Hills, you can paint canvases with the senior residents at this family-friendly event. No art skills required — just the desire to brighten a senior's day.
- Beit T’Shuvah — Join the residents of Beit T’Shuvah in feeding the homeless. In the morning, you can make sandwiches and burritos for the homeless with Beit T’Shuvah residents. In the afternoon, you can help distribute.
- Ronald McDonald House — Join the members of YALA, ages 25-40, to make meals for resident families so they can relax and spend time with their hospitalized children.
- Aviva Family and Children’s Services — Participate in arts and crafts with, and get to know at-risk teenage girls staying at the Aviva Center. (Volunteers must be 18 or older.)
- Jewish Community Inclusion Festival for JDAIM — Celebrate Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month by helping those with special needs and their families enjoy a day of fun. (Volunteers must be 13 or older.)
For more info and to register, please click HERE.
Mayor Eric Garcetti is a former adjunct assistant professor of diplomacy and world affairs at Occidental College. Garcetti and Hawthorne will cover topics including the re-imagining of the Los Angeles River; the expansion of the region’s transit network under newly approved Measure M; debates over growth and real-estate development; and L.A.’s relationship with Washington, D.C. and the Trump administration. Don’t miss City on the Verge: Eric Garcetti in Conversation.
Join the LA Food Policy Council (LAFPC) to hear from food justice experts about building a vision for food equity in Los Angeles. Through collaborative discussions about food access disparities, LAFPC hopes to develop a policy platform that will inform the LA food movement for years to come.
Read more and RSVP here!
The series returns to Occidental March 29 with Youth Movement: Mayors Aja Brown and Robert Garcia, featuring Brown, mayor of Compton since 2013, and Garcia, mayor of Long Beach since 2014. As two of the youngest (Brown is 34, Garcia 39) mayors in Southern California, they represent a new generation of political leadership in the region. They’ll discuss their own paths to election, the state of their cities and the opportunities and challenges of piloting cities in the shadow of giant Los Angeles. Don’t miss Youth Movement: Mayors Aja Brown and Robert Garcia!
For Heal the Bay, every day is Earth Day, but in honor of the 47th annual worldwide observance on April 22, Heal the Bay is celebrating for a solid week!
Heal the Bay’s Nothin’ but Sand clean-up on Saturday, April 15, runs from 10 a.m. to noon on the north side of the Santa Monica Pier. All clean-up participants will be rewarded with free admission to the Aquarium, which opens at 11 a.m. that day.
On the following Saturday, April 22, special activities throughout the day will commemorate the official day to celebrate our planet, during the Aquarium’s regular hours of 12:30 to 5 pm. Make a biodegradable planter, enjoy a special Earth Day story time at 2 pm, or visit a wildlife station on the west end of the Pier. At 1 pm and 3 pm, join Heal the Bay for “Who Pollutes?”— an interactive lesson in keeping our waterways and ocean healthy. Best of all, admission to the Aquarium on Earth Day will be FREE courtesy of The Albright!
Schedule:
- 1:00-4:00pm – Wildlife Observation Station (West End of Pier – next to Harbor Patrol)
- 1:00pm – “Who Pollutes” Presentation
- 2:00pm – Story Time and live animal presentation
- 3:00pm – “Who Pollutes” Presentation (repeat)
Join Food Forward and RESULTS for a day of discussion around food justice, access, and gleaning strategies. Keynote speakers include Robert Egger (LA Kitchen) and Rachel Sumekh (Swipe Out Hunger).
RSVP by April 22! Learn more here.
On Saturday, April 29, Mayall Academy of Arts and Technology needs a few hardworking volunteers to pitch in on various tasks (i.e. painting, clean-up and gardening) and the school’s beautification day. Mayall Academy of Arts and Technology is a Technology Magnet and low-income school located in North Hills with a large population of deaf and hard-of-hearing students and second language learners. To lend a hand, please contact Principal Linda Kim at lkim5@lausd.net.
Join us for 7 innings of slow-pitch softball at the 11th Annual Home Run for Kids Softball Game!
Benefitting children with hearing loss.
Teams: Captain Ron's "The Galley Restaurant" vs. Kehillat Israel Temple
Warm-ups begin at 10:00 am
Star-Spangled Banner at 10:55am
Game begins promptly at 11:00 am
Complimentary lunch at the Galley to follow. Significant others and families are welcome to join! Please RSVP for lunch by October 9th to captainschur@gmail.com.
Your donation of $175 will allow you to play softball or sponsor a "Galley Girl" to play in your place. Games are adults only. To sign up, contact Captain Ron Schur at 310.701.5096.
Make checks payable to: NO LIMITS
Please put in memo "Captain Ron Softball"
Mail to: The Galley, Attn: Captain Ron/Softball
2442 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90405
We look forward to seeing you on the field! Thank you for being an MVP for our deaf children and families!
Grand Slam for a deaf child: $5,000
This Grand Slam will sponsor a deaf child for one year of services at No Limits, providing individual therapy, parent education, literacy, and so much more!
Home Run for Parent Education: $2,500
Your home run hits is out of the park to provide bi-weekly literacy instruction, helping deaf children learn to read and write.
Base Hit for Parent Education: $1,000
With your base hit contribution, you'll provide weekly parent education to our families!
No Limits Fan: $500
Become a die-hard No Limits fan, giving deaf children and their families vital services they need to succeed.
Play Ball for No Limits: $175
Take your spot in the line up for 7 innings of slow-pitch softball! Your support includes complimentary lunch at the Galley following the game.
