Community Calendar

Celebrate Douglass Day and Black History Month by participating in a national transcribe-a-thon. You’ll learn how to bring 19th century Black history to life by transforming digitized documents from the Colored Conventions Project into legible text. This groundbreaking archive documents how nineteenth-century African Americans organized around critical issues such as voting rights, citizenship, education, labor, racial equality, and more.

This event is free and open to the public. There will be birthday cake, music, and a live stream of the national Douglass Day program. No previous transcription experience is required.

Please bring your own laptop/tablet or borrow a laptop from the Library Services Desk in the Paseo to participate in the transcribe-a-thon.

Opening remarks will be made at the start of the event and guests are welcome to drop-in as their schedule allows. Registration is recommended, but not required.

Douglass Day is an annual celebration of and day of service to the legacy of abolitionist, orator, statesman, and social reformer Frederick Douglass (1818-1895). Since 2017, thousands of volunteers from around the world come together virtually on Douglass’s chosen birthday of February 14 to participate in a national transcribe-a-thon to create new & freely available resources for learning about Black history.

Want to spend Valentines' Day showing your love for the local environment? Join the Watershed Stewards Program for our first Watershed Awareness Volunteer Event of the year.

Come help us restore endangered steelhead habitat right here in San Luis Obispo. Volunteers will pull invasive French broom, plant native seeds, and learn about the San Luis Obispo Creek Watershed. Free pizza will be provided at 1 pm for those who volunteered.

We'll provide all the tools (including work gloves), but we recommend bringing a water bottle, sturdy close-toed shoes, sun protection, and long-sleeve shirts and pants you don't mind getting dirty. This event will take place rain or shine.

Join us for a fun and informative event at the Odd Fellows Hall. Enjoy lunch, sweets, cupcake decorating, and plan to be inspired by a presentation and discussion on different types of community living nation-wide. Afterward, enjoy a historical tour of the Rosa Butron de Canet Adobe, future site of the Waterman Village.

The $20 event ticket includes a potato and salad bar, cupcake lunch; presentation; historical tour and a loving community. All proceeds will help Smart Share construct the Waterman Village: 20 safe, accessible homes for seniors around the rehabilitated adobe and a neighborhood park, offering a renewed sense of community in the heart of downtown.

Dancing is optional, but not required, at this fun and informal fundraising party for the Homeless Animal Rescue Team! Drop in anytime between 6 and 9 pm to enjoy this fun and festive heart-themed event.

Live music will be performed by SLO County favorite: Jill Knight and her large band. There will be a marvelous dessert buffet and beverages will be provided by Hearst Ranch Winery and beer from Firestone Walker Brewing Company. There will be marvelous Silent Auction with all proceeds going to help the kitties at HART.

When we think of sounds in the ocean, we think of whales and dolphins, but the underwater soundscape is far richer and more diverse than that. In this presentation, Marie Goeritz will explore the hidden world of animal-generated sound beneath the waves, with a special focus on invertebrates. From snapping shrimp to crabs and lobsters, many animals produce and respond to sound in ways that shape their behavior and interactions with their environment.
Dr. Marie Goeritz is a neurobiologist and educator whose work explores how animals sense and interact with their environments. Dr. Goeritz currently teaches biology at Cuesta College and serves on the Board of Directors of the Morro Coast Audubon Society as Lands Chair.

Braver Angels’ CEO Maury Giles will speak on Courageous Citizenship. Braver Angels is the nation’s largest grassroots depolarization movement dedicated to bringing Americans together across political divides since 2017.

Having long been an involved leader in Braver Angels, Maury is a lifelong Republican from Utah. Now, as CEO, and ultimate ambassador, he is leading the way forward as a courageous conservative leader in this movement. He’s leading Braver Angels’ mission to build capacity for civic engagement. We envision: “… an America where courageous citizenship is the honored norm, renewing civic culture and building trust across political differences.”

We can actually make a difference as citizens when we collaborate and find common ground and take action.

Captain Charles Moore, the visionary who discovered the Garbage Patch in 1997, will be presenting the Korean Broadcasting System’s powerful film and sharing his personal journey in the fight against plastic pollution. This documentary, featuring Captain Moore and the Oceanographic Research Vessel Algalita, takes you on an extraordinary trip to the heart of the Garbage Patch, marking 20 years of groundbreaking research. It's the first-ever film to professionally document the Patch itself -- an experience you won’t want to miss.

ECOSLO and SLOCCE are teaming up to co-host Captain Charles Moore in San Luis Obispo. Learn more about the wonderful work SLOCCE is doing here: https://slocce.org/

Children will have the opportunity to check out and learn from dozens of machines that make our community run. The first 300 kids get a free goody bag.

Caring for a loved one at home can be both rewarding and exhausting. Join us for a rejuvenating day designed to help you connect, learn, and recharge. The day will include practical tips for improving dementia care routines, creative ideas for portable activities you can use on the go, restorative yoga, and relaxing chair massages. Lunch and dessert will be provided. Respite care will be available through CAPSLO Adult Day Center. If you are in need of respite care, please RSVP by calling 805-239-5679.

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