CONSERVANCY COMMONS

4 - 6 pm. Crissy Field Center. The Park Youth Collaborative Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Cohort is honored to present journalist and filmmaker Felicia Lowe’s “Chinese Couplets,” a tale spanning four generations of tenacious women and Lowe's search for answers about her mother’s emigration to America during the Chinese Exclusion era. Please join us for a viewing of this part memoir, part history, part investigative documentary followed by a discussion led the filmmaker. Open to all park staff and interns, regardless of whether you work with youth.

1 - 4 pm. Celebrate diversity and build community with our staff, volunteers, and visitors. We have teamed up with TurnOut, an organization dedicated to connecting volunteers to LGBTQIA+ causes, to help restore and improve habitat for endangered plants like the San Francisco wallflower. All self-identifying LGBTQIA+ folks and allies ages 10 & up are welcome. Join us for an exciting and challenging day of tool wielding, dirty hands, and community building to make our parks an even more awesome place to be.

6 p.m. San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin St., in the Koret Auditorium. Betty Reid Soskin, who at 96 is the NPS's oldest ranger, discusses her book Sign My Name to Freedom. Part of the Library’s celebration of "More Than a Month – Black History, Culture & Heritage," Soskin reflects on the oft-overlooked African American wartime experience and how opportunities for Black women have changed throughout her lifetime.

1 - 4 pm. Lands End. Celebrate South Asian cultures, traditions, and festivals in nature at this family-friendly volunteer restoration program organized by South Asian park staff. We will be celebrating Holi, also known as the “festival of colors” or the “festival of love”. This festival is celebrated in the Indian subcontinent and marks the beginning of spring. We invite you to join us and enjoy the beginning of the wildflower blooms!

9 am - 12:30 pm. Conservancy and NPS staff are invited to our first Park Day of the year in Oakwood Valley! Staff will work in an historic orchard, on trails along historic horse pastures, or amongst spring wildflowers to improve Mission Blue Butterfly habitat. Carpools will be available to leave Fort Mason at 8:30 am. If you drive separately, please arrive on site at 9 am. (The nearest address to the trailhead is 420 Donahue St., Sausalito.) Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP ASAP and no later than March 6. For questions, email Hillary at hbeardsley@parksconservancy.org.

You are invited to the GGNRA's annual Health and Safety Week! Click below for a draft of the event schedule, which includes hikes, special exercise classes, earthquake preparedness trainings, ergonomics talks, and chair massages. For questions, contact Matt Keene at (415) 561-7403.

9:30 am - 2:30 pm. Lands End. Enjoy your national park with "feel-good vibes" by coming dressed in your best island-inspired attire for a day filled with uplifting volunteer work, island jamz, delicious BBQ, and thirst-quenching libations! Tickets include yoga, live music, all-you-can-eat BBQ, beverages, prizes, a lounge space with games, and more. Conservancy staff and interns can use promo code GGNPCSTAFF to get the member price for Kick Back Only tickets. This event is 21+.

11:30 am - 12:30 pm. 201 Fort Mason, 3rd Fl Conference Rm. Personal debt is a common issue for many Americans. Learn how you can take steps to dig yourself out so that you can increase your net worth and stability. Hosted by OneAmerica, our retirement account vendor. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP below by Mon., Feb. 26.

1 - 4:30 pm. Marin Headlands. This class, an introduction to collecting and growing native plants, is designed for nursery and field interns, but anyone interested in nursery management and our park's restoration cycle is welcome! Subjects include calculating seed collection amounts, pre-germination treatments, propagation, and much more. Led by Liz Ponzini (Marin Headlands Nursery Manager) and Rebecca Blanck-Weiss (Presidio Nursery Operations Coordinator).

10 - 11 am. Do YOU know how to use a fire extinguisher? It might seem obvious, but unless you have practiced a few times, you will probably be anxious, confused and ineffective in the case of a real fire. Taking an hour out of your week to learn how to properly use a fire extinguisher is a great asset to yourself, your coworkers, and the building you work in. Brought to you by the Facilities department.

This week we welcome 5 new employees, who will be working with One Tam, and at Alcatraz and Redwood Creek.