August Meeting - Answering the Call
PRESENTER: Dawn Addis
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
12:00p - 1:00p
DAWN ADDIS is a Morro Bay City Councilmember, former State Assembly District 35 Candidate, and community leader. She has a 20-year record of service across the Central Coast. Dawn Addis is founder and Co-Executive Director of Women’s March in San Luis Obispo (WMSLO). She is also a newly elected Planned Parenthood Central Coast Action Fund Board Member. Ms. Addis currently serves as Council Liaison to the Homeless Services Oversight Committee, the Morro Bay National Estuary Program, and the We Are the Care Initiative. She is a former appointee to the Citizen’s Finance Advisory Committee. Dawn Addis was named 2017 Woman of the Year for the 24th Congressional District, and represented the 24th Congressional District at the 2018 State of the Union address in Washington DC. Ms. Addis is Spanish-English bilingual and set foot on four continents and counting. She is buoyed by the love of her family and cuddles from her cat Oppenheimer.
Meeting Locaton:
n/a; meeting will be virtual
Spotlight Speaker
Speaker: Kris Roudebush
The We Are the Care Initiative is a coalition of committed individuals and agencies mobilizing to bring together the whole community to build upon our current local child care system. We seek to increase the access/affordability and quality of child care options for ALL families, and to elevate the profession of early childhood educators. Created in 2020, our Family-Friendly Workplace Toolkit is one of our efforts to support both families and businesses in San Luis Obispo County. The We Are the Care Initiative believes that the suggested supportive practices increase organizational productivity AND support the physical and emotional health of employees and their families. Join us in learning more about this SLO County HR and business resource!
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September Meeting - Topic TBD
PRESENTER: Mike Laurenson
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
12:00p - 1:00p
Meeting Locaton:
n/a; meeting will be virtual
Spotlight Speaker
Speaker: Paula Mathias-Fryer
Are you hiring? SLO Partners has amazing bootcamp grads ready to get to work in Software Development, Computer Networking and Digital Marketing - right here on the Central Coast. We are getting smart, ambitious, local people reskilled, upskilled and back to work. SLO Partners was formed in 2014 as an initiative of the San Luis Obispo County Office of Education with a mission to engage business partners and educators in aligning workforce needs with career and college pathways. This is an economic development initiative and there is no cost to employers. For more information watch the ‘SLO Partners: How it Works’ video and visit www.slopartners.org
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Annual Conference - Details TBD
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
12:00p - 1:00p
Meeting Locaton:
n/a; meeting will be virtual
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