Welcome to the CCB Happenings for September 3.
From CCB President Gabe Griffith:
For an important message regarding CCB's nonprofit status please call the CCB office at 800-221-6359 evenings or weekends and press option 6
From the Technical Operations Group:
Reading the Happenings news letter online:
Most of us are aware of the email and telephone versions of the Happenings weekly news letter. But for those of you that might prefer to read an online version designed with heading navigation it is available on the home page of the CCB website.
www.ccbnet.org
Once you are on the CCBNET.ORG home page, press the letter “h” until you get to the Happenings news letter for that week. You can then read through the news letter or press “h” to skim through and read the topics of interest.
There is also a link to “Back Issues of Happenings/Connections” in the “More About CCB” menu of the CCBNET home page.
From the Back issues page you can select prior years of Happenings/Connections issues, then select a specific weekly issue.
From Inclusive Diversity of California:
How to Be Better Together
Some synonyms for “ally” are colleague, partner, and friend. Join Inclusive Diversity of California and the Paul K. Longmore Institute in our first statewide workshop. Allyship is for all of us within and between many groups. Learn how to better support each other through an interactive format with 2 experienced presenters, Katherine Kudlick, Director of the Paul K. Longmore Institute, and her associate, Milton Reynolds. Tuesday, September 7, 7PM to 8:30PM. To get the Zoom information, email
membership@idcofccb.org
or call Regina Brink at 916-393-0662
From Jeff Thom:
The American Printing House (APH) will be awarding four $5,000 scholarships to entering freshmen in California who are blind or visually impaired. Students must be attending college in the fall as either STEM or Fine Arts majors, and they must be students living and attending college in California. The deadline for applying is September 17, 2021. To obtain more information about this “Papano APH Scholarship”, go to
https://aphcareerconnect.org/national-transition-conversation/aph-sponso...
California Library Users of America (CLUA)
Membership Drive
CLUA is inviting you to join us during our Membership Drive!
Get all the benefits of CCB’s CLUA membership, which includes: monthly booklists, book discussions and Updates from the California Regional Libraries!
PLUS membership in ACB’s LUA which includes: The LUA Ledger, Books Without Walls and LUA Link.
From NOW until 6 PM Sunday September 19, anyone who has paid their 2021-2022 dues as well as those joining or rejoining CLUA for $20 will be entered into a drawing for a one year membership.
That’s right! Two lucky folks will receive a year’s free CLUA membership.
CLUA Treasurer Phil Obregon is waiting to receive your call!
909-675-7415.
Good luck!!
From James Collins, Community Educator:
Going Green with Renewable Energy
The state’s electric grid is increasingly powered by clean, renewable sources of energy when the sun is out and the wind is blowing. You can help to use green energy by shifting your energy use away from 4-9pm!
Thank you for reading.
