Citizenship Prep San Francisco

Language Exchange (Spanish and/or French) at Muddy Waters Cafe

Join us for a fun and free\* language exchange event at **Muddy Waters Coffee House** in the heart of San Francisco! Whether you're a beginner or fluent, this is the perfect opportunity to practice your language skills in a relaxed and friendly environment. Immerse yourself in the vibrant atmosphere of the Mission as you meet fellow language enthusiasts and native speakers. Engage in conversations, exchange cultural insights, and enhance your language fluency through real-life interactions. it's **not** necessary to practice both Spanish and French, we always have speakers of either language ready to converse. Muddy Waters offers wine, beer, food, and nonalcoholic drinks to keep you energized throughout the event. So grab your friends or come solo, and let's have a fantastic time discovering new languages and making lasting connections! \*The event is free. Please support our local bars by purchasing at least one item as they let us use the space for free. We accept tips to cover a few hundred dollars in annual expenses that the group incurs. Tipping the group is not required.

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Edward Casey - Keeping the Past In Mind

For this session we'll read Edward S. Casey's 1983 essay "Keeping the Past in Mind." Our recent readings have circled the problem of consciousness; here we shift to memory, and to a philosopher who treats remembering as a phenomenon deserving study in its own right rather than as a footnote to perception or a special case of time-consciousness. Casey opens by attacking a dichotomy he thinks has quietly warped most theories of memory: the assumption that keeping something in mind must amount to either an entirely active affair or an utterly passive one. On the activist model, the mind reconstructs or even recreates what it remembers — a picture Casey traces from the Romantic idealists through the empirical work of Bartlett and Piaget, and one he finds echoed in more than one phase of phenomenology itself. On the passive model, the mind functions as a storehouse holding inert traces until something retrieves them. Casey rejects both horns and spends the essay working out what a third option might look like — what we actually do, or undergo, when we keep the past in mind. You can find the essay here: [http://escasey.com/Article/Keeping_the_Past_in_Mind.pdf](http://escasey.com/Article/Keeping_the_Past_in_Mind.pdf).

Meet your VCs, Meet your startup teams: entrepreneurs' networking coffee time

Entrepreneurs, startup founders, technologists, VCs and angel investors, please join our informal coffee time gathering hangout: * If you have startup projects to get funded, come to find your investors * If you have ideas and want to build a startup team, come to find your partners * If you want to invest in startups, come to chat with those who want to pitch * If you have great ideas and want to turn them into real startup projects, come to discuss with other technologists and professionals * If you just want to learn how to become an entrepreneur, just come to meet people and have a coffee together This is an unstructured and unmoderated gathering. Our organizers may not always on duty. Please feel free to identify yourself as meetup attendee with your own name tags or coffee table signs.

Monday Language Exchange Spanish-English

**Practice languages, make new friends, and have fun with us every week!** We're a group of people keen to improve our second language of all levels and meet new friends in the bay area. We're catered primarily to Spanish & English speakers but may expand to other languages in the future. If you've wanted to travel abroad and speak Spanish fluently or are a native Spanish speaker looking to improve your English, this group is for you! We meet on Mondays at 6:30 PM at Jupiter’s upstairs on the second floor in Berkeley. Address: 2181 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, California, USA This is a free event although we encourage attendees to purchase food and drinks to support the business. This event is open to everyone.

South City Folk Jam August Gathering #2 (Friday Aug. 21st, 11am-1pm)

The South City Folk Jam now meets TWICE a month-- The 2nd Saturday and the 3rd Friday. **This invitation is for the** **second gathering** **on Friday, August 21st from 11am - 1 pm.** We meet at the SSF Parks & Rec building at 901 Civic Campus Way, Room 235 (2nd Floor). There is a $6 drop-in fee that is cash only. Here's the website for more info about the jam... [www.southcityfolkjam.com](http://www.southcityfolkjam.com) Hope to see you there!

Front Street Block Party

**RSVP via:** https://app.gistirl.com/event-details/nTC9d4HUSMNAkEB99zSw **Early Bird Discounts | More $ Later** Hey block party fans, Come hang at the neighborhood block party with cold drinks, street games, and good energy. We’ll spend the first hour doing quick, app guided one on one chats to meet new people, then split into small groups to explore the festival together. The Gist IRL app pairs you for short, relaxed conversations so you can meet people one by one without the awkward mingling. Chat, laugh, and see who you click with. After the rounds, you’ll form a group of who you want to hang with. By then you’ll have a crew to play street games and explore the block party with The Plan: - 6:30PM: Check-In. Follow the link to set up your quick profile on your phone. - 6:35PM - 7:55PM: One-on-One Rounds. The app pairs you for focused chats. Find out who you click with. - 7:55PM+: Form Groups. Reconnect with your favorite matches, form a squad of 4-6, and grab drinks, play street games together, and head to a bar nearby. Let's skip the usual routine of exchanging handles and hoping to meet up someday. Instead, we're heading right out to grab drinks and play street games tonight, and you might just find your new starting lineup for future street festivals and game watch parties. Plus, when the block party winds down, you can easily keep the banter going and organize the next watch party through the app, without ever needing to hand out your actual phone number. See you all there! **RSVP via:** https://app.gistirl.com/event-details/nTC9d4HUSMNAkEB99zSw **Early Bird Discounts | More $ Later**

Online Spanish Bilingual SF Toastmasters Weekly Meeting

During the Shelter in Place, we will be celebrating meetings through Zoom. You can submit your request to attend here or on our website. Join us every Thursday for this unique Toastmasters meeting in two languages! Every meeting is two meetings in one: an English segment, followed by a Spanish segment. Each segment is approximately 30-45 minutes, or 90 minutes total, adjourning promptly at 8:00pm. Each segment includes: * 1-2 prepared speeches (5-7 minutes) * Formal speech evaluations (2-3 minutes) * Impromptu speaking opportunities (Table Topics, 2-3 minutes) * Reports: Grammarian, Ah Counter, Timer (1-3 minutes) * After meetings, many of us go to a nearby restaurant for food and drinks. Learn more and request a visit at https://www.clubbilinguesf.org/visit LOCATION: Wells Fargo Museum, 420 Montgomery Street, San Francisco

JOIN US IN PERSON OR ON ZOOM TO BUILD YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS

We have a hybrid meeting each and every Wednesday morning starting at 7:15am. Join us for an action-packed hour of fun and learning. If you want to attend via Zoom, please contact the meeting Organizer, Janice for the link At a typical meeting, we have 2-3 prepared speeches from members. Speakers get candid, constructive feedback and suggestions for improvement. We will also practice answering impromptu questions during the Table Topics section of our meeting. Ever been tongue-tied when your boss asked you a question in a meeting? Table topics is a great way to practice the skills of thinking and speaking on the fly. Great conversations happen after the meeting too! Join members for breakfast after the meeting, if you have the time.

Start Your Saturday with Qigong 免费大雁功, 开始美好一天

**Start your Saturday with Qigong** Gentle movement. Mindful breathing. Restored balance. Join our **free weekly sessions** to improve focus, reduce stress, and boost energy. All levels are welcome—perfect for beginners and families! **When & Where** 📍 San Francisco Marina Branch Library – Outdoor Patio *(Between the library and the children’s playground)* 🚍 Short walk from Muni lines 30, 45, 22, 28, and 43 🚗 Free/permit parking at Marina Green Park (12-min walk) **What to Bring** ☀️ Sunscreen, hat, gloves for sun protection 🌧️ Sessions canceled if it rains **Featured on the SF Marina Branch Library calendar:** https://sfpl.org/locations/marina

Alameda Tongue Twisters, a Toastmasters Club

Every Tuesday we meet! Do you want to level up your public speaking? Maybe you’re working on job skills, running a meeting, or feeling comfortable talking to groups. Maybe you just want something to do on Tuesdays! We are a safe and welcoming place to explore your skills. There is no fee until you decide to become a full member, and you can be a guest as many times as you want. Come check us out and see if it’s right for you. We'd love to meet ya. :)

Wildcat Bernhard Mezue Loops -11.2mi 2562ft EG (Hard) w/8.8 & 6.4mi opts @ 9:45