Community Day Clean Up

Safety is our number one priority, so the Matt Garcia Foundation has cancelled February’s community day clean-up due to the widespread of COVID-19 in Solano County. Although we cannot meet this month, we encourage you to take time to individually clean-up your own neighborhoods. Stay safe by wearing a mask and disposable gloves while picking up trash. Please check the Matt Garcia Foundation website for any changes in future community clean-ups and other events.

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Kindness 101 with Steve Hartman: Service

Steve Hartman teaches an online class about service.

Why Compassion Matters | Dr Julian Abel

Compassion is more than just something that is a nice afterthought. It is measurably transformative in improving our well being and health outcomes. Each of us has an incredible compassionate potential.

Dr Julian Abel spent his clinical life as a palliative care specialist doctor. He has developed a special interest in compassionate communities, initially as part of supporting people undergoing experiences of death, dying, loss and care giving.

Over the last 4 years he has worked with Frome Medical Practice applying the compassionate community approach to healthcare in general, with some startling results. He is Director of Compassionate Communities UK, a charity which aims to share the lessons learnt in both palliative care and primary care more broadly.

Why Do We, Like, Hesitate When We, Um, Speak? - Lorenzo García-Amaya

Why do we fill pauses in speech with words like “um,” “uh,” and “like”? Dig into the hesitation phenomenon to find out their linguistic significance.

For as long as we’ve had language, some people have tried to control it. And some of the most frequent targets of this communication regulation are the ums, ers, and likes that pepper our conversations. These linguistic fillers occur roughly 2 to 3 times per minute in natural speech. So are ums and uhs just a habit we can’t break? Or is there more to them? Lorenzo García-Amaya investigates.

Lesson by Lorenzo García-Amaya, directed by Yael Reisfeld.

Kindness 101 with Steve Hartman: Compassion

Steve Hartman and his kids teach a lesson about compassion.

How Your Brain Responds to Stories -- and Why They're Crucial for Leaders | Karen Eber

How do the world's best leaders and visionaries earn trust? They don't just present data -- they also tell great stories. Leadership consultant Karen Eber demystifies what makes for effective storytelling and explains how anyone can harness it to create empathy and inspire action.

Nelson Mandela and the Science of Forgiveness

After Nelson Mandela passed, the world lost not only an international icon of peace and reconciliation, but also someone with the unique ability to truly forgive. Casting aside his anger and resentment to those who held him imprisoned for 27 years, he went on to achieve greatness and influence the lives of millions of people. Trace looks at the science behind this power of forgiveness.

Brené Brown: The Secret to Having Compassion

The popular researcher explains what compassionate people have in common — and why it wasn't what she expected.

5 Life Lessons That Will Make You Truly Rich (My Dad Taught Me This!)

My Father Taught Me These 5 Lessons That Will Make Anyone Truly Rich:

NUMBER1: WORK HARD BUT DO NOT PUT MONEY FIRST
NUMBER 2: GIVE WITHOUT EXPECTATION
NUMBER 3: BE PRESENT
NUMBER 4: LIVE WITH INTEGRITY
NUMBER 5: SMILE, LAUGH AND DO NOT TAKE LIFE TOO SERIOUSLY