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Published by admin on Mar 26, 2020

Executive Leadership Series Program Starts

Leadership Long Beach’s Executive Leadership Series (ELS) began its 2020 program with its first session held at Rancho Los Cerritos on March 12. The 19 executives attended the first of their six-weekly sessions at the historic site and ended the day with an evening reception in the Rancho’s inner courtyard. 
 
Leadership Long Beach Board of Directors President Cathy Gies has announced that with the current worldwide health crisis, the ELS program will be on hiatus until the situation becomes stable.
 
The ELS program participants representing private, public, and nonprofit sectors of the community are as follows: 
 
  • Ramanjit Brar, Port of Long Beach 
  • Dennis Buchanan, Long Beach Fire Department 
  • Lee Burner, Long Beach Transit 
  • Kerri Cissna, Leadership Long Beach 
  • Chad Ellis, Long Beach Police Department 
  • Marcelo Eureste, St. Anthony High School 
  • Kim Garvey, Moffat & Nichol 
  • Bill Gillespie, California Resources Corporation 
  • Cynthia Guidry, Long Beach Airport 
  • Lailanie Jones, Precious Lamb Preschool 
  • Paul Kaminski, Long Beach City College Foundation 
  • Ryan Lebaron, Long Beach Police Department 
  • Dawn McIntosh, Long Beach City Attorney’s Office 
  • Faviola Ochoa, Southern California Gas Company 
  • Jennifer Rojas, Long Beach Water Department 
  • Drew Schneider, Port of Long Beach 
  • Eddie Sell, Long Beach Fire Department 
  • Andrea Testa, Keller Williams Pacific Estates 
  • Michelle Thomassian, Long Beach Unified School District 
“There was great enthusiasm among the new cohort in our first session,” said Olivia Silva Maiser, ELS program manager. “Members of this class are leaders in Long Beach and essential to their respective organizations. As with Leadership Long Beach alumni of the past 30 years, these leaders now have a new peer group to support them with professional and personal challenges.” 
 
“We all look forward to resuming sessions sometime in the future so the ELS Class of 2020 can be together again,” said Board President Cathy Gies. 
 
The ELS program aims to build a stronger Long Beach by building strong leaders and helping them build strong organizations through their leadership. For six weeks, the program helps recognize and build upon each participant’s leadership strengths and focuses on utilizing their strengths as assets for their organization. In addition, the program exposes the executives to other leaders, the emerging economies and the diversity of the city. 
 
Sessions are expected to be held at various locations throughout the city including Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach Playhouse, Museum of Latin American Art and CampFire-Long Beach. 
 

Connecting Community During Quarantine 

Quarantinia: A Live Community Hang, starts this week on Facebook Live. To help our entertainment and hospitality communities, we are presenting themed performance events paired with food and beverages from local Long Beach establishments that brings the greater Long Beach community together. The concerts are free to anyone to enjoy, and if you can, please help support these local talents and businesses by purchasing a delivery or pickup package and joining in the community fun, including interactive challenges for real prizes.
 
First up, this Saturday, March 28, 7-9 p.m.: District Wine is a beautiful, warm downtown wine, beer, and tapas bar. They are everything that makes the downtown East Village great. A couple nights a month you can hear Ashley Ventri, with her band, singing her heart out to a full house. In fact, she was scheduled to be live there this Saturday. So now, were bringing it all to you. Order from an array of hand selected bottles and tapas packages, brought to your door.
This Saturday, it will be live from Ashley’s living room, joined by Jason Willford, in his living room, to host the evening. We’ll be having some live interactive challenges right on the stream where you can win yummy prizes from District Wine. 
 
Test your music skills. Play live “Name That Tune” during the show, or win the dance contest. If you know Ashley and District Wine, you know you’re in for a great evening.
 
As this community grows we want to extend our help to as many of those in our community affected by the quarantine. Trainers and instructors, martial artists, comedians, musicians, artists and educators, etc. YOUR interactive living room competitions for prizes and more free of charge (consider donating)!
 
For talent, small business establishments, and sponsorship wanting to be a part, please contact Eric Speier at eric@5ecreative.com.
 

Earth Care Congregation

Grace First Presbyterian Church of Long Beach recently became Los Ranchos’ second certified Earth Care Congregation of PC(USA)’s Presbyterian Hunger Program. The first was St. Mark of Newport Beach. This honor speaks to the great commitment that this congregation has made to care for God’s earth.
 
To become an Earth Care Congregation, Grace First affirmed an Earth Care Pledge to integrate environmental practices and thinking into their worship, education, facilities, and outreach. 
 
Beginning in 2010, the Earth Care Congregation certification is designed to recognize churches that make the commitment to take seriously God’s charge to “till and keep” the garden.
 
The goal of this program is to inspire churches to care for God’s earth in a holistic way through integrating earth care into all aspects of their church life. The Earth Care Congregation certification honors churches that make that commitment and encourages others to follow their example.
 
“It is exciting that Grace First is one of the 264 churches that chose to dedicate themselves to intentional care of God’s earth this year. In a time of much uncertainty and worry about the future, this congregation’s activities and commitment brings hope to their community. Grace First will inspire others to respond intentionally to God’s call to care for the earth,” says Jessica Maudlin, Associate for Sustainable Living and Earth Care Concerns for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
 
For more information about Grace First’s earth care program contact Rev. Jonas Hayes at jonas.gracefirst@gmail.com.
 
Hayes added that “Our worship has transitioned to virtual worship opportunities during this time. All gatherings are virtual gatherings.”

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