Brews & Views January 2016

Half Moon Bay Brewing Company invites members of the community to enjoy a cold brew and a fresh view on American politics and social issues during Brews and Views, the Coastside brewery’s popular speakers’ series. Attendees will also have the opportunity to enjoy the breweries’ seasonal menu and special beers.

Empowering Underserved Bay Area Youth through Digital Media
Thursday, January 7
Half Moon Bay Brewing Company (390 Capistrano Road, Half Moon Bay)
6 to 8 p.m.

Brews and Views welcomes Villy Wang, founder and CEO of BAYCAT, a San Francisco non-profit that creates pathways for young people in the Bay Area’s underserved neighborhoods through education, employment and entertainment in digital media. Raised by an immigrant single mother in New York City, her desire to tell her story forged a passion for using the digital media arts to capture stories untold and to create social change. Leveraging her impressive 25-year background in education, arts programming, nonprofit business and law, Wang founded BAYCAT to create a new kind of social enterprise for impoverished youth. Following a discussion between Mendonca and Wang about empowering underserved youth and young adults through the digital media arts, there will be an opportunity for a Q&A with the audience.

Politics Today
Thursday, January 21
Half Moon Bay Brewing Company (390 Capistrano Road, Half Moon Bay)
6 to 8 p.m.

Brews and Views welcomes award-winning reporter Carla Marinucci who recently joined the staff of Politico. Previously, she was a senior political reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, having been on staff there since 1996. She is a regular political commentator on radio and TV in the U.S., and has won more than two dozen state and national awards. Following a discussion between Mendonca and Marinucci about the current political climate and upcoming national election, they will open the floor for a Q&A with the audience.

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