Join us for EFSN First Friday – Community Dinner Friday August 1!
Jul 25 2025
💖 First Fridays are here!
Starting this August, we’ll gather on the first Friday of each month for a casual dinner—no agenda, no speakers. Just time to exhale, reconnect with old friends, and meet new ones who truly get it.
Friday, August 1
5:30–8:30 PM
The Good Neighbor Bar
The Oyster Truck will be there with lobster, shellfish, and more. Grab food and drinks from the truck and bar—or bring your own picnic. Kids welcome!
RSVP here: https://efsurvivorsnetwork.myflodesk.com/v0jn8vdkx6
🙋♀️ Volunteer with me at the Altadena Rebuild Tradeshow!
Next Sunday, August 3, meet 20+ vendors offering design, construction, and financing support for your rebuild. No RSVP needed. While you're there, come say hi and volunteer with me for an hour to help welcome new survivors to EFSN.
Sunday, August 3
12:00–4:00 PM
Loma Alta Park
Sign up for a one-hour shift with me:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F094DAEAC2DA20-57662923-efsn
💬 The EFSN Mod Squad is forming!
We’re building a leadership team right here on Discord: 2–3 moderators per channel to answer questions, spark conversations, and help everyone feel at home.
Interested? Just start showing up actively. Share resources, support others, and we may come knocking on your DMs.
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Upcoming Events
August 1st, 2025: EFSN First Friday Community Dinner!
5:30-8:30 pm at The Good Neighbor Bar, 2311 Lincoln Ave
We’re launching a new First Fridays series! Every first Friday of the month, we’ll get together for a laid-back dinner—no agenda, no speakers—just time to relax, catch up with old friends, and connect with new ones who truly get it.
This month, the Glorious Gloria Gift GiveAway, a nonprofit that provides free jewelry to uplift survivors, will be joining us to offer pieces for anyone who’d like to take home a small gift of joy. There will be an oyster truck there with lobster, shellfish, and more. You’re welcome to grab food from the truck and drinks from GNB, or bring your own picnic dinner. Kids are welcome. Sign up here.
August 3rd, 2025: EFSN Table Volunteer with Joy at Altadena Rebuild Tradeshow
12:00-4:00 pm at Loma Alta Park
Stop by the EFSN table at the Altadena Rebuild Tradeshow! With over 20 vendors sharing options for design, construction and financing, it’ll be a great chance to get info and resources for your rebuild. No RSVP needed to attend. While you’re there, come volunteer with Joy Chen for an hour to welcome fellow survivors to EFSN. Sign up for your one-hour volunteer shift with Joy here.
Community Spotlight
Every week, EFSN surfaces urgent concerns and community wins from our Discord, so we can work with our community to drive action. Together, we’ve turned questions into campaigns, and posts into policy wins. Here are a few efforts we’ve been organizing, supporting, or celebrating lately.
This week in the Mercury channel, survivors turned a tough conversation into clear, actionable strategies for dealing with adjusters. EFSN survivor Felix offered grounded, practical advice:
“Hang in there 🙂... if you feel pressured by your adjuster, remember a basic legal tenet: everything you say/state can be used against you, but nothing you say needs to be used in your favor…. If they demand something, request (in writing!) where in your insurance it spells out the specific request. All this can be done politely, but firmly.” — Post by Felix
He pointed others toward free resources and emphasized that policyholders should never feel pressured to accept insurer framing. The response was immediate.
“Sound advice, Felix... the request for written timelines from Mercury is one thing I haven’t heard, which is great advice.” — Post by ChelseaH
Exchanges like this are the heart of EFSN: survivors sharing hard‑won wisdom, building confidence, and helping each other take the next step forward.
