Dear La Peña community,
La Peña is taking precautions to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
As this is a rapidly changing situation, we have made the decision to cancel ALL PROGRAMS at La Peña through March 31, 2020, effective immediately, including ALL classes, rehearsals, community gatherings and events.
We have followed City of Berkeley recommendations to cancel larger events, and now we are relying on various new reports that urge social distancing to slow down community transmissions to make this decision, such as: Berkeley Unified School District school closures, San Francisco Public Schools closures, UC Berkeley & other Universities Cancelling In-Person Classes, and WHO Declares Pandemic.
Under California law, parents can take up to 40 hours of leave from work in the event of a school closure. For more info on your rights, visit: https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/2019-Novel-Coronavirus.htm.
We will email you as we continue to have updates. Sign up for our email list here: https://lapena.org/email-list/
In the meantime, we wish you all the best and encourage you to take care of yourselves and to be considerate of others by staying home if you feel sick, working remotely when possible, getting plenty of sleep, eating healthy foods and washing your hands often.
The La Peña staff is working on more long-term strategies to keep our communities safe and the culture going! Stay tuned!
If you have any questions please fill out our Contact Us form here: https://lapena.org/contact/
In solidarity,
The LP Team