Community Engagement

Community, built around how you want to connect

Build relationships with other CalCPA members and Friends based on your interests, experiences, career stage, and location. Participate in ways that fit you, from casual meetups to volunteer opportunities that help shape CalCPA’s community across California.

Explore ways to participate Find or host a meetup

Ways to participate

Four connected ways to be part of the community. Connect in the way that works best for you.

Member-led meetups

Host or Join

Casual connection, near you or virtual

Find or create casual local and virtual experiences through the CalCPA app, Connect. Join once or make it a regular thing.

Coffee meetups and social gatherings
Hikes and active get-togethers
Study sessions and virtual discussions
Small-firm and shared-interest conversations

Find or host a meetup

Community Ambassadors

Create Connection

Flexible volunteers who connect members

Ambassadors are flexible volunteers who strengthen connection across a region or area of interest.

Welcome and connect members
Share opportunities and news
Support outreach in your area
Host or assist with member experiences

Express interest

Community Forums

Shape & Pilot

Members around shared priorities & interests

Three interest-based Community Forums bring members together to explore ideas and shape and pilot programs, helping CalCPA stay connected to what members want from community engagement.

Explore needs and opportunities within each Forum’s focus
Shape and pilot programs with CalCPA staff
Share member perspectives and feedback
Help refine programs based on what is learned

Explore Forums

Community Advisory Council

Inform Community Strategy

Member insight & strategic guidance

The Community Advisory Council looks across CalCPA’s statewide community to identify trends, assess community health, and provide strategic guidance to the Board.

Identify regional and statewide trends
Elevate member perspectives and emerging needs
Help define measures of community health
Inform future priorities

Learn about the CAC

Current Community Forums

Forum leaders are also Community Ambassadors

Future of the Profession

Connecting students, CPA candidates, and early-career professionals.

Social Engagement

Bringing members together socially, locally and virtually.

Special Interest Communities

Connecting members around shared interests, identities, and experiences.

Find your path

Not sure where to start?

Select what interests you to find community engagement opportunities that may be a good fit.

Your recommended path

Contribute a little, or grow into leadership

This is a flexible path, not a required ladder. Start anywhere, move at your own pace, or simply stay where it fits your life.

Connect & contribute

Attend or host meetups, join a community, support local connections.

Lead & facilitate

Step up as a Community Ambassador or help lead a Community Forum.

Shape & advise

Offer strategic guidance through the Community Advisory Council.

Between the arrows: move whenever you want, or not at all.

The CalCPA app

Say hello to CalCPA Connect

Discover people, meetups, and interest-based communities near you and virtually across California.

Find and host local and virtual meetups
See who's connecting in your region
Join interest-based communities
Build connections beyond a single event

Scan to download

Point your camera to get CalCPA Connect on the App Store.

Download on theApp Store Coming soon toGoogle Play

CalCPA Connect app showing member-led meetups

Sample experiences shown for illustration. How member-led meetups work is explained in the app.

Community Engagement

Express your interest

Tell us how you'd like to connect. Everything here is optional except your name and email.

Looking for something else?

Explore other ways to get involved

Community Engagement is one pathway. State Committees, governance, advocacy, pipeline, and giving live on the broader Get Involved page.

Back to Get Involved

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