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Driving Social Change
Theo Ellington grew up in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point Neighborhood in the 1990s and 2000s. Then and now it remains […more…]
Preventing gun violence] is the number one issue for me.” — Coach Steve Kerr Thirty-six years ago, Golden State Warriors […more…]
The largest database of ATF gun store inspection reports ever released to the public, exposing gun stores cited for breaking […more…]
Environment
Outdoor education is a right, not a privilege – everyone deserves to know the joy of a bracing hike among […more…]
The White House announced today that the Department of the Interior will reduce and eventually phase out the sale of […more…]
In what is being heralded as a historic win for advocates working to tackle the plastic pollution crisis, parties to […more…]
Family Ties
We’re close to meeting the fundraising goal for our Equitable Recovery Action Plan but need help to get to the finish line. […more…]
“Testimonies are perhaps the most powerful tool in bringing Justice to the victims.” —Reb Shlomo of Bobov In commemoration of Holocaust […more…]
Marin County has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic better than other parts of California and the country. With high vaccination rates […more…]
For the Children
In December 2021, East Bay Children’s Law Offices, East Bay Family Defenders and Dependency Legal Services released results about their […more…]
“I was one of those kids who thought he didn’t have a future.” This is what Samuel Carter, now 29, […more…]
Caregivers are the earliest and best advocates for children, and have the lived experience and expertise to inform how and […more…]
For the Youth
When the pandemic forced the world to go virtual, the team at Pivotal – a nonprofit offering long-term coaching, scholarships, […more…]
In 2005, Napa County officials came to On The Move, a local nonprofit, desperate to move the needle on positive […more…]
Fostering Care
Often, the first question foster youth ask their court appointed special advocates, or CASAs, is: Who’s paying you? The answer: […more…]
2022 Leadership Award recipients tackle the state’s most critical and high-profile challenges The James Irvine Foundation today announced the recipients of […more…]
As early as I can remember, my life has been an emotional rollercoaster. My family would go from being stable […more…]
Homelessness
Getting older is an isolating experience for anyone. For disabled and formerly unhoused veterans of a largely forgotten war, it’s […more…]
Listening to the needs of community this past year changed how Community Action Marin worked. Our Safety Net Services team […more…]
Out on the streets, Librado said his plans were “just to survive.” He worked full-time at a local electronics store […more…]
Justice For All
In 2023, on the Main Post of San Francisco’s historic Presidio, Futures Without Violence will open the Courage Museum, an […more…]
Today, the United States Senate voted 66-31 to confirm Chantale Wong to serve as the Director of the Asian Development […more…]
Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP and NCLR File Federal Complaint in Florida’s Northern District On March 31, 2022, lawyers from […more…]
Meeting Disaster
Although you’ll seldom see them in comic books, search dogs are the closest thing to real life superheroes. Not only […more…]
Teach The Children Well
Executive Director Cindy Dickeson and her team see it all the time. Parents walk through the doors of CEID, the […more…]
Mentors 4 College, a unique, one-to-one college mentoring program for high school students and their parents, announced today that it […more…]
Veronica Toscano has overcome tremendous obstacles, regularly facing poverty and violence throughout her childhood in the South Bay. Her family […more…]
The Arts
What do the hit shows Tony and Black Monday have in common? They feature writers – Dipika Guha and Christina Anderson – who got […more…]
If you had the chance to speak to the world at this moment, what would you say? To what or […more…]
Julia Chigamba, a master Zimbabwean dance instructor, had just begun a performance with a second-grade class at the former Roots […more…]
The Fourth Estate
Who hasn’t wondered why, in an immensely wealthy and creative city like San Francisco, no one can move the needle […more…]
The San Francisco Public Press works on behalf of its readers and listeners to deliver in-depth and data-driven investigative reporting […more…]
The year was 2003, and the philanthropic sector was going through a period of significant evolution. Every day, new technologies […more…]
To Your Health
Medicine often starts with a story. And the story Dr. Monique LeSarre tells about health and San Francisco’s African-American community […more…]
Sandra beat breast cancer several years ago, yet continues to struggle with anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Luckily, to […more…]
In March 2020, the U.S. government awarded Seneca Family of Agencies an important contract to coordinate mental health services for […more…]
Youth Justice
The first time Ali Knight walked into a prison at age 25, he was surprised to see a childhood friend […more…]
CURYJ youth are organizing for a future free from policing and incarceration. Xochtil Larios, our Youth Justice Program Associate and […more…]
Unbroken. Uncompromising. Unapologetic. Those three words, says George Galvis, succinctly describe the character of the Bay Area youth leadership and […more…]