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Spotlighting Bay Area social justice, non-profits to help them achieve their mission of supporting others and creating a more equal and just society.
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24/07/2024

“Our mission is to break the cycle of violence, heal trauma, and uplift a thriving community of leaders, to save lives in Oakland and beyond.

We believe that young people growing up and going to school in the city’s most violent neighborhoods possess the power to change the city for the better. We meet our clients where they are: at home, in school, at the hospital bedsides of gunshot wound survivors, on the streets of our most dangerous neighborhoods.

Our frontline staff is comprised of men and women who grew up in the communities they serve. Some are former victims, some former gang members. All are highly trained in the best practices of their profession. They bring no judgement – only understanding, knowledge, and a path to greater peace for traumatized individuals and the city.”

Visit these links down below to learn more about them and see how you can help them make a difference!

About them: https://www.youthalive.org/our-mission

Donation Link: https://www.youthalive.org/donate/

Volunteering link: https://www.youthalive.org/careers

10/07/2024

“The Housing Action Coalition (HAC) is a member-supported nonprofit that advocates for building more homes at all levels of affordability to help alleviate the Bay Area and California’s housing shortage, displacement, and affordability crisis.

To that end, HAC’s 501(c)(3) educational arm produces programs and resources to educate members, decision makers, the media, and the general public about how our housing crisis came to be and what it will take to solve it.

And through HAC’s 501(c)(4) advocacy arm, [HAC] engage and activate [their] members, partners, and legislative allies to make their voices heard in support of building new homes and enacting pro-housing policies to make it faster, easier, and more affordable to build enough housing for all who need it.“

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21/06/2024

“In 1971, a group of visionary women founded San Francisco’s Women’s Centers to incubate emerging Bay Area women’s projects. Having outgrown their tiny office on Brady Street, the group bought Dovre Hall in 1979, a former Sons of Norway meeting hall and neighborhood bar. The women transformed the four-story building into the first woman-owned and operated community center in the country: The Women’s Building.

Over its history, The Women’s Building has sponsored more than 170 organizations—many growing into established non-profits, such as, La Casa de las Madres, San Francisco’s first shelter for battered women; The Women’s Foundation of California; and Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center (LYRIC).

Today, The Women’s Building is an anchor institution in San Francisco’s ever-changing Mission District, welcoming 25,000 clients and visitors each year. They come to use our in-house programs and gain access to social services, attend workshops and meetings, take wellness classes, volunteer, hold celebrations, and deepen their community connections.“

Visit these links down below to learn more about them and see how you can help them make a difference!

About them: https://womensbuilding.org/about/mission-history/

Donation Link: https://womensbuilding.networkforgood.com/projects/83309-make-a-difference-with-twb

Volunteering link: https://womensbuilding.org/volunteer/

19/06/2024

“The mission of Linking Immigrants to Benefits, Resources and Education (LIBRE) is to inform low-income San Mateo County immigrant families and individuals about safety net services that they can legally obtain; dispel misunderstandings about the impact on their immigration status of receiving benefits; provide legal services to ensure that the benefits are actually obtained, and increase the community’s capacity to help immigrants access safety net benefits.

LIBRE is a multi-agency collaborative that serves San Mateo County immigrant communities housed at the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County. Many immigrants do not apply for government benefits because they think receiving benefits will affect their immigration options, or expose their family to negative consequences. LIBRE aims to educate our immigrant community about the different safety net services available, link them to specific agencies in their communities that can assist them with the enrollment process, and provide legal advice“

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14/06/2024

“The Watershed Project’s mission is to inspire San Francisco Bay Area communities to understand, appreciate, and protect our local watersheds.

We all are connected through the San Francisco Bay Area watershed, where water connects us from neighborhoods upstream down to the bay and ocean. The Watershed Project envisions a future where the value of that connection is widely shared in our communities; where we all take pride in caring for and enjoying our shared watershed and its abundant resources.

[They] envision a future where everyone in our communities has equitable access to a healthy environment that provides clean air and water. Along with our many community and local group partners, through educating, community organizing, restoring creeks, shorelines, and native plant communities, and implementing vital green infrastructure projects, The Watershed Project is committed to building environmental resiliency and equity in the San Francisco Bay Area.“

Visit these links down below to learn more about them and see how you can help them make a difference!

About them: https://thewatershedproject.org/about/twpmission/

Donation Link: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/the-watershed-project/giving-tuesday-2023

Volunteering link: https://thewatershedproject.org/volunteer-sign-up/

12/06/2024

“ MISSSEY works to prevent girls and
gender-expansive youth from ever
entering circumstances of sexual
exploitation and violence. [They] also
support young people who are
experiencing exploitation to exit.
Once they’ve exited, [they] partner with
them so that they may avoid
re-entering sexually exploitative
circumstances and live free of
harmful transactional relationships.
Using a holistic, healing-centered
approach, [they] help youth process
their abuse and understand their
inherent worth as important, unique,
and powerful human beings
deserving of safety, love and joy.

At MISSSEY, [they] are determined to
create a different world for Black girls
and Black gender-expansive youth,
one in which they can lead liberated,
self-determined, and joyful lives, free
from sexual exploitation and violence.
[MISSEY] see’s a world that values rather
than commodifies them, that
nurtures and honors their ability to
build and to sustain thriving
communities — for themselves and for
their families. Because [they] see this
world for Black girls, [their] vision
necessarily expands outward to
include Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian
girls and gender-expansive youth,
who are also harmed by intersecting
systems of domination, and who also
deserve to be liberated, honored, and
nurtured.”

Visit these links down below to learn more about them and see how you can help them make a difference!

About them: https://misssey.org/about-us/

Donation Link: https://misssey.org/donate/

Volunteering link: https://misssey.org/community-volunteers/

07/06/2024

“AYPAL started in 1998 in response to increasing gang activity, truancy, and substance abuse issues among low-income Asian and Pacific Islander (API) youth. The project was also formed to address the marginalization of API youth voices in the burgeoning bay area youth movement.

AYPAL’s strategy to engage young people in school and neighborhood reform campaigns served as a positive alternative to high-risk activities. Simultaneously, young people in the program were developing the cultural capital and confidence to meaningfully participate in multi-racial social justice initiatives.

Since its founding, AYPAL has developed the leadership of over 500 Youth Leaders and has engaged over 5000 young people in grassroots campaigns. More importantly, the organization has become a vital home where youth from different schools, neighborhoods and ethnicities can gather together to learn, discuss and collectively change the adverse conditions impacting their lives.

Today, AYPAL is a leader in the education justice movement and the only organization in the state of California that organizes low-income immigrant and refugee API families around reforms in public education.”

Visit these links down below to learn more about them and see how you can help them make a difference!

About them: https://www.aypal.org

Donation Link: https://www.mightycause.com/organization/Aypal

Volunteering link: https://www.aypal.org/get-involved?rq=volunteer

05/06/2024

“YES celebrates the multiple benefits that spending time in nature offers for all human beings. [They] also acknowledge there are harmful narratives and generalizations regarding Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in the outdoors that have largely been promoted and perpetuated by white, dominant culture in the United States. This has led to an under-representation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in many local, regional, and national parks both as park users and as professionals within their workforce.

YES seeks to remove the barriers that impede access for youth and families of color, as well as those who identify with other non-dominant backgrounds, so they can connect to nature to access its benefits AND serve as leaders in the outdoors. [Their] vision, and the actions [they] have taken, have resulted in YES leading and contributing to the movement to increase equity, inclusion, and diversity (EID) in the outdoor and environmental education fields. [Their] role as a leader begins inside our own organization where the YES team participates in regular training focused on the inequities created by power and privilege, delivers EID training to partner organizations, and embeds EID values into hiring, program, and fundraising practices.

[YES] is proud of the EID practices [they] have undertaken and instituted to attract, hire, cultivate, retain, and promote a workforce that is reflective of the community with whom [they] engage. At the same time, [they] commit to furthering [their] EID practices, with a particular focus on a set of goals and key action items identified in [their] strategic plan.”

Visit these links down below to learn more about them and see how you can help them make a difference!

About them: https://www.yesfamilies.org/our-mission-vision

Donation Link: https://www.yesfamilies.org/donate

Volunteering link: https://www.yesfamilies.org/volunteer-your-time

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