The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium is a multi-purpose arena in San Francisco, California, named after promoter Bill Graham. The arena holds 7,000 people. It was designed by renowned Bay Area architect John Galen Howard and built in 1915 as part of the Panama–Pacific International Exposition.The 1920 Democratic National Convention was held in the hall, and it was the home of the San Francisco Warriors of the National Basketball Association from 1964 to 1967. The World Cyber Games 2004 were held in the civic auditorium.In 1992, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to rename the San Francisco Civic Auditorium after the rock concert impresario Bill Graham, who had died the year before in a helicopter crash.The arena has hosted concerts by many famous artists, spanning many different genres. It is owned by the City of San Francisco and since 2010 has been operated by Another Planet Entertainment, generating about $100,000 in leasing revenue for the city annually.
The Chinese Culture Center, under ageis the Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, transform perceptions about Chinese Americans. Through exhibitions, public art interventions,and education programs, we engage the multicultural residents in and around San Francisco, elevate underserved communities, and empower our youth. The CCC elevates underserved communities, and gives voice to equality through process driven contemporary art and education..
In keeping with the mission of The Salvation Army, The Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center provides facilities, programs and services that encourage positive life-changing experiences for children and adults, strengthening for families, and life enrichment for seniors. The Kroc Center contains state of the art facilities, including a Fitness Center, Gymnasium, Indoor Swimming Pool, Computer Lab, Game Room and Children's Library.
UP’s violence prevention and youth leadership programs provide services to youth from all SF neighborhoods living in vulnerable environments, with high truancy and low academic performance, or have been involved in the juvenile justice system.
1920C is a coworking collective and creativity hub in Chinatown, San Francisco. We offer hourly, daily, and monthly shared workspace membership, meeting room rentals, and event space. We also have an art gallery with rotating exhibits to support local artists and nonprofits. We are not your typical workspace. Our community is a group of change-makers and go-getters. Those looking for a better place to work and be productive, one that is beyond coworking. A collective space that incorporates wellness, sustainability, local community, and collaboration. A space where you can meet your fellow neighbors and co-create. We offer: - Coworking day/hourly passes $5/hour $25/day - Coworking monthly passes $150-$500 - Meeting room rentals - Event space - Gallery space You're first day of coworking is on us, come create with us!
Since 1969, the Community Arts Program has provided a free-of-charge fine arts studio for community artists who lack access to creative resources due to poverty and homelessness. The program provides artistic access, instruction, exhibition and sales opportunities while providing low-threshold, peer-based support in accessing services that contribute to personal stability. View us on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cchh_cap/
We focus on meeting the needs of a culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse community with services that promote stability for families; build skills and self-worth that allow toddlers, youth, and adults to reach for their dreams and succeed; and support seniors in remaining vital and independent.
Our mission is to empower and inspire young women who have been involved with the juvenile justice system and/or the street economy to create positive change in their lives and communities. Our approach links youth development and youth organizing strategies with the mission to provide gender-specific, peer-based opportunities for high-risk, low- and no-income young women.
Canine Cove, once called Howling Hollows, stemmed from a very simple idea. Creating a warm place, for good company and a place to relax and find your north. It sounds like a simple order. Remarkably so, but we are only promised the pursuit of happiness. You see, a common issue with an artist of many kinds is what to do with a blank canvas. Choosing a direction when you start with nothing. You erase, you start again, and you end with a finished product remarkably unlike what you started with. I, am the owner and this is my creation. More about me can be found at: RiderUnleashed.com. It started as a home for my family and friends. But as life moves on, the idea and the dream evolves and things change and more of what I want and my ideas have materialized in my pursuit for my final product. It started as a wooded forest, and spent time as a warm and sunny beach, even a busy and bustling nightclub and lounge, and has finally found it’s roots as “Furry Reimagined”. What is “Furry Reimagined”? Try to find a beautiful, breath taking, quiet place to take yourself and your significant other. Find a place with warm waves, spots to spend time together, a quiet place to dance together, and a place to relax with those that are like minded. You’ll find that they don’t exist. In a virtual world where sex sells, Canine Cove is a place free of strip poles and covered with the most beautiful romantic and relaxing spots SL has to offer. The furry community has so many things to offer. Beautiful, creative avatars based on common as well as exotic species. Beautiful, creative destinations and themes that I likely would never have thought of. But what I wanted the most… Was a beautiful place that felt like home. So here we are, with private homes, shops, and a movie theater. A chapel for the special day no matter what species or type of couple. I understand that things aren’t always clear cut and fit easily in a box. But here… You’re welcome. Welcome to Canine Cove, Furry Reimagined.
About Dedicated to serving the Korean American community as well as promoting cross-cultural exchanges through educational programs and offerings that cultivate Korea’s rich cultural and historical legacy. Mission The Korean Center is dedicated to serving the Korean American community as well as promoting cross-cultural exchanges through educational programs and cultural offerings that cultivate Korea’s rich cultural and historical legacy. It has been KCI’s task to share its distinct resources with the public, thus contributing to the fabric of San Francisco, an international city known for its cultural richness. History Founded in 1974, the Korean Center, Inc. (KCI) has a 36-year-old operating history that reflects the growth of the San Francisco Bay Area’s Korean community in an increasingly diverse and global society.
Program Areas: -Employment & Labor Project -Housing Advocacy and Community Development Project -Immigrants’ Rights Project -National Security and Civil Rights Project -Voting Rights & Voter Empowerment Project -Korematsu Institute For more info visit: http://www.asianlawcaucus.org/alc/programs/
Founded in 1969 by a group of young activists, CAA has a proud history of achieving social change. For over forty years CAA has challenged the status quo to advance equality, create coalitions that bridge traditional boundaries, and meet the needs of our community’s most marginalized. Our civil rights leadership encompasses four decades of achievement. 1969 Community activists and students establish Chinese for Affirmative Action to advocate on behalf of Chinese Americans who are systematically denied equal opportunities in many sectors of society. 1970 CAA assists in preparing the landmark US Supreme Court case Lau v. Nichols, which results in bilingual education provisions for growing numbers of Chinese- and Spanish-speaking public school students in San Francisco. 1972 CAA demands bilingual election ballots in San Francisco to comply with new state election code mandating bilingual assistance where a significant need is identified. 1973 CAA joins Officers for Justice and other minority and women groups to challenge discriminatory hiring and promotional practices of the San Francisco Police Department. The lawsuit leads to a dramatic increase in APA police officers. 1975 CAA files a complaint against the largest HMO in Northern California for failing to provide equal access and services to Chinese-speaking patients. The settlement reached through the federal government becomes a model for other bilingual health access programs. 1978 CAA mounts a national campaign to oppose clustering all Asian and Pacific Americans in one racial category in the 1980 Census questionnaire. The Census ultimately lists nine distinct APA groups. 1983 CAA joins a nationwide coalition to protest the brutal murder of Vincent Chin and initiates a campaign with the US Department of Justice urging prosecution of the two men involved in the killing. The case is appealed and retried. 1986 The first of a series of Broken Ladder reports, analyzing the lack of APA representation in management and promotional opportunities in San Francisco civil service, is published. CAA intervenes in the lawsuit against the San Francisco Fire Department to address the under-representation of APAs in the department. 1989 CAA joins nation-wide efforts to stop the regressive Kennedy-Simpson immigration bill, which would have substantially reduced visas and given preference to independent immigrants with English-speaking skills. 1993 CAA and Latino groups work to intervene in the desegregation lawsuit against the San Francisco Unified School District in order to improve services for educationally disadvantaged minority students, especially low-income and immigrant students. 1995 CAA convinces SFUSD to transform Galileo High School into a magnet Galileo Academy of Science and Technology, benefiting its primarily low-income, minority, immigrant, and limited-English proficient students. 1996 -1998 CAA plays a lead role in coordinating opposition to California Proposition 209, the anti-affirmative action initiative, and Proposition 227′s attack on bilingual education. Staff develop programs to help local businesses and workers overcome the barriers created by 209. To serve the Chinese American community in the rapidly changing Visitacion Valley neighborhood of San Francisco, CAA opens an office in The Village, home to numerous organizations serving the diverse communities of the Valley. 1999 CAA successfully advocates for millions of dollars in state and local funds to support Census 2000 ethnic media coverage and community outreach, aimed at improving the count of usually dramatically underenumerated APAs and other hard-to-count communities. 2000 CAA combats the racial profiling and incarceration of Dr. Wen Ho Lee through national organizing, supporting legal actions, and media advocacy, including purchase of a full-page ad in the New York Times entitled “Charged with being ethnic Chinese.” 2001 CAA successfully advocates for the passage of the Equal Access to Services Ordinance in San Francisco, requiring key City agencies to provide services to limited-English proficient communities. 2002 A study published by CAA finds a 22% decrease in total dollars awarded to minority/women-owned businesses in seven government agencies after passage of Proposition 209, resulting in a loss of almost $100 million dollars annually to these businesses. 2003 CAA opens the first statewide policy office for Asian and Pacific Americans based in Sacramento. Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality works on issues such as language access, voting rights, equal opportunity, and educational equity. AACRE produces the first Asian and Pacific American Legislative Report Card, reporting on how California state legislators voted on priority issues for Asian and Pacific Americans. CAA teams up with grassroots APA organizations around the state to defeat Proposition 54, which would have banned state and local governments from gathering race and ethnicity data. 2004 CAA launches the Visitacion Valley Parents Association, a community organizing project for limited-English proficient Chinese Americans in Visitacion Valley, focused on parent leadership development to improve public education. CAA releases The Language of Business: Adopting Private Sector Practices to Increase Limited- English Proficient Individuals’ Access to Government Services. 2005 No Parents Left Behind, a CAA report recommending public school improvements in the translation of important written communications into languages parents can understand, leads to new allocations to the California Department of Education to increase resources for translation. CAA and AACRE co-sponsor and get passed the California Hate Crime Civil Remedies Act. 2006 To meet the needs of dislocated garment workers, CAA partners with community groups to expand vocational training and job placement services. CAA publishes Lost Without Translation, a survey report on language barriers faced by LEP parents with children in the San Francisco Unified School District. CAA participates in multiple efforts to combat racist stereotyping and hate speech in the media, as well as to ensure and mobilize a progressive APA voice on issues ranging from protecting Chinese Hospital to comprehensive immigration reform. 2007 CAA successfully advocates for an Office of Language Services in San Francisco, doubles the funding available to support LEP public school parents in San Francisco, and secures funding for a neighborhood workforce center in Chinatown. CAA leads over 100 community groups in the historic community mobilization to win approval for a permanent City College Campus in San Francisco Chinatown to provide generations of immigrant students with equal access to educational opportunities. 2008 To improve public safety and protect immigrants rights, CAA and allies successfully advocate for a San Francisco Police Department General Order on police interactions with LEP residents. To foster the next generation of APA leaders, CAA and API Equality train the first nine Helen Zia Fellows for Social Change to lead social justice campaigns on California college campuses. 2009 CAA publishes Access Deferred: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities, which surveys the experiences of limited-English proficient Chinese- and Spanish-speaking residents when they interact with San Francisco City agencies. Findings from the report help convince San Francisco Supervisors and the Mayor to adopt stronger language access laws in the City. CAA convinces the U.S. Census Bureau to reverse a harmful policy that would have limited communication between Census and U.S. residents on the advance letter–an important notification–to English-only. Through CAA’s efforts, the Census agrees to mail the notification letters in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Russian. 2010 CAA leads the San Francisco Yes We Count Coalition, a historic multiracial and multicultural collaborative of grassroots organizations, to conduct canvassing in support of the 2010 Census. As a result of the Yes We Count’s work, traditionally undercounted San Francisco neighborhoods achieve major gains in Census participation compared to 2000. CAA releases The Failure of Good Faith, a report that studies and makes recommendations to reform hiring procedures on San Francisco-funded construction projects. Based on the report, CAA mobilizes to help pass one of the strongest mandatory local hiring ordinances in the country. CAA provides critical leadership to address neighborhood safety issues in diverse communities, and helps garner resources and attention to the unique public safety communication needs in and between minority groups.
We inspire and train leaders, establish intergenerational connections, and document and disseminate our histories. We envision a world where Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Asians and Pacific Islanders can be present and affirmed in our families and communities as our full authentic selves.
Habitat never gives homes away. When a family applies for one of our homes they must undergo an extensive application process. Our main requirement is that families earn between 40% and 60% of the median income in that county. Once approved the family begins to complete their 500 hours of sweat equity, our version of a downpayment. They complete this onsite, swinging hammers right next to the other volunteers. At the same time they enter our Homebuyer Readiness Program, a series of classes that teaches basic fincancial literacy. These classes are free and open to anyone, not just our partner families. After the home is done, the keys are handed over in a dedication ceremony. The family then owns the house with a zero-interest mortgage and a payment plan setup specifically for their needs.
To learn more about United Way's movement to cut Bay Area poverty, go to www.uwba.org. As part of our commitment to community excellence and measurable impact, our work is guided by United Way’s Standards of Excellence. Learn more at: http://uwba.org/Financials-and-Policies
CHSA opened in its landmark Julia Morgan-designed Chinatown YWCA building in 2001. Through exhibitions, publications, and educational, public programming, CHSA promotes the contributions and legacy of Chinese America.
Cameron House empowers generations of Chinese American individuals and their families to fully participate in and contribute positively toward a healthy society. We put our Christian faith in action to help people learn, heal, and thrive.
THE ARTS OF FASHION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT COMPETITION This Premier International Student Fashion Competition takes place each Fall during the annual Arts of Fashion Symposium, hosted every year by a different university or school and their fashion department. 2016 Theme : UNEQUAL October 25 and at the Bently Reserve of San Francisco, it will be the 15th anniversary of the Arts of Fashion Foundation and the 10th consecutive year that this international competition will be organized and held in the United States. Every year a different theme is chosen, and from October of the previous year to April, fashion students register online to participate. They then have to send sketches and technical sheets of a ‘mini collection’ made up of 3 silhouettes designed around the theme. In 2015, 365 fashion students registered from 121 schools, universities and colleges of 34 countries. At the end of April, a jury panel, composed of national and international fashion professors, selects 50 project illustrations that best represent the set theme and reflect creative and innovative potential. The 50 selected candidates are required to make 2 out of the 3 silhouettes they submitted. These 50 projects (100 designs) are judged by a panel of professional fashion designers and are shown on the runway for the grand finale of the Symposium. Eight designers are awarded and receive scholarship and apprenticeship opportunities in creative programs and fashion houses. The goal of this competition is to promote and reward creativity and inventiveness; discover emerging talent and facilitate careers; establish enriching contacts and exchanges between different countries, schools and universities; and to foster new relationships between those from different industries and fields. The spirit of this competition is not to try to find the next Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen or even rank the designers from best to worst, but to recognize and award the 6 most creative projects in order for these students to continue their education and training in order to become better designers, by offering them the opportunity to work, study and learn from renowned mentor designers. The laureates receive Awards and a Certification for their creative and original work based on the theme. (Judging based on coherence with the theme, skill level, creativity and artful expressiveness) YKK - U.S.A. Inc. has been the Arts of Fashion Major Partner for 10 consecutive years as an Arts of Fashion Silver Partner for the International Fashion Student Competition --- Small Parts, Big Difference. MORE INFO: http://tinyurl.com/AOFCompetition2016 THE ARTS OF FASHION MASTERCLASS The MasterClass-Series began with the idea to teach the different arts of fashion and is one of the most successful and growing programs offered by the Arts of Fashion Foundation. The MasterClass-Series launched in 2005 with only one class, and the program has expanded to between 4 and 5 classes per year ensuring a positive dynamic work environment and a substantial network. Each year, the foundation partners with a program of a different university/school to host the Symposium MasterClass–Series. The classes are taught in english over a period of 5 full days by a team of 2 renowned designers per class of 15 students who come from around the world. Due to the success of the Symposium MasterClass, the Arts of Fashion Foundation began the Summer Fashion Program where students travel abroad to spend 4 weeks studying under these cutting-edge designers. The year 2008 saw the inception of unique and creative oriented 4-week summer programs in Europe, in collaboration with prestigious institutions: Ecole Superieure des Arts Appliques Duperre – in Paris, and Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Visuels La Cambre – in Brussels. In 2009, the portfolio of prestigious schools offering intensive classes and programs increases to include Parsons – the New School for Design – NY with a 2-week winter class in January. In July 2010, a new formula has been established with a 4-week summer MasterClass in Paris in partnership with Les Arts Decoratifs at Le Louvre and under the direction of creative fashion designers (such as Aurore Thibout, Anthony Vaccarello, Lucile Puton, Christine Phung and Zoe Vermeire to name a few) and in collaboration with Parisian Haute Couture Craftsmanship (Atelier Lognon and Maison Lesage). The main idea is to develop creativity by exposing students to new techniques, craft and different design approaches as well as giving participants the opportunity to learn from first-hand experience with cutting-edge designers. July 4-29: Fashion Student Abroad Program in Paris Application: http://tinyurl.com/AOFStudentAbroadProgram
The YWCA us a women's membership movement nourished by its roots in the Christian faith and sustained by the richness of many beliefs and values. Strengthened by diversity, we draw together members who strive to create opportunities for growth, leadership and power in order to attain a common vision: peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all people. We will thrust our collective power toward the elimination of racism wherever it exists and by any means necessary.
1969: CNSC begins serving the community through funding from San Francisco Foundation. Initiated the 24-hour bilingual emergency hotline. Initiated the home-visit program. 1970: Initiated the Immigrant/ Refugee Reception Program in cooperation with Hong Kong International Social Service. Published the bilingual semi-monthly immigrant newsletter. 1973: Compiled and printed the first bilingual citizenship handbook. Launched the first Voters' Registration Campaign in Chinatown. 1974: Extended the Volunteer Income Tax Program in cooperation with the Society of American Accountants. 1980s Founded the Network of Chinese Immigrant Service Agencies in North America and hosted the first national conference. Initiated the Survival Course for new immigrants in cooperation with Cameron House. Initiated the Job Placement Program in cooperation with EDD. Installed voting machine in office and started teaching first time voters to use it. Initiated the Post-migration Orientation and Support Program. Began its first Radiothon with Sinocast Radio TV. Hosted the 6th National Conference of Chinese Immigrant Service Agencies in North America. Initiated the Employer Outreach Program funded by the San Francisco Chinatown Lions Club with a matching grant of $10,000 from the Mayor's office. 1990s Served as an outreach center for the Census Bureau to try to minimize the undercount of Chinese-speaking residents. Assisted INS in the Alien Registration Card Replacement Program. First Annual Emperor and Empress Charity Gala. Featured in a national television program on KQED Channel 9 about Chinese immigration. Walt Disney, AT&T, and Vitasoy sponsored a premiere screening of the film, "Joy Luck Club" to benefit CNSC and the Asian Women Resources Center. Developed "Newcomers Guide" in collaboration with California State Department of Consumer Affairs, Consumer Action, AT&T, Bank of America, PG & E, and Imada Wong Communication Group. Provided to Northern California families to promote consumer awareness and to provide emergency preparation information. San Francisco Foundation funds the center to develop a Five Year Plan for growth and improvement in delivery of services and programs. Expanded immigration related services and increased citizenship and ESL classes to assist those affected by welfare reforms. Opening of onsite computer learning center, sponsored by AT&T. CNSC enhances collaborative relationships with community organizations like ILRC, Operation Access, S.F. Food Bank, Team Tech, and Help-link, to strengthen and complement CNSC's services CNSC celebrates its 30th Anniversary. Launches new series of seminars targeted for small business development in the 21st Century. Al Gore meets with CNSC board members. The New Millennium… Chinese Newcomers Service Center selected by the Telecommunication Consumer Protection Foundation to conduct the Telecommunication Consumer Protect Program. 2008 Chinese Newcomers Service Center partner (CNSC) with Self Help for the elderly (SHE) to establish the Chinatown Neighborhood Workforce Center (CNWC) in collaboration of 15 Chinatown CBOs. CNSC is also funded by the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) to provide intensive and Core B services for the Workforce Investment Act program via CNWC.