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San Francisco, CA 94110
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Early Child Development Programs- Preschool, Head Start, PFA, Family Supportive Services and referrals, Full-day and part day preschool Youth Programs- Afterschool, Summer, Intervention, Prevention, Diversion, GED programs, Gender specific services, Mission Girls, Precita Center, Family Resource Center Senior Healthy Aging- Congregate meals, Zumba, exercise, yoga, healthy and fun outings, bingo, food bank, health and wellness checks, counseling, computer classes, sewing and art, dance classes, etc. Cinco de Mayo San Francisco- Family friendly, alcohol free cultural celebration, held the 1st Saturday in May
Word of Life San Francisco is a church that loves God, loves people and loves life. We have a desire to reach people from all walks of life. Our church loves to praise God through powerful worship. We minister a creative and life changing message that impacts hearts. In 2011, Pastors Chris & Lynnae Tasi were sent out as a church plant from Word of Life Christian Center in Honolulu, Hawaii under the leadership of Pastors Art & Kuna Sepulveda.
Turning Heads’ mission is to provide vocational arts education, entrepreneurship training, and develop young women leaders in San Francisco. We challenge race, class and gender stereotypes by believing that young women of color can work together and create a future that is personally, socially, academically and financially successful. The Turning Heads Sewing & Fashion Design Program is for San Francisco’s at-risk young women of color, ages 14-21. Our program gives young women the opportunity to express their creativity, develop a sense of self-reliance, and follow their dreams.
We encourage community discussion on our Facebook posts and look forward to hearing your thoughts and questions. We hope you make yourselves at home! However, this page is not for promotion of unrelated programs or activities and we will remove posts from others on our wall which solicit, promote, or advertise outside events or products. For our online community discussion guidelines, please visit http://www.kqed.org/about/help/discuss.jsp
BAVC is a community hub and resource for media makers in the Bay Area and across the country, serving over 7,500 freelancers, filmmakers, job-seekers, activists, and artists every year. BAVC provides access to media making technology, storytelling workshops, a diverse and engaged community of makers and producers, services and resources. BAVC advocates for those whose stories aren't being told, and provides the resources for anyone to create and share, and amplify their stories and those of their communities. BAVC's diverse, innovative programs lead the field in media training for youth and educators, technology and multimedia focused workforce development, visually-driven new media storytelling and audio-visual preservation. BAVC has been a trusted community educator, collaborator, incubator, community builder and resource for the media arts world since 1976. BAVC began when a group of media makers and activists met in January of 1976 to devise practical ways to encourage independent video-making in the Bay Area. With a small grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to conduct a needs assessment and feasibility study of the region’s media-making community, that small group spent the summer collecting information about what the region’s environment looked like for independent videomakers. Among that study’s conclusions was a recommendation for “a regional video resource center with multi-faceted programs that concentrate on improving all aspects of video production and exhibition…” That video resource center came into existence when BAVC was incorporated on December 10, 1976. As new technologies have been introduced over the past four decades, BAVC has responded with dynamic programs and new training strategies, while remaining committed to our mission of serving independent media makers.
Survivors International was founded in 1990 by a clinician who felt compelled by a deep sense of betrayal by his own profession when he read a medical article about doctors' and psychologists' roles in designing and carrying out torture in many parts of the world. Survivors International grew out of this need to serve the population of refugees and immigrants who had survived torture and/or war trauma in their home countries. While the torturer's aim is to destroy the victim by inflicting excruciating physical pain and terrifying mental abuse, the goal of Survivors International is precisely the opposite: to strengthen and rebuild a sense of self and trust in humanity.
Ensuring the visibility and documentation of Asian American women in the arts. Through exhibitions, publications, and educational programs, we offer thought-provoking perspectives that challenge societal assumptions and promote dialogue.
Theatre of Yugen is a San Francisco based ensemble of artists from North America, Europe, and Asia who create works of world theater influenced by the classical Japanese dramatic forms of Noh and Kyogen. Whether the subject matter of our shows is classical or contemporary, and whether our performance is primarily serious or comic, we strive to project the aesthetic quality of yugen, or mysterious elegance, which gives our work a distinctive style and provides a unique experience to our audience. Our ensemble members receive training in the traditional Japanese Noh and Kyogen forms. We also engage with colleagues in the experimental arts community and incorporate other diverse performance styles and artistic media into our work. We are proud to have been part of the San Francisco arts scene for more than thirty years and to have established a national and international reputation through tours across the United States, Europe, and the Far East. Theatre of Yugen is supported by a dedicated staff and an active board of directors.
Since the school’s inception in 1962, more than 28,000 students have been placed in jobs. MLVS’s courses are licensed by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, and certified by the Eligible Training Provider’s List (ETPL). MLVS is recognized as an innovator in Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL) and an expert in job skills training. We offer job-specific training programs in medical assisting, medical administrative assisting, medical insurance billing and coding, office technology, and culinary arts, as well as after-school programs for at-risk youth. All classes are taught by certified, experienced instructors. In addition, the school offers basic educational skills in English, mathematics, and computers. MLVS’s bi-lingual, multi-cultural staff provide career guidance, counseling, job placement, and referral services for legal, childcare, health, and housing assistance.
Cesar E. Chavez Holiday Parade and Festival The holiday breakfast will be followed by The 11th Annual Cesar E. Chavez Holiday Parade & Festival on Friday March , 2012. Join thousands of Bay Area residents, families, schools, religious groups, labor unions, and community organizations in celebration of Cesar’s legacy in the heart of San Francisco's Latino community.. The SF parade has become among the largest events honoring Cesar Chavez in California.
We are a community of people with diverse spiritual practices although our roots are in, and we continue to be inspired by, the Catholic Worker Movement. Begun by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933, the Catholic Worker philosophy and ideals are carried out by upwards of 200 houses worldwide in various works of mercy in the spirit of "gentle personalism." Gentle personalism says that all persons have dignity; all persons have the right to be respected. It says that each person who comes to Martin's is a guest and is to be treated as such. It says that eating is a right, not a privilege, and that feeding the hungry is a matter of justice, not of charity. In an era of corporations, Martin's is unique. It is not a business and does not function as such. All donations go to benefit those for whom the money is intended. It receives no Church or government funds. There is no salaried staff and almost no administrative costs. Martin's operates on the principle that what must get done will get done, and strives to develop a sense of personal responsibility towards the work. Those with an administrator's mindset may find Martin's to be a perplexing enigma. Nevertheless, many who spend a day at the kitchen find themselves touched, even changed, and there are volunteers who have worked at Martin's since it first opened in 1971. At Martin's, both guests and volunteers represent an incredible cross-section of humanity. Almost every conceivable race, religion, age, economic and social background, political belief, and educational level are found here. As one volunteer observed, "Some of the most fascinating conversations I have ever heard have been at Martin's—on both sides of the counter." Martin's is many things. Some people see it as a miracle. Some see it as a problem because "the poor" are not always pretty, and it is easier if "they" are invisible. Some see Martin's as the one place where someone calls them by name. Some see Martin's as a sanctuary with a tranquil garden. Some see it as a place that adds meaning and a sense of community to their lives. Some see Martin's as a fun place to eat or volunteer. Some see it as a place to do that "something worthwhile" they always meant to do. Some see Martin's as a place where warm nourishing food is served, without embarrassment, without prosely-tization. Some see it as a place where they can live out the Catholic Worker philosophy in which they so deeply believe. Some see Martin's as a place that shows what idealism looks like in practice. If you are wondering what Martin’s could mean to you, come and see. You will never be quite the same!