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Class of 2009 San Francisco
   
Sally Al-Daher
Fonda Davidson
Luis Granados

Sally Al-Daher
Arab Cultural and Community Center
www.arabculturalcenter.org

Fonda Davidson
Cross Cultural Family Center
www.ccfcsf.org

Luis Granados
Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA)
www.medasf.org

Arab Cultural and Community Center promotes Arab art and culture and enriches the lives of the Arab American Community

The Cross Cultural Family Center’s mission is to provide child care services services in cross-cultural settings and to maximize the positive potential of the diversity among our children, their families, staff, and the communities in which we live.

MEDA is dedicated to maintaining and strengthening the Mission neighborhood's cultural integrity by facilitating asset building within the community.

Laura Guzmán
Sarah He
Linda Johnson

Laura Guzmán
Mission Neighborhood Resource Center (MNRC)
www.mnhc.org

Sarah He
Chinese Progressive Association (CPA)       
www.cpasf.org           

Linda Johnson
Streetside Stories
www.streetside.org

MNRC’s primary goals are to advocate for housing and shelter and to enhance the physical, social, emotional and economic health of the homeless and marginally housed communities to demand better living and working conditions and justice for all people.

CPA educates and organizes the low income and working class immigrant Chinese community in San Francisco in order to build collective power with other oppressed communities and to demand better living and working conditions and justice for all people. 

Through the power of storytelling, Streetside Stories aims to value and cultivate young people's voices, fostering education equity and building community, literacy and arts skills.

Cristy Johnston
Lorna Jones
Lisa Kaufman

Cristy Johnston
Excelsior Action Group
www.eagsf.org

Lorna Jones
Community Vocational Enterprises, Inc. (CVE)
www.cve.org

Lisa Kaufman
San Francisco Unified School District, Child Development Program
http://portal.sfusd.edu

Excelsior Action Group revitalizes the Excelsior community and adjacent areas by obtaining and developing quality public improvements and educational, cultural, artistic, housing and social services for public benefit and charitable purposes.

CVE serves to provide opportunities, training, and support to individuals with mental health challenges, empowering them to fulfill their employment potential.

The Child Development Program’s social responsibility is to serve as the San Francisco Unified School District's gateway to lifelong learning so all children find their brilliance.

David Knego
Simon Lee
Ana Perez

David Knego
Curry Senior Center
www.curryseniorcenter.org

Simon Lee
Growth and Learning Opportunities
www.gloinc.org

Ana Perez
CARECEN, Central American Resource Center
www.carecensf.org

Curry Senior Center’s mission is to provide services to seniors that promote independent living while maintaining their dignity and self-esteem. 

Growth and Learning Opportunities provides quality before and after-school programming to children and families.

CARECEN promotes community empowerment for the Latino and immigrant population of Northern California by providing and advocating for services and strategies that respond to the needs and rights of this population.

Jovida Ross
Laura Valdez
John Warner

Jovida Ross
Community United Against Violence (CUAV)
www.cuav.org

Laura Valdez
CAMINOS – Pathways Learning Center
www.caminossf.org

John Warner
Jumpstart
www.jstart.org

CUAV aims to prevent and respond to violence against and within our diverse LGBTQQ communities.

CAMINOS' goal is to facilitate the personal and economic development of immigrant women by offering an integral education of computer technology, job skills, and self-development.

Jumpstart’s mission is to work toward the day when every child in America enters school prepared to succeed.

 

 

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