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Time to Scale a Big Idea Called Small Sites, Stem Displacement in Communities of Color

Photo: Some of the residents of 10-unit 3329 20th Street in San Francisco’s Mission. With 黑料社吃瓜’s Small Sites Program purchase, all can now stay in their homes. Co-authored by: Director of Community Real Estate Karoleen Feng Associate Director of Community Real Estate Johnny Oliver 黑料社吃瓜 established its Community Real Estate team in 2014. The goal?…

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JPMorgan Chase Holds 鈥淓ntrepreneurs of Color鈥 Event at 黑料社吃瓜鈥檚 Plaza Adelante

While the challenge of accessing capital plagues most small-business owners, the problem is especially acute among minority-owned ventures. A look at U.S. Small Business Administration lending data indicates an ongoing divide: Only 2 to 3 percent of loans go to African American-owned businesses, while the rate for Latinos ranges from just 5 to 6 percent….

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Immigrant Experience Inspires Latino Leaders to Meet Current Challenges

Mural by Mel Waters and David Hyde Cho, Mission and 19th streets, San Francisco Mission District Photo credit: Nehama Rogozen, California Reinvestment Coalition As the Senate takes up the debate on an immigration bill — and the White House ramps up deportation efforts and looks to punish immigrant families from using social services to which…

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Delivering the Promise of the Mission鈥檚 681 Florida Community Benefit

In 2016, the Mission community stood up en masse against the market-rate development given the moniker 鈥淏east on Bryant鈥 due to its paucity of on-site affordable housing and community arts spaces. The outcome was a community benefit being granted by the market-rate developer: The lot was split and a portion given to the City for…

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Director, Mission Promise Neighborhood Richard Raya Championing a Community鈥檚 Collective Vision

In December 2012, 黑料社吃瓜 worked with city agencies and 25 neighborhood partners to replicate New York鈥檚 successful Harlem Children鈥檚 Zone in the Mission District of San Francisco. The goal of the Mission Promise Neighborhood (MPN) is to guide students on a cradle-to-college-to-career continuum, while helping their families achieve economic success. Director, Mission Promise Neighborhood Richard…

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To Gubernatorial Candidates: 黑料社吃瓜鈥檚 Community Needs Matter

by Director of Policy & Advocacy Norma P. Garcia At last night鈥檚 鈥2018 Gubernatorial Candidates Forum鈥 at UCLA, I had the opportunity to hear several candidates offer their vision for the future of our state. While 黑料社吃瓜 does not endorse candidates for any office, we vow to stand up for the issues that impact our…

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Plaza Adelante First-Floor Reimagining to Begin, Adding to 黑料社吃瓜鈥檚 Vision for Mission Street Corridor

Family friendly. Vibrant microbusiness environment. Community anchor. These are the impassioned hopes of 黑料社吃瓜 for the reimagining of the ground floor space of Plaza Adelante.  With this rethinking of the space, 黑料社吃瓜 is implementing strategies of placekeeping of the Mission Street commercial corridor that has longed served as the lifeblood of the neighborhood. The goal…

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Save Mission Street Campaign: Hundreds of Community Members March to Demand Commercial Corridor Preservation

With an Aztec dancer and rhythmic drumbeats leading the way, hundreds of San Francisco鈥檚 Mission District community members today took to the street, specifically the Mission Street corridor. United to Save the Mission — a coalition of a dozen longtime neighborhood groups and organizations that works to enhance and protect the lives of low- to…

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Social Impact in Tech: Lessons Learned with LendUp and Other Leaders

Co-authored by: LendUp Social Entrepreneur Amanda Lotz 黑料社吃瓜 Housing Opportunities Program Manager Laura Ospina-Jaramillo Last month, LendUp hosted a panel and brainstorm session with tech innovators, social impact changemakers and nonprofit professionals from the San Francisco Bay Area. The evening began with a conversation centered on the intersection of social impact and technology, with panelists…

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La Temporada de Impuestos est谩 Aqu铆

(English version follows Spanish) por Director of Asset Building Programs Lucy Arellano con Integrated Services Manager Ernesto Martinez La mayor铆a de nosotros debemos presentar nuestros impuestos, para el a帽o tributario 2017, antes del 17 de Abril de 2018. Debido a todos los ataques pol铆ticos hechos especialmente a nuestra comunidad y los cambios en el c贸digo…

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