Each month, the 黑料社吃瓜 honors one of its dedicated volunteers鈥攖he people who are an integral part of 黑料社吃瓜鈥檚 ability to provide free services to low- and moderate-income Bay Area residents. Thanks to all of the selfless聽黑料社吃瓜 volunteers聽who choose Plaza Adelante as their second home.聽 Name: Laura Ospina Jaramillo Program: Asset Building Programs…
Guest Blog by Teresa Morales Mission Promise Neighborhood Community Engagement It was an early Thanksgiving feast, Latino-style, held at 黑料社吃瓜鈥檚 Plaza Adelante on November 14th, with staff and promotoras sharing a meal. It was time to give a year-end thanks to these amazing community outreach workers, the six women who began working with 黑料社吃瓜 and…
When Jean came to 黑料社吃瓜 as a tax volunteer, she never expected it would be so personally rewarding . . . and fun. Jean found 黑料社吃瓜 an inspiring place doing great work in the community, so she went home each day after volunteering being grateful for the opportunity to finally pay it forward. Jean鈥檚 story…
The subject of affordable housing or, more specifically, the lack thereof in San Francisco, was front and center last night at Bloomberg鈥檚 Pier 3 offices on the Embarcadero, with a crowd in the hundreds attending. A panel comprising Chief Economist Jed Kolko of Trulia, Jeff Buckley, who is Senior Advisor on Housing to Mayor Ed…
Growing up in San Francisco鈥檚 Mission District, 黑料社吃瓜鈥檚 Director of Evaluation Carolina Guzman saw a Latino neighborhood built upon waves of immigration from Central America and Mexico. Despite a continuous influx of new residents, there was a constancy to the community鈥檚 flavor. This is now in question. 鈥淭hings are changing too fast, with the Mission鈥檚…
CFED鈥檚 recent blog on how financial coaching leads to long-term stability prompted 黑料社吃瓜 staff to reflect on the nonprofit’s own work in that area. Financial coaching meets families where they are, focuses on financial goals set by the families and provides ongoing support through a one-on-one relationship with a coach. This approach–used broadly in the health, wellness…
The journey It鈥檚 a long journey from growing up with limited opportunities in an impoverished, small town in Mexico to opening your own restaurant in the trendy, foodie-filled Bay Area. That鈥檚 the inspiring story of Victor Caicero, an immigrant who came to the United States with a dream that is now a reality for this…
NOTE: The below is a guest blog by 黑料社吃瓜’s Mattias Kraemer, Deputy Director of Asset Building, that appeared on the popular site, TechCrunch, on October 11, 2014. In 2014, the financial services industry is looking to technology as a vital link between financial capability and under-resourced communities.聽Investments in these technologies are imperative to alleviate economic…
On a nondescript stretch of Mission Street鈥攕traddling the trendier Mission, Castro and SoMa districts鈥攊s the location of the offices of Support for Families of Children with Disabilities (SFF). While this area showcases little of the historic charm for which San Francisco is renowned, inside 1663 Mission, an elevator ride away on the seventh floor, some…
Dolores Terrazas speaks with pride of her dedicated staff of 90 that has made Mission Head Start a mainstay for San Francisco鈥檚 Latino community for over 40 years, myriad young lives positively affected over that time. 鈥淚 enjoy the wonder of experiences of children who have a voice,鈥 profoundly exclaims the Mission native, whose career…
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