Performing Stars is a non-profit helping underserved kids in Marin County achieve their potential. The organization hosted an event for Black History Month at Lucasfilm where students learned about the Tuskegee airmen.
City EMT and the funding provided through OFA is an example of the programs that will be made possible by Mayor Breed s Dream Keeper Initiative, according to the Office of Economic and Workforce Development.
Following weeks of nationwide protests in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last year, San Francisco City Leaders pledged greater investment in Black and other marginalized communities to correct systemic issues causing disparate outcomes.
Mayor London Breed announces spending plan for $120 million reinvestment in San Franciscoâs African American community
February 26, 2021
San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Bayview Hunters Point Supervisor Shamann Walton stand together in June of last year when discussions of diverting funds from SFPD and to the Black community were first beginning. Now, we look forward to the possibility of an influx of funds for previously disinvested and ignored Black neighborhoods in our city. â Photo: Kevin Hume, SF Examiner.
The Human Rights Commission, advised by the community, aims to improve outcomes for Black youth and their families
San Francisco â Mayor London N. Breed and Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton announced on Feb. 25 the cityâs plan for reinvesting $120 million in San Franciscoâs African American community over the next two years with the creation of the new citywide âDream Keeper Initiative.â
San Francisco Mayor London Breed released a fiscal plan this week that would divert $120 million from the city’s law enforcement funding to an initiative to help Black communities.
To make these decisions, we ve listened to the African-American community about what s worked and what hasn t and we are committed to actually delivering on the promises that are made but all too often aren t kept. It s not enough to say that Black Lives Matter. We must listen to Black voices, commit the resources, and create the programs that will actually right past wrongs and get people resources and services so they can build their futures here in San Francisco and know that their City has their back, she said. This initial investment to improve outcomes for the Black community and overturn years of disinvestment and inequitable resource distribution is just the first step in righting the wrongs of history, Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton said. We now have to continue to prioritize communities that have never had a chance to build true wealth.
Champion of Golden Gate Bridge s suicide barrier dies at 92
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Moylan was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District in 1997 and served for 20 years; he was president of the board in 2007 and 2008.Courtesy Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District
John Moylan, a highly revered member of the San Francisco community who dedicated his life to public service and was an advocate for the installation of a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge, died Feb. 4 at age 92.
Moylan immigrated from Ireland to the United States in 1951 and within days landed a job plastering walls and ceilings, according to the Irish newspaper the Tipperary Star.