The United Council for Human Services and the Curtis Family: Serving BVHP in a time of need
December 25, 2020
Gwendolyn Westbrook and the Curtis Family have formed an unbreakable bond of solidarity and love when it comes to serving the Bayview Hunters Point community. Here we have Gwendolyn with Zahara, Mama Nola, Isis, Maestro Curtis, Khaira, Niles and Phoenix out front on COVID testing day, Dec. 22, 2020. – Photo: Johnnie Burrell
by Malik Washington
“The Curtis Family is nourishing our souls, while Mother Brown’s is nourishing our bodies.” – Nube Brown, managing editor of the Bay View.
All this week, Gwendolyn Westbrook, the chief executive officer of the United Council for Human Services has been ramping up efforts in order to make sure services and resources are available to all those in need during one of the toughest holiday seasons I have seen in decades.
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) Tis the season of giving for the Golden State Warriors.
Dozens of families received free groceries at Thrive City by the Chase Center in San Francisco. There were also meal kits with enough items to put together a full holiday meal, including a turkey.
More than 75 families from the Tenderloin, Sunnydale, Mission Bay and Bayview Hunters Point communities each received free items and recipe cards.
On Wednesday, the team plans to deliver more than 300 meals to communities in need in Oakland and San Francisco. Volunteers from the Warriors front office will pack meal kits at Thrive City to be delivered to Cathedral Gardens in East Oakland and the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation in San Francisco.
Newsom to nominate Shirley Weber, Assembly member from San Diego, as secretary of state
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Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, calls on members of the Assembly to approve her measure to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot to let voters decide if the state should overturn its ban on affirmative action programs, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, June 10, 2020. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he had picked Weber to replace Alex Padilla as Secretary of State. Padilla was selected by Newsom to replace Kamala Harris as one of the state’s two U.S. Senators following her election as Vice-president-elect with Joe Biden.Rich Pedroncelli / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
Cityâs dynamic âFirst Family of Songâ brings tunes to COVID-19 testing site
December 22, 2020
The Curtis Family Cnotes sound a clarion call for a community governed by love and supported by justice at the Bay View fundraiser on Nov. 21 in Mendell Plaza, Celebrating the Bayview Hunters Point Community. â Photo: Johnnie Burrell
This Tuesday, San Franciscoâs Curtis Family Cnotes teams up with Mother Brownâs Dining Room to deliver free music and food Tuesday, Dec. 22, 1:30 p.m., to city testing site at 49 Kiska Road, San Francisco
San Francisco â This Tuesday in San Franciscoâs Bayview Hunter Point, the acclaimed Curtis Family Cnotes will team up with Mother Brownâs Dining Room in a unique partnership providing free food and song to support the cityâs COVID-19 testing and prevention efforts.
With 29% of San Francisco Unified School District students lacking internet access at home, students met outdoors in a Bayview-Hunters Point park with a wi-fi hotspot to ensure families without broadband access could participate. The Oculus Quest headsets were donated earlier in the year by Swinerton Builders, a commercial construction company that provides additional services in green building.
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Three groups are working together to teach high-demand construction skills to high school students in California. To do so during a pandemic, they’re using virtual reality (VR) devices to teach from afar.
Brightline Defense, an environmental justice nonprofit that works to build communities and create sustainable environments, today announced a collaboration with CityBuild Academy and TRANSFR VR that will make construction industry job training accessible to thousands of low-income young adults as part of a free, citywide program in San Francisco.