For Immediate Release Contact: Cole Krawitz, ckrawitz@sff.org, 415.733.8509 First Benchmark Study on Bay Area Muslim Community, One of Nation’s Largest, Finds Broad Diversity, Economic Gaps, Institutional Need (SAN FRANCISCO) — Wednesday, May 15, 2013 — A new study, the first of its kind to provide a broad assessment of the Bay Area Muslim community, finds [...]
“The New Colossus,” a poem by Emma Lazarus written in 1883, rests on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty and speaks the words of compassion: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” The proposed immigration reform policy does not echo these sentiments. In fact, it sends some strong [...]
Tax Day is that day that calls on all of us to think about what it means to be a citizen of the United States and what our obligations are to each other. It goes beyond the oversimplified arguments about government being too big or being too small. For me, it is more about what [...]
As the country moves towards addressing immigration reform, an affinity group of funders supporting faith-based organizing hosted an eclectic mix of scholars, funders, researchers, and others who are actively organizing on the issue of immigration. What is the state of organizing by faith-based organizations? It’s all about opportunities and hope. The session, “Building Bridges, Building [...]
Water. Ubiquitous for so many of us. We don’t think twice about it until it’s not there. Bay Area residents are fortunate to receive the majority of our drinking water from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir. A proposition to shut down the dam signaled far-reaching implications and detrimental effects for all Bay Area residents, especially those [...]
The prospect of a balanced state budget offers all Californians the hope that further cuts to health, education, housing, infrastructure and other critical services may come to an end. As a state, we can stop borrowing from the future and preserve current educational, health and economic development programs to stem our declines in school performance, [...]
Growing up as an Indian American, I know just how complex the fabric of our society is; how far we have come and how far we still have to go for all of the people that live within America’s borders to feel welcomed and accepted. Last week, we convened grantees of the One Nation Bay [...]
In case you missed the news, or happened to be under the covers worried about the election results, rest assured that our water is safe. The Hetch Hetchy Proposition F measure was defeated. 2.6 million people in the Bay Area depend on the Hetch Hetchy system for their drinking water. Water from the Hetch Hetchy [...]
I believe democracy is a verb and I relish all of the polls, data, and strategies emerging as we head towards Election Day tomorrow. Mark diCamillo, from the Field Poll, pre-released polls last Friday here at The San Francisco Foundation, showing the emergence of Californians of color as providing the critical margin to the most [...]
Thursday, November 1, 2012 in The American Prospect, “How to poll,” reports on the historical absence of multilingual pollsters and the generous grant provided by The San Francisco Foundation which tackled the issue by affording Spanish and Asian language interviewers.