Please join The San Francisco Foundation for the
Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Palace Hotel, 2 New Montgomery Street, French Parlor Room
Featured speakers include:
Multicultural Fellowship alumni Fred Blackwell and Hanh Cao Yu,
and current Fellows Jessica Buendía and Tara Genea Wilson
Please join The San Francisco Foundation and Emerging Arts Professionals – SFBA
Wednesday, May 23, 5:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m.
Reception to Follow
The San Francisco Foundation
225 Bush Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA
Arts administrators simultaneously working as artists balance the demands of multiple professions, a common challenge in the field. While different artistic disciplines require unique time and space for practice, creation and performance, the “work-work-life balance” of artist/administrators is a creative pursuit in itself.
In wearing multiple hats, How do artist/administrators navigate potential conflicts of interest? Also, How does the level of commercial demand for one’s art impact the sustainability of the practice? During the discussion, panelists and audience participants will consider how arts workers can feasibly balance two careers, as well as the ways in which one’s artistic practice informs administrative output and vice versa.
Panelists discussing these topics will include:
Karl Cronin, Cellist, Composer and Arts Consultant and Researcher
Claire Light, Writer and Interim Director, Kearny Street Workshop
Rebecca Novick, Theater Director, Dramaturg, and Arts Consultant
Ron Ragin, Poet, Vocalist, and Program Officer, Performing Arts Program, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Moderated by Kevin Seaman, Media Artist and Arts and Culture Program Assistant, The San Francisco Foundation
Monday, May 21st
2:00 pm. to 4:00 p.m.
Bayview Opera House
4705 Third Street
San Francisco
RSVP for the workshop to Nila Kim at nkim@sff.org.
Please join us on April 17th from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. to hear from State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson as he shares priorities from his Blueprint for Great Schools and his vision for a California education system that educates the whole child.
Superintendent Torlakson believes students learn best when they are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. The “whole child” approach to education encompasses methods, strategies, and services that enable schools to support this comprehensive approach to learning and development. Torlakson’s Blueprint for Great Schools contains recommendations including; more robust parent engagement and student learning supports, increased summer enrichment and literacy activities, creating 21st Century learning environment that better embrace education technology and the arts, as well as his Team California for Healthy Kids, which is focused on advancing learning and academic achievement by improving the physical health of our students to ensure they are healthy and ready to learn.
For funders that realize the importance of addressing the needs of the whole child – the cognitive, physical, social, emotional, and cultural aspects of each child’s growth and development – this is an opportunity to learn about the priorities of our State Superintendent and how funders can support initiatives in his Blueprint for Great Schools that will advance our shared goals.
RSVP below.
Questions? Contact Anna Karrer Manley at aek@sff.org or 415.733.8562
Please join The San Francisco Foundation and The Public Health Institute for this interactive Web Forum on
Wednesday, March 21
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM PST
Moderator: Mark Cloutier, Program Director, Public Policy, Community Health, and Civic Engagement at The San Francisco Foundation
The environment has a tremendous impact on our health and well-being. In the first two segments we learned that built environment policies and regulations have a deep impact on our health, and that better building materials, coupled with stronger policies, can advance environmental health and social outcomes. In this third segment we will demonstrate that providing supportive housing for the most vulnerable people in our communities helps people live more stable, productive lives, is cost-effective, and creates a better quality of life for all.
Permanent supportive housing has been proven to work well for those who face the most complex challenges-individuals and families who are chronically homeless, have very low incomes, and serious, persistent issues including substance abuse, disabilities, mental illness, or other serious barriers to housing stability. Research shows that supportive housing has consistently proven to have a positive impact on individuals, families, and entire communities, because with stable housing comes the possibility of more stable employment, school attendance, and mental and physical health.
During this final Web Forum you will hear from innovators in the supportive housing field. David Erickson, Manager of the Center for Community Development Investments at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco will discuss the policy and fiscal opportunities and challenges presented by the current economic environment. Doug Shoemaker, President of Mercy Housing California, will highlight best practices of supportive housing development partnerships in San Francisco. Lastly, Joshua Bamberger, M.D., Medical Director of Housing and Urban Health at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, will present how effective delivery of clinical services, safety, and beauty contribute to improved health outcomes in supportive housing.
Join us in conversation on Twitter — The San Francisco Foundation will tweet live during the Web Forum from @tsff using the hashtag #HealthyPeoplePlaces.
“Healthy People Live in Healthy Places” – A Three Part Web Forum Series on Designing Public-Private Partnerships to Promote Healthier Communities
People are healthier when the places where they live and work support good health. Without a healthy environment, people are more likely to suffer from obesity or many other chronic diseases plaguing United States populations: diabetes, asthma, and heart disease. A vision for healthy communities will be realized when all neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces offer safe places to play and be active. Achieving this vision requires the broad expertise and influence of policy makers, researchers, advocates, practitioners and funders working across multiple fields to change policies and environments. From the perspective of practitioners in the transportation, land use, and health fields, the Public Health Institute’s Dialogue4Health and the San Francisco Foundation’s “Healthy People Live in Healthy Places” 3 part Web Forum series will outline a vision for healthy communities and highlight some of the insights learned from successful endeavors to create healthy and livable communities across the country.
Please join The San Francisco Foundation and The Public Health Institute’s Dialogue4Health for the second in a three part web forum series on designing public-private partnerships to promote healthier communities.
The built environment is directly related to our health: you are where you live. In our first segment, we learned that built environment policies and regulations have a deep impact on our health. In this second segment, we will demonstrate how better building materials, coupled with stronger policies, can advance environmental health and social outcomes. In some cases, these changes can decrease or even reverse some of the most profound negative health consequences.
On average, people spend 90% of their time indoors and two thirds of that time in their own homes. Indoor pollutant levels can be two to five times higher, and occasionally more than 100 times higher, than outdoor pollutant levels. In addition to affecting building occupants, toxic chemicals used in building products can harm the communities where those products are manufactured and contribute to the global toxic burden. Stronger building practices and policies are needed to eliminate or mitigate these chemical risks to health.
During this Web Forum you will hear leading experts on green materials. Arlene Blum, founder and executive director of The Green Science Policy Institute, will discuss the regulatory framework, science, and health implications of chemicals in building products and materials. Bill Walsh, founder and executive director of the Healthy Building Network, will review common building industry practices and how they can improve them. Dana Bourland, vice president of Green Initiatives program at Enterprise, will discuss best practices of specific local projects, with a particular focus on HOPE SF. HOPE SF is a public-private partnership whose goal is to build green, affordable housing units in eight of San Francisco’s severely distressed public housing sites, and overall, create healthy, thriving, mixed income communities without displacing current residents.
Join us in conversation on Twitter — The San Francisco Foundation will tweet live during the Web Forum from @tsff using the hashtag #HealthyPeoplePlaces.
“Healthy People Live in Healthy Places:” A Three Part Web Forum Series on Designing Public-Private Partnerships to Promote Healthier Communities
People are healthier when the places where they live and work support good health. Without a healthy environment, people are more likely to suffer from obesity or many other chronic diseases plaguing United States populations: diabetes, asthma, and heart disease. A vision for healthy communities will be realized when all neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces offer safe places to play and be active. Achieving this vision requires the broad expertise and influence of policy makers, researchers, advocates, practitioners and funders working across multiple fields to change policies and environments. From the perspective of practitioners in the transportation, land use, and health fields, The San Francisco Foundation’s “Healthy People Live in Healthy Places” and the Public Health Institute’s Dialogue4Health three part Web Forum series will outline a vision for healthy communities and highlight some of the insights learned from successful endeavors to create healthy and livable communities across the country.
Please join The San Francisco Foundation and The Public Health Institute’s Dialogue4Health for the first in a three part web forum series on designing public-private partnerships to promote healthier communities.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Speakers include:
Program Description: Across America, billions of dollars are being invested in the built environment – specifically in housing and transportation. These investments determine the type of communities that we live in and the opportunities we are afforded. They are, as Rajiv Bhatia states it, “social policies in concrete.” In this segment, we will argue that policies around the built environment are also “health policies in concrete.” Dr. Richard Jackson will give us an overview of how investments in housing and transportation have deep implications for health equity. Dr. Rajiv Bhatia will offer housing, transportation, and health practitioners policy tools to improve the impact of planning and development decisions on community health. An example of an innovative partnership to build more transit oriented affordable housing will follow – The San Francisco Foundation’s community development program director, Vanitha Venugopal, will discuss The Great Communities Collaborative (GCC), the Bay Area’s model transit oriented development network. A specific focus will be given to the GCC’s instrumental role in catalyzing the Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing (TOAH) fund, a $50 million partnership public private partnership. Asian Health Services director of planning and development, Julia Liou, will also highlight the innovative, neighborhood-level collaborations where health promotion has been at the center of their housing and transportation planning.
“Healthy People Live in Healthy Places:” A Three Part Web Forum Series on Designing Public-Private Partnerships to Promote Healthier Communities
People are healthier when the places where they live and work support good health. Without a healthy environment, people are more likely to suffer from obesity or many other chronic diseases plaguing United States populations: diabetes, asthma, and heart disease. A vision for healthy communities will be realized when all neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces offer safe places to play and be active. Achieving this vision requires the broad expertise and influence of policy makers, researchers, advocates, practitioners and funders working across multiple fields to change policies and environments. From the perspective of practitioners in the transportation, land use, and health fields, The San Francisco Foundation’s “Healthy People Live in Healthy Places” and the Public Health Institute’s Dialogue4Health three part Web Forum series will outline a vision for healthy communities and highlight some of the insights learned from successful endeavors to create healthy and livable communities across the country.
Part 2, Healthy Homes: You Are Where You Live
Moderator: Francesca Vietor, Program Officer for Environment at The San Francisco Foundation
Date and Time TBD
Part 3, Supportive Housing: Bring Care into Homes
Moderator: Mark Cloutier, Program Director for Public Policy, Community Health, and Civic Engagement at The San Francisco Foundation
Date and Time TBD
Please join us on Tuesday, November 15, for a discussion about the outcomes and lessons learned from The San Francisco Foundation’s Disaster Preparedness Project (2007-2010).
Tuesday, November 15
1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The San Francisco Foundation
225 Bush Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco
Melanie Moore, Principal of See Change Evaluation Inc., will present findings from the firm’s evaluation of this project, and offer highlights from the four strands of project activity – at the neighborhood level, with local nonprofits, with disaster intermediaries, and within philanthropy.
Following her presentation, attendees will have an opportunity to explore the implications of these findings for future work in this arena for foundations, intermediaries, government, and nonprofit service providers.
To attend, please RSVP by November 11 to Emily Rosenberg at err@sff.org or 415.733.8529.
The Foundation holds annual “How to Apply” workshops designed to assist grantseekers in effective approaches to requesting support.
Prior to our Open Application Cycle, we host content-specific sessions; the first 30 minutes of the workshop covers general application guidelines, the remaining time will focus on a specific Program Area.
Join us Monday, October 31, 2011, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., for this session designed for Arts and Culture, Community Health, and Education organizations.
RSVP here to reserve your spot at this session, or one designed for another Program area.
Click here for our address and directions to our offices.
For additional questions, please contact Maria Healey at 415.733.8572 or mxh@sff.org.
The San Francisco Foundation, California Masonic Foundation, Parents for Public Schools, The San Francisco Parent Political Action Committee, San Francisco School Alliance, United Administrators of San Francisco, United Educators of San Francisco and United Way of the Bay Area are co-sponsoring a 2011 SF Mayoral Forum on Public Education moderated by Rose Aguilar, journalist and host of ‘Your Call” on KALW.
Candidates will discuss how they believe they can improve public education, where they stand on Prop A and Prop H, and more.The following candidates have agreed to attend:
• John Avalos
• David Chiu
• Bevan Dufty
• Tony Hall
• Joanna Rees
• Leland Yee