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United Way of the Bay Area Blog
- Community Schools Provide A+ EducationDuring my time at United Way of the Bay Area, I have heard hallway conversations about our Community Schools Initiative – a community-based education model centered on parent engagement and services that support the whole child and family. However, I never fully understood what a community school actually was. It wasn’t until my visit to [...]The post Commun […]Caitlin Gesell
- Shop for everyday items and proceeds go to United Way’s poverty-cutting programs!We’re excited to announce our participation in the Shop + Give program, powered by our partner Marqeta! Want to be able to easily donate to United Way’s poverty-cutting programs whenever you make an everyday purchase? You can, by easily setting a percentage designated to United Way when you purchase any Marqeta offer. You’ll not only [...]The post Shop for e […]United Way
- A Proposal to RememberCongratulations are in order for United Way Chief Operations Officer and singer extraordinaire Eric McDonnell and Hydra Mendoza, VP of the SF Board of Education and Education Adviser to the Mayor. Eric took the San Francisco School Board – and Hydra – by surprise by proposing to Hydra during the meeting last night, but not before he serenaded [...]The post […]Sara Mahmood
- 100 Roadmap Partners Come Together to Cut PovertyPoverty affects our city, our country, our friends and neighbors. And many of us have experienced the harsh realities of poverty ourselves. You may know about United Way of the Bay Area’s mission to cut poverty in half by 2020, and maybe you’ve asked yourself how one organization can accomplish this alone. We can’t. That’s [...]The post 100 Roadmap Partners […]Ben Valentine
- Angela Glover Blackwell Speaks on PovertyUnited Way of the Bay Area’s Women’s Leadership Council and the American Constitution Society featured Angela Glover Blackwell, CEO and founder of PolicyLink, at a lunch at Reed Smith in San Francisco. Blackwell, who is a nationally-renowned expert on poverty, race, and equity, spoke to a rapt audience about the current realities of poverty in [...]The post […]Mary Kelly Persyn
