We envision a Latino community where all people are empowered through knowledge and leadership development to achieve social change that improves their quality of life.
We envision neighborhoods where youth are valued and nurtured to become community builders who honor the legacy of activism and continue to carry it forward.
We envision neighborhoods where multilingualism is valued, where small businesses are stable, where art and culture are robust, where educational institutions thrive and where
Calle 24 is in the center of San Francisco’s Historic Mission District. It runs along a tree-lined street known as “El Corazón de la Misión”, or “The Heart of the Mission.” The stretch of 24th Street running from Mission Street to Potrero Avenue boasts a vast number of colorful and unique specialty stores, restaurants, taquerias, Mexican bakeries, fresh produce grocers, butchers, cafes, and art galleries, as well as the greatest concentration of murals and Latino Businesses in the city. We are t
CARECEN SF empowers and responds to the needs, rights and aspirations of Latino, people who migrate, and under-resourced families in the San Francisco Bay Area — building leadership to pursue self-determination and justice.
Rooted in its cultural strengths and inspired by the Central American justice struggles, CARECEN SF envisions our diverse immigrant community as thriving: where families prosper, build effective community institutions, and participate confidently in civic life.
Catholic Charities is one of the largest, most comprehensive human services agencies in Northern California reaching more than 70,000 people annually in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin Counties. We are an integral part of our communities and play a role in keeping our neighborhoods diverse, productive, safe, and healthy through more than 30 programs and social justice advocacy.
We create lasting solutions to the most pressing challenges in our community – homelessness, inequality, aging in i
Clecha exists to ensure San Francisco Latina and Latinos understand, navigate, and conquer the oppressive systems that exist in order to achieve financial equity.
For more than 25 years, El/La has been an advocate in the transgender community seeking justice for translatinas. “El/La works to build a collective vision and actions to promote transgender survival against violence and disease in the San Francisco Bay Area.” Our programs directly address these issues for translatinas in the San Francisco Bay area. Together, we reflect the style and grace of translatinas to make new paths for ourselves.
Founded in 1970, Galería de la Raza | Studio 24 is a non-profit dedicated to promoting Xicanx/Latinx art and culture. Our "creative place keeping" ethos is rooted in social inclusion and justice, where community arts are central to navigating the complex intersection of urban development, social inequality, affordable housing, and the historical-cultural legacies of communities of color.
The Good Samaritan Family Resource Center’s mission is to help vulnerable families, including immigrant families, access needed services, develop self-sufficiency, and participate fully as members of the San Francisco community. Every day, we help striving immigrants and diverse families obtain the skills, support, and resources they need to overcome the challenges of poverty and displacement so, together, we can improve the world we share.
Horizons Unlimited of San Francisco, Inc. (Horizons) is a community-based organization located in San Francisco’s beloved Mission District and offers culturally and linguistically competent services, in English and Spanish, for the diverse population of the Mission District and the City and County of San Francisco. Since 1965, Horizons has had the honor and privilege to serve as a major access point for more than 250,000 native, immigrant, and newcomer youth and their families.
The mission of Instituto Familiar de la Raza (IFR) is to promote and enhance the health and well-being of Chicanos/Latinos and multicultural/multiracial youth.
La Raza Centro Legal is a community-based legal organization dedicated to empowering Latino, immigrant and low-income communities in the Mission and throughout the Bay Area, advocating for their civil and human rights. Through its grassroots efforts over the last 45 years, La Raza has provided critical life-changing legal services – at low or no cost.
La Raza Community Resource Center is a bilingual, multi-service, non-profit organization dedicated to meeting the social service, employment, educational, and leadership development needs of low-income families and individuals. Serving the community for 40 years, our primary focus is to address the unmet needs of Latino immigrants.
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Every November 2nd, Marigold Project produces the Dia de Los Muertos, Festival of Altars. The Marigold Project serves the community by creating healing spaces connecting us to our ancestors and our impermanence in One Spirit. By providing cultural education, art and writing therapy workshops, and altar building skills connecting as a community, we honor the circle of life and death.
MCCLA is a multicultural, multidisciplinary arts organization committed to the collaborative artistic vision of Latino art forms. MCCLA provides the community with an arena in which to develop new artistic skills, as well as support local and established artists that serve their community. MCCLA collaborates with other arts, social and humanitarian groups to provide the widest range of programming possible.
We envision generations of Latino families choosing where to call home, thriving economically, succeeding in learning opportunities, and leading policy and social change toward a more equitable society.
We are dedicated to establishing a college education as an expectation and goal for every child, thereby allowing them to find a fulfilling career and call San Francisco home. Founded in 1972, our services include a wide range of after school, in-school, summer programs and virtual programs to support students on their education journey.
Our mission is to improve the socio-economic condition of limited or non-English speaking, low and moderate-income Latinos and other underserved populations in San Francisco and the Bay Area. We provide job-specific language and vocational training programs and the creation of economic development initiatives. Support services such as career counseling, job placement assistance, and referral services are an integral part of MLVS’ programs. MLVS strives to empower underserved populations and impr
Our mission “to serve as a bridge to hope and uplifting opportunities” is at the core of our passion for connecting with and serving people. We don’t see clients, agents, cases, and deliverables only. We see, feel, and live with people whom all of us at MNC are committed to inspiring and helping find pathways to success.
Mission Neighborhood Health Center honors our Latino roots with a tradition of providing compassionate, patient-centered care. We advocate for health equity and deliver innovative, high quality services responsive to the neighborhoods and diverse communities we serve.
Mujeres Unidas y Activas is an organization of Latina and Indigenous immigrant women with the mission of growing our personal and community power for social and economic justice.
The Women’s Building is a safe place that addresses two of San Francisco’s most pressing issues:
– Services and advocacy for the well-being of women and girls
– Affordable space for nonprofits and community members
Cultura y Arte Nativa de las Americas’ (CANA) objective is to educate the San Francisco Bay Area on the rich cultures and indigenous healing practices that exist in the Americas & the Caribbean, and to promote dialogue about their importance in our society.
La Voz Latina is committed to supporting the various needs of low-income, monolingual Spanish-speaking immigrants in the neighborhood providing housing assistance, immigration information and advocacy, Spanish interpretation, public safety, and leadership and skill development.