Voices of the Community

"I think that there is a recognition that we're all interconnected and that this area is important. It's essential for, the City and the region. I think that there is a, great opportunity for all the…

"We are taking charge of our community. And Dr. Aboelata has coined this phrase years ago, healing our community from within. And we do have to look into ourselves to help heal what ills our communit…

“Zoe is grappling with how to be an adult or starting to be an adult in a world in which she feels, there's not really a space for her to imagine a future”- Alicia MP Nelson as Zoe

In this episode, we…

"CalNonprofits was pushing for relief for the sector and contract flexibility so that we could be as responsive as possible to our communities while they were dealing with the pandemic”- Lucy Salcido…

“First responders save lives; second responders help put people’s lives back together. Artists are essential workers in our society and our economy, helping us recover, reflect, and rebuild”-Julie Ba…

It's just understanding that, life is tenuous. Life is hard and, sometimes people need help and it's all okay - David Goodman

Over the past two years of producing this special series, we have brought …

“They want housing to allow them to build their lives up from there…” - Poly Pop-Tart

At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, we featured Sammie Rayner and Community Forward S…

"We have to give them something to do. You know, if you're just sitting there and this is what you see, this is who you become..." - Phyllis Opara

Welcome to our one-hour special on the importance of …

"I think that housing is just fundamental and it's, unfortunately, not really a right, right now in our country" - Dan Sawislak 

Since 1970 California has not been building enough housing especially a…

"If there is anything that I've seen transformed in the past 19 months, is that more and more people are unwilling to accept what we previously accepted as normal."- Yuan Wang

In this episode, our fea…

"We believe in investing in the real potential of every individual in the community" - Joe Wilson

In this episode our featured voices are the Executive Director of Hospitality House Joe Wilson, the Di…

"It's really about connecting with your community and knowing the people around you that want you to survive and in turn supporting those other small businesses". Kristin Houk, All Good Pizza, Taco, …

For all of us remembering that the performing arts is kind of like the town square, that everyone comes to better understand their humanity, whether it's through music or dance performance, to interp…

“I feel like George has brought together the pieces of a puzzle of equity with people, your organizations are approaching it from the arts, and from hygiene and literacy, it's just, lovely to see the…

"The Tiny Homes project was going on during the Trump administration and and during and COVID and, it was really a means of people, expressing and keeping hope alive at a time when they were not feel…

"We want to expand the artists footprint and not just preserve what we have, but create more studio space for artists and make this the place where the creative people of San Francisco can thrive and…

"I think there's a big learning about like the fragility and humanity and all our interactions. Right. And recognizing that we all belong to each other" - Nils

In this episode we wanted feature the vo…

"As the San Francisco Bay Area experienced its rapid changes as the population exploded. And in some ways, even as a diversity in the bay area exploded the folks who you didn't see, in those new face…

"I think we all realize from the pandemic we all belong. We all matter. Human connection is very important and we all have to look out for each other"- Mahogany Roland

In this episode our featured voi…

For folks out on the streets, those who were not lucky enough to get a Shelter In Place hotel room. It's been very, very brutal, not having access to water. A lot of the food sources were cut off not…