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by Elisa Chavez I recently had dinner with some college friends, all of us in our early twenties and fresh out of school. We met up at a cozy restaurant, hugged, and proceeded to eat cozy comfort food and get extremely riled up about the state of the world. Campaign finance, giant corporations, media representation of the Arab world, we covered it alland eventually, as the social analysis reached a [...]

2010 Youth Leadership Award – Mitzi Chavez from NENtv on Vimeo. Congratulations to the 2010 Neighborhood Youth Leadership Award winner Mitzi Chavez for her work as a youth mentor, educator and peer leader. “She is truly a positive role model. Her intellectual curiosity and intelligence, open-heartedness, and her communication skills are three of her greatest attributes. This combination shows through in her work both in and outside of Peer Resources. [...]

Mayor Gavin Newsom today announced the winners of the Community Challenge Grant Program (CCG), which provides matching grants to local residents, businesses, non-profits and other community groups to make physical improvements to their neighborhoods. The CCG Program has awarded 28 grants totaling $577,656. The bulk of the CCG awards continue to be for permeable landscaping, public artwork, graffiti/litter abatement, community gardens and gathering spaces, equitably covering all areas of the [...]

As more community groups start improving their neighborhoods, many feel they lack the resources to do the job. Our guest on NENfm, Dr Gerald Eisman from the Institute of Civic and Community Engagement at San Francisco State University (and a speaker at the Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp on August 14th), explains how the academic community could make a massive impact. Episode Length: 25:56 Download this episode (right click and save) Show [...]

The NEN welcomes David Onek’s Criminal Justice Conversations Podcast back to empowersf. In this podcast, David speaks with James Bell, Executive Director of the W. Haywood Burns Institute, about his work to reduce the overrepresentation of youth of color in the juvenile justice system, the involvement of community members in the reform process, and more. Listen Now: Interview Highlights Bell on Involving the Community in the Reform Process “Involving the [...]

[This is Part 2 of a NEN Blog series about how an SF high school helped deliver emergency kits to the vulnerable. Read Part 1 here.] Right after the Haiti earthquake in mid January, the students, faculty, and parents at Lick Wilmerding High School became involved in helping Haiti. During classes and assemblies, we had frequently discussed the event and what to do. Eventually, we had placed such great emphasis [...]

One line I often hear around town is San Francisco is a (fill in the blank) town.  Some folks say we’re a tourist town, others say we’re a restaurant town.  I think, however, that we’re really a college town. Think about it.  In almost every part of our city there’s some form of major academic institution.  To the southwest is the venerable San Francisco State University (SFSU or SF State) [...]

In this episode, David speaks with Kevin Grant, Oakland Street Outreach Coordinator, about how he maintains credibility with young people and law enforcement, how he turned his life around after fifteen years behind bars, how he fosters relationships with employers to help people with prior convictions find jobs, and more. Listen Now: Interview Highlights Grant on Taking Responsibility Rather Than Always Blaming the Police “I started finally coming to understand, [...]