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Debbie Kaplan (left), Deputy Director of Programmatic Access, speaks with Alice Wong, a disability rights activist and founder of the Disability Visibility Project, at the Disability Cultural Center on Aug. 13, 2025.

‘A Place for Us, By Us’: San Francisco’s Disability Cultural Center Breaks New Ground

Sydney Johnson Aug 25, 2025 Nearly five decades ago, frustration over the government’s lack of urgency to make public buildings more accessible reached a flashpoint. It was April 1977, and more than 100 disabled protesters staged a nearly month-long sit-in at a federal building in San Francisco’s United Nations Plaza. After 26 days, and with support from…

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Lawsuit alleges racial discrimination against Black real estate investor in Marin County

By Anser Hassan Wednesday, August 20, 2025 MARIN COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) — A Black real estate investor filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Marin County and its chief building official. The lawsuit alleges he was targeted with unlawful permitting requirements that were racially motivated. “This is a place I wanted to retire. I was very…

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Hate crime investigation underway after San Jose Jewish-owned business vandalized

By Dustin Dorsey  Tuesday, August 19, 2025 SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — A Jewish-owned business in San Jose was vandalized Monday night, with hateful imagery spray-painted on the building and work vehicles. It is being investigated by police as a targeted hate crime. “They broke the windows, they broke side mirrors and swastikas and KKK on…

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Berkeley activist uses Disability Pride Month to promote disability quilt project

By Ryan Yamamoto Updated on: July 28, 2025 / 9:27 AM PDT Every July, Pride Disability Month gives Maya Morya Selkie Scott another reason to celebrate and cover herself in sequins, color, and a lot of fabulous glam.”I am a living, breathing, dancing, rainbow,” said Scott. But for Scott, who uses an electric wheelchair to…

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A Brand-New Disability Cultural Center Opens in San Francisco

Janea Melido Jul 15 Liz Henry first became a wheelchair user in 1993, while living in poverty and navigating a world of uncertainty. The tools aiding their transition were sparse: a few issues of New Mobility magazine, a library book written by an author with arthritis and a manual wheelchair stolen out of necessity from Valley Medical…

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Golden Gate Bridge CEO considering removing DEI language in fear of losing $400M in federal grants

On the line? Millions of dollars in federal grant money set to be used to retrofit the 88-year-old bridge By Luz Pena  Wednesday, June 25, 2025 SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — The Golden Gate Bridge could be at risk of losing millions of dollars in transportation funding from the Trump Administration unless it rescinds policies that discourage…

Local Organizations

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Black Earth Farms

We need clean land, clean water, clean air, and reparations for all colonized and oppressed peoples on the planet. Black and Indigenous Women, non-binary, trans, and queer folks are the leaders of the movement for food sovereignty and must be centered and uplifted in order to achieve true and absolute liberation.

 

Color of Change

Color Of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization.

We help people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. As a national online force driven by 7 million members, we move decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America.

 

Black Organizing Project
The Black Organizing Project is a grassroots organization in Oakland working on issues of racial, social, and economic justice

 

People's Kitchen Collective
People’s Kitchen Collective is a food-centered, Oakland-based political education project offering educational workshops, exhibitions, and community dining events to discuss social justice issues.

 

East Oakland Collective
The East Oakland Collective (EOC) is a member-based community organizing group invested in serving the communities of deep East Oakland by working towards racial and economic equity. They are also currently collecting money to bail out protesters and bringing meals to those on the front lines of protesting.

OCCUR
OCCUR is a community capacity building organization supporting the economic development and civic inclusion of marginalized communities.

 

Ella Baker Center
Ella Baker Center is a grassroots organization in Oakland that focuses on shifting resources away from incarceration and punishment toward opportunities.

 

La Cocina
La Cocina is a nonprofit working to solve problems of equity in business ownership for women, immigrants, and people of color. They are also currently raising money for a COVID-19 relief fund to help business born out of their program.

 

Mandela Grocery Cooperative
Mandela Grocery Cooperative is a worker-owned grocery store located in West Oakland working to strengthen and diversify the local economy. They source from local entrepreneurs and farmers in California with a focus on black and brown farmers and food makers. Their Karma Jar fund helps people in need purchase food.

 

Cycles of Change
Oakland-based creates healthier East Bay communities by helping youth and adults gain tools for more environmentally and economically sustainable living through school-based bicycle education, job training, watershed education, and community earn-a-bike programs. By exploring our neighborhoods and beyond on bicycles, we are more connected to the people and the land that sustain us.

Upcoming Events

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Veterans Music Fest, and Benefits and Career Expo

Veteran’s Music Festival, VA Benefits and Career Expo for Veterans first responders and their families. Featuring music, food, health screenings, a job fair, games for kids and more, as well as a Parkinson’s resource and info pavilion. New for 2024: The Wall That Heals mobile education center – www.vvmf.org/the-wall-that-heals. Veteran authors corner A free cup of…

Warrior Rising SDVETP Program

Service Disabled Veteran Entrepreneur Training 1) Please note, this program is funded specifically to assist service-disabled veterans.  Warrior Rising does have other training programs for veterans looking to start or accelerate their own business that do not have the service-disability requirement.  You can find out more about them here:  www.warriorrising.org/our-process. 2) Please ensure accuracy of…

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Father’s Day Get Away: Men’s Mental Health Awareness

Welcome to the Men’s Mental Health Awareness event! Join us this Father’s Day Weekend, Sat Jun 15 2024 at 12:00 PM PDT as Dawningdays creating this wonderful Men’s Mental Health Awareness experience. This event will be hosted at Green Pines Creative Coworking & Events located on West 5th Street, Long Beach, CA, USA. Let’s come together to raise awareness of the importance of self…

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Intersectionality and Mental Health Workshop

During this workshop we will explore and dissect risk factors and identifiers for mental health (depression, anxiety, suicidality, etc.) for men, women, and individuals identifying as LGBTQIA+. In addition, we will identify how intersectionality plays a role in mental wellbeing for different groups. As individuals/clinicians/professionals, are we aware of our biases towards particular groups? Are…

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Second Annual LGBTQ+ Roundtable: Queer Youth Mental Health

NAMI San Francisco presents the Second Annual LGBTQ+ Roundtable: Queer Youth Mental Health! June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month! On June 20, mental health professionals in the Bay Area with discuss a range of topics related to LGBTQ+ youth mental health. This event is for members of the LGBTQ+ community and those committed to supporting LGBTQ+…

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Mental Health | Webinar | Counseling | Conference | Workshop | 2024

Mental Health | Webinar | Counseling | Conference | Workshop | 2024 Understanding Mental Health Disorders: Exploring various mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, etc., including symptoms, causes, and treatments. Promoting Mental Wellness: Strategies and techniques for maintaining good mental health and preventing the onset of mental health issues. Breaking the…

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Anyone and everyone can make an impact, and at LoveJustice we believe that they deserve to be recognized for their good, necessary work!

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