" Our unique ability to adapt, expand and modify our programs to meet specific community needs that our members ask us for. Our community programs feed the mind and the body and help us all better serve each other in this great area that we serve."
YWCA offers free open lab time and computer classes in the computer lab on the first floor of the YWCA Apartments building at 940 Powell Street. The lab has 12 up-to-date Dell computers equipped with Microsoft Office and internet access.
Students have free access to computers during this time. Some bilingual Chinese/English assistance is available on select afternoons. The lab is equipped with English based PCs supporting Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010. Printing is available for a small fee. Users can check email, buy things on-line, search for jobs, write cover letters and resumes, and more.
The lab is open to the public Monday through Friday. Space is available on a first come first served basis with a capacity of 14 students.
There is a common misunderstanding that only the homeless face hunger. But in a city as expensive as San Francisco, it’s not easy to make ends meet, and the number of people at risk of hunger has increased dramatically. We are proud to partner with the SF-Marin Food Bank to distribute over 200,000 pounds of food each year, which saves our residents and community over $1,000 per resident a year in grocery costs.
Because we know that fresh, healthy produce and quality food are an important part of health and wellness, our food pantry operates every Monday at our San Francisco location, where both our residents and members of our community can supplement their food supply free of charge in a safe, welcoming and culturally competent environment.
For more information on pantry times and availability, please contact Anna Au at 415-397-6886 or anna@ywcasf-marin.org.
YWCA’s Speaker Series brings community members together to learn about and take action on racial justice and women’s empowerment issues. We’re having meaningful, and sometimes challenging, conversations with our community about the issues that matter most to us, and how it inspires us to action.
SOCIAL JUSTICE SALON SERIES:
We will continue to host inspiring conversations with females and people of color who are leaders moving mountains and making magic happen all over the Bay Area. To ensure future success of the events please donate today.
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Mindful of the continuing affliction of institutional and structural racism as well as the daily realities of all forms of bias, prejudice and bigotry in my own life, my family, my circle of friends, my co-workers and the society in which I live, with conviction and hope, I take this pledge, fully aware that the struggle to eliminate racism will not end with a mere pledge but calls for an ongoing transformation within myself and the institutions and structures of our society.
I pledge to look deeply and continuously in my heart and in my mind to identify all signs and vestiges of racism; to rebuke the use of racist language and behavior towards others; to root out such racism in my daily life and in my encounters with persons I know and with strangers I do not know; and to expand my consciousness to be more aware and sensitive to my use of overt and subtle expressions of racism and racial stereotypes;
I pledge to educate myself on racial justice issues and share what I learn in my own communities even if it means challenging my family, my partner, my children, my friends, my co-workers and those I encounter on a daily basis
I pledge, within my means, to actively work to support public policy solutions that prominently, openly and enthusiastically promote racial equity in all aspects of human affairs; and to actively support and devote my time to YWCA, as well as other organizations working to eradicate racism from our society.
YWCA USA is on a mission to eliminate racism and empower women. I join YWCA in taking a stand against racism today and every day.
*This pledge has been adapted by YWCA USA from the Pledge to Eliminate Racism in My Life, YWCA Bergen County which is an adaptation of the Pledge to Heal Racism in My Life, Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace, April 10, 2006.