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Citizenship and Its Privileges

August 30, 2016 | by

Reflections on helping new Americans navigate the path to naturalization

Less than 10% of people who could naturalize in the U.S. actually do. Victoria Rodarte talks about her experience volunteering at citizenship fairs, and what brings her to this work.

It was a typical foggy late summer morning in San Francisco. We were in an office in the Tenderloin district, which was set up for the day to help immigrants apply for citizenship. The room was filled to capacity, w…

Michele Siqueiros

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President, Campaign for College Opportunity

Michele Siqueiros on political will, Muhammad Ali and changing the odds for all California students.

What’s something that not many people know about you? I can rap to Tupac and Dr. Dre without much prompting. What’s an important lesson you’ve learned through your work? One lesson I had to learn through experi…

5 Questions for Matt Foreman

July 12, 2016 | by

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Reflections on recent events, from tragedy to triumph

Philanthropy News Digest speaks with senior program director Matt Foreman on recent events in the movement for LGBT rights

A year after the U.S. Supreme Court made marriage equality the law of the land, the LGBT community witnessed a day of unspeakable horror, as a gunman massacred forty-nine people and injured dozens at the Pulse night…

After Orlando

June 24, 2016 | by

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The next steps for LGBT equality

While marriage equality was a huge win for gay and lesbian rights, discrimination remains an enormous and deeply pervasive problem throughout the country.

As we mourn the victims of the Orlando shooting—shown above in window images on the Haas, Jr. Fund offices in San Francisco—let’s pledge to continue the work of making our country live up to its highest values and i…

Winning Marriage Equality

June 22, 2016 | by

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How funders joined together to back a movement that fought for equality, and won

It’s not every day in a social justice movement when you can actually win and say that the job is done, but in the case of marriage equality, that’s exactly what happened.

This article was originally published in the Washington Monthly on June 22, 2016. On June 26, 2015, history was made when the U.S. Supreme Court made marriage equality the law of the land. This victory for soci…

VP of Programs Sylvia Yee to Step Down

June 21, 2016 | by

A brilliant and committed champion of equity, opportunity and social justice for 23 years

From the very beginning of her time here, Sylvia has played an indispensable role in the evolution of the Fund’s work and the growth of our ambitions and reach.

I am writing to announce that Sylvia Yee will be stepping down at the end of August as Vice President of Programs with the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund. A brilliant and committed champion of equity, opportuni…

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