Our Family Coalition (ourfamily.org) is a social-impact community dedicated to advancing equity for the full and expanding spectrum of LGBTQ families and children through support,
For OFC, “mindful” reopening means that we’re adding back programs on a gradual basis, as we manage the challenges and maximize the opportunities inherent in our
We are appalled and outraged at the surge of violent attacks against Asian American and Pacific Islander members of our community. Anti-Asian violence is as old as the earliest API communities in this state, with documented hate crimes dating back to the 1850s. But the COVID pandemic has brought with it a pandemic of racist response…
Thank you. Thank you for taking care of yourself, your family, and your community. Thank you for inviting OFC to be there with you and
PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION SAN FRANCISCO – As an organization dedicated to families, equity, and justice, Our Family Coalition (OFC) is outraged at the Kentucky
guest post by Iowa State Senator Zach Wahls It’s an honor to write to you today to share a bit about why I love Our
Are you our next Family Programs Director? If so, you form the backbone of our organization’s core service delivery, overseeing and managing family support programming
Dear East Bay families and friends: Good news! As you may be aware, in late spring we were surprised to hear that our longtime funding
Martin Mitchell works as an administrator in the Oakland Unified School District, and served as a member of Our Family Coalition’s Board of Directors for
Greetings and happy Pride Month! And for those of you reading on June 3rd, happy #LGBTQFamiliesDay! Our Family Coalition’s Programs Team is gearing up and
Our Family Coalition’s Oakland-based programming needs your support! For over twenty years, Our Family Coalition (OFC) has served Oakland and East Bay LGBTQ+ families, providing
We recently interviewed with new dads Jimmy Nguyen and Michael Duque. Their journey to fatherhood included a visit to the Men Having Babies/ OFC Surrogacy Conference and
I serve as Family Programs Director here at Our Family Coalition. I’m a lesbian mom, an immigrant, and have been a proud Bay Area resident for
Our Family Coalition joins the many reproductive rights, LGBTQ, and civil rights groups in strongly condemning the Trump Administration’s new “Conscience and Religious Freedom” division in
Over the cooing sounds of their three-month-old baby, we recently spoke with new dads Jimmie and Marco Chavez-Lopéz. Their journey to fatherhood has included two very
by Don Romesburg I’ll be honest—back in my twenties, I wasn’t one of those gay men who knew I wanted to be a dad. In
Last Friday we were thrilled to issue the following Press Release, along with our partners in the FAIR Education Act Implementation Coalition (available also as
by OFC Education Director Tarah Fleming Our Family Coalition’s 5th Annual LGBTQ Inclusive Preschool & Kindergarten Fair was an incredible success! Over 35 schools set
When Judy Appel and her partner of 22 years, Alison Bernstein, wanted to have children, the state of California didn’t make it easy. Bernstein gave
This is the happy story of a new family being born through unexpected circumstances and an almost magical lining up of the stars. Little did
