Addressing White Supremicist Violence with Our Kids
When traumatic events happen, our jobs as parents and caregivers become profoundly challenging. Because the event impacts both us and our children. We feel compelled
May 18, 2022
Category: Racial Justice
In solidarity with Asian Pacific Islander families
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…
March 16, 2021
Reflecting on Black History Month
This Black History Month I want to take a moment to reflect. And I want to invite you to join me, to take action. This month
February 18, 2021
Pride and Protest
Dear friend, Black lives matter. In these last weeks, as the murders of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Tony McDade, and David McAtee have
June 1, 2020
Grief, gratitude, and witness
by Sam Ames, Esq., JD, MTS Interim Executive Director On this day – for some a day of gratitude, for others a day of grief,
November 28, 2019
Families Belong Together
On June 20th the Trump Administration signed an executive order apparently stopping their policy of separating families at the border. This is a false victory, with severe repercussions.
June 26, 2018
Some Families Built Art and Taught In to Fight White Supremacy Last Weekend
Our Family Coalition was hugely honored to collaborate with with Abundant Beginnings, Bolochos San Francisco, SURJ Bay Area Youth and Families, SURJ SF – Showing Up for Racial
August 29, 2017
On Queer and Racial Justice: A Walk with Reality
To live in an environment which criminalizes being queer can be quite a drag. so one can only imagine my excitement when I got selected
September 23, 2015
Alphabet Soup Episode 4: Racial Justice Edition
Featuring Amber Todd, Co-chair of Oakland Pride Tarah Fleming, Our Family Coalition’s Education Director Food for Thought with Allen Johnson, Our Family Coalition’s Development Associate
July 31, 2015
