Organizational Background: Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth expands opportunity for San Francisco’s children, youth, and families through grassroots organizing and policy advocacy grounded in the belief that all children and families deserve access to high-quality education, living-wage jobs, family-supporting benefits, affordable housing, and a voice in decisions that affect them. Through SCG’s Community-led COVID-19 Recovery Action Accelerator in 2020, CACY worked with community-based advocates to issue the Equity Framework to Reopening San Francisco Public Schools, a statement of principles and requirements for SFUSD to use as guidance for the close of the 2020-21 school year, and to prepare for summer programming and the commencement of the 2021-22 school year.
Project: Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth facilitated direct engagement with Black, Brown, low-income, and immigrant families in San Francisco about federal education relief funding impacts and opportunities. CACY then engaged district leaders, coalition members, and community partners, including the teacher’s union, in conversations about how ARPA funds should be used to best meet the needs of SFUSD students, families, and educators.