A message from Theodore Miller,
Director of HOPE SF
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We are proud to be able to look back over the last decade and say that we are keeping our promises to residents and community, and achieving our collective expectations.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Thanks to all of you, we have made enormous progress over the past decade, and we are now at an important moment in time with HOPE SF.
Under the leadership of HOPE SF’s fourth Mayor, London Breed, who herself grew up in public housing, we are celebrating ten years of accomplishments and continuing to deliver on our promises of new affordable housing, not only ensuring that residents stay in their communities and are not displaced—but that they are the agents of change, connected to decision-makers.
THANK YOU AND WHAT’S IN-STORE. We have accomplished a tremendous amount together in the past ten years, and we have much more to do, especially in ensuring our HOPE SF families are meaningfully included in the prosperity of the region. In 2020 we will celebrate more families moving into new homes and celebrating new chapters for residents, innovative policy and budget approaches, the vibrancy and resiliency of HOPE SF communities and the Partnership itself. It is because of all of you—committed partners from government, business, philanthropy and non-profit that we have made HOPE SF a priority for four mayoral administrations, and we know we will continue to accomplish our goals. And since HOPE SF has always been more than bricks and mortar, we have focused intensely on the economic mobility, education, health and the overall well-being of residents.
On behalf of Mayor Breed, thank you for your continued partnership. This work can only be accomplished by taking the long view and not shying away from challenges.
Theodore Miller
Director of HOPE SF
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Affordable Housing Without Displacement
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Since breaking ground at Hunters View in 2010, more than 750 new affordable homes have been built across all four HOPE SF sites. All of the original families at Hunters View and Alice Griffith have moved out of obsolete barrack style housing into beautiful modern apartments, and the first phases at Potrero and Sunnydale—150 new homes—are finished. We continue to focus relentlessly on our promise of 100% replacement of public housing and no displacement of residents, achieving an average of 80% retention of original residents, compared to the national average of 25%. Read more about the four HOPE SF communities.
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Together with all of you, we are reversing the devastating consequences of policies that have done systematic harm to communities of color. From our funder briefings to our Mayoral communications, HOPE SF has advanced a vision for reparations, where we acknowledge the truth of the historic and contemporary harm inflicted on African Americans and other marginalized communities. We seek to share the truth about this harm, promote restitution to those directly affected, and achieve reconciliation and ultimately freedom for those who have suffered from this harm and those who have benefited from this harm. More information to come in the Spring of 2020.
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Economic Advancement
Our commitment this year is to think more broadly and more boldly about dramatically increasing income in the community.
For the past several years we have built the infrastructure in the four HOPE SF communities to support employment, financial security and entrepreneurship. But we need to go further. Our vision for reparations must include a plan for shared prosperity and wealth for these communities. Join the task force starting in Spring 2020.
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Residents' Stories
Over 5,000 residents have trusted us and also hold us accountable, ensuring that we will deliver on our promises. Throughout the year we will be sharing stories by and about HOPE SF residents, starting with Wallance's story. Wallace is a resident of Sunnydale and a carpentry apprentice, who helped build the new homes in his own community from the ground up.
“I’ve waited for this, I’ve worked for it, and now I’m actually doing it,” he said. “I’m living my dream.”
Read Wallace Pellette's story.
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Scaling Strategies & Programs that Work
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A Decade of Innovation and Systemic Change
Your expertise and generous philanthropic funding have seeded meaningful programs that directly respond to what residents said they needed and wanted. Key programs focused on the root causes of inequality that were developed in partnership with you—Community Health Ambassadors, Education Liaisons, Financial Education, Phoenix Project for Youth—have been institutionalized within City government to ensure that they are sustained for the long haul. With your support, we will continue to achieve our goals of transforming the four HOPE SF neighborhoods and ensure that all families in San Francisco thrive.
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Congratulations to the 2019 HOPE SF Visionaries Awardees!
- Youth Leadership Award: Naim Nash, a young African American man in Potrero, who is leading community by transforming himself and community-police relations in the process.
- Civic Leadership Award: Kevin Truitt, SFUSD, an educational champion who never forgot his own origins in public housing and rose up the ranks in SFUSD, transforming and making visible educational inequity for our almost 2,000 HOPE SF young people along the way.
- Civic Impact Award: Bob Giloth, Annie E. Casey Foundation, who has committed his life to opportunity, youth, and place, staying committed to the people of San Francisco and centered HOPE SF nationally as a model of transformation.
- Community Advocate Award: Patsy Tito, Samoan Community Development Center—a brilliant and powerful servant of the Samoan and Pacific Islander community who humbly quadrupled resources and policies that focus on her community, while putting herself through graduate school and raising grandchildren in the process.
- Social Innovation Award: Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, a Buddhist volunteer organization comprised of supposed outsiders, who have stood for a decade in compassion and service with the mostly African American community of Alice Griffith.
- Community Leadership Award: Natasha Ivory, a resident of HOPE SF, who, while 6 months pregnant, relentlessly advocated for her family, her unborn child, and her community for the reparations she was due, forcing housing, the board, and City Hall to wake up in the process.
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Get involved in Pay it Forward and serve as a Social Impact Agent to mentor a young person living in HOPE SF. Contribute to their personal growth and professional development by sharing your time, talent, and connections. Pay it Forward is a program of Mayor Breed’s office and a partnership between HOPE SF and Opportunities for All.
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The Partnership for HOPE SF
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Thank you and Happy New Year from the Partnership for HOPE SF! With your support, we will continue to achieve our goals of transforming the four HOPE SF neighborhoods and ensure that all families in San Francisco thrive. Learn more about our goals and strategies.
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Join us in building a better future for thousands of San Francisco families.
Here are some ways you can support our work.
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Donate
With your contribution, families will have the chance to flourish. Donate now >
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Collaborate
Share your expertise and resources to shape vital programs. Contact us >
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Advocate
Get the word out about the importance of HOPE SF. Contact us >
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