San Francisco residents who have yet to venture by Bartlett near 22nd on a Thursday between 4pm and 8pm may be surprised to see a touch of the bucolic in the generally bustling urban enclave. That’s when nature’s bounty is served up to a gathering of low-key Mission residents, in the form of the Mission Community…
Graduation is more than getting a diploma and celebrating with newfound friends. While those things are great, what truly matters is the sense of accomplishment one feels upon completion of a task via diligence. Such was the case last Friday for the almost 40 graduates of MEDA’s trio of free young adult programs, which are…
I worked at Safeway for over 13 years as a sandwich maker and was laid off. The union could not help me with anything. I began receiving unemployment and was looking for work for nine months. I went to MEDA and met Job Coach Robert Lopez. Robert helped me apply online for many opportunities, but I…
“When the team was hired to launch MEDA’s new Workforce Development Program a year ago, we knew it would be challenging, but previous experiences taught us that hard work, relationships and quality are key to making it through the startup phase,” states Chris Tugwell, MEDA Workforce Manager, as he looks onto the bustling Mission Street…
When I consider how the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink (PNI) does its work with the 50+ communities in our network, I think about how we have developed the national infrastructure for improving the educational and development outcomes for the poorest children in America. PNI has developed a disciplined approach to thinking and moving from…
A sweet eight-year-old approached a volunteer from Target, the awaiting youngster being handed the first of 2,000 free backpacks the company had generously donated to Mission District schoolchildren. The child’s face was aglow as she rifled through the supplies in the backpack–her backpack. “Gracias. Thank you,” the grateful child sheepishly stated, cognizant that she was…
After a productive 2014 tax season–with almost 3,400 clients served at no charge and more than $5.3 million in refunds garnered–MEDA’s seemingly tireless Free Tax Preparation staff and 120 volunteers were a bit worn down. Unfortunately, so were some of the tax department computers. Action was needed to get these laptops refurbished for the reminder of…
Christopher Gil, Media Communications Specialist (415) 282-3334 ext. 152 cgil@medasf.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 7, 2014 MEDA Accepts In-Kind Donation From Google 460 Nexus Devices Donated to Help Financially Challenged Mission District Latinos San Francisco, CA–Google Inc. has made a one-time, in-kind donation to the nonprofit Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA). Google will be…
You may think issues around nefarious predatory lending from a few years back (aka the “Great Recession”) have all but disappeared. MEDA knows this is definitely not the case, as each week a number of clients still come to its Homeownership program for foreclosure assistance. “We still see people in trouble from predatory-lending practices. These…
It’s always great when synchronicity occurs. This was definitely the case recently for MEDA Job Developer Orrian Willis. How so? Willis had attended a job fair, where he met two recruiters for UCSF, with their niche being temp to perm administration positions in the medical field. Willis nurtured this relationship so that MEDA Workforce Development…
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