$30,000 / 2014
San Francisco, CA
Neva Walker, Executive Director
Website: www.colemanadvocates.org
This $30,000 renewal grant will support Coleman Advocate’s youth-led intergenerational drive for equity, with particular focus on education in San Francisco through the Campaign for College and Career for All. Coleman’s youth organizing work will help increase academic opportunities and support for African American, Latino and Asian & Pacific Islander students, so that all SFUSD students are fully prepared for college, union training or living wage work. Over the last grant period, in response to Coleman Advocates’ grassroots advocacy. The SFUSD voted to approve significant increases for allocations in for A-G Support, school translation, restorative justice and wellness services. Coleman also played an important role in the Assembly Education Committee passing of California Assembly Bill AB420 which will restrict the use of “willful defiance” as an offense eligible for out of school suspension. Over the next year Coleman Advocates will continue to organize for the allocation of additional resources for low performing schools, improved academic support, implementation of restorative justice practices, and to demand clear and strong LCFF implementation rules regarding accountability, transparency and parental involvement for high-need students.