Community Redistricting

The Redistricting Task Force voted 5-4 to approve their final new district map in late April. Like the draft maps the majority of the Task Force has proposed throughout this process, the final map keeps white, affluent neighborhoods together while dividing marginalized neighborhoods. 

The draft map carves the Tenderloin out of District 6, moving it into District 5, splits up the Transgender and Japantown Cultural Districts, and dilutes the voting power of AAPI renters in Districts 1 and 4. These changes were not rooted in public input and the Task Force couldn’t even explain why they put the needs of white, affluent neighborhoods over those of marginalized communities like the Tenderloin, Transgender Cultural District, and Japantown. 

What does this mean for you and your community? Depending on where you live, you may be in a new supervisorial district, meaning that a new Supervisor may represent you at City Hall, you may be voting in a different supervisorial race, and your access to resources may have changed. You can find out if you’re in a new supervisorial district by typing your address into this map viewer and seeing what district you’re in. 

Cancel Student Debt and Free College for All

Before the COVID-19 public health crisis began, student debt was already a drag on the national economy, weighing heaviest on Black and Latinx communities, as well as women, amounting to $1.8 trillion dollars. These communities are more likely to fall behind in repayment, and are much more frequently the targets of predatory student loan companies. During the first round of COVID relief, the Federal Government under Trump prioritized bailing corporations with $4 trillion dollars of aid - money that could have and should have gone to everyday people.

This weight is exponentially magnified given the disproportionate toll that COVID-19 is taking on both the health and economic security of people of color and women. Cancelling student debt would allow millions of people to focus on crafting a more meaningful future for themselves and reaffirm education as a basic right. Sign this petition to tell Congress to support student debt cancellation by executive action.

Interested in joining the movement for free college for all? Apply to be a Summer Rising Fellow! There are still open spots for CCSF students and we will continue taking applications on a rolling basis until those spots are filled. Students will learn about past social, economic and environmental justice movements and current social, economic and environmental justice organizations and campaigns through out San Francisco and the Bay Area. Each fellow will be responsible for recruiting and building out the local movement for Free College.

Restorative Justice

SF Rising is committed to restorative justice, an approach to criminal justice which focuses on the rehabilitation of offenders through reconciliation with victims and the community at large. We are an active part of the Restorative Justice Collaborative, a group of community members, organizations, the Restorative Justice Unit of the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, and other government partners who work to promote and expand the use of restorative justice principles and practices to repair harm in the city. SF Rising recognizes that our city needs to build cross-cultural bridges throughout our communities when it comes to public safety. Through public advocacy and education, we aim to make restorative justice an integral component of our criminal justice system.