The Supreme Court has ruled that colleges cannot take race into consideration when deciding which students will be offered admission. While a decision to not allow race-based admissions may sound fair on the surface, remember: affirmative action is about equity. When...
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We Can’t Deny the Truth that Student Debt is Racist
by Malini Saxena Student debt is racist. Yes, I said it. Quite a bold assumption to say the least, but let us explore. As a current student at San Francisco State University, I see the impact of high tuition costs subjected to students. Students like me struggle with...
PRESS RELEASE: DA Brooke Jenkins’ office once again doesn’t object to a delay in the case against SFPD officer Kenneth Cha who killed Sean Moore, an unarmed Black man
SAN FRANCISCO – On Friday morning, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins’ office did not object to yet another delay in the case against the SFPD officer Kenneth Cha who killed Sean Moore, failing to bring justice for the family and delaying accountability once again....
COVID-19 and Tuition Increases: How SFSU is Impacting Opportunities in Higher Education
written by Danielle Phillips San Francisco State University is recognized for its commitment to creating opportunities for communities of color. The incentive to create a more equitable education experience came about in 1968 when students of color showed incredible...
Help us create a more affordable California
We are partnering with We Are California to talk to our neighbors in the Richmond District about affordable housing. We are talking to our neighbors about what their housing situations are like, helping inform them of what their rights are and how to protect...
KQED: ‘I Need to Be Able to Go on With My Life’: Sean Moore’s Mother Is Still Awaiting Justice, Years After Her Son Was Killed by SFPD
Published on KQED. by Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez Cleo Moore is tired of waiting. She’s 84, and instead of celebrating the joy of her new great-grandchild, she spends much of her time waiting to hear back from San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins about the...
Breaking: Attorney General Rob Bonta will not take up the case against the SFPD officer who killed Keita O’Neil
We are deeply disappointed at the news that Attorney General Rob Bonta has declined to take up the case against former SFPD officer Christopher Samayoa who shot and killed Keita O’Neil in 2017. If we cannot count on our District Attorney nor our Attorney General to...
PRESS RELEASE: Family of SF police shooting victim, Sean Moore, demands DA Jenkins stop delay tactics and advocate for victim’s family
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 27th, 2023 SAN FRANCISCO – On Friday, April 28th at 9 am, a hearing for SFPD officer Kenneth Cha who shot an unarmed Black man, Sean Moore, took place at San Francisco’s Hall of Justice, Dept. 20. District Attorney Brooke...
Tell DA Jenkins to hold SFPD officer Kenneth Cha accountable for the murder of Sean Moore
https://act.newmode.net/action/san-francisco-rising/tell-da-jenkins-hold-sfpd-officer-kenneth-cha-accountable-murder-seanIn 2017, Sean Moore was shot by SFPD officer Kenneth Cha and 3 years later, he died from his injuries. Sean's family has been coming to court every few months since charges against the officer were first brought by DA Chesa Boudin in November 2021. Since DA Brooke...
Our Statement on the Murder of Bob Lee
When Bob Lee was murdered on April 4th, some media outlets and political figures throughout and outside of San Francisco co-opted his death to spew hatred about our city, and more specifically about progressive criminal justice reform. They assumed that the murder was...
