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All Together Now: Our Partnership with USF

We have partnered with 826 Valencia for many years and always cherish there commitment to community-engaged learning. Learn more about Joe Totterdell, Volunteer Coordinator, as he shares his experience working with 826 Valencia, the Community Partner Co-Educator Fellowship, and the valuable contributions from supporters and volunteers with the children of San Francisco. I was born…

McCarthy Center 101 — for CORO Youth Fellows

In this week’s blog, 2023 CORO Youth Fellow, Daniel Cheung shares who he is and what he has learned about the Leo T. McCarthy Center and its programs from his one week internship. Learn more about his first real college experience and what rang true with him after attending the graduation of the 2023 Equity…

From The Fillmore to the School of Education

Last month we said our “goodbyes” to Engage San Francisco program assistant, Camille Batiste. We’ll surely miss Camille and her incredible work with the Western Addition community but we know she will continue to bring her skills and talent to the university through her new role at the USF’s School of Education. Read Camille’s fond…

Every Day Counts!

Thursday, February 25th is Day of the Dons, USF’s day of giving, a day for all Dons, like you, to come together to make a difference in the lives of USF students. Learn how your support specifically impacts the future of the Center’s students through the eyes of recent alum Katherine Pantangco (‘16) Sociology and…

“Code on Point” at Success Centers

In this week’s blog, our outgoing VISTA Community Liaison, Sudeepto Chakraborty, recounts his experience of working with the Success Centers SF, a leader throughout the San Francisco Bay Area for education, employment and art programs. With his research and development hat on, Sudeepto speaks to the challenges of working with the Education, Employment & Training…

Making of an Entrepreneur

Engage San Francisco, USF’s Campus-Community Partnership with The Fillmore / Western Addition funded the Success Center’s Entrepreneurship in a Nutshell Program through the Community Partnership Innovation Fund (CPIF). This pilot program is a collaboration between USF Professor Vivian Faustino-Pulliam, USF MBA Program, the Success Centers‘ Equity for Industry Program, and several Success Centers’ employer partners….

Our Commitment to an Anti-Racist Center

To our students, community partners, and colleagues We have been grieving and feeling outrage at the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Rayshard Brooks, Elijah McClain, members in our local community: Alex Nieto, Mario Woods, Jessica Williams, Kenneth Harding, and Sean Monterrosa, and those named and unnamed, who are victims of anti-Blackness and…

Living Leo’s Legacy

As the calendar year comes to an end, students finish their term papers, take their final exams, and head home for winter break, we are as busy as ever at the McCarthy Center wrapping up a busy year of a record number of students participating in our programs. The calendar year culminates in the 2019…