Community Partnerships | Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good

Mentoring The Next Generation

Koa Fong ’25 Finance major is dedicated to social justice, Chinese-American activism, and the Jesuit values of USF. She is a member of the USF Rising Youth Mentorship program, which demonstrates how our country’s education needs the help of young people to show the way. During the 2023-2024 year, Koa helped middle school and high…

Teaching Financial Literacy Skills

Raven Brown ’25 was excited to step out of her comfort zone when she joined the Summer Financial Literacy program — seeing it as an opportunity to explore a new path beyond her psychology major. As a program supported through the Silk Financial Empowerment & Education Initiative, Summer Financial Literacy targets youth in Boys &…

My Passion for Education

This summer, Equity Intern Kennidie shares how her work with young Power Scholars in the Western Addition has provided an opportunity to question her future role as an educator, the education system, and the teaching work field. Her recent classroom experience here and in her ancestral homeland of Guam reinforce her belief in the need…

Helping to Reach New Heights

Maxwell Ayiko Edmonds Drati, a rising senior majoring in Politics and minoring in African American Studies is spending his summer working at USF’s McCarthy Center as an Equity Intern. With a mission to diminish the education gap in San Francisco, Maxwell is dedicated to supporting marginalized communities in the Bay Area. His work at Rosa…

Advancing Educational Equity

Anne-Marie Cross is a senior at the University of Delaware, majoring in Elementary Teacher Education with a concentration in Middle School English Language Arts. This summer, she joins UD’s Biden Institute, the University of San Francisco, and the YMCA of San Francisco as an Equity Intern, to learn how to advance educational equity through a…

Happy 10-year Anniversary, Engage San Francisco

Celebrating 10 years, the University of San Francisco, Leo T. McCarthy Center, and Engage SF have fostered respectful and reciprocal collaborations, standing in contrast to decades of harmful redevelopment and gentrification. As this milestone is celebrated, the impactful work done and ongoing efforts to support and uplift The Fillmore community are recognized. Silena Layne, a…

Welcome to our 2024 CPCE Fellows

Congratulations to our newest Community Partner Co-Educator Fellows (CPCE)! We applaud the dedicated work of nonprofit staff, service providers, public servants, activists, artists, and local change agents who have joined this collaborative learning community. The CPCE Fellowship is committed to fostering equitable relationships between USF and our community partners, prioritizing the integration of community wisdom…

Congratulating our 2024 Award Winners

The Leo T. McCarthy Year-end awards honor students, faculty, and community partners who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to community-engaged learning through their individual and collective experiences. Every May, we celebrate meaningful student projects and service experiences that educate students on social justice issues and facilitate mutually beneficial outcomes for our community. This year, we are…