Students and Alumni | Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good

Our Impact in 2020

This week’s blog is the introduction to our Annual Impact Report—released this week—detailing our programs’ and our students’ accomplishments for the 2019-20 year. Senior Director, Derick Brown, offers a call to action for support of our students and the transformational experiences they are afforded through the Center. Learn how the Center carries on Leo T….

Endless Possibilities and Responsibilities

Greetings Fellow Don’s, I am Bill Cartwright and I am very pleased to be a supporter and a member of the Advisory Board of the Leo T. McCarthy Center. In my life’s journey I have been assisted by so many people academically and athletically, but nowhere more than at the University of San Francisco. Attending…

A Transformational Experience

Dear McCarthy Center Family, Hello from a longtime McCarthy Center friend! My name is Andrea Wise, and I am a proud Leo T. McCarthy Center alum and former staffer. I currently work across the Bay (well, for now from my Inner Richmond apartment) at UC Berkeley as the Associate Director of the Public Service Center,…

An Embodiment of our Values

(Interview reprinted from USF News 10/07/20.) As a McCarthy Center Community Empowered Activist (CEA), Evelyn Fernandez Pedraza ’21 embodies the university’s core values as a dedicated social justice advocate. In addition to majoring in Sociology and minoring in Public Service and Community Engagement, she’s also been an Esther Madriz Diversity Scholar (EMDS), a Resident Advisor,…

Endless Possibilities and Responsibilities

A Transformational Experience

Art Within Activism

In this week’s blog, Design major and Classical Studies minor Maj Jenkins (’22), writes about their experience in the University of San Francisco’s Design Activism Class. Through the course, students are paired with Community Action Partners to create designs that can represent the partner’s values and mission. Read on for Maj’s view on how design…

Public Service Amid COVID-19

Our McCarthy Fellow in San Francisco, Aaron McNelis, shares his experiences currently as a Fellow with San Francisco District 1 Supervisor, Sandra Lee Fewer, the navigation of the Board of Supervisors in the context of COVID-19, and his commitment to public service to create systemic change in a pivotal election year. When I began my…

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