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

Time for Revolutionary Love

The Leo T. McCarthy Center is co-sponsoring this year’s Critical Diversity Studies Forum. In this week’s blog, we introduce the keynote speaker Valarie Kaur, creator of the Revolutionary Love Project, a national initiative devoted to creating media that inspires others to practice the ethic of love. Its current project target racism and hate toward minority…

An Invitation to IGNITE

In this week’s blog, Christoper Kerr, executive director of the Ignatian Solidarity Network, speaks on the legacy of Robert M. Holstein and his work on the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice in preparation for ISN’s virtual event, Ignite: A Celebration of Justice. The Robert M. Holstein Memorial scholarship supports many McCarthy Center students in internships,…

Equity Through Electric Bicycles

In this week’s blog, we hear from Jackson Nutt-Beers ’21, graduate student in the MA Urban and Public Affairs program (UPA), who reflects on his summer internship at the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo), researching regulations for ride hailing and food delivery companies, while keeping in mind the realities of this year, from…

Living Out Our Constitution

Constitution Day commemorates the September 17, 1787 signing of the United States Constitution. As we mark Constitution Day, the importance of the Constitution as a living document hold true today. With an election, a pandemic and a reckoning on the disparities against Black bodies, a conversation of how these all intersect is vital. Check out…

My Unexpected Journey

This week’s blog comes to us from the McCarthy Center’s new Americorps VISTA, Thea Karakalos! We’re excited for what her skill set and personal experience will bring to the position as she completes her Master of Arts in Higher Education and Student Affairs here at USF! My name is Thea Karakalos, and I am the…

100 years since the 19th Ammendment

Earlier this week, on August 18, we celebrated the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, which granted women the right to vote in the United States. Our road to women’s suffrage was hard-won, but also complicated and deeply flawed. As White women like Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton marched the streets with banners…

‘Ellis Act’ Evictions and the Mission

Part of the graduating class of the MA Urban and Public Affairs program, Zachary James ’20 completed his capstone on the issue of Ellis Act evictions. In this week’s blog he explains his premise for his research and his wider interest in housing issues in the Bay Area. During my time in the Urban and…

Securing the Common Good

Securing the Common Good, Not for One but for All Ayah Mouhktar ‘18 shares some advice for incoming students and reflects in this week’s blog on what it means to serve the San Francisco community and work with youth who are raised in similar conditions as herself. Ayah is an alumnus of the McCarthy Center’s…