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

Falling in love with Education

In today’s blog, Cassidy Steele, our new graduate assistant for the Engage San Francisco Literacy Program, reflects on her inspiration for her passion in education. Cassidy introduces herself and answers four questions revealing her understanding of learning differences. Hello! My name is Cassidy Steele and I am one of the graduate assistants for the Engage…

Commemorating Leo T. McCarthy’s Desk

In today’s blog, we cite the words of Conna McCarthy, daughter of Lt. Governor Leo T. McCarthy and Council Member for the City of Piedmont. Conna commemorates arrival of the Lt. Governor’s desk in the McCarthy Center and introduces Lt. Governor Eleni Koulanakis who attended the celebration in the center’s Open House last week. “Today…

Learning is a comfortable environment

In this week’s blog, Equity Intern, Richard Dzreke ’25 reflects on his summer combatting learning loss with young students in the YMCA of San Francisco’s Power Scholar Academy, helping him understand how to be an effective educator. Read more about how Richard learned the importance of comfort in an effective learning environment. When I first…

Memories of Summer

Teacher for the Summer Academy Program (SAP), Amy Scharf False Katz, authors a poem on her 4 weeks with middle school students. SAP is a 4 week summer program for 6-8 graders, created as partnership between USF’s School of Education and Gateway Public Schools. The Summer Academy Program is supported by Engage San Francisco’s year-round…

So long, McCarthy Center

Recent graduate, Priana Aquino ’22 reflects on her student experience at the McCarthy Center as a staff member and a program participant in the Public Service and Community Engagement Minor. She takes away a number of life long lessons on her next steps to law school and a move to the East Coast. For the…

Public Service as a Meaningful Path

In this week’s blog, McCarthy Fellow, Harlan Crawford ’24, writes on his 12-week internship at the time at the California Democratic Party. Read Harlan’s reflection about his transformative experiences in Sacramento, and how he’ll take what he learns back to San Francisco. When I and my fellow class of 2024 students at the University of…

Learning From Students

In this week’s blog, Equity Intern, Sarah Chavez ’24 reflects on her experience working with students in the YMCA of San Francisco’s Power Scholars Academy. Read on for why Sarah sees relationship building and empathy as key components for teaching and learning from students. The Equity Scholars Internship Program aims to help reduce the achievement…

Meet Our Equity Interns!

This year’s cohort of Equity Interns have just concluded their 5 weeks program! This summer, students from the University of Delaware’s Biden Institute, USF’s Leo T. McCarthy Center, and the YMCA of San Francisco trains college students to provide virtual learning experiences to children in grades K-8 at the YMCA of San Francisco’s Power Scholars Academy….