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

The Light of the West End is in the Bayview

Traveling 3,000 miles away from home, Ashton Green ’26 , has been able to find his home away from home. Through the McCarthy Center’s Equity Intern program, he feels a close relationship between his hometown Atlanta, Georgia, and educating the youth of our future. Slowly intertwining within the Bayview community through this opportunity made me…

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…

Incite Change, Stand Up

Imani Im, a rising senior majoring in Critical Diversity Studies with minors in Communication Studies and Gender and Sexuality Studies shares her experience becoming an Equity Intern. After studying abroad in Morocco, she found passion in working with students after teaching English to youth for a semester. This led her to apply for the Equity…

Meet Our 2024 Equity Interns!

In this week’s blog, we introduce the 2024 cohort of Equity Interns, dedicated to advancing educational equity by supporting the YMCA of San Francisco’s Power Scholars Academy. Join us in welcoming them for a foggy summer in San Francisco working, earning and mentoring in The Fillmore/Western Addition, the Mission and the Bayview districts! University…

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…

A Legacy of Impact: Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco

In this week’s blog, Citywide Director of Education at Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco and recent Community Partner Co-Educator (CPCE) Fellow, Brian Sauer takes us into a world where a legacy of compassion and empowerment spans over a century. Come along as we unveil the remarkable journey of the Boys & Girls Clubs…

Celebrating Black Excellence

In today’s blog we share Stephanie Sears’, associate professor and director of the Esther Madriz Diversity Scholars Living-Learning Community, excerpt of her introduction and discussion to the Changemakers 3rd Anniversary Celebration. Her writing demonstrates the historical context of Black San Franciscan activism and the aspects that makes someone a Changemaker. “I’m honored today to serve…

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…