By Troy Espera The Tenderloin District bustles with midday foot traffic on this sunny and unusually warm early-April Thursday. Rowland Mendoza, HIV prevention program manager at San Francisco Community Health Center, and his team weave past other pedestrians as they march with gear in tow down Polk Street to the Tenderloin Linkage Center at U.N. …
by Troy Espera Erica Reyes pops in and out of the main office of the San Francisco Community Health Center while the rest of the staff are gathered in the common area to watch a human resources presentation. She’s tall and her rich brown hair that falls past her shoulders brushes against her cream colored …
Tuesday, November 9th 2021 – San Francisco, CA. Last Tuesday, San Francisco Community Health Center held a spectacular collaborative event demonstrating that feeling good on the outside is just as important as feeling good on the inside. Our Trans:Thrive program, in partnership with LGBTQIA+ Inclusion Network @Chanel for Transgender Awareness Week, brought 12 participants from …
Nine community leaders recognized for their tireless efforts over the past year to vaccinate thousands of people. Monica Paz Representing San Francisco Community Health Center. San Francisco, CA — Mayor London N. Breed and the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) today recognized nine individuals representing a diverse group of community-based organizations that have …
In Loving Memory of Philanthropist, Activist, and Luminary Ambassador James C. Hormel, 1933-2021 Photo caption: Jim Hormel at Bloom 2010 event When I learned about the passing of Jim Hormel, I was incredibly devastated and heartbroken. Words can’t begin to express the depth and breadth of courage, passion, commitment, vision, and power that Jim possessed …
We are delighted to share with you ABC7’s coverage of Trans:Thrive’s SHE-Boutique, a monthly shopping experiences that connects Trans women to healthcare and community. Here, you’ll see what the program is about and how important it is to our community members. We also had a special guest Mayor London Breed come and present us with …
[San Francisco, CA, June 15, 2021] Philanthropists MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett announced today that they made a major gift to San Francisco Community Health Center (SFCHC), along with 285 other exceptional, high-impact organizations across the country. Together, these gifts total $2.739 billion. Ms. Scott wrote in her post today on Medium: “Because community-centered …
by Brian Ragas, Communications Manager San Francisco Community Health Center commends President Biden’s appointment of Harold J. Phillips as the director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP). Phillips, a Black gay man, has demonstrated leadership in the fight against HIV. This appointment, alongside President Biden’s commitment to funding the work to …
By Lance Toma, Chief Executive Officer It is now 40 years since the first cases of HIV were acknowledged and reported in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Over these 40 years, our country has lost over 700,000 lives to HIV. As of today, approximately 1.2 million people around …
Our media partners at ABC7 Bay Area produced two segments on our Tenderloin Neighborhood Vaccination Site as part of the Midday Live with Reggie Aqui. Check out the videos below. Read ABC7 Bay Area’s the Full Article Here