Movies: Advocacy
- 1969
East Bay Asian Local Development Center (1969)
East Bay Asian Local Development Center01969HD
The East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation has earned the John R. May Award for transforming neighborhoods and creating new economic opportunities for low-income communities. EBALDC's innovative projects weave together housing, economic develop...
- 1969
Eva Paterson: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2007 (1969)
Eva Paterson: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 200701969HD
Eva Paterson, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2007 Community Leadership Awards (The San Francisco Foundation Award). Eva has empowered thousands of people to make their voices heard in the critical civil rights struggles of our times. Eva's pa...
- 2016
Awareness in the Dark; Let's Get Mental (2016)
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Filmmaker Gentamu McKinney and medical professionals recall experiences with mental illness and provide insight into the unique mental health struggles faced by the black community....
- 2009
Puente de la Costa Sur (2009)
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Puente de la Costa Sur, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2004 Community Leadership Awards (John R. May Award) - for its creative, grassroots efforts to provide education, social justice advocacy, direct services, and community connections enabl...
- 1969
Luis Granados - 2014 Community Leadership Awards (1969)
Luis Granados - 2014 Community Leadership Awards01969HD
"As a right, people should have access to affordable housing and jobs that allow them to support their families with dignity" - Luis Granados...
- 1969
Swords to Plowshares (1969)
Swords to Plowshares01969HD
Swords to Plowshares, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2007 Community Leadership Awards (the John R. May Award). Swords to Plowshares is a critical center of support, advocacy, and services for war veterans. It has successfully transitioned fro...
- 1969
Ravenswood Family Health Center (1969)
Ravenswood Family Health Center01969HD
The San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards presents Ravenswood Family Health Center with the John R. May Award for providing high quality, cost-effective healthcare to southeast San Mateo County, and for advocating for the need to addre...
- 1969
Mike McBride - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards (1969)
Mike McBride - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards01969HD
The San Francisco Foundation 2013 Community Leadership Awards presents Reverend Michael McBride with the John R. May Award, made for initiatives in response to a significant contemporary problem. Reverend Michael McBride has tirelessly sought to addr...
- 1969
Anna Halprin: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2010 (1969)
Anna Halprin: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 201001969HD
Anna Halprin, choreographer, for pioneering the post-modern dance movement. For more than 60 years, you have been a seminal force in dance and music and have developed and performed dances that teach, inspire, heal, and transform. Your creativity and...
- 1969
Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2008 (1969)
Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 200801969HD
Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2008 Community Leadership Awards (The San Francisco Foundation Award) - for building unity and alliances across traditional racial and gender lines, and for serving as a selfless and...
- 1969
National Center for Lesbian Rights (1969)
National Center for Lesbian Rights01969HD
National Center for Lesbian Rights, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership Awards (the John R. May Award), for its pioneering spirit and unwavering commitment to advancing the civil and human rights of LGBT people. Its prece...
- 1969
E4FC - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards (1969)
E4FC - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards01969HD
The San Francisco Foundation presents 2013 Community Leadership Awardee, Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC), with The San Francisco Foundation Award, made to an organization demonstrating exemplary commitment to improving human relations in the ...
- 1969
Alonzo King: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2007 (1969)
Alonzo King: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 200701969HD
Alonzo King, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2007 Community Leadership Awards (the Helen Crocker Russell Award). Alonzo redefined classical ballet and builds community through his commitment to dance. His racially diverse company transformed t...
- 2009
Bishop William Swing: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2006 (2009)
Bishop William Swing: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 200602009HD
Bishop William Swing, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2006 Community Leadership Awards (The San Francisco Foundation Award) - for creating a more just and compassionate community. He reaches out across religions and takes risks to push for inn...
- 1969
Brenda Way: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2012 (1969)
Brenda Way: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 201201969HD
Brenda Way, founder and artistic director of ODC, is a recipient of the San Francisco Foundation Community Awards "for creating a community hub through dance. She built the largest, most comprehensive contemporary dance center in the nation, and thro...
- 1969
Mary Lou Breslin: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2009 (1969)
Mary Lou Breslin: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 200901969HD
Mary Lou Breslin, co-founder of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership awards (the Robert C. Kirkwood Award) - for making a mark in defining disability rights as a civil righ...
- 1969
Jane Garcia: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2007 (1969)
Jane Garcia: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 200701969HD
Jane Garcia, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2007 Community Leadership Awards (the Robert C. Kirkwood Award). Jane's visionary advocacy reflects the cultures and languages of patients and has advanced the national, state, and regional public h...
- 1969
Chinese for Affirmative Action: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2012 (1969)
Chinese for Affirmative Action: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 201201969HD
Chinese for Affirmative Action is a recipient of the San Francisco Community Leadership Award for being "a champion against discrimination and for advancing systemic change for a racially just society. With its foundation firmly in the Asian and Paci...
- 1969
Jordan Simmons: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2011 (1969)
Jordan Simmons: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 201101969HD
The San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards presents Jordan Simmons, artistic director of the East Bay Center for Performing Arts, with the Helen Crocker Russell Award for building a better future for young adults through music and cultu...
- 1969
Michael Morgan: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2006 (1969)
Michael Morgan: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 200601969HD
Michael Morgan, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2006 Community Leadership Awards for making symphonic music essential to the culture of the East Bay community. He is dedicated to minority access to the arts and arts education, visiting 100 sch...