Activism

22 May 2025

BAVC Media: Home to Bay Area Filmmakers, Artists, and Activists Since 1976

BAVC Media, a non-profit founded in 1976, continues to serve the community with programs such as MediaMaker Fellowship, Climate Warriors, Reel Stories, and free audiovisual preservation services, despite the recent federal arts and culture funding cancellations.

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19 May 2025

Community Action in SFUSD Layoffs Prevails

Last week, SFUSD’s LGBTQ+ Student Services program was on the verge of elimination. First of its kind, it was in jeopardy because R35 LGBTQ+ School Climate Coordinator Kena Hazelwood’s position was tentatively terminated. Hazelwood (ey/em) was among the 34 counselors and 117 paraeducators within the San Francisco Unified School District

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15 May 2025

Using Mushrooms to Clean Hunters Point?

Bayview-Hunters Point were targets of radioactive pollution and the US Navy still hasn’t cleaned their mess up. Could mushrooms and fungi help? Why It’s STILL Toxic Bayview-Hunters Point is, first and foremost, a strong community built brick by brick by people who are often overlooked or mischaracterized. Some of the

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15 May 2025

San Francisco’s Artists Struggle on, Despite a City Failing in Support

What Happens When a City Stops Holding Space for Its Artists? Many artists and arts organizations across the Bay are still reeling from the sudden cessation of NEA grants mid-project last week. But the story of artists struggling to stay afloat isn’t new to multidisciplinary artist, producer, filmmaker, and dancer

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11 May 2025

Cuts Are Threatening SFUSD’s LGBTQ+ Student Services

SFUSD’s LGBTQ+ Student Services program is the oldest program of its kind in the world. It has been innovating and setting the standard for whole student support for more than 35 years! Responsibility for the many district-wide initiatives required to support San Francisco’s LGBTQ+ students comes down to one individual.

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08 May 2025

Riding Muni is an Adventure. Here’s How to Make it More Fun.

We checked in with experts and consulted the research on what can make riding public transit more fun. Over the last few months as the clay of the transit budget crisis takes form we’ve shared solutions and critiques. Although there’s still a lot of advocacy work ahead, we’re pulling back

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08 May 2025

NPR and PBS Reframe the Conversation as Trump Cuts Funding

KQED Headquarters, San Francisco – A two-day festival of ideas, innovations, and conversations with some of America’s most impactful journalists and thinkers was interrupted Thursday, with a breaking news announcement that President Trump issued an executive order to cease all federal funding to NPR and PBS. The announcement came as

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06 May 2025

Charlie Kirk Scheduled to Speak at SF State

Update: You can read about how the event went right here. Charlie Kirk is bringing the “American Comeback tour” to San Francisco, and if you ever wanted to punch a Nazi, now’s your chance. I don’t endorse assault or violence of any kind, I’m just saying, you have the opportunity

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