La Raza Community Resource Center

Help individuals and families prepare for an emergency! This Saturday, October 17, the San Francisco Latino Parity and Equity Coalition (SFLPEC) and La Raza CRC will host an Emergency Preparedness Clinic at The Women’s Building. Participants can receive guidance on creating an action plan covering care arrangements for children, bank and vehicle protection, document gathering, resource referrals, and more! October 17, 2026 | 11 AM–3 PM (this Saturday!) 📍 The Women's Building, 543 18th St., San Francisco 🔗 One-hour appointments; registration required: bit.ly/LRCRCPrep Please share this opportunity with your clients, colleagues, and community networks! Together, we’re keeping communities prepared.

Honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day means recognizing both the genocidal harm of colonization and the resilience of communities whose cultures, languages, and traditions endure. Across the Americas, today’s observances, such as Día de los Pueblos Indígenas, Día de la Raza, and Indigenous Resistance Day, offer space to reflect on history, and on our responsibility to one another today. As a non-profit in San Francisco’s American Indian Cultural District SF (AICD), we’re proud to join their 16th Street Community Visions Series, bringing local merchants, service organizations, and cultural organizations to help shape the future of the 16th Street corridor and BART plazas. Join us to keep the conversation about indigenous heritage alive on 16th St: Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Time: 12:00–2:00 PM Location: Centro del Pueblo Auditorium, Second Floor, 474 Valencia St. San Francisco RSVP: https://lnkd.in/gfdPn4Ki At La Raza CRC, we stand in solidarity with Indigenous communities, and are committed to amplifying their voices and advocating for justice in San Francisco. Together, we can achieve our vision for a community where we thrive together, with equitable opportunity, justice, and hope in mind.

Have a donor-advised fund (DAF)? You can put it to work for immigrant families! Today is DAF Day, and we’re hoping you remember La Raza CRC ♥️ If you want your funds to support food access, immigration legal assistance, and family support services, we’ve got you covered. Search for us through your DAF provider, or recommend us for a grant: La Raza Community Resource Center | EIN: 94-2238257 (No DAF? Visit www.larazacrc.org/donate to support us!) With over 55 years of experience supporting our city’s Latino population, your generosity on DAF Day helps families access resources, build long-term stability, and thrive in San Francisco!

What a day! La Raza CRC was proud to connect with San Francisco families at this year’s City Kids Family Fair in The Mission, hosted by Children's Council of San Francisco 💛 Our staff and volunteers had the opportunity to meet parents, caregivers, and little ones while sharing information about the support and services available to families in our community. From housing resources & helpful referrals to free giveaways, we were honored to take part in a day dedicated to helping children and families thrive. We are grateful to everyone who stopped by our table, said hello, and learned more about the resources available through La Raza CRC! Learn more & join us: www.larazacrc.org

Mil gracias to our allies at Calle 24 Latino Cultural District for hosting this year’s Fiesta de las Américas! Earlier this month, La Raza CRC was proud to join families, neighbors, local organizations, and small businesses in San Francisco’s Mission District for a massive celebration featuring delicious food, live performances, and connections to community services. Events like Fiesta de las Américas give us a meaningful opportunity to meet community members where they are, allowing us to share resources and information about accessing crucial family support services, including affordable-housing assistance. We are grateful to everyone who stopped by our table and to Calle 24 for creating space for our community to connect in the heart of the Latino Cultural District!

Laughter is a medicine that helps us all! We’re deeply grateful to Laughs with Benefits, a local non-profit raising money for community causes through comedy, for dedicating proceeds from their recent Comedy Night to support La Raza CRC. Featuring Thelonious Johnson, Mari Delgadillo, and Bailey Miller, the event brought people together for an evening of generosity, community, and lighthearted laughter. In the midst of urgent and often difficult work, we were so honored to be part of a lighthearted night that supported our services and delivered smiles to our team, and all in attendance ♥️ A special thank-you to Mayes Oyster House at 1233 Polk Street for generously hosting the event in downtown San Francisco! Learn more about Laughs w/ Benefits upcoming acts: https://lnkd.in/g7-8djZT Join La Raza CRC today: www.larazacrc.org/donate

Thank you to the Mission Housing Development Corporation for welcoming us earlier this month to Hasta La Raíz, their 55-year celebration of affordable housing in the Mission District, held at The Midway earlier this month! As a nonprofit dedicated to helping immigrant families access affordable housing and other vital resources, we were grateful to celebrate this milestone alongside community members, partners, and supporters of Mission Housing’s work to create, preserve, and stabilize affordable homes in San Francisco. Affordable housing is a critical need, especially now. We thank Mission Housing for making housing opportunities possible for the San Francisco residents we serve.

Today is Citizenship Day, and we’re recognizing the everyday courage and resilience of immigrants in their U.S. citizenship journey, and especially here in San Francisco. San Francisco’s history is deeply connected to the fabric of modern American citizenship, rooted in the landmark 1898 U.S. Supreme Court case, United States v. Wong Kim Ark, which affirmed that children born in the U.S. to immigrant parents are automatic citizens under the 14th Amendment. As a member of the SF Pathways to Citizenship Initiative, we are proud to support Spanish-speaking immigrant families with free, culturally responsive immigration legal support. In the spirit of belonging and opportunity, we celebrate our nation's newest citizens and all immigrant families pursuing a future defined by dignity, stability, and hope, and defended by  Thank you to our dedicated staff, partners, and community members who make this impactful work possible every day. Together, we are building a more inclusive future. 🤝 #CitizenshipDay #Naturalization #SanFrancisco

This Saturday: Laugh with La Raza CRC! We're so grateful to share that this Saturday, 9/12, Laughs w/ Benefits is hosting a Comedy Night at MAYES OYSTER HOUSE, with all proceeds from ticket sales benefiting La Raza Community Resource Center. A huge thank you to Laughs with Benefits for organizing this event and supporting our work in the community, while bringing smiles to faces across the Bay Area. The lineup features comedians Janee Lucas, Bailey Miller, and Theonius Johnson: 🎟️ Tickets: $15 presale / $20 at the door Get yours here: https://lnkd.in/gk3t9PBG  All tickets support our efforts to help families across cultures access crucial resources in San Francisco. We hope to see you there!

RV-housing saves families from living on the street. Across the state, families have turned to RVs to survive sky-high rents, avoiding crowded shelter beds and aging single-room units. In LA County, 39% of unhoused people live in their vehicles. In Alameda County, it's over half. AB 647 would allow more than 100 local agencies across California to tow and destroy RVs deemed "abandoned", without defining what "abandoned" means. Under AB 647, a day away from an RV-home for work, medical care, or a family emergency could become a life-changing (and expensive) legal decision, with no guarantee of getting that home back. The decision now rests with Governor Newsom. He can veto this bill. La Raza CRC has joined more than 40 organizations, including ACLU California Action and Housing California, in formally requesting a veto. We're asking our network to add their voice too. Read our letter to the Governor below, which we signed alongside ACLU SoCal and dozens of allies across California. We represent our city’s vulnerable, and we’re calling for the rejection of AB 647