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Affordable Housing Month | Ambassadors | Housing Justice | United Way Bay Area
Perspective: Apple

Affordable Housing Means Safe Housing By Apollonia (Apple) Williams, UWBA Ambassador “Every day, for 3 months, I had to look at those bullet holes and…

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CEO | Housing Justice | United Way Bay Area
Affordable Housing Initiatives Work

Acknowledging the Wins for Affordable Housing Month Give Today By Kevin Zwick CEO, United Way Bay Area Gabby Nunez is a single mother and resident…

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CEO | Policy | United Way Bay Area
Advocating for Poverty-Fighting Policies with United Way Bay Area

By Kevin Zwick CEO, United Way Bay Area Mobilizing our communities is often focused on giving and volunteering, but it’s also about ADVOCATING – making…

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Affordable Housing Month | Ambassadors | Housing Justice | United Way Bay Area
Perspective: Apple

Affordable Housing Means Safe Housing By Apollonia (Apple) Williams, UWBA Ambassador “Every day, for 3 months, I had to look at those bullet holes and...

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CEO | Housing Justice | United Way Bay Area
Affordable Housing Initiatives Work

Acknowledging the Wins for Affordable Housing Month Give Today By Kevin Zwick CEO, United Way Bay Area Gabby Nunez is a single mother and resident...

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Ambassadors | Housing | SparkPoint
Perspective: Rose

Affordable Rent is Also Affordable Housing By Rose Kilgore, UWBA Ambassador “I found myself having to use financial aid money solely for rent, cutting back...

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Ambassadors | Housing | SparkPoint
Perspective: Sharryl

Give Today Navigating the Bay Area Housing Labyrinth By Sharryl Carter, UWBA Ambassador “Sometimes I feel I’m navigating a labyrinth, where every time I think...

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CEO | Policy | United Way Bay Area
Advocating for Poverty-Fighting Policies with United Way Bay Area

By Kevin Zwick CEO, United Way Bay Area Mobilizing our communities is often focused on giving and volunteering, but it’s also about ADVOCATING – making...

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Advocacy | Ambassadors | Equity | Partners | United Way Bay Area | What We're Up To
UWBA’s United for Equity Partner Convening

Our Name and What We Stand For Give Today At United Way Bay Area (UWBA), when we say we’re committed to creating an equitable future...

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United Way Bay Area
UWBA 101: BUILD

Building equitable pathways to prosperity. By Kevin Zwick CEO, United Way Bay Area Our first blogs this year have been about recentering ourselves on the...

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Ambassadors | Housing | Housing Justice | SparkPoint | United Way Bay Area
PERSPECTIVE: Russell

Give Today What We Talk About When We Talk About Housing By Russell Brautigam, UWBA Ambassador   “Despite my progress, finding affordable housing in the...

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United Way Bay Area
UWBA 101: DISMANTLE

Disrupting the Systems Perpetuating Poverty By: Kevin Zwick CEO, United Way Bay Area Last month, we focused on how United Way Bay Area mobilizes the region...

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Philanthropy | United Way Bay Area | Women United
Toasting for Sparkpoint

WU’s Third Annual Galentine’s Event Supports Women Across the Bay Give Today On February 9th, 2023, United Way Bay Area’s (UWBA) Women United hosted its...

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