Author: Shase Hernandez
Uniting Voices for Affordable Housing Solutions
Partner Convening Closes Out Affordable Housing Month On May 23, 2023, United Way Bay Area (UWBA) hosted the United for Equity Community Partner Convening in…
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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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United Way Bay Area receives $3M grant from Safeway Foundation to address food insecurity
United Way Bay Area receives $3M grant from Safeway Foundation to address food insecurity The 4-year grant will fund monthly stipends and financial coaching to…
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Real Cost Measure: New United Way study finds over 1 in 4 Bay Area households struggle to meet basic needs
New United Way study finds over 1 in 4 Bay Area households struggle to meet basic needs New data reveals the true cost of living…
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Affordable Housing Initiatives Work
Acknowledging the Wins for Affordable Housing Month By Kevin Zwick CEO, United Way Bay Area Gabby Nunez is a single mother and resident at the…
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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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Perspective: Sharryl
Navigating the Bay Area Housing Labyrinth By Sharryl Carter, UWBA Ambassador “Sometimes I feel I’m navigating a labyrinth, where every time I think I’m getting…
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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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UWBA’s United for Equity Partner Convening
Our Name and What We Stand For At United Way Bay Area (UWBA), when we say we’re committed to creating an equitable future for all…
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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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