Category: United Way Bay Area
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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Perspective: Russell
What We Talk About When We Talk About Housing By Russell Brautigam, UWBA Ambassador “Despite my progress, finding affordable housing in the Bay Area was…
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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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Toasting for Sparkpoint
WU’s Third Annual Galentine’s Event Supports Women Across the Bay On February 9th, 2023, United Way Bay Area’s (UWBA) Women United hosted its third annual…
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Together in the Wake
Resources for Supporting Our Oakland and Half Moon Bay Communities Our hearts continue to go out to the individuals and families impacted by the gun…
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