826 Valencia is opening a new center in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco. The building, just being finished now, will house dozens of families that had previously been homeless. The developers, in partnership with the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation, have given 826 Valencia a first-floor space, so the families will live above, making it easy for parents and guardians to send their kids to 826 below. This has always been our goal — to make after-school enrichment as easy to access as possible. And when that after-school space is an enchanted forest populated by gnomes and elves — this is key. Check out some conceptual renderings of the new space. Art by Jaqueline Brown. - D.E.
TO BE DESTROYED | WORLD PREMIERe!
To Be Destroyed is a documentary that follows author Dave Eggers as he meets with students and teachers in the Rapid City, SD school district where his novel The Circle was pulled from shelves along with works by Alison Bechdel, Stephen Chbosky, Bernardine Evaristo and Imbolo Mbue. Through footage of heated school board meetings, community rallies and interviews with locals, we learn how these books were designated “to be destroyed."
This film will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. Learn more and buy tickets here!
