The San Francisco Arts Education Project (fiscal agent) brings teaching artists to teach at m public elementary- and middle schools in San Francisco, and at every economic level—reaching some 7500 children every year.
El Tímpano informs, engages, and amplifies the voices of Latino and Mayan immigrants of Oakland and the wider Bay Area. El Tímpano works in collaboration with residents and community partners to create empowering, two-way channels of information that inform and engage the Bay Area’s Latino and Mayan immigrants. El Tímpano’s methods of civic engagement include a community microphone that travels the streets, libraries, churches, and laundromats of East Oakland to gather residents’ stories on pressing issues, and an SMS-based reporting platform to provide timely information and facilitate conversation. Through these and other innovative, community-driven approaches that leverage the tools, experiences, and assets of the region’s Latino and Mayan immigrants, El Tímpano seeks to foster civic engagement and political empowerment while building more inclusive local media.