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Effective community advocacy relies on understanding the change you want. Steps in getting there include understanding your community, collaborating, organizing, building coalitions and pushing the boundaries on possibilities.
News
1/9/23 • HVSafe Letter to Board of Supervisors Re: Reappointment of Cindy Elias
1/3/23 • Who is the Hayes Valley Public Safety Committee?
12/30/22 • End of Year Message
12/1/22 • Parcel R & S Leases
11/16/22 • Statement Regarding HVNA’s Involvement in Campaign Against Supervisor Dean Preston
11/12/22 • Parcel K & L Leases
10/26/22 • HVNA President a Paid Political Operative
10/19/22 • SFPD Online Community Meeting Registration
9/16/22 • Explosion on Gough
9/3/22 • Bike Station on Grove
9/2/22 • Northern Station Newsletter
9/2/22 • 203 Octavia
9/1/22 • Lower Haight Fire – 248 Divisadero
8/30/22 • November Local Ballot Measures
8/25/22 • Slashed Tires on Ivy Street
8/16/22 • Traffic Calming – Update – from SFMTA
8/4/22 • Cement Installation on Octavia– Update
7/28/22 • Northern Station Newsletter
7/16/22 • James Spingola Attacked
7/12/22 • Cement Installation on Octavia
7/9/22 • November 2022 Election Preview
7/8/22 • Northern Station Newsletter
7/7/22 • Vigil for family and friends of the victim from the homicide on Rose
7/6/22 • Return of Multiple Bus Lines on Saturday 7/9/22
7/2/22 • Shooting in Lower Haight – Update
6/30/22 • Hayes Valley Community Center Background Part 1
6/28/22 • Takeaways from MOCAC Meeting (6.21.22) – Freeway Commemoration Project
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- Hayes Valley Freeway Commemoration Update 2
- Hayes Valley Playground Background Part 1
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Why Neighborhood Advocates Play a Key Role
While City and Neighborhood politics seem to be in a clash of sorts these days making it even more challenging for neighbors to often obtain answers and insights on issues impacting their neighborhood, it’s good to revisit the critical role of Neighborhood Advocacy.
While community advocates cannot guarantee greater participation, experience has shown me that they can help increase resident involvement in community development processes. Community advocates can be the difference between a successful project with strong community input and buy-in or an unsuccessful one with limited community involvement and neighborhood indifference.
– Richard Wooten, Michigan State University
“Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It’s important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It’s the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.”
– Dorothy Height