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Willie Mays Scholars

The Giants Community Fund is proud to introduce the Willie Mays Scholars — a new scholarship program that will provide strong support for Black youth in San Francisco and their families. Through an eight-year commitment, the Willie Mays Scholars program is designed to create opportunities for our youth to not only overcome racial and educational inequities, but to…

Great.com Talks With… Alive & Free Almost one percent of the American population is behind bars. But there is a solution that could thin prison populations not only in America but throughout the world. In this episode we talked with Dr. Joseph Marshall Jr. from Alive & Free about bringing an end to violence among young people.…

It was just a really big change for me.College was a lot! You hear in Alive & Free meetings that getting into adulthood is different. It’s a change and you’re finding your identity. That was something I definitely struggled with. I changed my major, I had to deal with friends and family, and being away…

Virtual Career Day

Our College Prep students enjoyed Career Day as they were able to virtually meet professionals who looked like them in the creative, holistic, media and medical fields. Ms. Estell & Ms. Demetra made sure our students asked questions and “document the pearls they gave you.” Husband and wife Nehanda Truscott-Reid and Romaine Reid painted a…

Armond Hervey was raised in the Alive & Free family. His mom, Malorie Branch, and aunt, Evangela Brewster, are both college graduate alumni and we are happy to have him under our wing. He is on his way to Grambling State University after graduating from Hercules High School and we very excited to watch him…

Shervon Hunter-Johnson was a the first girl who joined the Omega Boys Club. Her male friends were in it and she wasn’t going to be left out. She did the work and was accepted to Delaware State University in 1988 on a basketball scholarship. Little did she know, her basketball accomplishments would become so noteworthy…

Have you ever wondered what our collegians are working on as they are away at college? Jaime Esquivel shared with us his current research paper on “Effects and Solutions on the Human Body After Long-Duration Space Flights” featured in the McNair Research Journal at San Jose State University. The McNair Research Journal SJSU features the work of SJSU…

On December 3, 2018, Alive & Free participated with our partner SafeReturn to celebrate the successful completion of the 1st West County Collective Impact Institute. There were 13 participants. Formally incarnated, and looking to not only rebuild their lives and family, but to also make a positive impact within the community in which they call home.…