Economic injustice necessitates philanthropy, Martin Luther King Jr. argued. This MLK day, on the 75th anniversary of the San Francisco Foundation’s founding, the organization seeks to recenter equity, writes Examiner contributor Fred Blackwell.
On Monday we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day — a day when Americans honor Dr. King’s legacy by engaging in service for the betterment of our communities. So it is befitting to reflect on this day 75 years ago when the San Francisco Foundation was founded as a vehicle for community philanthropy in the Bay Area.
Those circumstances and systems continue to exclude far too many people in the Bay Area. Today, one in 10 Bay Area neighborhoods is a segregated area of white wealth; Native American and Black workers have the highest rates of joblessness; and only a third of top elected officials are people of color, despite the fact that people of color make up 60% of the population, according to the Bay Area Equity Atlas.
These are some of the ways in which we show up in service to the Bay Area today. And as we mark our 75th anniversary, we’re also reflecting on the ways in which our history has a social justice throughline that embodies Dr. King’s values and radical imagination.
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