ABOUT BRANDI PORTER Brandi Porter, owner of Loving My Hair Braiding Shop in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point Third Street corridor, provides free haircuts and braiding services to local foster youth. A former foster child herself, Porter says she remembers the...
ABOUT LYNETTE MACKEY Lynette Mackey is the founder of Mackey’s Korner, a nonprofit that brings suicide awareness and resources for prevention to Black and Brown youth who have been underserved by the mental health community. After losing her 12-year-old grandson to...
ABOUT MERCEDES JACKSON Mercedes Jackson is the Founder and Executive Director of The You Verse Project, a nonprofit organization focused on providing emotional wellness for the youth through self-management workshops, meditation, interactive gaming, and mindful...
ABOUT ADAMA BRYANT Adama Bryant is the founder and Director of Weekend Adventures, which serves youth (grades 3 thru 8) with life shifting adventures in the arts, sciences and outdoors to provide safe, fun spaces that are free from stress, violence and drugs. Citizen...
ABOUT LE’KESHA HOWARD Le’Kesha Howard has been hosting community events around the Bay for more than 20 years. Her organization, Kesh Cares, has a clear mission: to meet underserved communities where they live, play and hangout. A successful pop-up organizer,...
