Mario Rogers has a message for those teenagers committing acts of violence in the Western Addition. “These youngsters are fighting over turf that don’t even belong to them.”
MULTIMEDIA: “Silence the violence.”

Without United Playaz, these teens would probably be on the streets getting into trouble with gangs, dealing drugs, stealing or getting arrested, like Rudy Corpuz Jr. was when he was a teenager.
MULTIMEDIA: United Playaz’ message.

Parched grass blades wave alongside the river. The land is still, and ominously dry. In the South Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, an abundant water supply is central to the farming community.
MULTIMEDIA: Farming with the “father of the Delta.”

Bokyung Kang immigrated to the United States six months ago from Seoul, South Korea. On her first day at SF State, she found herself lost on the unfamiliar campus.

When Belinda Dronkers-Laureta found out her son was gay, it was difficult news for the Filipina-American mother of three to deal with.

Christine and Angela are your typical 13-year-olds. They go to school and are enrolled in summer programs. They aren’t that different from other kids their age, except that they live in a homeless shelter with about 150 other people.

The alleys of the Lower Haight are full of huge murals, smaller pieces, and tags. In this neighborhood and in other parts of San Francisco, artists have to make the decision whether or not to graffiti legally.
MULTIMEDIA: Art on the streets.

Brenda Dominguez, 26, is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who came to San Francisco two years ago because she heard it was a “sanctuary city.” But even though Dominguez knows her new home is a city of refuge, she is still afraid of “la migra” — immigration officials.
MULTIMEDIA: BAMMA asks, “Did you know that San Francisco is a sanctuary city for immigrants?"”

At the Intergenerational Writers Workshop, they don’t talk about the difficulties of aging. They just talk about writing.