For the 2011-12 school year, Friends of Harvey Milk funded (FoHM) some programs at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy (HMCRA). We’re grateful to all of our donors for their help and generosity! (1) The before and after school programs at HMCRA were funded by government grants as well as monthly donations from parents, keeping the programs available… Read More »
Friends of Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy is no longer running the before school, after school, and extended care programs at the school. Those programs are now being run by the Embarcadero YMCA. For the school year 2012-2013 , FoHM is focusing on supporting and funding Science and Civil Rights education efforts. FoHM will also be… Read More »
On Harvey Milk Day 2012 (May 22) we had a special screening of the movie Milk at the Castro Theatre, with our very own Ivy Drip hostessing the event, and speakers Frank Robinson (Harvey Milk’s speechwriter), Scott Wiener (our district supervisor), Dustin Lance Black (Oscar-winning screenwriter of Milk), and Cleve Jones (activist, friend of Harvey… Read More »
Come Out and Celebrate Harvey Milk Day! Buy Tickets Online! http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/233452 A special screening of the movie MILK (starring Sean Penn and Josh Brolin) at the Castro Theatre on Harvey Milk Day 2012 (Tuesday May 22) with guest speakers Cleve Jones and Dustin Lance Black. Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Doors open at 6:00pm Program starts… Read More »
Our before and after school program (also known as “Milk and Cookies”) started on the first day of school this year (August 15). Like last year, most of the children in the school signed up for the program. Children are now signing up for sports programs, in afterschool, in the fall. Soon they will be… Read More »
Two new t-shirt designs for Harvey Milk Day 2011 are now available for sale in our Zazzle store for $20-30 each. They will also be available for sale on May 21, 2011 in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco during our Harvey Milk Day 2011 events in front of and at the school, and at… Read More »
On Saturday, May 21, we are celebrating Harvey Milk Day 2011 and invite you to join us at our school, 4235 19th St between Collingwood and Diamond, in San Francisco. 10am-Noon Hotcakes for Harvey (join us for brunch of pancakes, fruit, bacon, eggs! $10) in the school cafeteria 11am-5pm 19th Street between Collingwood and Diamond… Read More »
The Bay Area Reporter reported on our spring fundraiser, for Harvey Milk Day, on March 31, 2011: “The student body is getting bigger but the resources necessary are not. In terms of resources to support the dynamical types of students we serve, absolutely not,” said the school’s principal, Christina Velasco. With the school’s parent population… Read More »
You helped us save 3 of our Educators last year. Please help us keep them. This year the state has cut our budget again and we face losing more of our educators and staff — even the ones you’ve already helped save! As a result of devastating budget cuts across public schools in San Francisco, we… Read More »