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One year after the City approved the rebuild, an ILWU donation brings Booker T. Washington Community Service Center one step closer to breaking ground
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Today, the Coast Longshore Division of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) will present a $250,000 check to the Booker T. Washington Community Service Center in support of its rebuild project. Last June, after a long entitlements process, the Board of Supervisors approved a plan to demolish and expand the Booker T. Washington Center’s existing 12,000 square-foot center to a 20,000 square-foot comprehensive community institution with two distinct components – residential and an expanded community center.
Unfortunately, one year after gaining the City’s approvals for its plans, Booker T.’s current facilities are still cramped, dilapidated, and functionally obsolete. The Center is still working to raise the final $1 million necessary to create a 21st century space to better provide pragmatic assistance and resources to San Francisco’s underserved communities.
Founded in 1919, the Booker T. Washington center has provided support for African American families since just after...