Revolutionary Voices Preserved in SF Mission’s Freedom Archives
Did you know that there is a little piece of history stored away in a few rooms on Valencia Street? Well, it’s not a little...
Jenny Manrique
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Stories by Jenny
Inmigrantes Latinos Buscan Tener Seguro Médico
By Jenny Manrique Posted
Durante dos años, Cristina Márquez, una inmigrante mexicana de 43 años que vive en el Distrito de la Misión, visitó varias veces el San Francisco...
Latino Immigrants Advocate for Health Insurance
By Jenny Manrique Posted
For two years, Cristina Marquez, 43, an immigrant from Mexico living in the Mission District, made numerous visits to San Francisco General Hospital, but never managed...
ODC Features Bolivian Dance Group at 15 Years
By Jenny Manrique Posted
An award-winning Bolivian folkloric dance group — started in a local high school and nurtured in any rehearsal space it could find — celebrates its...
Project’s Opposition Splits As Developer Offers Concessions
By Jenny Manrique Posted
In a move that may prevent a showdown at an upcoming Planning Commission meeting in September, the developer of a major market-rate housing project planned for Bryant Street has...
El Arzobispo Romero, Ahora un Beato, es Recordado en la Misión
By Jenny Manrique Posted
Hay tres momentos en la vida de Gloria Cañas, una salvadoreña que vive en la Misión, que jamás podrá olvidar. El primero, es cuando recibió...
Archbishop Romero, Headed for Sainthood, Lives On in the Mission
By Jenny Manrique Posted
There are three moments in the life of Gloria Cañas, a Salvadoran living in the Mission, that belong to her most indelible memories. The first...
As Patriot Act Debated, Privacy Tools More Accessible
By Jenny Manrique Posted
Other than civil liberties activists, people never used to get too agitated over privacy issues. Edward Snowden’s revelations changed all that and it’s possible you...
Church Uses Clout and Prayer to Press SF Officials on Housing
By Jenny Manrique Posted
For years, the Catholic Church has worked on immigrant rights, but nowadays in San Francisco, housing has moved to the top of the church’s social...
Los Talleres de Moda en San Francisco son para Inquilinos
By Jenny Manrique Posted
Si piensa que los talleres son únicamente para geeks de la tecnología que no duermen hasta descubrir el siguiente protocolo o para los habitantes de los...
SF’s Hottest Bootcamps are for Tenants
By Jenny Manrique Posted
If you think that Bootcamps are just for technology geeks who won’t sleep until they discover the next protocol or park denizens who get up...
Close to 100 Actors Audition for Parts in 94110
By Jenny Manrique Posted
It’s not a joke, not a scam, or at least not at this stage of the casting. The producers said that close to 100 people...
Poetry reveals a Mission Misbehaving
By Jenny Manrique Posted
What do you get when you put together a bunch of poets, a bilingual ode to a neighborhood, and an audience hungry for metaphors, verses,...