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Celebrating a 16-year partnership with Dominican University

Posted: February 3, 2021

For 16 years, Canal Alliance has partnered with Dominican University’s Service-Learning Program. As a main component of the program, Dominican students are placed within programs at Canal Alliance and other community-based organizations and commit to working with them for a minimum of two hours per week for a full 15-week semester.

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Yolanda Oviedo, Senior Manager Residential Properties/COVID Response

Canal

Partnership with UCSF on NIH grant to bring critical resources to Latino immigrants

Posted: February 3, 2021

Through an exciting new partnership with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Canal Alliance will participate in the development of more effective measures for COVID-19 testing, resource distribution and vaccine distribution in under-resourced, Latino-immigrant communities.

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Lauren Silver

Community

Committed to supporting the community

Posted: January 21, 2021

As the Financial Assistance Program Supervisor, Lauren Silver oversees a team that connects community members with emergency cash payments to help support individuals and families with the economic repercussions of the pandemic.

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Canal

Providing financial relief to Latino families

Posted: January 20, 2021

In Spring 2020, Canal Alliance established a Financial Assistance program as part of our organizational response to the pandemic and its devastating impact on Marin’s Latino immigrant community. Since the start of the program, more than $2.5 million has been raised from individual donors, foundations, and corporations, all of which has been distributed as direct cash assistance to over 4,000 individuals and families.

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Community

Former educator builds and donates handmade desks to UP! students

Posted: January 20, 2021

As the digital divide added to the crisis that was disproportionately impacting students and families of color, Eric creatively and generously put his talents and passion to work supporting students. In total, Eric crafted 17 desks by hand for UP! students, and Lisa complemented the donation by providing school supplies. 

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Canal Alliance volunteer, Nancy Curran

Community

Volunteer spotlight – Nancy Curran

Posted: January 20, 2021

For over 20 years, Nancy Curran has demonstrated her dedication to Marin’s immigrant community by serving as the Canal Alliance Citizenship Class instructor. Through her volunteer service, she has helped, hundreds (if not thousands) of clients become U.S. citizens!

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Blog

December 10th: See the impact of your support

Posted: December 10, 2020

Read our Crisis Response & Impact Report to learn how we have pivoted our services to ensure that our core programs continue to serve the community while also launching new services to address the most pressing health, educational and economic impacts that this crisis is having in the Latino immigrant community.

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Pellie Anderson

Community

Volunteer spotlight – Pellie Anderson

Posted: December 9, 2020

Pellie Anderson began volunteering with UP! (University Prep) in 2018. Since then, Pellie has provided students with homework support, study skills, and organizational skills for two hours every week.

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Cat Melgar

Blog

UP! alumni turned staff member

Posted: December 9, 2020

Cat Melgar currently works part-time as a Youth Program Assistant with our college access and success program, UP! (University Prep). Although she has been working at Canal Alliance since July 2020, she has been involved with us for over 10 years as an UP! Student and graduate.

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Immigration

TPS Update

Posted: December 8, 2020

Good news for those with Temporary Protected Status (TPS)!

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