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Emergency response teams connect with communities
Posted: April 11, 2022
Marin County turned to community-based organizations like Canal Alliance to form the new model of emergency preparedness : Community Response Teams.
Editorial: San Rafael’s prompt commitment of affordable housing is right on track
Posted: April 3, 2022
City Hall has earmarked funding for affordable housing, including a project led by Canal Alliance.
Marin nonprofits seek equitable pandemic recovery
Posted: March 28, 2022
With societal inequities coming into sharper focus during the pandemic, vulnerable residents in Marin should be at the center of a countywide COVID-19 recovery strategy, a new report says.
San Rafael earmarks $2.6M for affordable housing
Posted: March 9, 2022
San Rafael is spending $2.6 million on four affordable housing projects. Canal Alliance will receive $400,000 toward the acquisition of an apartment building in the Canal area to convert to affordable housing.
San Rafael Canal area residents seek better lighting
Posted: March 2, 2022
Residents in the Canal area of San Rafael are calling on the city to improve public lighting safely after dark.
Marin County immigrant-focused nonprofit Canal Alliance elects board president
Posted: February 23, 2022
Gina Ayala Claxton is the new president of the Canal Alliance Board of Trustees.
Marin leaders promote COVID boosters in Canal area
Posted: February 20, 2022
Marin County’s public health office, hoping to get more COVID-19 booster shots into arms, is set to expand mobile vaccination clinics in San Rafael’s predominately Latino Canal neighborhood.
Gina Ayala Claxton Named Board President
Posted: February 11, 2022
Rockwell Automation President Gina Ayala Claxton was named President of the Board of Trustees of Canal Alliance in February, taking the helm during a period of organizational growth and through the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic.
Dominican Deepens Community Connections
Posted: February 9, 2022
Dominican University and Canal Alliance deepen their long-term partnership with a focus on student/career pathways and addressing racial inequity in Marin.
San Rafael’s Community Partnerships Help Bridge the Digital Divide
Posted: January 19, 2022
Explore the collaboration that helped close the digital divide in one of San Rafael’s most densely populated area.