Street Beats Success!
July 12, 2007
Street Beats was a great success. Thanks to everyone who was involved. We’ll have more for you soon 
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Street Beats News: Flyer + Online Payment!
April 8, 2007
Check out the Street Beats flyer! Also, online payment for street beats in working. Find out more about Street Beats.
Buy the $25
Saturday, June 16 at 8pm
General Admission ticket now!
Buy the $25
Sunday, June 17 at 3pm
General Admission ticket now!
Buy the $100 VIP Cocktail Party
Saturday, June 16, 6:30pm-7:30pm
(includes general admission to Saturday show)
For tickets and more information about the Gubbio Project, please contact: (415) 861-5848
John Weeks quoted in Beyond the Chronicle
April 8, 2007
John addresses how the city feels that its programs are continuing to succeed (namely Care not Cash), but there have been no noticable changes in the number of folks using the Church for rest and care.
From the article:
While Care Not Cash has housed over 1,500 people, last week’s release of the annual count shows that the homeless population in San Francisco remains unchanged from last year. Meanwhile, nearly 1,000 people have been dropped from the County Adult Assistance Program (C.A.A.P.) rolls without getting housed – and most are still in town.
Announcing ‘Street Beats’ Fundraiser
March 29, 2007
‘STREET BEATS’ FUNDRAISER TO CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT
ST. BONIFACE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER’S
GUBBIO PROJECT, JUNE 16 – 17
Benefit for St. Boniface’s Homeless Shelter to Include Multimedia Dance and Spoken Word Performances, Dance Lessons, Reception and 
Tours
SAN FRANCISCO – The St. Boniface Neighborhood Center will make its star turn at “Street Beats,” a very special fundraising event that will celebrate and support the Gubbio Project – St. Boniface’s homeless shelter – in two performances: Saturday, June 16 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, June 17 at 3 p.m., at the St. Boniface Church Theater in San Francisco.
“Street Beats” will showcase a multitude of talents – dance, spoken word, music, art and other disciplines – from the diverse array of Bay Area performance artists. Additionally, “Street Beats” will feature a light-hearted dance lesson, reception and tours of facilities.
About the Artists
“Street Beats” will feature an array of vibrant performances by celebrated artists including:
Valentina: Second-place winner on PBS’ “America’s Ballroom Challenge; 2001 Rising Star Smooth Champion and Couple of the Year, Soloist, St. Petersburg Modern Ballet Company, Featured Dancer in “Dance with Me.”
Youth Speaks: Founded in 1996 in San Francisco, Youth Speaks is the nation’s leading nonprofit presenter of Spoken Word performance, education, and youth development programs.
Alison Hurwitz: choreographer, dancer, teacher; director emeritus of Harmony Project Dance Company, featured instructor in DanceCrazy’s instructional DVDs;
Jesus Ortiz: choreographer, dancer, teacher; Principal Dancer in Azucar Dance Company; co-teacher of same-sex Salsa program at Metronome Ballroom
Alise Halbert: choreographer and Co-Founder of DancEvents, LLC; winner of the 2006 Ultimate Dancesport Competition;
Ted Ross: choreographer and dance instructor; winner of the 2006 Ultimate Dancesport Competition; and
Christiane Crawford: Hip-hop artist, principal Dancer in Culture Shock, director of Rare Form Dance Company, choreographed for SF Hip Hop Festival
Tickets and Information
Admission to the “Street Beats” performance is $25 each, and includes a dance lesson, reception and tours of the facility and St. Boniface Church. VIP tickets, at $100 each, also include a VIP cocktail reception with local dignitaries, performers and supporters of the Gubbio Project.
For tickets and more information about the Gubbio Project, please contact: (415) 861-5848.
To buy tickets online see our latest post above…
About the Gubbio Project
Since April 2004, St. Boniface Neighborhood Center has operated the Gubbio Project, providing a place to sleep as well as outreach and support to homeless people at St. Boniface Church in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district. Serving 200 – 300 people each day, the Gubbio Project is a unique point of entry into the system of care for people who are homeless. Many clients have severe disabilities, are seniors or undocumented immigrants; and are unable to access or navigate the shelter system due to these issues. Gubbio Project staff members are available throughout the day, acting simultaneously as safety monitors and hospitality and outreach workers. After building a relationship of trust with guests who are not engaged in the system of care, the Gubbio Project staff regularly refers people to detoxification and rehabilitation programs, social workers, job training programs, mental health treatment centers and housing opportunities.
Notice of Public Meeting ~ May 15, 6:30pm
March 9, 2007
Notice of Public Meeting
St. Boniface Neighborhood Center, Inc.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
6:30PM to 8:30PM
133 Golden Gate Avenue, Basement
San Francisco, CA 94102
Agenda
Welcome/Introductions
Opening Reflection – (15 minutes)
Additions to/Approval of Agenda (2 minutes)
Changes to/Approval of April’s Minutes (5 minutes)
ED Report (10 minutes): The Executive Director will report on the state of the St. Boniface Neighborhood Center.
Old Business (30 minutes)
Nomination of a new Board Treasurer.
Nomination of other Board members.
Finance Committee update
Public Comment (30 minutes)
Members of the public may address the Board on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board for up to three minutes.
Meeting evaluation and adjournment (3 minutes)
To obtain copies of the agenda, minutes, or any explanatory documents, please contact John Weeks at 415.861.5848 or sbnctr@hotmail.com 72 hours before the meeting.
133 Golden Gate Avenue is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and others with disabilities. Agendas are available in large print. Please make your request for alternative forms or other accommodations to the St. Boniface Neighborhood Center at 415.861.5848. Providing at least 72 hours notice prior to the meeting will help ensure availability.
The nearest BART station is Civic Center Plaza at the intersection of Market and Seventh Streets. The MUNI Metro lines are the F, J, K, L, M, and N (Civic Center Station). MUNI bus lines serving the area are the 9 San Bruno, and the 5, 6, 7, 19, 21, 26, 71 Haight/Noreiga. Accessible curbside parking is available on Golden Gate Avenue.
The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar sound producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.
Colossal Thank You’s to Our Supporters!!!
August 15, 2006
Thank you to the following businesses who donated so generously to our recent Gubbio Studio Fundraiser at the Metronome Ballroom in San Francisco:
Ajatea
Analytical Labs
Barak Yedidia Photography
Cafe Gratitude
Goodbyes New & Used Clothes
Hog Island Oyster Company
A Keen Dance Shoe Supplier
Lombardo’s Fine Foods
Madden Charities, Inc.
Mellon Trust of California
Metronome Ballroom
Yellow Cab
SBNC Mission Statement
May 7, 2006
Yearning for a world healed of violence and injustice, We of the St. Boniface Neighborhood Center embrace our mission: to cultivate a sense of community—
discovering where it exists,
healing where it is wounded,
nurturing where it is absent;
to be a place for neighbors in the Tenderloin –
to join together, connect and celebrate,
to nurture the capacity of each to be fully alive—
loved and loving, secure and at home,
to be allies for each other –
working together for a neighborhood that is beautiful, sustainable, peaceful and just.
October 4, 2004
Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
SBNC programs have and continue to develop in four inter-related areas: direct service, outreach and hospitality, advocacy, and community enhancement and collaboration.
Direct Service
In collaboration with the City of San Francisco and the St. Anthony Foundation, SBNC operates St. Boniface Shelter, a year-round emergency shelter for 80 men. Open daily from 6:15pm to 7am, the shelter provides a safe and comfortable night’s sleep while nurturing a respectful community atmosphere. Amenities are sparse, but St. Boniface Shelter is safe and clean, and provides the men who reside there with a reliable, stable base from which to seek employment, affordable housing, benefits eligibility, education and/or job skills training, treatment for illnesses of mind and body. For some, this stability is all they need to provide a springboard back to “life before it crashed”; for others, additional supportive services are needed.
Outreach and hospitality
In collaboration with St. Boniface Church, the Gubbio Project began in April 2004 as a tangible response to the increasing numbers of men and women seeking refuge from the streets during daylight hours, particularly during periods of inclement weather. Inspired by Francis of Assisi’s solidarity with and love for the poor and outcast, and named for the town where Francis negotiated peace between frightened townsfolk and a ferocious wolf who had been raiding their flocks, the Gubbio Project seeks to work with people—both St. Boniface parishioners and refuge seekers—in a spirit of cooperation and negotiation, standing on the common ground of the human hunger for recognition as fully human, for connection with others, for community.
The Gubbio Project includes a consistent ministry of presence for those seeking a listening ear, a referral, a blanket or simply the gift of a smile and a word of welcome; maintenance of a quiet, sacred space for prayer, sleep, or meditation; availability of clean, safe, drug-free restrooms and volunteer opportunities.
Advocacy
Advocacy has many faces and facets: from providing assistance with a housing application to participating in community coalitions to speaking at a Board of Supervisors’ meeting on issues that affect the lives of poor and homeless San Franciscans. SBNC is creatively engaged in advocacy at every level, always seeking ways to broaden the collaborative aspect of advocacy, mindful that those most affected by a policy have the most right to speak and to be heard in the public arena. To advocate with, not simply for, is the touchstone of SBNC’s advocacy work, at both the personal and the communal levels, within the TL community and beyond.
Community enhancement and collaboration
For over a year, SBNC has been facilitating monthly meetings of the service providers and residents of the 100 block of Golden Gate Avenue. Known as the Golden 100’s, this group has promoted positive community activities such as an Open House Block Party and a Holiday Festival. Working together, sharing common concerns and building upon existing strengths in the Tenderloin, the Golden 100’s are attempting to strengthen community ties, promote safe and healthy living, and develop leadership among residents on the block.
Welcoming visitors from area colleges and churches (who bring dessert or a potluck supper to St. Boniface Shelter) provides an opportunity for community-building on a broader scale: visitors bring the gift of their presence and guests offer the gift of their life experience. Spending an evening listening to a shelter resident’s story, sharing a game of chess, or talking about local politics or the latest movie—these moments of exchange can have a lasting effect on both the person living at St. Boniface Shelter and the person who is just visiting for the evening. This sort of human-to-human contact is an act of outreach, but also among the building blocks of advocacy: for visitors, “the homeless” are no longer faceless statistics, but fellow human beings with names and hopes and dreams and stories, individuals who have touched their hearts.
In collaboration with Capacitar (an international organization that educates people in war-torn and poverty-stricken areas of the world in the wisdom and practicality of holistic wellness practices) SBNC has offered training to service providers in the Tenderloin who will, in turn, provide free Capacitar workshops to both housed and unhoused residents of the neighborhood.
Working with Pace e Bene Service in Nonviolence, SBNC is offering free “From Violence to Wholeness” trainings to people surviving poverty and violence in the Tenderloin. Hoping to develop a network of Tenderloin residents who are committed to and educated in the practice of nonviolent social change, SBNC sees this work as part of promoting the health and well-being of the whole neighborhood.
