Completed last October, the Southeast Community Center in Bayview/Hunters Point is becoming a neighborhood nexus.
SAN FRANCISCO -- A Black History Month celebration in San Francisco's Bayview/Hunters Point Saturday morning highlighted a very recent struggle for social justice that has left this community with a sparkling new legacy for the future.
The parade wasn't the only new thing here. The Southeast Community Center, completed in October, is becoming a focal point for the entire neighborhood. Its towering design features African American artwork, spaces for community gatherings, a childcare center and several acres of outdoor play space. It also serves as a place for local entrepreneurs like Lazro Ruiz, who can sell his"Trust Black Men and Women" T-shirts to a wider audience.
Harold Madison was one of a group of activists in the 1980s known as the Big Six, who demanded that the city provide something more for the community than just its waste. "This is part of the disconnect," he said. "There's a whole lot of assumptions and cultural conditioning that all we care about is basketball and sports and not that we care about educating our kids and providing job training that will subsequently elevate our economic status."
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