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Thank You, Raise Your Hand Supporters
Thank you to all the members of our community who supported our 2025 Raise Your Hand gala on May 19. With your support, we exceeded our goals, raising $275,000 for Breakthrough's college access and teacher training work. Special thanks to our speakers, Dr....
Save the Date for Raise Your Hand 2025!
Generously presented byWe hope you'll join us for our 2025 Raise Your Hand event, Breakthrough's annual celebration of our work and our community. We’re honored to feature remarks by Dr. Michael V. Drake, President of the University of California. Sponsorship...
Student Profile: Victor
Victor applied to Breakthrough in 2011, as a fourth grader at John Yehall Chin Elementary School here in San Francisco. “I want to spend my summer and after-school time at Breakthrough because I might learn more there and understand everything in my homework,” he...
Teaching Fellow Profile: Summer
Growing up in San Francisco, Summer was passionate about learning - especially history, politics, and sociology. During her senior year at The Bay School, her advisor gave her a copy of bell hooks’ classic work Teaching to Transgress and mentioned she should consider...