Overview
We estimate that over 20,000 people pass through our doors each year, for a range of programs, services, and celebrations offered by TWB and affiliated organizations.
Please note that there are 11 organizations that operate within The Women's Building, and each runs separately. For more information on programs offered by our tenant organizations, see Affiliated Organizations.
Strategies
Our programs work towards our mission in three key ways:
- Increasing the economic security of individual women and girls;through services for individuals.
- Building community among women, girls, and our allies; through cultural arts activities.
- Promoting social change to improve the status of women and girls;through education, capacity building and collaboration.
Services for Economic Security & Well-Being
Our services for individuals are offered through our Community Resource Room (CRR). The services are designed to support low-income women, but anyone who supports our goals is welcome. All services are FREE and available in English and Spanish unless otherwise noted.
Hours:
Monday 1-5
Tuesday 9-5
Wednesday 11-7
Thursday 9-5
Friday 1-5
- Information and Referrals
- Need help and don't know where to go? We'll help you identify resources and plan your next steps.
- Drop-in or call 415-431-1180 x11
- Access to Technology
- Computer lab with word processing and internet access, fax, phone, and printing and copying capabilities
- Orientations to computer basics, assistance with individual tasks
- Free Income Tax Preparation
- For individuals and families who earn less than $45,000 per year
- US Citizenship NOT required
- To make an appointment call 415-431-1180 x16
- Financial Advice Information and Referrals (FAIR)
- One-on-one appointments for help with budgeting, credit repair, public benefits screenings and more
- To make an appointment call 415-431-1180 x11
- Job Search Assistance
- One-on-one appointments for help with resumes, cover letters, interview skills, and internet job search strategies
- To make an appointment call 415-431-1180 x11
- Immigrant Food Pantry
- Every Monday from 10:00-11:30am for immigrants who live in San Francisco
- The pantry distributes fresh produce, bread, dry good items, and canned food.
- Drop-in to register
- Low Cost Legal Advice
- Attorney at Law, Annie Thorkelson, offers one dollar per minute legal advice and referrals.
- Every Wednesday from 4:30pm-6:30pm
- Drop in or to make an appointment call 415-816-6181
Building Community through Arts & Culture
- International Women's Day Celebration
- Three-day art and performance celebration for International Women's Day
- Created and produced by young women based on a different social justice theme each year.
- Celebration of Craftswomen
- An annual crafts fair featuring 300 women artists
Promoting Social Change
- Supporting Women's Organizations
- Providing affordable rent to tenant organizations
- Hosting community events
- Coalition Building
- Mission Community Council, member of the Self-Sufficiency Affinity Group
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Low Cost Legal Advice Program!
in the Community Resource Room at The Women's Building Annie Thorkelson, Attorney at Law, offers $1/minute legal advice and referrals every Wednesday from 4:30-6:30pm. This service provides a creative, personal and non-litigation forum for getting informal answers and creative solutions to legal questions, problems, and conflicts on most kinds of legal matters and questions that arise every day for ordinary San Franciscans.
Immigrant Assistance Food Pantry Helps Our Community Make Ends Meet!!! A food pantry is held mid-day every Monday and serves 110 low-income immigrants who are unable to receive food stamps because of citizenship or immigration status. The pantry distributes fresh produce, bread and dry good items, and canned food. The goal of the program is to assist Mission district families to maintain their independence and quality of life by providing extra nutrition. In the Mission, home to nearly 60,000 residents, one in three people live with the daily threat of hunger and 1,489 families live with the daily threat of hunger. Participants also have the opportunity to assist in the distribution of food by volunteering.
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