Press Releases
- STATEMENT San Francisco Human Rights Commission and Office of Transgender Initiatives Support US House Resolution 124 and Condemn President Trump’s Ban on Transgender People Serving in the US Armed Forces 3.28.19
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The San Francisco Human Rights Commission Proudly Supports and Celebrates LGBTQ Pride Month 2018
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JOINT STATEMENT SF Mayor Lee and SF-HRC Respond to Racial Violence in Charlottesville, VA (August 14, 2017)
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HRC Executive Director Sheryl Evans Davis Honored for Her Outstanding Public and Community Service by SF Board of Supervisors (February 28, 2017)
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San Francisco Human Rights Commission Executive Director Sheryl Evans Davis to Participate 'In Conversation' Series with New York Times Best Selling Author Kwame Alexander (February 17, 2017)
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San Francisco Human Rights Commission Marks the 75th Anniversary of Executive Order 9066; Denounces Prohibition on Immigration From Seven Muslim-Majority Countries (February 16, 2017)
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San Francisco Human Rights Commission Convenes Education Equity Summit 1a.pdf (February 6 & 7, 2017)
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San Francisco Human Rights Commission Executive Director to Address the Womens March in Sacramento (January 19, 2017)
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San Francisco Human Rights Commission Statement on the 2016 Presidential Election (November 15, 2016)
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San Francisco Human Rights Commission’s Executive Director Sheryl Evans Davis to Receive Honor for Decades of Service in the City’s Western Addition Community (November 7, 2016)
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The San Francisco Human Rights Commission Announces Sheryl Evans Davis as Agency’s New Executive Director (November 2, 2016)
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San Francisco Human Rights Commission Announces Annual Hero Award Recipients (July 20, 2016)
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Statement on Pulse Night Club Shooting in Orlando, Florida (June 12, 2016)
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San Francisco Human Rights Commission Announces Call for Nominations for Annual Hero Awards (May 1, 2016)
- San Francisco Human Rights Commission Now Recruiting for 2016 LGBT Advisory Committee (October 1, 2015)
- San Francisco Human Rights Commission Now Recruiting for 2016 Equity Advisory Committee (October 1, 2015)
- San Francisco Human Rights Commission Announces 2015 HRC Hero Awardees (August 4, 2015)
- San Francisco Human Rights Commission Issues Report on Human Rights Impac of Case Act (June 17, 2015)
- San Francisco Human Rights Commission Issues Policy Brief on Implementation of Fair Chance Legislation on Employment and Housing (June 11, 2015)
- San Franciso Human Rights Commission Announces Community Project on Islamaphobia and Post 9/11 Ethnic and Racial Discrimination (March 18, 2015)
- The San Francisco Human Rights Commission (HRC) in Collaboration with the San Francisco LGBT Center Releases Data from Groundbreaking LGBTQI Violence Prevention Needs Assessment Report (February 10, 2015)
- San Francisco Human Rights Commission Executive Director Invited by the LGBT Core Group of the United Nations to Speak and Participate in a Panel Discussion with International LGBT Leaders as Part of International Human Rights Day Commemoration at the UN (December 10, 2014)
- San Francisco Human Rights Commission Director Reflects on the Observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20, 2014)
- San Francisco Human Rights Commission Receives SF LGBT Center’s Vanguard Award for Leadership on LGBT Violence Prevention (November 18, 2014)
- San Francisco Human Rights Commission Releases Ground Breaking Report on Human Rights Impact of the War On Drugs (November 10, 2014)
- San Francisco Human Rights Commission’s LGBT Advisory Committee to Host Public Forum on LGBT Affordable Housing in Partnership with the SF LGBT Center’s LGBTQ Economic Justice Week (October 16, 2014)
- San Francisco Human Rights Commission is Seeking New Members for the Agency's Equity Advisory Committe (October 7, 2014)
- San Francisco Human Rights Commission is Seeking New Members for the Agency’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Advisory Committee (October 1, 2014)
- San Francisco Human Rights Commission Announces 2014 HRC Hero Awardees (July 14, 2014)
- San Francisco Human Rights Commission Celebrates The Life And Work Of Dr. Maya Angelou (May 28, 2014)
- HRC Commends NYPD on Decision to Limit Use of Condoms as Evidence in Prostitution-Related Cases (May 13, 2014)
- HRC Condemns Kansas City Jewish Centers Shootings as Unconscionable Acts of Violence and Hatred (April 14, 2014)
- HRC to Host Statewide Human Relations Training Conference, April 25, 2014
- HRC STATEMENT ON SIGNIFICANCE OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH OBSERVANCE (January 31, 2014)
- HRC STATEMENT ON MLK DAY OF SERVICE (January 17, 2014)
- HRC STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF FORMER SOUTH AFRICA PRESIDENT AND UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS LEADER NELSON MANDELA (December 6, 2013)
- HRC AWARDS VIOLENCE PREVENTION GRANT TO El LA (December 4, 2013)
- HRC DIRECTOR REFLECTS ON OBSERVANCE OF TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE (November 20, 2013)
- HRC TO HOST MAYOR OF NAPLES ITALY AT COMMISSION MEETING (October 21, 2013)
- HRC EQUITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO HOST PUBLIC FORUM ON WORKPLACE HARASSMENT AND VIOLENCE TOWARDS LOW INCOME AND IMMIGRANT WOMEN (October 11, 2013)
- HRC SEEKS NEW EAC MEMBERS FOR 2014 (October 4, 2013)
- HRC SEEKS NEW LGBTAC MEMBERS FOR 2014 (October 4, 2013)
- SFHRC ANNOUNCES 2013 HRC “HERO” AWARD HONOREES (August 20, 2013)
- SFHRC COMMENDS CA GOV BROWN FOR SIGNING AB1266; LAW WILL EXTEND EQUAL PROTECTION TO TRANSGENDER STUDENTS (August 20, 2013)
- SURVEY ON AGING IN CITY'S LGBT COMMUNITY REVEALS LGBT SENIORS EXPERIENCE HIGER RATE OF ISOLATION (July 9, 2013)
- HRC CALLS SCOTUS STRIKING DOWN DOMA AND DISMISSING PROP. 8 A CRITICAL CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS VICTORY FOR ALL PEOPLE
- SAN FRANCISCO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO COMMEMORATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM WITH 2013 HERO AWARDS (June 3, 2013)
- HRC TO HOST COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ON LGBT INCLUSIVE COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM ON MAY 29, 2013 A THE SF PUBLIC LIBRARY (May 15, 2013)
- HRC COMMENDS CITY’S LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ON NEW POLICY TO DISCONTINUE USING CONDOMS AS EVIDENCE WHEN PROSECUTING CASES INVOLVING SEX WORKERS (April 30, 2013)
- SAN FRANCISCO LGBT AGING POLICY TASK FORCE TO CONDUCT GROUND BREAKING SURVEY ON AGING IN CITY’S LGBT COMMUNITY (April 4, 213)
- HRC, LCCR & COMMUNITY PARTNERS CO-SPONSOR EDUCATION KNOW YOUR RIGHTS LEGAL CLINICS (February 25, 2013)
- 2013 HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH OPENING CEREMONY TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 15, 2013 AT 10:30 AM AT SAN FRANCISCO’S CITY HALL, RM 416 WITH SPECIAL GUESTS MAYOR ED LEE AND CARMEN CHU
- HRC CONTINUES CITY’S LEGACY OF EQUALITY, ACCEPTANCE AND INCLUSION FOR ALL AS AGENCY COMMEMORATES UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY (DECEMBER 10)
- HRC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CALLS REMOVAL OF TRANSGENDER RELATED EXCLUSIONS FROM HEALTHY SAN FRANCISCO PROGRAM A HISTORIC MILESTONE TOWARD EQUALITY FOR CITY’S TRANS-COMMUNITY (Noevmber 19, 2012)
- SAN FRANCISCO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HOSTS ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION REGARDING CITY’S POLICY ON THE USAGE OF CONDOMS AS EVIDENCE WHEN PROSECUTING CASES INVOLVING SEX WORKERS (November 19, 2012)
- HRC COMMENDS SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHRISTINA OLAGUE, MALIA COHEN AND DAVID CAMPOS ON
SPONSORING HEARING TO ADDRESS PLIGHT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH IN SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC SCHOOL (September 25, 2012) - HRC TO ATTEND US DEPT OF JUSTICE, CA. DEPT OF EDUCATION, CA LT. GOV NEWSOM AND SF MAYOR ED LEE IN ANTI-BULLYING AWARENESS SUMMIT (September 14, 2012)
- HRC's RESPONSE TO PUBLIC OUTCRY RELATED TO ADVERTISEMENT CONTAINIING OFFENSIVE AND DISPARAGING LANGUAGE ON CITY’S TRANSIT VEHICLES
- HRC TO HOST SUMMER YOUTH MENTORSHIP PROGRAM (June 18, 2012)
- HRC COMMENDS NAACP ON PASSING OF RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SAME SEX MARRIAGE AS A CIVIL RIGHT (May 22, 2012)
- HRC SUPPORTS THE AB 1081, TRUST ACT (May 10, 2012)
- HRC APPLAUDS PRESIDENT OBAMA’S PUBLIC ENDORSEMENT OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY (May 9, 2012)
- HRC COMMEMORATES THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (December 9, 2011)
- HRC ACKNOWLEDGES WORLD AIDS DAY (December 1, 2011)
- SAN FRANCISCO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO EXPLORE TRENDS IN HATE CRIMES AND ANTI-BULLYING EFFORTS AT A SPECIAL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 22ND IN THE CASTRO (D8) (September 22, 11)