Refugee and Immigrant Solidarity in Education (RISE-SF) - Approved

• RISE-SF is charged with increasing access to education for all immigrant and refugee students through the promotion of culturally and linguistically inclusive programs and services.
• • Owner
    Sun Wee Yun
  • Created On
    05-16-2024
  • Updated On
    06-21-2024
  • Update Reminder
    04-01-2025

• How To Contact

  • Name
    Newcomer Services Coordinator (Angela Moreno)
  • Phone
    (628) 900-3048
  • Fax
    N/A
  • Email
    morenom1@sfusd.edu
  • Alt Name
    District Coordinator (Angelina Romano)
  • Alt Phone
    (415) 890-5324
  • Alt Fax
    N/A
  • Alt Email
    romanoa@sfusd.edu
  • Address
    555 Franklin St
  • City
    San Francisco
  • State
    CA

• More Information

  • Start Date
    05-16-2024
  • Expiration Date
    05-16-2025
  • Eligibility
    free
  • Fee
    0.00
  • Organization
    San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD)
  • Zip Code
    94102

• Helpful Links

  • Main Program URL
    https://www.sfusd.edu/rise-sf
  • Community Resources
    https://www.sfusd.edu/rise-sf/community-resources
  • Contact RISE-SF
    https://www.sfusd.edu/rise-sf/contact-rise-sf

• Detailed Information

  • Refugee and Immigrant Supports in Education (RISE-SF)? ?is charged with increasing access to education for all immigrant and refugee students through the promotion of culturally and linguistically inclusive programs and services. 

    
    

    RISE-SF offers advocacy, consultation, staff training, and coordination of student services in two primary focus areas:

    
    

    Newcomer Programming

    Newly arrived refugee and immigrant English Language Learners have particular educational strengths and challenges that necessitate specific supports and programming.

    
    

    RISE-SF can support newcomer students with:

    - Orientation to San Francisco schools, including resources and expectations;

    - Connection to district and school site staff, programs, and services;

    - Advocacy at school sites;

    - Referrals and linkages to community support services;

    - Enhanced service coordination for newcomers in immigration removal proceedings, especially unaccompanied minors and refugees/asylees.

    Sanctuary Education

    As a sanctuary school district, SFUSD upholds every young person’s constitutional right to feel safe and supported at school, and strives to expand the scope of sanctuary so all families feel seen and affirmed.

    RISE-SF can support students and families with:

    - Understanding the rights of immigrant students and mixed status families in San Francisco and at school;

    - Connections to district and school site staff, programs, and services;

    - Referrals and linkages to community support services, including legal services.

    Our Values

    Making Spaces Brave?

    We believe creating safe educational communities requires a proactive stance with honesty, humility, self-reflection, and bravery on the part of educators to ensure all of our rights are upheld so students feel Safe, Healthy, and Ready to Learn. 

    
    

    Culture Is Strength?

    Immigrant youth and families thrive when they maintain a connection to their culture of origin. RISE-SF believes the promotion of multiculturalism and multilingualism –through school-wide events, small group programming, curriculum and instruction, and individual supports- can heal historical and current traumas. 

    
    

    Ensuring Equity? 

    In alignment with SFUSD’s goals of achieving racial equity, RISE-SF works to eliminate oppression, end biases, and ensure equally high outcomes for all students through the creation of multicultural, multilingual, multiethnic, multiracial, multiability practices and conditions; removing the predictability of success or failure that currently correlates with any social or cultural factor. Equitably supporting the educational needs and strengths of immigrant students demands a willingness to create radical new structures and processes.

• Eligibility Information

  • States
    • CA
  • Counties
  • Cities
  • Zipcodes
  • School Districts
    • San Francisco Unified
  • Age Groups
  • Languages Served
  • Family Incomes
  • Insurance Providers

• Files