Today, San Francisco-based Metta Fund announced twenty-three grants totaling $1,690,000 to advance the health and wellness of older adults. As people live longer – well into their 70s, 80s, 90s and beyond — older adults have come to represent our nation’s fastest growing population group. In San Francisco alone, nearly 30% of residents will be age 60 or … Continued
I’m the youngest of four siblings in an African American family that migrated from East Texas to California in the 1940s in search of a better life — away from Jim Crow, away from regional, arcane laws and limited access to economic opportunity. Upon arrival in California, our family first landed in Richmond, California before … Continued
San Francisco Launches Innovative Ageism Awareness Campaign to Help Create a More Inclusive City EndAgeism.com Campaign Features Diverse Older San Franciscans with Strengths that Never Get Old SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Today San Francisco becomes one of the first cities in the country to launch a campaign to raise awareness of ageism, disrupt negative stereotypes … Continued
By James Loyce, Board Chair, Metta Fund and Jarmin Yeh, Board Member, Metta Fund California is a state of bounty and beauty. A state with a powerful economy and well-documented riches. A state of diversity and migration. We are trendsetters in politics, innovation, and culture. But we are also a state that is rapidly changing. … Continued
San Francisco, CA— Janet Y. Spears, the Chief Executive Officer of San Francisco-based Metta Fund has been appointed to the San Francisco Aging and Adult Services Commission. “I am humbled and honored to join the Commission at such a critical moment in time,” said Spears. “As people live longer – well into their 70s, 80s, … Continued
By Janet Y. Spears, Chief Executive Officer, Metta Fund I recently had a new head shot taken. It’s been close to 10 years since I last had a professional photograph taken of me, and well: I look a bit different. I now have an additional line or two across my forehead and my hair is … Continued
San Francisco, CA – San Francisco-based Metta Fund is proud to announce the appointments of two new board members, Sonia Melara, Executive Director of Rally Family Visitation Services of Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, and a long-time community leader and advocate, and Jarmin Yeh, a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco’s Institute for Health & Aging and assistant professor and lecturer at … Continued
Thank You To Our Outgoing Board Members This year, we say goodbye to two of our board members as they finish their terms of service with Metta Fund. Over the past decade, Sandy Mori and Beverly Hayon have played instrumental roles in guiding our mission with invaluable insights and unique expertise. Not only have they … Continued