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OFFICE: 415-741-9005
VOLUNTEERS: 415-810-0905

1633 VALENCIA ST.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110

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Ensuring Bay Area youth have equitable access to the ocean and surfing.
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Our team and our quiver are gonna rest a bit these

Our team and our quiver are gonna rest a bit these next two weeks in order to recharge and regroup for the school year! 📸 from @carolina.g.irizarry

Our volunteers and supporters play a huge role in

Our volunteers and supporters play a huge role in our work here at City Surf Project. This month’s CSP volunteer spotlight is on our longtime supporter and friend @_momo_chang
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We recently had the chance to ask Momo a few questions, starting with how she found out about City Surf Project, how she helped supply our CSP youth with masks, and how her volunteering with CSP affects her daily life.
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“I first learned about City Surf Project through @browngirlsurf. My second time surfing was taking a lesson with Brown Girl Surf when I was 39 years old. I soon started volunteering with BGS. Later, we were invited to CSP's annual fundraiser, where I learned more about City Surf and I started volunteering with you all as well! I never imagined myself learning to surf or volunteering with these programs. I strongly believe that everyone should have access to the ocean and beach in a safe and nurturing environment, and City Surf provides that to youth in a fun and meaningful way. I saw an IG post asking for masks, hand sanitizer, and other supplies to get the summer program started. I requested the masks from the awesome, amazing Auntie Sewing Squad, started by comic and performance artist Kristina Wong. This group deserves all the accolades because everyone makes the masks for free for people in need. They are currently only making masks for those who can't access low-cost fabric masks, now that places like Target sells them. About six of the volunteer aunties immediately sewed or sent batches of fabric masks for City Surf -- some with ocean themed prints. I didn't do much -- I just organized the request and sent the batch to your office. It's important that City Surf staff and youth and their families stay safe during this time. I follow City Surf on IG, and you all are always an inspiration. It brings me joy to see others enjoying the ocean. In addition, City Surf has been an advocate for beach access, which affects all of us. I have also participated in some of the Aloha Friday movie gatherings and continue to learn a lot from your organization.”
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Thank you Momo for your longtime support and initiative to help! @_momo_chang

This past Sunday we held a paddle out for two CSP

This past Sunday we held a paddle out for two CSP families - the Gamboa family (@buss.daniels) and the Monterrosa family (@justice4sean). While the deaths of Daniel Gamboa and Sean Monterrosa happened in two very different ways, what is similar between the two is something we all now know and can not ignore - too many brown and black lives are lost and taken too soon.
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The paddle out ceremony stems from Hawaiian culture and has become a way of honoring the life of a member of the surfing community. It is a way of acknowledging the cycle of life, and celebrating the life lived. It takes place in the water, a surfer's place of healing, to provide some level of comfort, together, in community.
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It was a beautiful and emotional day of remembrance and celebration. Johnny and @Olivialomasi held a beautiful opening circle on land before a paddle out to the sea. To come together at the ocean to share food, stories, and even some laughter, play, and joy, was powerful. We are thankful to both the Monterrosa and Gamboa families for allowing us the honor to create and hold the space for the CSP and Leadership High communities that were lucky enough to know Daniel and Sean.
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ACTIONS to take to directly support these two families:
1. follow and support @buss.daniels (a bomb BBQ spot in South SF)
2. follow @justice4sean to learn about the unjust circumstances of his death and the movement that is actively taking place. Your support - (financial - link in bio; in increasing awareness, and in signing the petition - link in bio) is really critical right now.
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Photo 1: Daniel Gamboa surfing with CSP, 2018. 📸 by @californiasurfphotographer
Photo 2: A shrine for Sean Monterrosa and Daniel Gamboa

Summer/SILT program came and went! 😄🥺 It was

Summer/SILT program came and went! 😄🥺 It was hard to predict the outcome of how it would end and only on the last day was it obvious that these students pushed themselves harder than ever, put themselves in situations that was once beyond their belief, and created experiences that we hope will last a lifetime.
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Thank you @blaise_creative for snapping some sweet shots of our AM group on their last day 📸.
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For those joining us in tomorrow’s paddle out, keep an eye out for that surf van to grab your gear 🤙

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