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The Women's
Building (3543 18th Street), with it stunning mural "Maestrapeace,"
began in 1971 when a cadre of leaders founded the San Francisco Women's
Center in a rented space on Brady Street to create a newsletter and hotline
for women activists in the Bay Area. In 1979, the group relocated to the
18th Street property, Dovre Hall, and opened the first woman owned and
operated community center in the U.S. Since then, The Women's Building
has become synonymous with projects that support women's and girls' projects
in San Francisco. The stated vision of The Women's Building organization
is, "to create access and advancement for women and girls. We seek to equip
and encourage them to be equal participants in society through collaboration
and empowerment. We do this in a setting where diversity is cultivated
and celebrated." The multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-service center
houses Bay Area Teen Voices, the Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic,
Children of Gays and Lesbians Everywhere, GirlSource, Mission Neighborhood
Centers Inc., Neighbor to Neighbor, Purple Moon Dance Project, San Francisco
Women Against Rape, and many other incredibly worthwhile nonprofits.
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