Who We Are

The Community Leadership Academy and Emergency Response (C.L.A.E.R) is located in Visitacion Valley. The program helps people who have lost family and friends to violence-- specifically street violence-- or have been attacked themselves or witnessed assaults on others. While we serve the San Francisco community as a whole, our main focus is serving the women and families living in Sunnydale public housing. C.L.A.E.R. serves over 700 individuals. 

C.L.A.E.R. is dedicated to the following activities: 

• Increasing civic participation and social capital for residents of public housing and disadvantaged communities 
• Public policy analysis and advocacy that helps to create a public discourse on the disproportionate effect of violence on minority communities in San Francisco, and specifically the Southeast sector
• Attacking the residual effect of violence on women and their families 
• Providing support to women who have lost a loved one to violence 
• Addressing the effects of long-term and generational depression on women and families, and specifically connecting those in need of counseling to therapists and other mental health professionals

The staff of C.L.A.E.R. is a group of women who work tirelessly to change and heal the neighborhoods in which they live. 98% of the staff lives in public housing in San Francisco's Southeast sector. Our motto is "Yes we can, Yes we have, and yes we will". 

Visit our website for more information: www.claerproject.org