COALITION
MANZANITA COALITION
Working together to improve the lives of workers and their families
Manzanita Coalition is an independent, loose community organization comprised of faith, labor, and neighborhood institutions who are in a relationship together to improve the lives of workers and their families in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The mutual aid or essential workers who form the backbone of our regional economy often struggle with disconnected goods and services. Recognizing that these workers are the experts in their own lives, the Manzanita Coalition is dedicated to deepening relationships between neighbors to better understand shared concerns and give working families a stronger voice
in crafting solutions to these challenges.
Founded on February 8th, 2020 in a classroom at Mountain View High School by leaders from five institutions, the Coalition has a collaborative relationship with Manzanita Works which acts as its program incubator for the group’s ideas
and is the Coalition’s convener and facilitator.
Together, we can improve how we value workers while planning for the needs of the workforce of tomorrow.
The Manzanita Coalition seeks to deepen relationships between member organizations as well as in the community at large. We lift up local knowledge from our local leaders to address the everyday challenges workers face.
Together we have helped create teacher housing, secure long-haul buses, increase access to Caltrain, set up child care options and distribute health equipment for essential workers during pandemic.
Today we are engaged in wildfire prevention and more.
California School Employees Association, MVLA Local Chapter 527
California School Employees Association, MV Whisman Local Chapter 812
California School Employees Association, Palo Alto Local Chapter 301
Congregation Etz Chayim, Palo Alto
Day Worker Center of Mountain View
Mountain View Tenants Coalition
Mountain View Los Altos District Teachers Association
Los Altos Teacher Association
Palo Alto Educators Association
Ravenswood Teacher Association
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, East Palo Alto
St. Mark AME Zion Church, East Palo Alto
University AME Zion Church, Palo Alto
