Press & Recognition
A Statement from 826 Valencia & De Marillac Academy
Tenderloin Youth Have Stories to Tell—It’s Time to Listen Bita Nazarian, Executive Director at 826 Valencia Theresa Flynn Houghton, CEO and President at…
SF Standard’s Article on 826 Valencia’s Yield Giving Award
Julie Zigoris of The San Francisco Standard wrote this article on our recent award from MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving Open Call! “The staff of literary nonprofit…
Announcing a $1M Gift from Yield Giving’s Open Call
March 19, 2024 – Today, MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving announced 826 Valencia as one of the Yield Giving Open Call’s…
Fast Company Article on 826 Valencia and the power of Youth Voice
Bob McKinnon of Fast Company wrote this article on how the work that we do in and around San Francisco empowers and educates students,…
KPIX Feature on 826 Valencia Impact
KPIX visited us at our Mission Center, where anchor Lezla Gooden got to spend the afternoon with one of our spectacular students, Shamira, and one…
826 Network on Good Morning America
The Good Morning America program “The Book Case” featured the 826 Network on the air! Check out the video to hear from students and leadership…
CBS Saturday Morning Feature on 826 Valencia Impact
CBS Saturday Morning visited us and some other 826 Chapters at the end of 2022. Anchor Jeff Glor interviewed our co-founders, Executive Director, Alum/Board Member,…
CBS Bay Area Feature on the Black Literary Achievement Club
Reporter Reed Cowan from CBS Bay Area followed Black Literary Achievement Club student Quran on her journey to our Tenderloin Center. Reed also spoke with…
San Francisco Standard Story on 826 Valencia’s 20th Anniversary
The San Francisco Standard spoke with our Executive Director, co-founders, students, volunteers, and an alum for this story on our 20th Anniversary. Watch the video…